St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1909-03-12
COM M uNlCATED.

city eietllOH 10 Hedf dt manu- anu tnt
people are beginning to stir around
TO find out where they stand, will
you give me space for few ? ? {?
and u! in your valuable paper?
noticed In your last issue MIR. A. T.
Bolden's article on the real issue
before the people OF st. Johns. lie
proposes plank for the church people
and the temperance people to be
named "No License" ticket. This,
in his mind, would stop law suits and
guarantee us that long looked for
time OF peace. Now let us drop q
few ??7.
MIR. Bolden, why do men want to
sell liquor7 What incentive have
they? Is It not profit? In the
towns of this state where they have
no license have they had no law
suits? And are they not taxing the
people to raise money to pay detec-
tives to catch bootleggers who Snug
gle booze into their town contrary
to law? Is Il not constant battle,
constant scrap, n constant row un.
der the present no license systern7
II you would get with the people who
hands with the revolutionary Social.
ist party and help destroy the foun.
dation on which all this trouble rests
profit. Under Socialism there will
be absolutely no profit in II for any
one; no financial Inducements what.
ever TO make or sell liquor. There
will be no profit with which to pay
license or brlbes. Its corruptive
power will entirely vanish. There
viii be no temptation whatever for
officials TO protect II or wink at VIC.
iations OF prohibition laws: no reas.
ons for any one to oppose teaching
the whole truth about alcoholic
liquors In the public schools. There
will be absolutely nothing TO keep
the thing alive as business, and
with n majority Of the people op.
posed TO its manufacture and distri.
button for beverage purposes (which
majority exists now and will Increase
with universal cducationD they VIII
not deliberately. by vote. order In
toxicants made aud distributed NJ
public expense. Therefore. the over.
throw of the oapitalis,Ic system
means the overthrow OF the liquor
traffic as n part OF the system. There
will be no exhausted drudgos and no
born urcds." Tho masses OF the
people now NO tired will become rost.
cd. prosperous aud happy. and the
idlcrs OF today win. have To become
workingmcn. well exercised. No one
will feel the need Of stlmulants: the
saloons viii no longer be- the poor
mans club. All will have commodi'
ous homes with books. pictures and
musical instruments. all VIII have
free access TO magnificent halls Of
music. art aud drama, Who would
want a filthy saloon IN their midstY
As Il will be TO no ones economic
interest To continue the liquor bust.
ness. 30 II viii be 10 every ones eco
nomlc interest 10 stop II. The very
economic reason which under capl
talism protect II, under Socialism
would destroy II, Can you see thatg
MIR. Boldon, We as Socialists. un'
dcratand there is an Issue, Il 10
the same In ST. Johns Hs Il IN all
over the world We have found out
that We cannot gather grapes OF
thorns or figs OF thistlos"-Matt.
7:l6.20. would like TO ask what
the temperance people and the church
people OF st. Johns are going To do
about the matter, Are they going To
try and patch up system that has
produced such fruit and make II re-
spectacle. or are they going to obey
the Scriptures Matt, l2.S3-and
~ hNNf ~ WV VIZ 'Nf
"axe" at the root OF the system that
bears such fruit they will find the
Socialists there whaoking away, The
saloon Is not "a eause--proiit Is the
cause. Knowing the cause, We eN'
pect TO keep digging away regardless
OF what others say until every YES
tlge OF capitalism is destroyed from
OFF the earth. and in its place stands
the cooperative commonwealth.
where cooperation takes the place
OF competiiion-where peace takes
the place OF war
win you not come down from
amongst the branches and help MS In
this grand work? We need you,
Yours for the revolution of peace.
q. l.. perrine.