Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-11-09


Beginning Nov. -, 1910.
Tepsc.-The war against the saloon. En-
listi-Hab. u. In Edited By Rev. shsr-
man H. Doyis. D. ID.
TIE war against the saloon. Thus
1t 10 declared that the light against the
saloon b not one battle or one cam
paign. but 4 war. Nor d II q sham
war. but q real one, and all who enlist
should In sincerity do % not for sew
enty-ave days or for three years, but
vntn the end Of the war.
Oar great drawback In this tremen-
dous struggle against the saloon and
its evils Is that too many enlist for
skirnish or for one battle or cam
paisA instead Of to the end The ef.
forts made are spasmodic The volun-
teers drop out. and II q victory or
partial victory be won the enemy Is
sooa intrcnched In its former strong
holdA Enlist. but enlist for life. or
You win never be a real force In the
settlement Of the mighty issues Of this
war.
And what are the issues Of this war;
Why should we do battle against the
saleen and all forms Of the liquor traf
ncf In many Of our states 1t b a
legahaed business under certain re
stricticna Why. then. should we at
tack what the government protects as
legalised trafic, Really no answer
h neeaed to this question. II Is too
famil1ar to ALL The awful destruction
and devastation Of the saloon. known
to al men. are suficisnt reasons for
taking up arms tiguratively) against
the go Of troubles caused by this com
mon enemy Of mankind and ending
then BY ending 1t. the saloon. Stats
village. town and city daily sees rea-
sons for the overthrowing Of this 81
gantic evil II ruins men, starts youth
ON the downward path. brides and con
uUas various departments Of govern
menin and thus controls the situation
In nany places
But who's to blamei The liquor In
tereses? No. The saloon keepersf No.
The government? Yea But who are
responsible for lawmakers and those
whe should execute the laws7 The
pesp3e In this country. And therefore
n IN Anal analysis Ill liquor agencies
exist b. permission Of the people II
not. then our hoassed principle OF self
government Il as false a. the saloon Is
real
BIT Il the people Of the United
States are the real rulcrs the Tine Of
campaign b easily laid out The peo-
pie must be aroused. All classes
should be interested In this war Men
in the liquor business should be agasnst
II How can they barter bodies. minds
and souls for money! Saloon keepers
should be against the saloon II in
any saloon In our land could be placed
this sign. God says. Woe unto him
that giveth his neighbor drink. that
puttest the bottle to him and makest
him drunken. the war would be
over Saloon keepers and bartenders
could not long stand the strain Of gar
ing ~ sucn an s"tui uissnS
don. and for want OF them saloons
would be closed The victims OF the
saloon should want them TO 20 and ID
all probability would rejoice II they
were closed by law. Then thousands
upon thousands OF mothers with
drunken sons. wives with drunken hus-
banda. children destitute and starving
-ah should and do want them to SO.
Then come the ones specially needed
to Be eniasted-tnose VINO are not Oh
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tntens n NO u
OF nArm rom lne saIoon ~ eAaets an
enormous tax TON psopey no'os
instead OF Keeping tns government
leads to loss Of properly I'D vanous
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