The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-11-04
In the Religious World

service and efficiency. The cote Oh
our day has gone against Whatever
hurts the weaker brother. Every
man. every practice, every business
must answer to this test
Let us call the roll OF n1erchahts
who ask public permission. protec-
ton and patronage:
mr. GROCER, stand up and an
|swer why you should be allowed 20
do business, and take the peoples
Wealth."
II give men food in return for
their money: they cannot get along
tho me-"
"MR. CLOTHIER, what have you
to say?"
81 provide protection and adorn-
ment for peoples bodies, doing them
good and not hurt"
Mr. BOOKSELLER, you take in
much money; by what right?"
by the right Of service. I furnish
food for mems brains; I am an indis-
pensabee agent of civilization.
"MR. BUILDER, what do o give
for the millions o receiver
st make the peoples homes, shell
tering them, and making stable our
social life"
"MR. SALOON-KEEPER, you ask
hundreds OF millions Of dollars from
the public; justify yourself"
Here we find for the first time. re-
| sentiment and impertinence. What
1 do with my business is nobody's
| concern but my own. I stand for
personal liberty If a man wants
to take a drink, because he likes II.
or a thousand drinks. whose affair
is it? What if he does ose his steady
nerve, his self-respect, his health. his
ambition, his savings, his position.
and his family's happiness in my
place of business? That is no mat
ter Of yours. When I'm through
with him, Til send him, and his fam
lily, to- the almshouse, the insanse asy-
lum, the Jail or the hospital, and
there you may take care Of him.
have powerful friends in all politica,
parties who will see that you don
go too far with your meddlesome
laws"
Il New Social Conscience.
The relentless modern social work
ers, with their surveys and statistics
are playing greater havoc with tn.
LIQUOR vendO than ever the old fash
toned temperance orators did. Fol
they are proving up to the hilt tn
in the community. He contribute
nothing really necessary to human
welfare, and he lays toll upon so
ciety's most priceless possessions. H
is the open and confessed ally Of al
the other evils Of our day, fron
white slavery to debauched legisla
ture and judiciary. Steadily and re
lentlessly the restrictions upon tn
liquor business are increasing in al
parts Of the land, and the numbe
Of it's open supporters grow fewe
and fewer.
At the very time of this lessor
. there is meeting in Ohio what wi
, doubtless be the largest and mos
5 formidable temperance conventio
. ever assembled. This great Ant
Saloon national gathering, nerved b
q many and mighty victories, is cor
I templating new and still holder Al
: lacks upon the liquor business. Th
cry raised by President Francis
Clark, Of the Christian Endeavor Sc
: ciety, "a S~aloon1ess Nation by 1926
/: is no idle slogan; the most powerf,
q forces in the life Of this wester
n world are seriously undertaking
realize it. The victories in behalf
9 the m welfare along other lin,
IS have nightly stimulated the foes
# this ubiquitous evil.
h Nothing that looks to the we'll b
G ing of the plain people is too radio
n for these times. The whole luu
e Of the social order has become lea
IL ened with the Pauline teaching
altruism. Society is resolved to g
le rid Of everything that hurts the Ii
} Of the people. In every court
science, Of ethics, Of politics, Of i
It dustrial e~fficience, Of education,
athletics, Of religion-a liquor h
he been tried AND found a ~fa1facte
The pleasure and enrichment of Il
e few must give way to the well-bei,
l. Of a few fanatics" temperance is t
day the, victorious cause Of the cor
"a mon neOnlo and the church
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