The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-05-05
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THE WATER WAGON


A CURIOUS thing fia fhls world
IA wide agitation against thal
a sale OF alcoholic Liquors. RUS
sia stops the sale OF vodka; Ger
many restricts the manufacture of
beer: France shuts down ON the sale |
81 absinthe. ana England seriously
considers the prohibition Of all liquor
tFaffic. These are some Of the large
ma manifestations of the movement
against drinking. But In every coun-
Try the ban OF Insurance companies
IL upon the drinking man. The rail-
road employees all over tho civilized
world today must be 20 nearly a
tetotaller that the old glad life Of un-
restricted hooze-fiRhting has passed
from him forever. The coming OF
ateam and electricity has done many
thinEs 20 change the face OF civili-
zation. but by speeding up maehin-
cry. steam and electricity have
changed the facc OF skilled labor
more than anything else. They have
bleached him out. The hard drlnker
can't hold his job In any factory to-
day where efficiency methods are
used.
A. men in the MACHINE rooms
/ INV HAu " EANE hAANAANNf ~ Nv
creased speed they have generated
has compelled a faster pace In the
office. OFFICE men all over the world
are dropping liquor. Ten years ago
bad form consisted In carrying too
much liquor into the days wurk nj
the office. Twenty years ago. bad
form expressed itself in being drunk
during working hours. Fifty years
aRo a protracted spree was frowned
upon. But today the man who
breeEes into the office after lunch
with the aroma OF a beer or a cock
tail about him II viewed with sus-
pieion. n not with alarm. Personal
liberty Is getting more OF a Joltfrom
the customs OF civilization than Il
ls from the laws In the local option
and prohibition states. For. as "A
matter of fact, the law merely fol-
lows polite public opinion. The
change In the constitution OF "A state
ZONES only after the habits Of a
considerable minority-if not a ma
jority-haNe changed.
II " not prohlhitory law that 10
closing the brcwcries 80 much az q
is the wise little man In the factory
and In the office who quietly de-
cides, without putting on a parade
after his decision, that he will cut
out the booze. when he and his
neighbors meet 20 talk Il over. the
town goes dry, and the state. when
enough counties are dry, itself moves
out OF the wet column. And the
liquor dealers association views with
alarm. and blames It's troubles upon
tho prohibition cranks. They are
glad OF the ono conferred. hut
they really don't deserve Il.
For the liquor dealers themselves
are largely 10 blame for the wave
OF teetotalism that IL sweeping the
world. The liquor dealer has organ
lied his business upon q wrong ba-
sis. lie IL trying 60 sell his products
through ths saloon. And the saloon
as a sales agency h all had. Il Is
Dad. because OF two things: First.
because IL is run on the theory Of
over-etimuiating the consumption 81
the product. and over-stimulauon oi
the sale IL the one thing which pro-
/, duces the evil 81 drink. and the see
ond fault Of the saloon comes from
the fact that In every American COM
munity at least. the saloon h. hooked
+ UP WIN Nlff anu fNAiAVAlNNF y
!. highly-organized civilization will moi
permit a man 20 overdrink. And q
decent community sooner or latei
! will rebel against any institution
within It's borders which II alliec
/, with the gambler. the prostitute ant
4 the election thief. And always th'
, saloon tries 10 make men drink toe
! much. and then tries to hold ~
+, place In the community by an al
lliance with vice. So men quit drink.
ing. and then vote against the ~
Iioon as the first step In self-defeuH'
and civic righteousness.
Every election sees the dry tern
} tory widening The saloon fight !
, "a lost cause. only one thing chi
! save the l'quor traffic IN this world
, and that Is the liquor traffic itself
II must cease being "A hog. II mus
put itself upon "a status where dccen
(" men can defend II. And decent mel
cannot defend the saloon as IL stand
today. Doubtless II sugar dealer
were 10 GO into a sales agency wlsic
would try to make people ent vastl
s too much candy and then would all
Itself with tuuts and gamblers an
IL prostitutes In every town to hold II
rights 90 maxi people consume 10
Il much sugar. the businei
h would fan into disrepute. And IN
liquor business will ind itself hghi
q hopeless hight until II aholish'
Re the saloon. puts itself upon the bi
ii sis of any other commodity-as ~
" clothespins, mackoIel. dress goods Z
I'd nails. and instead Of trying "a oyel
stimulate It's sales through the =,
~ loon. take It's chances oven the couI
II ter with the rest 81 The world
a. goods and get out of politics.
1d The water wagon with all its no
II rors for the liquor dealer-and IL
lc. only the shadow Of prohibition ca
rs, before-the water wagon is comii
be into this world because h sil"'
he as a sales agent OF alcoholic liquo
has affronted civilization, produced
,et social cancer, and must be cut o
ch Of our highly complex life.
and are also labor savers. The gla
y. jam n Jelly spoons are also hon
enough not To break easily an was
~ Ing, and are good to use for OF
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