The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-30

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Follow prohibition 70 it's logical
conclusion and you win reach some
remarkable results Because some
zen get drunk you would do away
with drink, therefore because some
men swear Sop talking, stop all
things which men abuse and see what
a result you would have. You would
have to stop eating because some men
ere intemperate in their use OF food.
The speaker advised tnose mothers
and fathers having boys who We're be-
ing led astray by bad examples to try
to lead the child into right paths. If
they failed to influence him he ad-
vised them to take the boy to their
minister and II he failed for all of
them to pray for the lad. But If they
Ian failed to save him he said he
would he hanged If he would expect
the ohio legislature to DO il.
| There is being raised q ldg cry by
these reformers to save the working
man for himself. These feformers tell
you laboring people that you are poor
because you spend n nickle day for
beer a niclle day II sometimes
make YOU forget the wages you re-
ceive Drink doesn't cause poverty
but poverty drink. Poverty Will he
a burden the mass of people in this
country will have to bear until the
end of time.
The speaker said he had seen q
hundred sufferers from poverty to one
Isuferer from any other cause. He
told a story to prove that low wages
in the large department stores In the
cities is the cause of more girls goine
wrong than all the drink in the world
Maipe went 156 dry at the last elec.
ticn and the reason is that the boot
) leggers marched arm In arm with tho
prohlbitionists to the polls. Sure, they
were making more money under pro
lhbition than under the open saloon
why shouldn't they be satisfed2 TIT
speaker told of being in Maine an'
he had hardly stepped off the trail
? when he was accosted by little cir
. and solicited to come to her house t.
. buy drink. They had 81 and 5
, rooms in the hotel where he stopped
| and il developed the higher price,
= rooms had liquor in the bureaus.
, He also paid his respects to Okla
lhoma which Is a prohibition state. III
e said oklahoma City Is SO wet
= sauashes. The saloons are run wild
;. open the liquor and gambling in plai
l sight. Before the state went DIR.
the city paid 95 government revenu
= taxes and now there are 800,
Il ''What has prohibition done for yo
G i'm Marion? The reformers tell yo
5 TO take temptation away from tn
$ boy. take II off the street and put
e up an alley. Remove temptation-wh
q then did not God take away the aT
+ pie instead of leaving it where EN
y might find it? God left two paths Il
q men to pursue. one good, one ba'
= and ne advised men to take the goo
n che. However he gave man Il
le choice. His way is good enough f.
s. me. Take away temptation al
i YOU will reduce men to the level
n brutes.
III you hear much about boys gettir
L their first drink in the saloons. No
+ know all about children because
haven't any l am in about the san
N class as these women who oppose q
n ssloon They nave never made
10 track in one and so they know I
en about them. You didn't get your III
II drink in a saloon, YOU got II at
to icnic or Ground the corner. You cal
\, lC,m mpel ueople TO quit drinking by Ia