The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-08-25
REPLY TO DOCTOR
]. B. WRIGHT

And now comes a new phase of
the liquor question from the stand
point of an Anti-SaloOnist, as pub
lished by one of our contemporaries
"a communication by one j. B.
Wright, evidently a dry, who at
tempts to show the difference be-
tween good liquor and bad liquor.
We are not very curious in the mat
ter but would like to ask the
esteemed Mr. Wright what he knows
about the difference between good
liquor and bad liquor. We believe
the one competent to judge in case
of this kind is the man who spends
his money for liquor and drinks 1t,
Mr.. Wright is evidently laying him
self open to investigation or else
past and present experience must
rake him a qualified judge. The
cid saying, You're a gentleman,
scholar, and a Judge of good whis-
key" evidently spells a combination
that means something stronger than
the sissy-boy.
Get this salient stronke of phil
osophy "All whiskey is made by
the manufacturer or Whiskey OF
Of what? The gentleman shows his
ignorance in the matter by making
this ambiguous statement On prop
osition that few people understand.
The distiller makes whiskey, but in
prohibition territory, before the
Whiskey gets to the consumer, it is
iobbed and blended and compounded
until there may be two or three dill
ferent kinds of liquor rolled up in one.
Where whiskey is drank in large
quantities, as is usually apparent in
prohibition territory, and where,
after it passes out of the hands Of
the dealer it may be prepared in
various ways to suit the class of
trade coming directly in contract
with Mr.. Bootlegger. 1t is easy to
pervert, misconstrue and twist sim
pie facts, but our erring brother has
tied his wagon to a narrow, pin
headed idea when he says that al
cohol is the vile thing in whiskey.
1t is the basis and alcohol forms the
basis of a great list of drugs and
compounds and patent medicines
sold in drug stores throughout the
one of the very reasons why the
drug trust today is one of the most
substantial contributors to the Anti
Saloon League cause. If people
prefer Peruna, Paine's Celery Com
pound, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
Lydia Pinkhams Compound, (used
exclusively by women) and a long
list of drugs containing from 20 pei
cent to 40 per cent of alcohol in
preference to good beer or good
whiskey, let them go to it. In the
long list of recommendations for
DR.. Hartman's 999 times catarrh
cure, "Peruna," may be found the
testimonials of very many promin-
ent clergymen. Peruna is made up
d1llOOI Ol1IllClJ VI opAllIo VI NOlOSoAAN
in other words, cheap alcohol
little tansy and burnt sugar, and
there is your deeoction. The U. S.
Commissioner of Indian affairs in
1904, issued a circular letter to all
of THE Indian traders and Indian
agents throughout the U. S., de-
handing the removal at once OF
Peruna from the shelves Of the
Indian trader, with this observation
that as a drug, something else as
efficacious might be found, while as
an intoxicant, it served too conven,
iently for Indians looking for in
toxicants. And yet today all over
the land, good brothers and sister!
are adding their names to the Ions
list of testimonials eulogizing tn,
virtues of Peruna
Another fallacy contained in thu
statement of the Honorable Mr.
Wright, Many we'll meaning apollo
gists for the saloon advocate the
drinking of beer because of tn
small per cent of alcohol it con
tains. They could consistently advo
cate the drinking of vile whiske!
for the same reason. Therein tn,
writer makes the same grave erro
that all people engaged in thl
senseless contest against the saloon
are making. Anyone in norma
health can drink pint or quart bot
tie of beer without injury to tn
human system. Let them attemp
to drink the same quantity of whis
key and see what the result will
be.
Another fallacy, why should tn
Oregonian or any other friend o
the saloon object to persons VIII
want to get pure whiskey by ex
press, unless it is to protect tn