The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-06-17
:, If the Liquor Saloon.

Said at The Meeting of The
Wa temperance Society in Boston.
4. Croker, D. D., president
= Unitarian Church Temperance
.syfdad at the annual meeting
y 9TH in Kings Chapel, Boston.
o .,,;og remarks he said: "Total
W are the truest representatives
''s liberty Social evils have
.e. rights. The temperance re-
.F''', ,,.4tes a world-peace more
,51r any that can come from
Fly. .- for gunpowder kills few in
sl'e airh liquor. The black curse
'''.+ ,rarse than the white plague.
-.ase reform is fundamental to
Z .-sropies. Science has demon
' 1.it a'cohoIic beverages are de-
lie. that sobriety is the es-
-s.non of economic efficiency;
.rss moderation is dangerous
ms because the brief period
1 t.rs-ion is always followed by
..,Yght and weaker muscles. The
ling of relief and gain is a
;. sven a small amount of light
a s a short time really lessons
al. a. ~gar and physical strength.
~ argument formerly put forth
4 + moderate drinking has been
y !, conclusive laboratory expert
.oa 5tterlv false. These author
.s,, which show that liquors,
.ms Quantities, are destructive
.slte. are stirring all peoples as
tar, Hith temperance sentiment
.n. rar,s activity. The success of
s,r- refmm means the victory of
4s.nt manhood"
sr governor John D. Long deliv-
sslass. in which he said: Drink
arast pensive evil of our times.
.r on more than rs per cent.
h. that poisons the commu-
An. re than IS per cent. of all
re the misery, and all the
- lines at which we are
which touches our ten
.es. and misery which
the sacred circle of the
home.
rs We're so familiar with
lat they did not really try
d The United States Gov
tt for them. If yellow
re. break out in this commu-
rr sal strive to crush it out;
ov L.r is as nothing compared
n lance. There is nothing
-a .5-uares with the evil Of in
.raa
+. We 10? In a State where
han sn ne enforced the remedy
rt.or. But l believe public SEN
Is agan the enactment of a pro-
FRS u Massachusetts,. The time
VT come when we can enforce
.6r aer But we can help the
u option. l believe if fifty
g-.sa 4 stand for total absti-
lr-.. !ney would reform the
a. s.sr the mistaken philosophy
.r5 0feSsor MunSterberg on
met in this community
ntt. the condemnation it
Is 100 late in the day to
.. aAe Intelligent people be-
ar Yhol either stimulates the
H Stimulates. Yes, exactly
5- hand on a piece of red hot
ssem atei, but it's burnt, too.
CHARLES A. Littlefeld followed
ng talk on what prohi-
9a for Lynn. He told of the
.-u-i-y Of feeling throughout
a., 5ljng the recent labor troubles
oUH su'aers or their sympathizers
.EnJEh the streets. Not a single
4 wlrkingman for intoxication
- Pa that time. Such a record
g. unossibIe, he said, if open sa-
81 9een ready to entrap them. He
.rm uperintendents of the larg-
Dries figures of the effect on their
rs Of The regime of no-license.
Industrial advance as we'll as
arln. he said.
tu. qrs we have given license
r ue city with the result that
ss We're hardly suitable for re-
Gta 10 walk IN. We have now
.u. term Of no-license,'' said
.s1es. 1 asked a member of
q. tHee 10 give me figures for
tH"l1kenness during the year
e ra-jeense. The number was
.s Hatae8 that this was smaller
tl s'y had been provided with
,a TO mold those arrested.
, .@ the year of no-license
Luce said that the respon-
Is with the lawmakers but
'ss Ho elect them. Each man
.Il duty to help change the
coward the saloon. The
Aals bound to enforce laws that
PIE nand. He commented on
|s's .a recent years that point to
.-r thugs in the future and closed
a7est appeal to Unitarians to
o their opportunities and,
Dig the vision, still keep hard
m lhe cause of Righteousness.
-'et service can be given than
b. "'h the greatest evil that as
."s.r. he said.
FARMERS ARE SCHOLARS.
earned Professions Are Represented
3 Ing Pioneers on the Arizona