The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-10
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traffic Of this country has entered in.
to our beautiful American homes ana
dragged to death and destruction.
oo,ooo Of u boys and girls. In just
twelve months. some one, Of four
classes OF men have made It possible
for Intoxicating liquor to fill 100000
graves, which means 100000 broken.
hearted mothers, and destitute homes.
100000 more souls added to the etrr-
ra! burning.
Is this all? Is this great numbcr
of Victims al. the havoc the licensed
saloon has wrought the past year,
Listen ! . the following record for
1903:
There are 100000 fallen girls in
tire United States, f":ty per cent. Of
them frqm Christian homes, or sun
day schools. and three.fourths from
country fores. Most of these have
been decoyed into this life by enc Of
the many tricks used in the seduction
Of girls, to supply the demand created
by the uae of alcoholic liquors. There
are $4,000 Of our beautiful American
girls dragged into a life OF shame each
year, 5000 every month, 40 every day,
or a young I'VE blasted, wrecked.
ruined forever. every eight Minutes
May God rave mercy on our land,
wit. suel: a wholesale slaughter Of our
precious girls. Whose girl is safe?
IL yours, father, nother7 It wcuId be
impossible for this hellish business
to &c %nerpetuated but for the liquor
because alcohol invariably
cues to the base Of the brain, arou..
ZIG the anitcat passions; he7te the
great demand for our daughters, OH
the part Of dr:nting men.
The SALMON eIment, with emphasis,
says: IVA will pay Into your sehoo,
the coming year, whatever
your town agrees upon for a License
for the sale Of alcoholic liquors, and
you are using the funds tc edu.
cate your children, we promise faith.
fully to drag down to d drurkard'c
100000 more Of your promising
young n,er, destroy as many homes
rs tn! NUMBER may represent, and
break the hearts OF the fond mothers
ana fathers Of these homes.
''We promise 10 use. up most Of the
money We pay into your school fund
hi taking care Of victims in court.
We promise to degrf de your. society.
brutes Of your men, so that
They will desert their homes, leaving
their families to rtarsc for want Of
the provisions that he ~ould have
purchased with the money he will pay
our Golfers.
III this is not enough to persuade
the American voter to renew our H.
ecnsc for the coming year.. we prom.
Use to add. In proportion to the IN
creased demand for drink, 20 the
l~,eartaehest misery, hunger destt:u-
tor, suicide, murder, .nd death III
general.
1--WE will continue to fill your hoa-
p:tals, asyl.lms, penitentiarles, BROTH
els, a~1mshouses and g~raveyards, and
as q final 'nducemnt we promise to
drag t, shame and disgrace 10000 CT
your beautiful daughter.
"If you have any doubts as to our
sincerity In This matter, ali we ask
you to do is to refer to u past req
ord"
The coming year the 'accursed H.
euor traffic wtL call for 100000 more
Of our promising young men. This
number of homes must be robbed, pG.
fore the year comes to a close. shal.
It be your home? Mother, tie corr
irG year these drinking men will de.
mand $4,000 more OF our pur=. inno-
cent American girls. Some mother
will have to stand aside with breaking
heart, and see her precious darling go
tc ru!,. Shall It be yours?
Mr.. Voter, are you going to give to
the Liquor traffic this spring by your
tote, a chance to rob your home Of
your thirteen.year-old girl7 you
vote for high license and ONE wie.-
ed Williams under the influence OF in
to*lcating liquor, assaults and then
sells her to the brotheI for twenty or.
f:t'ty dollars, don't you say anything
to him, for you have given him the
right to &c. the stuff that made him
mad enough to commit the deed, SO
ycu have no right to bother him.
II seems high time to call a halt.
and put a stop 70 this terrible evil.
Snail we do Il men? II remains for
LIS to say. If the women could vote
tire question would be settled at the
first election, but as Z is. It Is left for
Us men folks, either to perPetuate or
the traffic by our vote.
The four classes mentioned at The