Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-04

the grog shop II spares neither youth nor
old axe. IL is waiting with a dirty blanket
Tor the baby 20 crawl into this world.
IL lies In walt for the unborn.
IL cocks the highwayman's pistol II
puts the rope IN the hands OF the mob.
II Is the anarchist Of the world and its
dirty red flag Is dyed with the blood 81
women and children, and Il sent the bullet
through the body OF Lincoln; Il ncrved
the arm that sent the bullet through
Garfield and William Mckinley. Yes, II is
murderer Every plot that was ever
Matched against our flag and every an
archIst plot against the government and
law. was born and bred and crawlcd out
Of the grog shop TO damn this country.
tell you that the curse OF God Al
mighty Is on the saloon Legislatures are
Icgislating against Il. Decent society Is
barring Il out. The fraternal brotherhoods
are knocking Il out Tho Masons and the
odd Fellows. and the knights Of Pythias,
and the Ancient order OF United Work
men are closing their doors TO the whisky
sellers They don't want YOU wriggling
your carcass In their lodges. Yes, sir. |
tell YOU, tho curse OF God Is on H. Il Is
on the down grade Il Is headed for hell,
and by tho grace OF God | am going TO
give It push. with whoop, for all l
know how Listen To me- l am going 20
show YOU how We burn up our money. II
costs ~ cents to make a gallon OF whisky;
sold over the counter at 10 cents glass
II will bring S.
But" said the saloonkeeper "Bill, you
must figure in the strychnine and the
cochineal, and other stuff they put In 1t,
opd a. VIII hrtnu ne0rer S.
Yes: Il increases the heart beat thirty
times more In a minute. when you con-
sder the ucorice and potash, and log
wood ana other poisons that are put In.
I believe one cause for the unprecedented
increase Of crime is due to the poison
nut In the stuff nowadays to mako It
go as far as they can l am indebted
70 my friend. George II, stuart for
some Of the following points,
who Gets Profit from Whtskyt
will show you how your money II
burned up II costs 20 cents to make a
gallon OF whisky. sold over the counter
at 10 cents a glass, which brings 81. Lls-
ten. where does II goG Who gets the
% cents? The farmer for his corn and
rye. Who gets the rest2 The United
States government for collecting rev
I enue, and the big corporations, and part
ia used to pave our streets and pay our
! police. I'll show you. I'm going to
show YOU how II is burned up, and you
don't need half sense to catch on, and
II YOU don't understand Just keep still
/ and nobody will ever know the differ
ence.
I say. Hey, Colonel Politics, what is
the matter with the country
He swells M like a poisoned pup and
says to me, bin. why. the silver bug
bear. That's what IL the matter with
the country"
Sayi The total value OF the silver
coined I'm this country in 1907 was SS1b
OOO Hear me! In 1907 the total value OF
the gold produced In this country was
S9l,7 900, and we dumped ten times that
much in the whisky hole and didn't ill
II. What Is the matter7 In 1909 the tota
value OF all the gold and silver wac
1924 SIS, 600 and we dumped three times
that amount in the whisky hole and
didn't fill Il.
What Is the matter with the country
Colonel Politics? He swels up and says
"Mr. Sunday. standpatterism, SIR
say, "You are an old windbag."
"Oh." says another, revision of tn
tariff" Another man said, Free trade
open the doors at the ports and lie
them pour the products In and we viii
put the trusts on the sidetrack."
Say, you come with me to every por
of entry. listen! Last year the tota
value OF ali imports was 81, ,OOO,0 900
and we dumped that much In the whisky
hole in twelve months. and did not fill It
oh" says a man, "let US court Soutl
America and Europe TO sell our products
That's what is the matter; we are no
exporting enough"
Say, last year the total value of all tn
exports was 81, 200, OOO. 900, and we dumped
that amount In the whisky hole In on
year, and did not I'LL II.
One time I WAS down In Washington
and went to the United States treaslr!
and said: II wish you would let me &
where you don't let the general public.
And they took US around on the inEid
and we walked into a room about twent
feet long and fifteen wide and as man
feet high, and said: ''what Is this?
More Goe. for whisky Than Owns
This Is the vault that contains a.
OF the national bank stock in the Unite
States"
said, How much Il herer'
They said, $3.50 900"
And we dumped nearly four times tn
value Of the national bank stock in tn
United States into the whisky hole las
year, and we didn't I'LL the hole up a
that.
What IL the matter?
Whenever the day comes that all In
Catholic and Protestant churches-jus
when the day comes when you Will sa
to that whisky business: you go /
hell" thnt day the whisky business Wi
20 to hell. but you sit there, you oil
whisky voting elder and deacon and veH
tryman, and you wouldn't strike you
hands together on the proposition.
would stamp you an old hypocrlte an
you know It.
roo Miles of saloons.
Say, hold on n little bit. Have 20
got a silver dollar7 1 am going TO shoN
you how II Is burned up. We have 1
this country 10000 saloons, and allow
ing fifty feet frontage for each saloor
Il makes a street from New York I
Chicago, and 100000 men, women an
, children 20 daily into the saloons 70
drink. And marching twenty miles
day It would take thirty days 20 pas
this building, and marching five abreat
they would reach 500 miles There the