Newark post., 1910-06-22

bled; the banker declares that deposits |
at the bank are larger than ever;
many new buildings have been erected; |
the streets have been improved and |
place to electric lights, with town
water in sight, a question OF such i'm
provement having been defeated by
an overwhelming majority before pro-
hibiton went into effect And while
there may be violations OF the law,
as there are OF all wholesome laws,
yet the prevailing quiet and order OF
the town indicate plainly that prohi-
btion diminishes drunkenness.
1t has been stated upon good au-
thority that the sale Of liquor p,o-
duces million drunkards annually.
1t is responsible for an anual death
rate of 100000 men. What tre-
mendous loss OF wages is represented
by these drunkards through loss of
| time. and inability to work! In the
town of Portage, Cambria Co., Pa,
| where ten coal mines are operated, of
the wages annually expended in the
production of coal, fully $4,000 is
spent over the bar Because OF drunk
enness among among the miners the
loss vof wages during the past year
! amounted to fully 100000 making a
total loss. i'll that town alone. OF over
half a million dollars, directly due to
the licensed saloon. The same condi-
ton prevails in every mining town in
the country, except those in prohibi-
ton States.
And what, may | ask, is the cx-
pense to the State i'll keeping up the
Courts, jais. orphan asylums, insane
asylums, and homes for the destitute,
the necessity for which is directly
chargeable to the liquor traffic? | be-
'ieve that can safely say that $5,ooo,-
100000 will not be more than suffi-
cient to cover the loss in wages and
the cost of maintaining these iiStitu-
tions.
, No sane man can question the fact
that the liquor traffic is, directly or in
directly. the cause OF nearly all the
crime and pauperism in our land. II
has ever been a blighting curse upoy
/ everything good. pure and holy. The
misery and suffering heaped upon tht
{ weak and innocent from the evils o
{ drink are beyond the power of mai
to conceive Homes are blasted an(
} families broken by this diabolical trai
|. fc We have seen the hearse bearing
e to the grave the body of husband ant
S father. whose death was FASTENED b,
S drink: we have looked into the miser
e able where his widow and orphans sa
]. weeping at the sad prospect befor
i them; we have looked into the cell O
+ the condemned man, who, with iea
! and trembling, awaits the day OF eS
d ecution. when with his life he mus
a pay the penalty for crime comnitte
: while under the influence Of drink; W
have heard the shrieks oi the ravin
:, maniac whose reason was dethrone
c by drink we have seen the drin
:, crazed man brain his babe in the crs
. die, we have seen the young man, gt
e ing out into the world, determined t
n do his best, yield to the temptatio
# of the wine cup, little by little, unit
his downfall has been complete; "
have seen him return, not as man t
o Sring honor to his old home, but as
At drunken outcast.
,s In view of such facts is it not hig
time to look for remedy that shal
forever Danish this evil from our lane
Ie Let every man, then, by his vote. d.
e clare that the saloon must go l.,
4 Down with the liuuor traffic" Civ
every man, woman and child CT
II up prohibition, not alone for our oW
S; little State of Delaware. but for eve,
Il State in the Union.