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

Is nobody TO lock in the jails. And the
commissioner Of the poor farm says there
is a wonderful falling of of old men and
women coming to the po~orhouse, because
their sons and daughters are saving theft
money and lave quit spending Il fol
drink. And they had to employ is new
school teachers for 600 boys and girls,
between the ages OF " and rs. that had
never gone to school before because they
had to help a drunken father support the
family. And they have just set aside
S20O,0 900 to build a new s"choolhouse, and
the bonded indebtedness was reduced
S2i5,00 last year without the saloon rev
enue. And don't you know another thing:
In 1905 when they had the saloon the
population, according to the directory,
was 1856. According to the last census
the population was 100, 1896, or an Increase
OF - per cent, without the grogshop. In
two years the banks deposits Increased
$3.50. 900.
You say, drive out the saloon and YOU
kill business Ha! hal Blessed are dead
that die in the Lord
EXPORTS OF A BILLION.
Say. last year the total value OF all
the exports was $1,000, 900, 900, and we
dumped that amount In the whisky hole
In one year and didn't fill II.
HOME BEST HERITAGE.
II tell you, gentlemen, the American
home is the dearest heritage Of the peo-
pie, for the people. by the people, and
when a man can go from home in the
morning with the kisses Of his wife and
children on his lips. and come back at
night with an npty dinner bucket to a
happy home. that man Is a better man,
whether white or black. Whatever takes
away the comforts Of home-whatever de-
grades that man or woman-whatever in
yAdes the s%anCtity of the home, Is the
deadliest foe to the home, TO church, TO
State and school. and the saloon Is the
dcadltest foe to the home, the church and
the state on top of God Almighty's dirt.
And IL all the combined forces of hell
should assemble in conclave and with
them n. the men on earth that hate and
despise God and purity and virtue-if all
the scum of the earth could mingle with
the denIzens OF hell to try to think OF the
deadlIest institution to home, to church
and State, | tell you, sir, the combined
hellish Intelligence could not conceive
Of or bring an institution that could touch
the hem of the garment Of the open IL
censed saloon to damn the home and
manhood and womanhood and business
and every other good thing on Gods
earth.
In the island OF Jamaica the rats in
creased so that they destroyed the crops,
and they introduced the mongOose, when
is a species of the coon. They have three
breeding seasons a year and there are II
to 10 in each brood, and they are deadly
enemies OF the rats. The result was that
the rats disappeared and there was moth
ing more for the mongoose to feed upon,
so they attacked the snakes, and the
frogs, and the lizards that fed upon the
Insects, with the result that the insects
and they stripped the gardens,
eating up the onions and the lettuce, and
the mongoose attacked the sheep,
and the cats, and the puppies, and the
and the geese. Now Jamaica is
spending hundreds of thousands Of dollars
to get rid of the mongoose.
SALOON EATS IT ALL.
The American mongoose is the open
licensed saloon. 1t eats the carpets off
the floor and the clothes from off your
back, your money out of the bank. and IL
up character. and it goes on until al
last 1t leave a stranded wreck in the
nome a skeleton of what was once
and happiness.
Like a drummer on a railroad train.
mere We're some men playing cards. and
one fellow pulled out a whisky flask and
passed 1t about, and when it came to the
drummer he said, No What they
sara nave you got on the water wagon
and they all laughed at him. He said:
You can laugh If you want to, but | was
Dofn with an appetite for drink. and fol
Years nave taken from five to 10 gIasseh
I day' but ! was at home in Chicago not
.ong ago, and / have a friend who has a
Da"nshop there. | was in there when i'm
a young fellow with ashen cheeks
a wild look on his face. He came
up trembling, threw down q little pack
ana said, Give me 10 cents" And
what do you think was in that package.
It was a pair of baby shoes.
My friend said, NO, | cannot takc
.Iem' But he said, Give me a dime; |
must have a drink"
No, take them back home; your baby
NIL need them" And the poor fellow
SAID. MY baby is lead and / want a
want d
Boys l don't blame you for the Iumn
hat comes up in your throat Tree - y
10 law divine or human, that the saloon
aspects. Lincoln said. IT slavery is NOT
wrong then nothing Is wrong cav
'"e SaIoon' with its train OF diseases.
'Flhle ana misery, is not wrong tbon
lolhing on earth is wrong. II the Hgbt
; 10 De won we need men-men who viii
,su'-the church, Catholic and Protes-
ame must nght 1t or run away, and,
hank God she will not run away. bmt
ight to the last ditch.
WHO WORKS HARDEsr7
VINO works the hardest for his mon.v
ne saloon man or you?
"Who has the most money Sunday
morning, the saloon man or you?
DO you know of anybody that disd
because he didn't hit the boozap
The saloon comes as near being a rat
lole Tor a wage-earner to dunn bja
wages In as anything you can find. The
my interest It Jays is red eyes and foul
lfeath and the loss of your health. YoI
20 IN with money and you come ont
Nlth empty pockets, You 20 in with
and you come out ruined. You
80 IN with a good position and YOU lose
{. You lose your position I'm the bank
'r IN the cab Of the locomotive. And N
nothing back but disease and dam
lation and gives an extra dividend in
tremens and a free pass To he'll
ana then 1t VIII let your wife be buried
n the potters field, and your children 20
o the asylum. and yet you walk out
ma say the saloon Is a good institution
Fhen II Is tile dirtiest thing on earth.
&c hasn't one leg 10 stand on and mas
lothing to commend It TO a decent man,
lot one thing.
But you say, we will regulate # by
high license Regulate what by high
License? You might as we'll try and regu-
ate a powder mill in hell. Do you want
o pay taxes in boys. or dirty money?
\ man that Will sell out TO that dirty
business l have no use for. See how
auHH - NLaNa