The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-07-15

purposes (which majority exists now
and will Increase with universal ed
ucation) they will not deliberately
by vote order intoxioatants made and
distributed at public expense.
Therefore the overthrow az the
Capitalist System means the doom
Of the liquor traffic a. Q part Of that
System.
2. & There will be no exhaxssted
drudges and no eunuied fdlers.
"Ennui," says Caleb Cotton, 'has
made more gamblers than avarice,
more drunkEds than thirst, and
more suicides than despair"
The masses Of the people, now 50
tired, will be rested, prosperous and
happy; and the tdlers Of today win
have to become honest worhngmen,
well exercised, and no one will fee(
the need OF stimnlants.
IS. The saloon will no longer be
''the poor mans club" All will have
commodious homes, with books, pic
lures and musical Instruments. All
Will have free access to magnificent
halls Of music, art and the drama.
Who would wish vile saloon?
las it will be to no ones economic
Interest to continue the liquor bust
ness, 80 it will be TO every ones &C.
|onomic interest to stop It; for the
labor power thus spent in growing
the grain, fruit and hops used there
in, building the breweries, distiller-
les, wine-vats and saloons, and max
ing, transporting and selling the NJ
Quor would be a double loss to the
people; they would lose the labor-
time which this labor would have
saved them if it had been applied to
useful production and the additional
labor power required to support this
army OF workmen while engaged In
that useless work; therefore the en-
frightened people will not permit 1t.
The way economic reasons which
under capitalism protect it under So
cialism would destroy It.
s. And as untrammeled education
will be universal, the evils of intox-
;icating drinking will become so we'll
known that It will eventually pass
away forever.
Drunkenness Under Socialism. 8
Nevertheless, let US suppose, as
some say, that liquor drinking will
continue in some modified form I'M
der Socialism,:
1. The liquor would be absolutely
pure. There being no profit in 1t
for anyone there would be no in
ducement for adulteration, therefore
it would not be so hurtful.
2. No wife would be Impoverished
because OF her- worthless husband.
Her income would be separate from
his, direct from the government; ana
she would always have plenty OF COED
food, clothes, shelter and friends.
3. No child would be impoveriah-
ed or miss a scomplete education b.
cause of a drunken father. Every
child would be the special ward OF
the state with a sufficient allowance
and the care Of proper authorities in
case of incompetent parents.
4. Every drunkard would be re-
ouired to take the cure, so that ne
might be able to do his fair share
of work and not shirk pom the oth-
ers.
5. It is increditible that intemper
ance would last with full, untram-
meled education on the subject in the
schools, pulpit, press and society and
with no economical inducement Tor
its continued existence.
When we consider that the great
demand which makes the business 80
profitable (even after it has PAID
heavy licenses and fabulous brioes)
is largely artificial, caused by wrong
education, deliberate cultivation thru
candies, condiments, and trea1lns'
and ennui, We can easily
see how, under a rational, free. rest
full, cultured regime, all It's harmrul
features will surely pass away ior-
ever.
vi.
The Paramount Issue
Suppose fate should place before
the American people the strange
proposition, Prohibition or Socialism,
choose one and reject the other 1or
all time! Which should it be? Inc
question came to me in form whlle
was bordering my duty between the
Prohibition party, to which l had De-
longed all my life, and the SOCIALIST
party, which was tremendously pres
sing it's claims upon my conscience
And after a prolonged and palnrul
..,rr1o wos forced to admit that