The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-20

nerve, muscle and mind. Does liquor
conserve and preserve these things?
"If there be a man In this audi
cnce who has a counterfeit dollar in
his pocket, 1 want him to stand up
Would you men, If you had one, stand
up? No, you would be afraid that
your good neighbor sitting next to
you, would think, no matter how IN
nocent you are that you might try
to pass it off on him. a counterfeit
dollar is the product of producing
labor. The more counterfeit dollars
there are. the less valuable is labor.
Economics of Question.
"The thieves moved out when YOU
closed your saloons. Robbing bank,
burning house, committing crime,
all of these are labor. No one can
deny that But they are not produc-
tive labor. Suppose ! have five dol
lars, and the thief picks 1t from my
pocket. Suppose 1 am an cmploye In
a bank, suppose | am teacher In
your schools and in your church. Be
cause that money was stolen from
me, would / be less desirable as
teacher or preacher to you? Would
you hesitate. because | was the VIC
tim of a robbery to take me into your
home? But suppose | held those po-
sitons and / went out and became
glorlously drunk, suppose YOU saw
me in the gutter i'm all the nth, could
/ still be teacher or preacher for
your children? Could | still handle
your money in the bank?
"There is law In many places that
bartenders have to sign "A pledge OF
total abstinence before they can
procure a position. Why? For the
same reason that you don't want a
drunken lawyer handling your case;
you don't want drunken physician
administering TO your children; you
don't want a drunken clerk handling
your goods. | saw an advertisement
in a paper the other day, a saloon
keeper was advertising for "A barten-
der and he stated that only total alb
stainers need apply How ridiculous
ceries! What II clothier should ad-
vertise for a clerk and make the con-
ditions that he should not eat gro
ceries! What Is a clothler should ad-
vertise for clerk, but refuse to let
him wear clothing. | want to ask you
If the stuff that Is sold Is not good
enough for the man behind the par
how can it be good enough for the
man in front of the bar?
Liquor Destroys Productive Powers
"The first thing involved In the
selling of liquor is the fact that 1t IS
destructive of the wealth producing
power of the country.
suppose ! am farmer. suppose
that after / have made my living eX-
penses, have $500 to spend. l am
an honest farmer, and / want to say.
that If you want to find honesty, pa
triotism and devotion, IL you want
TO lind the genuine article, you have
got to go back to the farm for II, Sup
pose | am the farmer that occasion
ally takes drink. l am not the
kind of a farmer that is willing to
swear away his soul to help some
bootlegger along, but one who drinks
along "A little In moderation. Sup
pose / come to town, 1t Is a cold day
and | have been riding for hours on
the seat of a wagon, out In the bleak
chilling wind. There are no saloons
in the town, it has been voted dry.
and across the street | see my old
friend Tom. call TO him and we
go into warm restaurant, and there
we get a cup Of hot coffee, perhaps
two, but not twenty, with some sand
wiches. We leave that restaurant re-
freshed, warm, in good spirits, with
our money still in our pockets.
Makes Money for Everyone.
81 so by hardware store and there
in the window Is stove, warm, at
| tractive looking one, the very thins
we need in the front parlor ont OF
the farm. Wen gather around thaI
stove this winter and tell stories ant
crack nuts. / go in and price 1t, Il
is fifty dollars, "a pretty good price
but l have $500 in my pocket 80 tha
stove is loaded into the wagon J
is set up in that parlor II keeps III
warm, preserves our health, makes
me better able TO earn money. II IN
creases my wealth. producing power
IL has made money for the retail man
for the railroad that shipped It, fol
| the manufactures, clear back 10 th'
man who digged the ore from th'
earth. 1t is this kind of conservation
and preservation of the wealth-pro'
ducing power that has made our grea
country today
II stll have a part of the none,
which am to spend, left. l buy three
more articles | procure a new suit
buy piece of shiny lustroui
cloth for my wife and the rest
put in the bank Everything l have
bought has put money into the hands
of every person that has touched th'
articles which | have purchased MY
neighbor Toms crop has failed. H'
needs money. He goes to the pahk
borrows the money have placed
there. II puts him on his feet helps
the banker and makes money Tor me
Dollar Can Only be Spent once.
II am the same farmer with the