Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-07-12
DEAL FAIRLY WITH THE PEOPLE.

We commend to the gentlemen of the House and
the Senate in their consideration Of the Tippns BILL
that useful and enghtenng virtue, sobriety. Moth
ing will be gained for the states practical or moral
welfare by measure hurled through a moments
impulse without reckoning its consequences on the
contrary vast deal will be lost vote in haste
today will mean repentance leisure through years
to come.
Is there any reason to believe that the abolition
Of the sale Of socaled nearbeer will end or reduce
the sale Of whisky? Will it lead to precisely the
opposite result? Every who has observed
present conditions know that the near-beer places,
regulated by the law, have tended to diminish the
use Of intoxicating liquors They have proved prac
teal aid to the enforcement of the prohibition law
Their removal would simply open the way to the
blindtiger and to a reign OF lawlessness.
No one will contend that the Tippins bill would
prevent the importation Of liquors from other states
But it would inevitably increase the amount now i'm
ported and it would that instead of beverage
which is comparatively Misunderstanding and which
is sold under strict regulation should have
swarm of blind tigers and all the debauchery they
bring.
The prohibition law as it now stands comes
nearer accomplishing its purpose than any substitute
or supplementary could ever do. 1t is stead
fly developing the support of public sentiment and is
being more and more consistently carried out. If 1t
be said that in communities IL is not enforced
the same thing could be said with doubled emphasis
of any other law that might be enacted and especial
ly of law harsh that which the Tippns bill
provides. BY its very stringency and unreasonable
ness, indeed, the Tippins bill would defeat its own
end and more than that it would undermine such
constructive results as have already been achieved
under the existing law
This being true the legislature should consider
the effect of such measure on the states finances.
There is now a deficit of some three hundred thou
sand dollars in the treasury. The enactment of the
Tippns bill would double that shortage 1t would
entail burdens which would fall most heavily upon
the common schools. and which would have to be
shoudered by country counties of the state, the
ones least able to bear them
We submit that before Gripping the finances and
the material progress of the commonwealth to this
extent the legislature should think well and should
look far ahead
Certainly if the advocates of this measure will
insist upon having their way they should at least
be fair enough the people submit it to referen
dunn vote. In common justice and common sense,
this much is due to the citizens and the taxpayers
of Georgia.
Many man is friendless because he's too popular
with himself.
II you would enjoy your work. take occasional
day OF and loaf.
Never forget that it pays to be policemen if
you don't mean it.
An cyclists excuse for not knowing more is that
it isn't worth knowing
It's awfully hard for the average man to keep
his yellow streak under
And some men seem to think it is to their credit
to lie about their truthfulness.