The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-12

not forsst-zwe must not permit II to
gorget--tnAt the. true prosperity Of q
nation depends upon the success, the
physical Jwaifare and the moral Ut
ness Of its citizens. rather than the
iamount OF gold in It's Golfers. FL
nancfsl depletion can be quickly re-
NEEDED; physical, mental or moral
bankruptcy can~never be remedied.
u Question Of HUM Money.
But would the cutting on OF the
revenues from liquor depeaete the
TREASURES OF cities, States, and the
Federal government Cities derive
!. great amounts from liquor licenses,
but how much Of that fund is ex-
pended In the vain effort to STOP
crimes melted by liQuor? How much
of II goes to the support OF women
and children left destitute by drunk
en- husbands and fathers? How great
is the sum spent upon municipal Grim
inal courts and upon policemen who
have little to do except to catch and
punish criminals who become Grim
4 inals because of drink What would
be the saving except by the help
of the liquor forces?
Would the loss of revenues from
liquor ruin our States? 1t has not
runined Kansas, the State that has
greatest per capita OF bank deposits,
the highest per cent of literacy. and
the smallest per cent OF crime OF
any State In the Union.
What effect would the adjustment
of the use of liquor have on a State
IL II iessened crime twenty-five per
cent. II 1t lessened insanity, idiocy
and pauperism q like per cent? How
about the savings on jails and the
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through infamed passions. degener-
ate minds, and criminal tendencies
caused, increased, or uncontrolled be-
cause of the use of liquor?
1t liz proper, when discussing the
economic side of the liquor question.
the price of a drink, to consider the
expenditures and all the losses of
individuals. communities. municipalf-
ties. States. and the Federal govern
ment. for 1t Is the net. rather than
! the grosss profits that makes for
wealth or poverty.
| The Federal revenue from liquor
Is immense. but would not the in
creased prosperity of the country
more than make up for this loss of
revenue7
| After all, the people at large, drink
ers and non-drinkers. together pay
| the liquor tax. so II the amount now
raised by the tax upon liquor should
have to be raised In full from some
other source the same people would
simply have to raise the same
amount.
! Support schools with Rum?
In some States the school fund Is
largely augmented by revenues de-
license money is expended to improve
the brains of the boys. later liquor
| is sold to the same boys that impairs
/ the brains that the liquor license
money improved and that liquor Is
taxed to improve the brains Of other
boys who later will be sold liquor
and their brains impaired-hut what
Is the use-talk about a cat chasing
Its tall
We tax the Drawn. brains. prospect.
ty and morals of the people to raise
the people, by the people. for the
peopiei Consistency. thou are a jew
el--but we don't wear that kind of
jewelry
The tendency of the times Is to
put the burden of the sins of liquor
upon the saloon. Prohibitionists de-
nounce the saloon and socioligtsts
decry 1t. Police assert II is the brood.
ing place Of crime and the refuge of
criminals. and even the liquor as
Isociations pass resolutions advocating
the lessening Of their number. thus
acknowledging that II is an evil.
While much that is said of the sa-
loon is true. while it's existence is q
menace to good morals. and it's pres
ence In affront to decency, while Il
liz recruiting ONCE for he'll, yet, why
make the saloonkeeper the goat
True. the saloonkeeper is not ar
ideslist in politics but is the brewer
who picks. directs and PAYS the
Lobbyist at the Legislature? The sa-
iloonkeeper7 No. The brewer
Who selects site In residence
district for a saieen2- The saloon
keeper? No. The brewer.
Who controls city councils. Legtsla
lures, and even Congress. when II ID
controlled? The saloonkeeper? No
The brewer.
Who advocates reform before cleo
ton and defeats reform after cleo
: ton? The saloonkeeper? No. The
brewer.
who gets the biggest pronts9 The
saloonkeeper. No. The brewer.
Who owns the saloons? The sa-
lloonkeeper? No. The brewer.
Hunting a goat is poor sport.
am cunning for the brewer
Make . Clean Sweep.
II liquor Is the curse that we main
tain. the mere adjustment OF tn,
saloon is not sufficient. We mus
take the saloon out of the nation
and liquor out of the homes.
We must remember that 1t lie ALCO
HOL that poisons and wine and beei
depend for their potency upon alco'
Il hoI. so we must limit, for all time
in all States. the use of alcohol te
medicinal. mechanical and religious
purposes.
II must be reduced to the status o.
OPIUM and like opium be place.
under the watchful and disapprov
ing eyes of Federal authorities.
If the Federal government has thu
right to supervise and restrict thu
manufacture and sale of opium In or
der to save the Chinese. why has i
not the right to do the same thing
with whiskey to save the Americana
IL believe that an American IL JUS
as good as q Chinaman--if he be-
haves himself.
| 1t Is well to abolish the hiding
place of the criminai--it is better
to abolish the article that leads hin
to become criminal.
/ II being bartender degrades Z
i person. why make bartender ou
of your wife?
| After all, the chief objection to tbs
saloon Is that it Is place whers