Arizona republican., 1908-04-24

from them as to the health giving 1 properties of their goods.
 | The best they can do in that line is
 to refer Co some one now long dead. and hold him up as a great example uf the beneficial effects Of using their
 drinks
 Notice hc advertisement recently published Of the BudWeiscr Beer, they 1 give picture of our second president, John Adams. and state that he Was 1 constant user oi that famous beverage and therefore achieved national great l ness as a statesman. finally became president of the United States and | died at the ripe old age of 91 years. 1 lasting memorial to the healthful ef- | feet and life prolonging qualities of "BudWeisef Beer"
 | Mir. Adams has been dead S2 years, SD cannot rise up and affirm or deny. But >my private opinion publicly eX- pressed i-. that had he been con stant user of that beverage. he would never have seen the inside of the capi- tpi unless as iaritor and, would have filled pauper's grave before he was fifty years old. At least such is the effect ou men nowadays. l ann personally acquainted with many who have been persistent users rf beer OF whiskeg. here in Phoenix. and are known to nearly everybody. They were at one time clean, honest sober and Industrious. What are they now
 Do our liquor friends point to them
 vich pride and say. see what great effects the persistent and constant use of our goods have on our customers.
 No they do not and will not; in fact they actually disoWn them. They even claim that Prohibition is responsible for their condition,
 And when they frequent their places of business, as soon as their money is gone. they kick them out OF call an officer and send them to the jus.
 Of course l .am referring now to their very best customers. those who have spent all they make except a miserable pitiauce for clothes, over tno bar. and have such an intense appetite for drink tha, they cannot control it.
 This then is the business We are ked tu allow for the sake of the license money. Win it pay?
 No, The business is bad and only n.d. Wn know it. they know it, and they generally. frankly confess that tho excessive use of liquor is a great c-iI
 Nevertheless the, are anxious to D rpstuatc that evil f1r the money there is in it and seek to win us to their s'de by offering to-pay a high
 
 blind our eyes to the evil effects on rnc community.
 Rur thc extra cost of our courts. a.ylum-. jais. pe1iten;iariys, poor houses. police. and deputy sherifts, charGeable directly to the liquor traffic is more than ten times the amount of l all the license taxes. and revenues, ! produced bv the traffic. not Co speak . of the poverty. wr-tchoduc-S, sorrow. tears and dcSra iat.pu forced upon the innocent "iv.- and children of the victims. of Ih, auat-e.
 Now , ask again. does !, pay?
 But is 1or it am insult to the name !. al humanity tp ask such a question: ]
 Arc we willing ro sell our love. our . honor. our happiness our integrity. in !. fact all that W. hold naIr and dear. for moaav2 No, ] -ay thousand . times No, who iS there SD base SO | 1av. so dad. Co all that iz good and . Holy. who will say yes.
 Then saH wo vote Co perpctuate ] business. which we kuow. will make ! somebody a thief. win make somebody 1, a murderer. will bcSmirsch So.aebody~ . Ioupr. win break somebody's heart. will break up somebody's soui2 WHI . ,yee
 Well ae shall see what we shall see aa rra-- 1rd
 ia conclusion lot me quote some . scripture. our liquor friends believe . in rhe bible l knew for they arc Ib- eral in their quotations when i- suits- them
 Woe unto him that givcth On"t . -eUetD his ueighbor drink. that put . test thy bottle to him. and makest . hun drunken also, that thou mayest . look or his nakcduess'
 Thou art filled with shame for glory" Hab. 2: 15 part of 16 verses. 1
 How much moreptheu. shall it be 1, Woe 10 him that sclleth his ucighbor !. drink and makcth him drunken. and . to him WEo will vote to sch his i ncighhor uriuk. Let us fear an