The Republican journal., 1911-08-03

nj the nations OF France, Great
ard Austria Hungary. Greater
Npenditures for strong drink an
an the yearly national revenue
1gle government in the world,
flowing statistics which | ap-
prove, drink costs our nation
IL. s.. 900, 900, 600.
NATIONAL REVENUES.
mure. ................$ 81 $50, zoo, 600
u9pire. ................, 1,45l 900, 900
~tates.. .......... ....... 1,149,000, 900
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 100000
Z ,aln,...,........ IOl, OUO,00U
hungary $50, 900. 900
it expected that our nation can
prosper in the end under such
S. | would ask. with the open
,ti5e sapping the very vitals of
titants year by year? | am no
St tut say that unless our people
all their might and overthrow
ty evil of rum-selling by prohi-
Cod will wipe out our nation in
#, century or two as he did the
f Phoenicia, Thebes, Babylon
'"e-
dollar expended for liquor robs
E 1t east half-day's work, while
w. liquor waste in our govern
not less than 400, 200, 600 or
~ lays work annually" Our
spending over three times as
. " strong drink as they do for
times more than for butter
Sc, and also for boots and shoes;
As much as for worsted goods
is, and nearly six times more
vooIen goods; while all our tea,
COCOA and chocolate cost our
--s than one-siXth of the amount
they are eXpending for liquor.
s-iy, statistics show that our
.4y4 expended in less than eleven
tre, for strong drink, more than
IF all the products of the farms
aited States, as well as all our
raj and manufacturing indus
/. takes a clear brain to grasp,
n comprehend the immensely of
value of the appalling amount
which is worse than wasted,
-esr. by our people for strong
II is safe to say that, beyond all
iculation, the prohibition of the
traffic throughout our land would
41d bless our people as nothing
a- one in our history. 1t is
70 any man. whoever he may be,
q voice or ballot favors regula-
,t- traffic in liquors, which is the
ST enemy to civilization, justice,
t and religion. Only a few days
"unken man, who knows me well,
foul, tobacco-stained face near
F. and said: "Say, have you read
IN. Abbott says about your Prohi-
r1mbug in Maine?" To his question
. 10 reply, and held no conversa-
i-t the poor fellow. AS he stag
away down the dusty road | heard
to himself: This Rev.
$ all right; | believe as he does,
and so this is what DR.. Abbott
aaed by attacking Prohibition in
the praise of the thick-tongue of
kard who applauds him for his at
upon a great principle, whose OBJ
J o DO away with the breweries,
sries and rum shops in our land.
with unmanly assertions as to
iton in our grand old State, which
IF only false, but whose advocacy
EQUATION of the rum traffic is
regretted by every thoughtful
Who knows full we'll that the
traffic can in the end only be de-
d by prohibition, or it will, in the
.estroy our nation. Shak espeare,
eatest poet, has said: There is a
p the affairs of men which, taken
food, leads on to victory" Now
as true in regard to movements as
b and while the prohibition of the
traffic in our government may ap-
most Utopian, yet l say it is the
II movement which every minister
rist should be striving for rather
by unfolding such silly
as regulation of the drink traffic,
IS only compromising this great
or and which in the end can never
anything but disappointment, as
e compromises on the slavery ques-
Il the past, which today we clearly
were only temporary makeshifts
seiess methods in the final settle
Of great issue. The people of
tate of Maine will not heed the adj
Il Dr. Abbott and compromise on
In question. No; never, never!
r half a century ago we cut the
Of the rum traffic off in Maine by
oitioa, and we pray, by the help Of
nd women, we will keep it's head off
er in the grand old State by the
ing sea.
burden of our song in Maine
I'VE Of prohibition, disdain of wrong,
Its master chords are
ecom, manhood, brotherhood.
ose this article in quoting the words
e of Names great sons, who was
ID States Senator from our COM
'ealth as we'll as vice president OF
land. | have reference to Hon.
lbal Hamlin, who in speaking OF
law, we'll said: 1In the
good produced by the prohibitory
II Maine, no man can doubt, who
cen its result. It has been of i'm
e value" Let the noble words Of
ChiIdran Cry