Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-06
THE BREWERS AND THE DEAcOks.

The United States Brewers asSocia-
ton which Is Of course engaged in a
desperate effort o stay the food OF
anti saloon sentiment. issues month
l., press letter. This press letter finds
small opportunity OF publicity in the
Times Republican offices, but me latest
OF these contains TWO assertions that
deserve notice These are the two:
In explaining his statement that he
saloons contribute TO the fortune CT
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.. Chairman
Foster Of the house committee. inves-
tiga,ing the Colorado mine labor
troubles. made an interesting state
ment in Washington, D. G OF April 5.
He declared that evidence brought out
in the Colorado investigation showed
that the Rockefeller company rented
buildings, n mining camps for saloon
purposes, charging head tax The
saloon keeper reported the men in
camp and was assessed twenty five
cents e man.
The Journal of the American Medical
Association. in its issue Of April II,
scores The manufacturers Of Wine Of
AdTCl., LOT SStlNg patent I!SA't4!lc
that contains 20 per cent alcohol-
more than twice as much alcohol as Is
contained IT. champa gne-as 4 mon
intoxicating" beverage The chemists
Of the American Medical Association
analyzed the patent medicine ripp,e,
and announced that It contained a
little more than 20 per cen, alcohol
and apparently very little else.
e q i--
Of the fact that John a. Pa-ren. the
chief owner Of the medicine concern
which manufacturers Wine Of Cardui,"
& a leading light il the Methodist
EPISCOPAL church. chairman Of its most
important committee. and announced
not long ago, that ne stood. with
heartiness and DEVOTION with the
Methodist church on the prohibition
question.
n the statements made above are
true the Brewers associa ton is max
ing point not in favor OF saloons or
the traffic bu. against the men VINO
profit directly and indirectly by the
distribution Of Intoxicating liquor fail
ing not IN meantime to pray aloud in
the syna gogues and take high rank in
church councils by reason of heavy
contributions 10 church uses The
point Is against the churches that per-
nit such membership and condone
such leadership. The Brewers asso-
| citation surely has acquired a Ger
tain demand upon the sources OF pub
| Lefty when It points to church leader
ship in condemning the liquor traffic
while proAting by it. Iauding In words
the closing movement which has been
and still Is a church movement and
grasptng profit from the saloon and
/ alcohol with both hands. 1t is by way
Of public service that the brewers
should have SO much opportunity.
| It doesn't bear so much on the saloon
question as upon the church question.
Perhaps it answers partially at leas'
| the questions being asked Of the cause:
Of non attendance and non member
ship and the future Of the church. Fol
whatever men may do Individually
they demand conformity to ideals il
their inner aspirations toward religion
and call for consistency Of churche!
and churchmen on the vital mora
problems Of the time. In the evangei
cal churches at least il is impossible
for the average man. no matter VIVA
his habits or his individual proctice
may be. to fully respect the churcl
member who profits by intoxication o
the church that honors such member
ship with leadership of any character