Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-01
Sundays Sermons
Continued From Page 8

erimes aud the mother OF sins. It Is TIL,
appaiiing source OF misery and crime IN
the land, and the principal cause Of crime
il Is the source or three fourths Of III,
ctlnie, and. Of course, II is the source Of
ttree-fourths OF The taxes TO support tho
crime. And to license such an incarnat.
hend Of hell is the dlrtlest. iow-down.
6amnable business on top OF this old
earth. There Is nothing TO be compared
20 "a.
The LEGISLATURE Of Illinois appropriated
A6,0o0.o00 IN 1908 10 take care OF the insane
people in the State, and the whisky busi-
ness produces 20 per cent. Of the insane.
That Is what YOU go down in your pocket
Tor to help support. II / remember rightly.
the Legislature appropriated nearly &c.
100000 to take care OF the State instttu,
tions. Do ava with the saloon and Won
viii close these institutions. The saloons
make them necessary. and they make the
poverty and Ill the jalls and the p%entten-
uaries. Who has to pay the bills? The
landlord who doesn't get the rent because
Inc money goes for whisky: the butcher.
and the grocer, and the charitable person
VINO takes pity IN the children Of drunk
atus' ana the taxpayer who supports the
insane asylums and other institutions.
mat the whisky business keeps fun OF
human wrecks.
2 away with the cursed business and
YOU VIII not have to put up to support
tnem. Who gets the money? The saloon
keepers and the brewers. and the dis
tiilers' while the whisky fills the land
Win misery and poverty and wretched-
ness and disease and death and damna-
ton, and 1t is being authorized by the
viii OF the sovereign people.
gu say that people will drink any
way Not by my vote. You say, Men
VIII murder their wives uyway NOT
Dy my vote. They will steal nyway
about It? s''s " uO
After am dead want Nell (NIr. sun
uaN wife) TO call the butcher and crt
my hide up into drum strings, 20 the sa-
ICONS VIII know I'm alive and still going
up and down this land.
FEARS WON'T sTo IT.
Let me assemble before your minds
the bodies Of the drunken dead, who
crawl away into the Jaws OF death. into
tne mouth of hell and then, out of the
failey OF the shadow of the drink. let me
car the appertaining motherhood. and
~Wtehood, and childhood, and let their
tears rain down upon their purple faces.
10 YOU think that would stop the curse
OF the liquor traffic? No! No!
IN these days, when the question of
Nv HdlOOll is at the Tore In al
nlost every community. one hears a good
ueal about what ia called personal lib
erty. Ihese are fine, large, mouth-hllinE
words, that certainly do sound first rate.
puI When you get right down and anaIyze
them In the light of common old horse
sense you viii discover that in their APP
to the present controversy they
mean Just about this. Personal libertv,
~ Tor the man who, if he has the iucIina-
ton and the price, can stand up TO n har
ana my his hide so full of red liquor that
ne is transformed for the time into an
tlresponslble' dangerous, evil-smelling
brute. But personal liberty is NOT for his
long-suffering wife. who has to
endure with what fortitude she may his
blows and curses; nor is it for his chill
ofeh, VINO, IT they escape his insane rapo
are yet robbed of every known low and
OF childhood, and too often
etUW up neglected, uncared-for and
Vlcious as the result of their surround
lhss ana the example before them. Per
sonal liberty is not for the sober. indus
trlous citizen, who from the proceeds of
toll and orderly living has to nav
Willingly or not, the tax bills which nile
up as a direct result OF drunkenness. dis
oluer ana poverty, the TENS of which are
in the records of every police
court and poorhouse in the land. nor 10
personal liberty for the good woman
VINO goes abroad in the town ONLY at tbe
rlsk or being shot down by some drink
crazed creature. This rant about per |
'ohal liperty as an argument has no leg
10 stand upon.
NJ man can tolerate the dirt, ,o4,oz
business and keep his manhood for five
minutes CNoises of persons crawling
pa the roof of the tabernacle INTERRUPTED
Mt. sunday. and he said0 "People are so
ray to hear this sermon want them
: hr ~ Let them climb on the roof
! they ike. The saloons take $500. 900 out
, the pockets of the people of Phila-
islphia every day" Voices: Go to it,
tive them another shot"
VOW last year the corn crop was
,ooo, ies,OO0 bushels, and it was valued at
ooVVV"UN. Secretary Wilson says that
ne preWeries use less than . per cent.
y say that they use ? per cent. This
,gaio make 5l'oOO,O0O bushels, and at so
.ehls q bushel that would be about S25.-
.1VV How many people are there in
~ United states? Eighty millions. Very
Neii' then, that IS p cents per capita
men we sold out to the whisky business
= cents apiece, the price OF a dozen
or a pound of butter, We are the
.neapest gang this side of hell If we will
70 mat kind of business.
NOW listen! In 1912 the income of the
Inited States Government and the cities
no towns and counties from the whisky
usiness was s134. 900, 900. Tha is putting
I inerally. You say hats a lot OF
Well, last year the workIngmen
pent s2,2Oo, O0,OOO for drink, and 1t cost
'e0oOO0,oOO TO care for the judicial ma
hinery' In other words, the whisky
nainess cost us last year $500. 100000.
III subtract from that the dirty $780,
lNO9o which we got. and 1t leaves $685.
WV In favor OF knocking the whisky
'uainess out on purely a money basis.
ma listen! Last year we spent $500. OOO.-
Tor our paupers and criminals. in
ane' orphans. feeble-minded, etc, in the
United States and 50 per cent, of our
are whisky made and 20 Der
ient' or the paupers are whisky made.
lur national increase in wealth was only
o~VYo'uO0Oo0 so you can figure out how
ong II VIII take US to go into bank
uplcy with that cussed business on our
laeks, The average factory hand earns
oO0 A year, and il costs us 5000 a year
o support each OF our whisky criminals.
mere are 5000 enrolled criminals in the
United States and $1,000 In tails and PEN
t~entiaTies. Three-fourths were sent there
because OF drink. and then they have the
'udaeity 10 say the saloon Is needed for
money revenue. Never was there a baser
p or a heart so vile or lips black enough
o utter such a lie
CALLS IT A LIE.
But says the whisky fellow, we
lose trade. the farmer would not
ome 70 town to trade You lie. I am