Pocahontas star herald., 1915-03-26

not whether you believe il or not,
its true just the same. This dam
nable traffic must go, $50 mate It
be-" But some will say That we
must have the revenue, that the
government derives from the manu-
facture and sale and tine states and
counties can't get along without the
license etc. Well, / liked TO have
overlooked that part. Lets look in
to that a little. II that was true,
which IL is not as has thoroughly
been proven, we will investigate the
financial side Of this question. But
before doing so / want to express
my utter astonishment at the as.
founding declarations of some OF
the greatest men Of our great boas-
cd chrirtain oodnty. Only recently
the famous leader OF the great Dem.
ocratic party of which ! have been
affiliated with for more than half a
century, Mr.. Underwood i mean,
and the ex-presldent Of these great
United States and the leader Of the
great Republican party, Mr.. Taft.
These two great statesmen Of world
wide fame, stood up before the world
and proclaimed that this great gov
ernment with one hundred aud forty
billion dollars could not afford to
institute nation wide prohibition
by so doing the government would
lose five hundred million dollars in
revenue. Astounding indeed. II /
had made such a declaration possi-
bly, dozen men would know IT and
its influence would be very meager
indeed. But oomiug from such men,
ITS influence Is world wide aud pos
sibly influence millions Of people;
what will their answer be at the
great day of Judgement; pause for
an answer.
$500, 900, 900, IN revenue from
The manufacturing and sale of rum
annually. We can scarcely com.
Drehend such vast sums of money
% help defray the expense of our
government. But is this the only
means by which We san raise or
collect this great amount Of revenue?
Certainly not, whether we have rum
II not, 1t does not lessen the value |
f the property of our great coun-
ry, and any sane man that has the
'ood of humanity and society at
cart would gladly accept the col
ections that are collected on rum,
rom even the necessaries OF life,
uch as bread, meat, etc, in order
0 free our country and people from
his great monster that is destroying
he lives Of millions of people and
illions Of dollars. But Iaft and
Underwood say the government can
OF afford to lose the $500, 900, o0e
objected from rum. What is the
overnment? 1t is the people. What
re the people? The government of
curse. The property belongs to
he people and the people, to the
overnment. So we are the same
eople and same government as well
,ithout rum as with 1t, and the
is the peoples just the
anne and they can well allow the
ecessary collection in revenue and
ther commodities, If we can abol-
III the traffic. The time was be-
ore the evil war that revenue was
on whlskeys and tobaccoes
ut 1t is a wise method If we must
e accused with ITS influence TO lay |
eavy tribute on 1t bnt we do not
ave to have it if the people will
lse up IN their might and abolish
/. But we are discussing the mon.
tary side of the question now.
Taft and Underwood say the gov.
rnment will lose $500, 900, 600 with
latioual prohibition. If the gov.
rnment collects from the people
irst $500, 900, 900 in revenue at 81
,er gallon then the saloonist retails
t out at ten cents a drink or Sc 90
)er gallon then we have three times
$500, 600, 600 which is 81, 500, 900,
100, absolutely wasted and hun