The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-02-13


ply prohibits its use for unlawful and harm
tul purposes.
''The property is still there. Every brick and
Single every beam and belt, every horse and
wagon belongs to the brewer and dister
1T may be converted into soap factory to
wash humanity, instead of making it dirty;
tannery to tan the hides of cattle, instead of the
backs OF little children, or shoe factory to make
the hides into footwear, instead of a product
that strips the little feet and exposes them to wet
and frost.
IF the people of Rochester should decide by
popular vote that Duffys whisky is neither alb
solutely pure nor indispensable, the splendid
property on Lake avenue that houses the stock
and offices would still belong to the Duffy COM
pany, and could be used as warehouse, for the
Duffy department store on Main street for the
largely increased business that would follow the
confiscation of poverty, misery and crime by the
Prohibition of whisky
ut may be argued that the property may not
be as valuable for other purposes We concede
that Legitimate industry does not nav such
usurous dividends as beer and whisky; but that
does not impose upon the people the obligation
OF making good the loss to the dstil1er any more
than the tools of the burglar and counterfeiter
Mr.. Duffy insists that Prohibition is poison
because wherever it has been tried it has caused
deterioration in the quality of whisky used
IT the distiller means to imply that license and
regulation is guaranty of purity in the whisky
made and sold, how does he account for the
poor quality of Duffy's Pure Malt Whisky which
enjoys the protection of the law?'
Mr. Howard here reviewed the case in the
New York supreme court in which the state re-
covered $500 from druggist who had sold the
Duffy whisky as medicine not subject to the state
tax imposed upon the sale of whisky; and quoted
the testimony of the expert chemists of the state
and the chief chemist of the Internal Revenue
Bureau at Washington, that the famous "abso-
lutely pure" medicine was very ordinary and
poor quality of whisky, such as is sold every day
over the bars of hotels and saloons.
1--WE admit the CHARGE" said Mr.. Howard
that poor quality of whisky is sold under Pro-
h1bltlon, made by the dstillers in license states
and sneaked over the line in violation of the law
exactly as they impose poor quality upon the
SICK and afflicted as a medicine under license
and regulation"
The closing part of Mr.. Towards address
was devoted to the "honored guests imported
from New York to give tone and responsibility
to the convention
"The saloon" he said, ''has taken its last
stand: There is no surer indication of this than
Its disposition to offer the clover leaf to men
who wear the garb of the church
his attempt to put white tie around bar
rel OF beer by pulpit freaks will fool nobody
there are freaks even in nature, but they do not
change the law of gravitation In our anxiety
tor the reputation of the pulpit let us not con-
fuse the shooting meteor with the fixed star
1t does not help the cause of the Sunday saloon
to have minister express to a brewers con-
ventlon his Willingness to surrender his Lords
day to their traffic, except that part of the morn
ing which he devotes to preaching and prayer
1T did not help the cause of the canteen for
preacher to win the cheers from a brewers con-
vention by advocating its restoration to the army
The ministers of the Gospel who participated