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

And what have you thereg'
That's a pair OF shoes for you. Tom,
and here Is some cloth to make you q
pair OF pants. Your mother has patched
tho old ones so often they look like
map OF the United States"
What's the matter with the country
We have been dumping the money into
the whisky hole that ought to have been
spent for flour. beef and calico. and We
haven't that hole filled up yet
\ man comes along and says; Are
you drunkard?'
Yes. I'm n drunkard."
where are you goingT"
Il am going to HE'LL
"why7"
Because the Good Book says; Nc
drunkard shall inherit the kingdom Of
God so ! am going TO hell
Another man comes along and I say
Are you q church member"
Yes, am a church member"
where are you going?"
81 am going 20 heaven"
Did you vote for the saloonr"
Yes"
Then you should so to hell"
Say. n the man that drinks the whisky
goes to hell the man that votes for the
saloon that sold the whisky to him will
go to hell.
II the man that drinks the whisky goes
TO hell ano the man that sold the whisky
to the man that drank It goes TO heaven
then that poor drunkard will have tn,
right to stand on the brink of eternal
damnation and put his arms around the
pillar of justice, shake his fist In the face
of the Almighty and say; UNJUST I'm
| o. ~. h,,a
you ought to go to hell as sure as you
/ live. and l would like to fire the fur
mace while you are there Some fellow
says:
Drive Out saloon, Empty the JRils
Drive the saloon out and the build
ings will be empty" Which would YOU
rather have, empty buildings, or empty
jails, penitentiaries and insane asylumsi
You drink the stuff and what have yot
to say? You that vote for It. and yot
that sell It? Look at them painted on tbs
canvas of your recollection.
What is the matter with this grand ole
country OF ours? heard my friend
George stuart. tell how he imagined tina
he walked up to a mill and said:
Hello, there. what kind OF a mill are
your"
| a hhWnlns
And what do you maker
I'VE make boards out of logs"
rs the finished product worth NOR
than the raw material7"
Yes"
I'VE will make laws for you. We mus
have lumber for houses
He goes up TO another mill and says.
Hey. what kind OF mill are your"
"A grist mill"
What do you maker
Flour and meal out OF wheat anC
corn"
rs the finished product worth mor'
than the raw materially"
yes"
Then come on. We will make laws 70
you. We will protect you"
He goes up TO another mill and says:
What kind OF a mill are your
"a paper mill"
what do you make paper out of?''
"Straw and rags"
well. we will make laws for you. W.
must have paper on which TO write nOtei
and mortgages"
Boys Are GrIst of the Rum Mil.
He goes up 20 another mill and says;
Hey, what kind of a mill are your
"a gin mill"
IL don't like the looks nor the smell
OF you A gin mill; what do you make
What kind OF mill are your
"A gin MILL"
What is your raw materialF'
THE boys OF America"
The gin mills OF this country must hav,
1900 600 boys or shut up shop. Say. wall
down your streets, count the homes. ans
every fifth home has to FURNISH a boi
for drunkard. Have you Furnished
yours? No. Then / have 70 furnish tvs
to make up.
What is your raw materialr'
American boys"
Then will pick the boys up and giv'
them to you
A man says; Hold on. not that boy
he Is mine"
Then ! will say to you what a saloon
keeper said to me when l protested: %
am not interested in boys; to hell with
your boys"
SAY saloon gin mill. what Is you
finished product?"
''Bleary-eyed. low-down, staggerins
men and the scum Of Gods dirt, thai
have gone to the mat and taken tbs
count"
Go to the jails, so to the insane asy
lums and the penitentiaries. and the
, homes for feeble-minded There you will
find the finished product for their dirty
business / tell you It is the worst bust
ness this side of hell. and you know IL
What is your raw material. saloons
American boys, Say, ! would not give
one boy for all the distilleries and "a
looms this side OF hell. And they have
to have 100000 boys every generation
And then you tell me you are a man
when you viii vote for an institution
like that What do you want to do
pay taxes In money or in boysf
The Lesson of the RattIesnalEes.
feel like an old fellow in Tennessee,
who made his living by catching rattle
snakes. He caught one with fourteen
rattles and put It In box with a glass
top. One day when he was saving wooe
his little 5-year-old boy, Jim, took the
lid off and the rattler wriggled out an6
struck him IN the cheek. He ran to his
father and said: The RATHER has bit
me-" The father ran and chopped the
RATHER 20 pieces, and with his jack
knife. he cut chunk from the boys