The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1907-05-03
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ambition is big, and It is filled with
the men that began to drink with the
idea that q little would not hurt
Lhms only 20 ind ont that the lit
tie OF the beginning meant destruc-
ton in the end Drink has killed
more ambition than all other forces in
Life put together.
Drink kills friendship. One by one
friends are driven from the man who
puts his own selfish appetite ahead Of
duty and OF all other consideration
Friendship IS based upon appreciation
Of nlaninesss upon the sense Of equal
ity between men
Drink destroys equality; It drags a
man down, and ii drags him away
from his friends
Drink kills love ana happy family
life How many wives have chung TO
drunken husbands How desperate
" they have tried to save them only
the drunkard's know. But what drink
starts out TO do it usually does. It
destroys affection, and it destroys the
family. The family is based upon the
respect Of the children for the father
and the mother Drink destroys self
respect, for it kills that by which re-
spect was created A drunkard strUg-
giles and strives, over and over, to
save htmself-tO save the self-respect
that Is slipping away from him But
eventually self-respect is buried also
in the graveyard Of drink-and prin-
c1ples honesty, can be round in q grave
near by A mans conscience attacks
and worries him, even in the last
stages Of drinking Others forgive
him again and again-but in his good
nom nLS he does not forgive himself.
Hope, Of course, lies in the grave
yard Of drink Its death is slow, for
alcohol deceives the man that il is de-
strOying, and il deceives him with
hope. HOPE and health end together
at Iast-and are buried and added to
the list Of graves It is hard to cure
the man upon whom drink has fas-
tened its hold. OF such men a great
majority want to do better But drink
has cunningly destroyed the viii first
Of all And while the drunkard wants
to do what you tell him, he wants a
thousand times more the drink that
he Graves. 1t is hard to reform the
man far down the hill. But it is not
hard to Ill with hatred and fear Of
drink the young that are still free
from il, OF those that are only be
ginning.
Make clear to the young men, and
especially to children, the road that
leads to this graveyard Let them
know that the road is a steep hill, that
II gets sleeper and sleeper as 1t goes
down At the top you can stop in
safety and look into the dark grave
yard at the foot. A few steps down,
and you can still turn arOund-but it
soon becomes too late. There is hard
" a home in the United States that
has not member in need Of this pic
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It is a IementabIe fact that there are
still a few good, earnest men and wO-
men who do so little reading to in
form themselves, and so little think
ing to arrive at conclusions, that they
really are not sure whether prOhibi-
ton or high license is best" The
liquor dealers of the country have no
such hesitation on the question OF
which is best for their business. A
recent number Of the Wine and Spirit
News the organ Of the liquor dealers,
has these headlines: License Should
Retailers If Liquor Business is to Con-
dnue." Under this title on the first
page is the following letter from a IL
quOr dealer:
'Just watch the proceedings Of the
lawmakers Of this country when the
legislatures are in session, and you
will find that they are all drifting
towards state prohibition. The agita-
ton has become so strong that some
thing will have to be done Every
wholesaler ought to go to work and
advocate high license. Do not let this
matter 90 any longer or you may be
too late.
Not only the legislatures but the
courts are giving the liquor dealers
abundant cause for anxiety. Another
Indiana judge goes a step further than
Judge Artman and declares that not
only is a saloon license uncOnstitu-
per Sc a public nuisance" Judge
Ira W Christian is the name Of the
man who made this notable decision
And here's another slap in the face
to the liquor interests:
THE United States supreme court
has registered its conviction March
4, 1000, that the use Of the stars and
stripes by a beer maker could prop
erly be prohibited as a degrading
use Of the national emblem
Liquor advertisers have aroused the
Indignation Of Secretary Wilson by
their Misrepresentation such as:
- - whisky officially backed BY
the United States" beer o.
KID by Uncle sam" "-Bourbon,
positively guaranteed by the United
States government" Such nonsense as
this, which has glared at the passer-
by from ten thousand crimson bill
boards, and from prepOsterOus adver-
Using bulletins in the press, has re
ceived a stunning blow in a prOnunci- |
amentO issued from Washington Tues
day, April 10, by Secretary Of AgTi-
culture James Wilson. Here are a /
few extracts from the secretary's in |
dignant arraignment:
Il am growing tired Of seeing these /
untruthful statements on the adver-
Using pages Of magazines, on the walls |
Of the New York subway, and on the !
advertising space Of street cars in the |
principal cities. I am thinking, If this |
Outra geOus Misrepresentation does not 1
cease, that the department viii pub /
liSh a list bearing the mans Of man
ufacturers who are indulging in this /
campaign Of deception
such advertising as after January 4
1, 1907, the United States govern |
ment viii protect you by an official 4
serial number that you may easily rec
Ognize,' or statements that the food /
product IS approved by the pure food 1
commissioners must be stopped at /
once or I viii do a little advertising 1
myself in behalf Of the people
Doesn't IL seem that the man with a 4
lick Of sense" would get out Of a i
business that is growing more and /
more and rnnra disrannfahle2