Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-10-26
THE COUNTY AND THE ANTI.
SALOON MOVEMENT.
How 1t Effects the Taxpayer and
the Employer.

l DC cDhemeTal. when tne present Two
great parties were In their swaddlIng
clothes the first temperance society had
made its debut Like many other great
reforms il originated with those who
had suffered the scourgc which they later
cndeavored TO sweep forever from the
face Of the earth Three promiuen t
events give luslre TO the administration
sof John Quincy Adams making it
second TO none in the development of the
greatest republic the world has ever
known: The construction OF the Erie
Canal. the building of the fret steam
railroad. and the formation of the first
temperance society by five men who by
experience had learned the curse Of rum
and banded together to save others from
It's throes
Prior TO 1926 anti-saloon sentiment
had taken form and no opposition was
offered to the drink habit which was
almost universal. With the embarkation
on internal improvements an antagonism
grew rapi lily against intemperance, the
greatest hindrance to private and public
enterprises SO repugnant has insobriely
b, ONE that today the managers OF great
corporations such as railroads, steamboat
co np4aies, telephone and telegraph
sta ions, 10 fact, all positions of worth
and trust fad no place for the user Of
the "cup that cheers" In politics, alone
does the free imbiber find offices Of
profit and In this field he is rapidly be-
coming obsolete Society looks upon the
drunkard no longer as jolly member
but as a subject of ostracism. Medical
authorities are universal in its den uncia-
ton.
Many large industrial plants have
found the efficiency of their employers
rendered so deficient by the presence of
the saloon that they have been forced to
rise as unit and drive them out of the
neighborhood. This is especially true at
Sparrow's Point.
The goal of nation can readily be
determined by the civic ideals Of It's
citizens and no nation can be accredited
great whose citizens do not diligently
study the happiness and welfare OF their
country and are militant enemies to all
things conducive to the degradation of
their native land and the effeminacy Of
their countrymen. Every vocation is
either constructive or destructive in its
effect on the nation and individuals that
compose that nation. All pursuits that
build up state or county should be
encouraged but no person has right OF
should be permitted to engage in bust
ness deleterious TO his state and neighbor-
hood and ruinous TO bis fellow man and
he who allows per nicious enterprise to
be carried on without entering a vigor'
GUS protest is neither lover Of his coun.
try nor benefactor OF his race.
All through the State OF Maryland and
especially in Anne Arundel County tho
good people are rising in body against
the saloon, the greatest curse of men, tht
worse dread Of women, and the ravisheI
OF the home which often makes the
pangs Of poverty thrice hard to bear
Much to the credit or the rural districts
of this county they have shaken off this
demon.
Although portion OF Anne Arunde
is dry, the efficacy of the local option law
is greatly hampered by the sale ofliquol
in Annapolis and the other licensed
precincts of the county. There is abso
IuteIy no reason why this traffic should
continue in the Capital City of this Stat,
and the other parts of the county. An
napolis is not manufacturing town, 1T
only source of steady revenue IS from it
immediate citizens and those of the sur
rounding country; without the county'i
trade it would be insolvent in less thar
six months. It affords the county /:
market for large portion of its produce
Their advantages arc reciprocal; thei
welfare identical. Since Annapolis de
ponds upon the county for its very exist
ence, it is of vital importance to her tina
nothing is permitted within her limit
to iDjure her principal source of income
nor should she tolerate within he
Jurisdiction anything which binders th,
full development and the complet'
fruition of the county's produce ans
trade.
Stand any day you desire, especially
on Saturday. on South or Severn River
bridge and watch the influx Of teams int
Annapolis, note the large per cent Of
negroes, wait their return and you vii
find 90 per cent of them either witt
bottles or else under the influence o.
liquor. This means inelficiency of laboi
and increase of crime both of which th,
rural sections must bear the brunt
Liquor and crime are two yoke devils
each sworn to the others purpose.
Not only is this applicable to the sons
of Ham but some of our neighbors come
home terrorizing their children. griei
strickening their wives; the produces
sold, partly or entirely gone in ths
ruinous drink; another week the lardeI
viii be slight or empty, and harder
ssruggle with poverty for the Who'll.
family This is not a general case, but few
readers win have to tax their memory tc