, 1915-08-07

manner an ! becomes in time q sneak. Now this
is Whit experience hns taught has happened n
the prohibition Sta a. of L, S. A. a drink
ing man VIII have his liquor nolwlths; andln%
every prohibition of the Legislature, and it
he can't get it openly ms a nun he will get
it on the sly as a snenk. We would prefer
for the mau's sake to let him have it openly,
though i'll his own interest we may make him
pay for it. We remember, during The Rum
Crusade lG years ago being told at u puhi G
meeting that IN the State of Maine there WAS
an old mum who was prevented by the State
prohibition from getting his customary drink,
and in order to satisfy hi1 desire he drank shoe
polish which had II certain amount OF alcohol.
Let q man be u man, We say, aud don't treat
him aS IL chIIa.
Again, we are placed in the world with
Wills to ennbIe us to fight against %intemper-
ance in MI It's forms. II it had been best
for us God would have made the world GA
prohibition lines. But then what glory
would it have been to us never to have trans
gressed tempernnceS But when we ARE ia -
world of freedom, and we are careful not to
90 beyond the golden mean, III other wotd-,
when we maintain temperance, thrn our
human nature is glorltied and out CreatoIs
wisdom is justified. II we must Danish a.
cOlOl because some make 70 DHtt uN6 OI u itlta
congratulate oursei veg on having done il
noble thing, then we condemn God who,
though He sees the hnvock evil has done nui
is doing in the world, does not Danish il, but
allows it to exist. [ think we will agree
that God is wiser than temperance abolition
lists unt permits the evil to exist that ln'ii
may win their spurs in their efforts against
it. And lastly W. are against pl"lHh1tlon
hecause il is mon mornI. A man WHO is q
tOtd abstauer against his VIII hU~ no motat
ihre-vhru the day COM $ that lie gets tie
Chance to driuk he will break away from tho
imposed restraint an I-"lIl ru.h INTO extremes.
Touch Il mun that be Is lee t." u,t ms uDrt-
t., bu! that liberty Is not license, that there
is no sin IN using the gifts OF the Ct"Htor II
he DOESN'T abuse them, and such " man writ
have "A far greater chance of avoiding the
downward pnth than one who has been
forced to he an ahsiainer and kept always
in the temperance cradle. by mems If
prohibition it is possible to get u non-drink
ing community but on y at the expense ut
exp .rience-n condition which is most dan
Gerous and Incorporate.
We have been speHkingl OF enforced total
dbStiHeHc~-there is u time wIIe" L. 4.
mny euuobIe Il man-when be SACRIFICES INN
self for the good Of another. We have no
4-.- ..w.rln iIA1
q'lhfiel WIN tot"l abstinence "S TeS""H 'lui-
vlduals, but we protest against prohibition,
aud for the REASONS We have given W" mu-t
range ourselves on the side Of u more bro"i-
minded policy.
We know little Of the o'eberg system
of which our Correspondent writes, but W"
remember rending some time ago that It was
not the success it is generally said to be.
We ale Of opinion lint the rnlnsh"ps should
bo licensed, us they ARE at present, Tor we
see no reason for this sudden outcry against
drink IN the Island.
Our policy would rather be. IN case 1T
should be found that some reform is neces-
snry. to increase the excise. but not to such
nm extent as to make drink prohibitive-in
other words to increase the difficulty of tho
public in getting too easy an access to strong
drink.