The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-10-21
SAYINGS
OF GREAT men
'nio%icants of All Kinds Con-
DENIED In Strong Language
ALL or ONE ACCORD
Liquor Traffic Is Cancer In Society, De-
grading and Runous to Human Pur.
suits, Greatest Cause of Poverty

The best men OF all ages and all cOun-
tries have always contended that the
whlskey traffic is curse, and should
be entirely abolished. History records
no man OF prominence as having stood
for the traffic being of benefit to man
kind. The hackers of the present cam
paign to continue the saloon in Florida
have admitted that they dare not at
tempt any defense of the saloon OF
liquor itself in the campaign. One of
their supporters advises that General
Holt has ordered that all talk be for
local option" Thus they admit that
their real cause is indefensible.
The following paragraphs give the
opinion of some of the wOrlds's great
men on the liquor question::
Abraham Lincoln:- 1.-The liquor traf-
fic is cancer in society, eating out the
vitals and threatening destruction, and
all attempts to regulate it will not only
prove abortive, but will aggrevate the
evil. There must be no more attempts
to regulate the cancer. 1t must be
eradcated, not root must be left be-
hind; for until this is done, all classes
must continue in danger OF becoming
victims of strong drink. If 1t is crime
to make counterfeit dollar, it is ten
thousand times worse crime to make
a counterfeit man.
Governor r. B. Glenn, North Caro-
lima: 81 say to you deliberately, after
thirty years experience as an attOr-
ney and as a prosecuting officer in the
courts, that am firmly of the opinion
that sixty per cent of crime is directly
the result of strong drink, and ninety
five percent is indirectly caused by in
diligence in strong drink. Can we then
in the face of such an appalling array,
hesitate to say where we stand?'
Archbishop Ireland: - "The great
cause of social crime is drink. The
great cause of poverty is drink. When
/ hear of a family broken up, and ask
the cause-drink. If | go to the gal
lows and ask its victim the cause, the
answer-drink. Then ask myself in
perfect wonderment, Why do not men
put stop to this thing?"
William Mckinley - "The liquor traf-
fic is the most degrading and ruinous of
all human pursuits. BY legallzlng this
traffic we agree to share with the liquor
seller the responsibilities and evils OF
his business. Every man who votes
for license becomes of necessity part
ner to the liquor traffic and all its con-
sequences.
Martin Luther: - Whoever first
brewed beer has prepared pet for
Germany. | have prayed to God that
He would destroy the whole brewing
industry. have often pronounced a
curse on the brewed. All Germany
could live on the barley that is spoiled
and turned into curse by the brewer. -
New York Commission on Prisons:-
During the year there were %,
commitments to the jails and 3,hl5
20 the pententiaries for intOxicatiC n.
1t would appear that one half OF the
convictions in the criminal courts OF
the State are for this single offense. -
Governor Hoke Smith, Georgia. 1T
is absolutely impossible to have per.
man mt, decent municipal government
where the saloon dominates municipal
notifies. The elimination of saloons will
help municipal and state politics every
where"
DR.. ]. Starr, Chaplain Ohio Peniten-
tiary:-" 1.-THE records show that l,25O
persons have been received into this in
stitution during the last eighteen
months. OF these, $50 acknowledge
the cause to have been drink
Henry Ward Beecher:-"Every year
| live increases my conviction that the
use of Intoxicating drinks is a greater
DESTROYING force to life and virtue than
all other physical evils combined"
Bishop Phillips Brooks: = III we
should sweep intempersnce out OF our
country, there would be hardly poverty
enough left to give healthy exercise to
our charitable impulses.
Queen of Madagascar: ~ cannot
consent, as your queen, to take revenue
from the sale of liquor. which destroys
the souls and bodies Of my subjects"
NATE ne T0HXET CAFE