The Monte Vista journal., 1912-06-22

women, than has the man VINO
drinks, even occasionally. 1t is a
matter of record that many girls
have married Incorporate men to re-
form them, and failed nine times out
of ten. But the time has come when
young women of principle and in
tellect. ZEE the fallacy of this and re-
fuse to undertake the dangerous
task
Alcohol has the treacherous prop
erty of creating an appetite for
itself, and of destroying the will
drink, expects to become drunk
| ard, and even scorns one who is COM
pletely enslaved, yet fails to realize
| that he, himself, is making straight
for the same goal. If young man
| is a total abstainer until the age o.
| twenty-five, the overwhelming
chances are that he will remain So
To the youth who hopes to make the
best of himself in life and who is yet
tempted to drink there is no more
important lesson than this; that to-
day, as never before, abstinence is
not only virtue, but like all other
virtues it pays, and is the one that in
all the catalogue of virtues, pays
most directly and best. But all down
through the ages it has been the alb
stainers who have done the really
great things. God chose for his
great purposes, Samson, total alb
stainer from birth, as was his mother
before him; Daniel, who refused to
defile himself with the kings wine;
John, the Baptist, who drank
neither wine nor strong drink"
And in modern times we find few
exceptions to the Divine plan. Love-
Joy, the martyr; Garrison, the re-
former; Phillips, the abolitionist;
Greeley, the editor; and Lincoln, the
emancipation, were all total alb
stainers.
If we have in any way proven our
contention that total abstinence is of
great value to life, it follows that
the total abstainer, to be logically
since the saloons business is to
break down the principle and prac-
tice of abstinence, and SO jeopardize
the moral, physical and financial we'll
being of society. We are led to
repeat the old question of slavery
days, How much is a man worth?"
The brewers and distillers have tried
to figure out the price in dollars and
cents, of the men, women and
children of the United States, and
the criminal traffic is ready to pay
the price. But the citizenship of this
country is not ready to accept this
last and lowest argument, the reduc-
tion of taxes, which is also false
one, and consent to sell their sons
and daughters into the slavery of
drunkenness and immortality. In a
civilized nation, the integrity and
sobriety of the citizen ought to be
above the level of the auction block.
| The value of the state depends upon
the character of the citizens, and no
country can afford to put price on
| purity and sobriety. Character YER
sus tax rate, is poor patriotism. In
summing up the evidence, we CON
clude that:
First-Alcohol is narcotic poi
son, never needful, always harmful.
second-Drinking is Injurious to
the morals, mind and body.
Third-The drinker decreases his
ability to work, think, plan or create.
Fourth-His purchasing capacity
is limited to his earning capacity,
therefore his family suffers in ma
terial way
Fifth-The employer of labor in
all fields, Will, other things being
equal, give the preference to the
total abstainer.
Sixth-No one is strong enough to
dare to take the chance of being
overcome by the drink appetite.
Seyenth-The bubbles in glass
of champagne, as the foam on
schooner of beer, only spell defeat
in the long run; while temperance
and morality are powerful factors in
winning life's race.
Eighth-The consistent goth cen
tury abstainer must write upon his
banner "prohibition for Stota o,1