The Mena weekly star., 1910-01-27
W. c. T. U. COLUMN
Edited by Mrs. rIsasors Harris. pr,.idsat.

U. WHICH was u elu al tle nome Ol Mrs. J. E. Disheroor, Tuesday January Is, proved to be very in eresting one.
 The attendance was very good, and after two hours of important business the meeting was dis missed.
 The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. $. E. Martin on North Mena street February 1. There will be 10c tea after the meeting. Ladies invited, and bring 10 cents with you.
 Does it Payl
 Does it pay to license a tra fife which lessens the demand for the helpful things of life, which increases their cost and diminish es the ability to pay for them
 To license traffic which m kes men less skiIlful, less steady. less liable; which license, endurance, lesseus self respect and the re- spect of others. lessens confidence. credit and the demand for food, clothing, shelter and tools with which to work?
 Does 1t pay to license a traffic which breeds idiots, psupers, criminals, lunatics and the cpl leptacs aud cast them upon soci ety to be supp orted by decent, honest, industrious people?
 To license a traffic which in- creases taxes by creating a neces. slty for jails, penitentiaries, as,- lumns, hospitals, almshouses, or phanages, reformatories, police and criminal courts?
 Does 1t pay to license a thing which decreases a mans indus trial efficiency so that the gov ernment reports show that 72 per cent of agricrlturists discrimi nate against him for using it, and that 79 per cent of manufacturers, SS per cent of trsdesmen and 9O per cent of railroad officials do the same thing?
 To ma a.ntain a national quaran- tine against criminal and depend ent classes from abroad and IL, censes 250, 1000 saloon keepers to manufacture such products at home?
 Does 1t pay 10 support the fam lilies of saloon keepers ard bar tenders and pay thelr rent, taxes and insurance, and buy luxuries for them iu order to get a few pennies in revenue and licens o.t of the many dollars which they filch from the pockets of industf,
 Does 1t pay to employ teac hers to teach children the evil eff cts of alcohol upon the human sJs- tenn. and license men to sell a thing which inf ames the stomach, hardens the brain tissue, softens and weakens the blood ,ess. Is, impoverishes the b ocd, over works the heart, rstards the eli m- ination of effete matter, aims the eye, dulls the hearing; diseases the throat, lungs, kidneys, liver, nerves and muscles, the dem nd for which is wholly artificial and when supplied, ssrves no good purpose?
 Does it pay to call ministers to preach the gospel of love, charity, honesty, purity, forgiveness and redemption, and license other men to engage in traffic which fosters hate, engenders strife, breeds dishonesty, impurlty and destruction?
 To send missionaries to the heather to point out the way.oi salvation, and from the same port and often in the sane vessel, send sliquid damnation?'
 Does it pay to build a palace for the brewer, hire servants and buy silks for his wife, and dress your own wife in rags, make hel take in washing to support the family and finally send her 10 the poor house and bury her in the potters field?
 To levy tax 10 support or plans and widows, and license the murder ot husbands ant athers?
 Does II pay to license thing which is always and every where known 10 be the enemy of every thing sacred to God and man?
 To listen to the sophistries ant falsehoods of passion, prej1dice ignorance, appetite and greed and close your ears to the voice of conscience, reason, judgment suffering, religion and God? Does 1t pay to do that whict will blauch the cheeks with feal and make you dumb with terrol