The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-12-14

OF Booze Ssy.1 want TO tell you about
that thing personal liberty" Listen
to me and IL you see anything its that
poorest excuse when / get through with
It
4 man says; 1t is nobody's business
harms me. l am the only one that II
hurts That ~ the most dsmnable ex-
g SSse ever uttered by the lips OF men.
ers are Just telling yoo that IL IL.
Just Suppose.
suppose you go Into n grocery store
and buy an article OF food. not boze
Ssppse that when yu and your family
goes to your head. suppose n makes
your little daughter stagger; suppose
~ dI1Nes you insane and causes to MUIR
cdr a dear member OF your family. What
would you do TO that grocer who would
sell you such poisonous food You
and your neighbors could not get to-
gether quick enough TO wreck his place
OF business. And you would find that
the Iure food law officials would have
soa Got 'a here as ssppo OF And When
say, This is my business. l have my
money invested In my business, and II
you drive me out OF business my store
room would be for rent"
You say drink hurts no one but your
SELF. That's a lie II hurts your family
your Offspring. and deprives those de
pendent upon you OF certain things You
may have a strong physique but n YOU
keep up the booze. your children will no.
inherit IL from you.
Don't Prescribe Liquor.
All leading doctors will not prescribe
ed something better for II. Booze has
outltNed its only good use. The athlete
does not drink. FOR he knows that u viii
hurt him. You many not be an athlete
but liquor will get you Just the same.
They say that liquor contains nourish-
IaSs ., sSs, MIL nn have ,s to TSzzie 500 gal
much nourishment from IL a. you will
from a pound OF steak They say 81
stimulates the worn out horse. II gets
Jump out OF the old nag. but there
isn't any more muscle there.
some OF YOU Methodists may have
back-sltdden. Some OF YOU ConErrga-
tionalists are without enough dust To-
back slide. But the Unitarians Rnd the
from.
They say there will be no speakeasies
IL tue saloons are open. Prohibition just
turns the spot light on those that have
sprung up under the open saloon. You
must remember that u H. one thing to
vote out the saloons. and IL ~ another
and more important thing 10 vote for
officials who will enforce the laws I
am going TO organize personal work
ers' league before I leave this town. aud
then old Marietta will get that cleaning
up she needs so badly.
who MAKES spsaksasiss7
Who puts the speakeasies where they
are The brewers and distillers. They
supply the liquor that IS sold by them.
They know. however. that they can sell
more booze from the open saloon than
they can the speakcasy. and that IL why
they are opposing prohibition.
The divorce evil IL another result OF
the saloon. In your own state OF ohio.
there were 5.576 divorce suits pehdinE
OF these. but 20 are from the dry
counties. All the rest are IN the wet
territory And lot Of those cases w
the dry territory are from the places
where they do not enforce the law
Prohibition ~ already enjoyed by ten
states. ! believe the time viii come
when every state will be dry. and the
stars and stripes will wave over Ma
tiOnal prohibition.
Even the brewer wants his home In
ury territory. Rabst was instrumental
IN making his home a dry district IN the
city ~ MILWAUKEE Anheuser Busch
the 81 Louis brewer who ig the richest
~ them all built his million dollar resi-
dence In dry Pasadena. calf They
want their home 10 BE- dry. and want 90