Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-01


a gallon Of whisky, sold over the counter
at 10 cents n glass, which brings S. Lis
ten. where does it go2 WHIT gets the z
cents2 The farmer for his corn and rye.
Who gets the rest? The United states
Government for collecting revenue, and
the big corporations. ard part Is used To
pave our streets and pay our police. I'll
show you. I'm going TO show you how
1t is burned Up, and you don't need hall
sense to catch on, and IL you don't under
stand Just keep still and nobody Will
ever know the difference.
II say, Hey. Colonel Politics, what Is
the matter with the country?'
HE swells up like a poisoned pup and
says to me, BIZ, why, the silver hugbear.
That's what is the matter with the coun-
try
SAY The total value Of the silver
coined In this country In 1907 was {37,
bS9, 500. Hear mel In 1907 the total value
Of the gold produced in this country
was 1884, 22,O 600, n we dumped 10 times
that much in the whisky hole and didn't
fl It. What is the matter? In 1904 the
total value of all the gold and silver
was 1924, sos, 1000, and we dumped three
times that amount in the whisky hole and
didn't I'LL It.
What is the matter with the country,
Colonel Politics? lie swells up and says,
WI Sulubys "bldnupallSln SIT.
81 say, you are an old windbag'
On says another, revision OF the
tariff Another man said. free trade
open the doors at the ports and let them
pour the products in and we will put the
trusts on the sldetrack.'
Say, YOU come with me to every port
Of entry. Listenl Last year the total
value Of all the imports was 81, 43S 10000.
and we dumped that much In the whisky
hole In 10 months. and did not fill II.
"'Oh,' says r man. let us court South
America and Europe to sell our prod
ucts. That's what is the matter, we are
not exporting enough
lone time / wal down in Washington
and went to the United States Treas
ury and said: 4 wish you would let
me GO where you don't let the general
public And they took us AROUND on
the inside and we walked into a room
about 20 feet long and 10 feet wide and
as many feet high, and | said: What is
this?'
This is the vault that contains all
OF the national bank stock in the United
States
81 asked. How much is here?' They
said, $57S, 100000
"And we dumped nearly four times the
value of the national bank stock in the
United States into the whisky hole last
year, and we didn't fill the hole up at
that. What is the matter? Say, when
ever the day comes that all the
Catholic and Protestant churches-just
when the day comes when you will say
hon ,"thot a.: ,bn m.h,sp,. - So ~
go to hell, but you sit there, you old
whisky-voting elder and deacon and yes
=, i,n"' any YOU "1n.u" . stllhe you,
would stamp YOU an old hypocrite, and
you know 1t.
nod on a bit; Have you got a sill
n ia hurned nm We bsvo IN THE corntrv
saloons, and allowing so feet 'front.'
age for each saloon 1t makes n street
from New York to Chicago, and 10000 0
men, women and children 20 daily into
the saloon for drink. And marching %
a day it would take 30 days to pass
this building, and marching five abreast
they would reach 500 miles. There they
go; look at them!
ION the first day of January 500, 900 ar
younger men OF our nation entered the
srogshop and began n public career.
hellward. and on December 81 | will
come back here and summon you people
and ring the bell and raise the curtain
and say to the saloon and breweries: