Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-20
A Great Loss?

While enjoying the comforts of a
New Jersey winter with the lawns all
green and the cattle out in the pas
ture, and the weather about as it is
in Maine in the first part of October,
it is a pleasant contrast to the more
rugged season in the. good ..old Pine
Tree State. But there are other con-
trasts that are not so pleasing. While
the boys of this generation never saw
an open saloon in Maine, with its at
tractive furnishings, suggestive pic
lures on the walls, attractive display
of liquors, and advertisements calling
attention to their respective merits
for the destruction of mankind, this
state: eve will make it small SD
has the (dis) honor of having the
largest number of saloons in proper
ton to population of any state in the
Union. And the Civic League has ev-
idence of about as many SPEAK
easies'' as there are licensed saloons.
The law demands that the saloon shall
be closed on the Sabbath, but the city
authorities do not enforce it, and one
county Judge with a small ~ has
just thanked the grand jury for refus-
ing to indict the rum sellers for openly
violating the Sunday law, on the
ground that the people did not want II
enforced Meaning, of course, that
the people, are the rum sellers ana
the rum drinkers-just as the rum
press in Maine mean when they SPEAK
for the people Perhaps this judge
was one of those that saloon keep
er here told me of. He said: we put
those Judges in office and they know
better than go back on their friends.
OF course, that was no news TO me Out
I could not help admiring his frank
ness. There is more than Suspicion
that the same thing has happened IN
wears past even in Maine.
In contrast to the conduct OF the
above mentioned judge we place tnat
Of a real Judge in Pennsylvania VINO
lately instructed the sheriff to sum-
mon no men as jurymen who were
in the habit of using liquor. Giving
az reason that no man that used 1t
was capable of taking any part IN the
decision of questions or justice! Anu
I think he was absolutely right
The Philadelphia Press cana by 'he
wav the Press is one or the re" pa
pers in this section that Will not car
nv" LIQUOR ads) lately had news
item saving that the enforcing Oh ING
SUNDAY law had cost Atlantic CITY
q ooo 600. meaning that the saloons
ord the other classes that nave no
rasnect for the laws of GOD or man
lost that amount of patronage. II
naa,s also. that Atlantic City lost the
privilege of having her streets cum,
bered on the Sabbath by the Sports
and their LADY friends" OF tne sur
rounding country. 1t means thit iei
r,,orol and Christian citizens lost inc
privilege 90 of being brought III CON.
tact with that class OF persons
r,aans that many of New Jersey pest
uouths and young men lost the PRIV
;,aga,, of walking in the ways OF the
~ ard vicious. and that many OF her
fair daughters escaped the iu ',ia -.
which so often befalls many W. y
nocently get into such o ,pe ~
And many dear" husbands loss
e,nrivilege' of returning TO the,i n
to abuse their wives ana iaiiiies
Rut then there are coHipens =. -
- this good world of ours, anu ~
GOOD to know that goooly pa
r.. 80 Il ono 600 lost to Atlantic oity
to,,nd its way into the tills OF nonese
sooIars in food, shoes and cio'hihe'
that many poor children have warm,
~ shoes and will be better fed anu
clothed this winter than they wou'a
have been if that s1,ooo,ooo nao peeH
worse than lost by going 10 tne
seller. And many proud motner VIII
look upon those sunny-faceo, happy
children and thank God that tney are
neither ragged nor hungry
OH 1t does not take many we'll