Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-12-30
w. c. r. u.
A Gruesome Bit of Humor.

A Gruesome Bit of Humor.
In an endeavor to minimize the
effect of the petition for state prohi-
bition signed by the prisoners of the
Pennsylvania penitentiary, the liquor
interests are making light of the whole
affair and insinuating that the advo-
Gates of prohibition are hard pressed
indeed when they call to their assist
ance men who are confined behind pris-
on bars. They even suggest that pos
sibly there are also number of in
mates of insane asylumS who might be
called upon to help the cause of prohi-
bition. Such light treatment of so Sc
rious subject is indeed ill-timed. Too
recently has the public been startled
out of it's Indifference by the declara-
ton of the alienists and neurologists of
America. in convention assembled, that
alcoholic liquors are very largely re.
sponsibile for the enormous amount of
insanity which today affiicts society,
and that physicians ought to lead the
way in campaign of education and
legislation. AS matter of fact the
men engaged in the sale and manufac
ture of liquor know that there are no
stronger arguments against their busi-
ness than the histories of the unfortu-
mates who are confined in our peniten-
tiaries and our insane hospitals, as
told by physicians and criminologists.
If the statements of the specialists on
brain diseases are true-and what in
telligent man or woman doubts them
ON every advertisement of every dis
tlllery and saloon should appear the
words, "Our goods warranted to keep
the asylums and penitentiaries of this
well filled. Union Signal.
Financiers Favor Prohibition.
If the ruin from loss of liquor rev
enue' argument has any foundation in
reason or in fact, the bankers of prohi
bition states ought to be among the
first to feel the injurious effects. AS
a matter of fact, the financiers as
class enthusiastically favor prohibition.
Very recently the temperance society
of the Methodist Episcopal church.
through its research secretary, asked
the bankers of the state to reply to the
question. "Does prohibition help bust
ness in Kansas" With very few ex-
ceptlons the answers were over
whelmingly in favor of prohibition. AS
reported in The Topeka Capital, !. C..
Hopper, the president of the Citizens
State bank of Ness City, sums up the
situation admirably, in telling of the
three ways in which prohibition helps
business:
First, the moral tone is higher and
people are more industrious and atten-
tive to business.
"Second, economy is the next asset
of the temperance cause. No one who
uses Intoxicating liquor practices econ
omy. Especially during his drinking
periods he becomes more or less reck-
less and spends his money freely
Third, the stability of business is
helped materially. The men attend to
fore their eyes,"
81 have lived both in a saloon state
and in prohibition state" one banker
wrote, land would not consider for a
moment going, for business purposes.
to state that did not have prohibit
ton" 81 am thoroughly impressed
that it would be nothing short of ca
lamlty for US to relnstate the saloon,
and that it is nothing less than great
fortune for anv state now cursed with
the liquor traffic to abolish it," is the
way Charles F. McAdams, vice
president of the National Bank of
America, Salina, sums up, the situation.
/ Noftn NaroHna Manufacturer EluInerake5
Prohibition Benefits.
In reply to letter by the editor Of
the Signal. to J. S. Carr, Jr. president
of the Durham Hosiery Mills of Dur
ham. N. c., asking his opinion as to
the benefits of prohibition, he writes as
follows:
'From my own observance as a citi-
zen, and as manufacturer in Durham,
the character and tone of the people
have been greatly improved since pro-
hibition went into effect. AS manu-
facturer find the attendance at work
is better on the part Of the employ
and the class of work is better. We
are not confronted with the usual Mon
day morning inconvenience with help
being out and in the police court, as in
the wet days. There does not seem
| to be as much poverty, or as many rea-
sons for charity among our employees,
as in the wet days. AS citizen, the
best barometer for the progress of Dur
ham since we were blessed with prohi
bition has been and is the steady
growth of all of our banks. To my mind,
the greatest help from prohibition
will come to the generation of young
men who are now growing up, and who
I have never known what open saloons
mean. Never having these open sa
looms, they know nothing of the brass
band effect of the open saloons, and in
my opinion. for that reason, they will
make much better citizens"
A Call to College Students
There is one great evil that faunts
itself openly in colleges and college
communities that we as students have
not yet begun to fight as we should.
We have believed mainly in the indi-
rect method of attack. SO far as we
have believed anything. But the time
is long since passed when we should
throw all our strength definitely and
persistently into the fight to drive in
toxicatng liquors not only off every
college campus but from the state or
province and the nation. We are gen.
timely anxious to do real service for
society. Here is a service that will
test the mettle and endurance of the
, braveSt and strongest of u.s. No one