The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-05
v c. I. j. DEPARTMENT.
Mrs. E. Van Hood, Editor


The Modenrn ShyIOck
lave determined that they no longer
lesire to purchase and use our pro-
iuces, we will repeat that all We ask
IS a dissolution of this partnership
with the governmenD upon terms
evincing integrity on the part of the
government and of justice to our
selves. No man is robbed of his
possessions for an alleged public good
of the public, the public is expected to
compensate him for the sacrifice which |
he is asked to make.'-Report of the |
secretary of the Northwestern Liquor |
Dealers Association at Washington, !
d. c., May, 1914.
Recompense is thine; Justice awards
it.
However, tarry a little, shylock; there
is something else.
This justice which allows thee damage
for future traffic
And the money profit which might ac-
crue TO thee
This same, Justice awards to those
| who have suffered at thy hand,
Their recompense. Hast thy profits so
enriched thee
That thou canst these repay?
Myriads of children claim recompense
for fathers and mothers slain;
Lost heritages in health of mind and
body;
Vast fortunes in love, and tenderness
and homes,
And hopes destroyed by thee forever.
These must thou repay. canst esti-
mate the worth?
Thousands of mothers claim recon-
pense for precious ones
slain body and soul before their gaze,
with cruel torture
Art thou prepared to make good this
loss and anguish?
canst thou say to even one here in the
throng
Of drunkards' wives: Here I am able
to pay thee
Take this for thy husband; this for
thy home and for thy heritage
J OF disease, appetite, weakened mental
lily, and the crime
Which must follow thy children and
thy childrens children?"
J Wouldst all the profit of all the years
J past and to come
Be fair exchange for such as these?
"As thou urg'st Justice. be assured
thu shalt have Justice"
Therefore prepare thee" to make ant
and receive recompense-
Why dost thou pause, shylock? TAX,
and give thy recompense-
: Yet tarry! Justice hath yet anothe-
hold on thee."
It is enacted in the laws of justice
that he who, ''by direct or indi
rect attempt
b Shall seek the life of, any citizen,
;, His own life shall be required
The records all show thy blood guilt
|. ness,
For which the penalty must be tn
life
- Thine own life, therefore, lies at tn
mercy of these
Whom thou hast wronged. and of tn
Il State
. For the records also show that tho
81 hast thru these
Contrived against the very life of 18th
. Nation as we'll;
And thus hast thou incurred tn
danger here .rehearsed.
Down. therefore, and beg for Mere
rather than for Justice.
Maud Russell.
S. Tell the Truth About the Liquor Hab
q, Let us go this road though we e
ly alone.
Let US lift our hands and loose oil
ne tongues and tell the truth about tn
Id foe of humankind.
| Let us tell the truth about it, ay
e. tell the truth!
ct, Tell it:
Until its wickedness shall be la
nd bare;
Jun Jun Until the poverty it creates shall ]
apI laid bare;
ed Until the poverty it creates sha
no cease to be;
Until the pauperism it produc
ny shall disappear;
NJ Until It's wrong TO womanhood al
its injustice to childhood shall be e
-. posed;
ia. Until aImshouses and HOSPITALS shs