The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-11-03
Twenty Questions for
State Workers to
y Answer
MANY GRAVES ARE
FILLED BY BOOZE
Wage Garner Gets the
Least From
f, Business
~ HARRY c. MCCAIN


draining swamps, irrigating arid
lands. and conserving natural re-
sources--but 10 get those million
by licensing a traflc that destroys
men and women?
Is 1t right for the American people
10 permit trafic that causes -
rsr cent Of our insanity. 81 per cent
OF our pauperism. and 50 per cent OF
cur crime
is IL HIGHT for a government. for
.g0 million dollars profits % assume
partnership in trade which put
upon the taxpayers a vice and crime
burden OF AZ least twentythree hun
dred million dollars
Ia It right 10 sanction business
whose oommodity--sl --zAlS--
ere adult death in every Sigh. ~
being a contributing factor u
different diseases and cause, a.
death?
Is IL right for Uncle sam 20 sp.
prcve the chars cter and sanction the
business Of John Barleycorn-and
then 20 punish men for inevitable
results of that business
Is Il right 10 ALLOW liquor 10 rob
the farmer BY permitting. protecting
.saA promoting a business that re
turns 20 him only % per cen, Of the
wholesale value OF its finished pro
duct. while the average OF all other
leading industries is IS per cent?
Is it right 10 allow The liquor ID.
dus,ry 10 rob labor BY tying ny
seven hundred seventy-one million
dollars in manufacture that re
turns 10 the wsge-earner the small.
csi port ion of its receipts OF all lead
ing industries
Is IL iisht 10 elbow the saloon 20
stand between Americas abundant
raw material and her unemployed
wageearners with is tWenty-three
Hundred million dolla, drink o.ll.
This vast amount Of money spent
for booTe means underconsumptior
OF the aecessary commodities this
means production, hence unem-
yloy ment,
Is II right to license saloon and
then compel the factory next door
10 compensate for tn accidents
caused by employees inbCbriety-ln
sobriety produced By a government.
protected ssloop7 Is this square
oeal7"
Is it right for society TO fierce man
ufscturers. transportation compa
MES, and industrial concerns TO
shorten The working day, increase
wages. limit the charge for their
services. and license the liquor trsf.
.Ac to steal the eniciency Of their
employees.
Is II right TO refuse anarchists ad'
mission 10 our ports. and ALLOW the
saloon to continue It's wholesale pro.
duction az anarchists both by pre-
cept and example?
Is II right 20 spend millions Of dol
lars trying TO Christianize and Amer
icanize the city slums, while we ~
cense the saloon--our keenest COM
petitor--to make criminals a hun
dredfold faster than We can make
Christian citizene?
Ia II right and consistent for our
nation to set aside special day OF
thanksgiving to God for national
prosperi,y-and not be willing 70
take out Of what he give us enough
to pay our taxes? Is II right 20 sell
our brethren instead
Ii it right TO put "the price Of
blood" into the treasury
IL II right for Us 10 promote the
ideal that righteousness exalteth a
nation,' while wo remain IN league
with the Institution that does the
most 70 blight and dam those Great.
cd In Gods own image?
IL II. right 10 build town with
blood and establish a city by in.
iquity!"
n II fright 20 license the sale OF
that which TIE Bible five times total
IL prohibits, twelve times denounces
"A a poison. and against the use o.
which II utters over = hundred
warningsg
10 n right 10 give God our pray
ere and the devil our votes
10 ~ right TO license 100000 Life
Destroying Saloons 10 oppose The
work OF our 100000 Life-savins
Churches!
10 II right 10 do that which vii
bring down on our heads the awfu
curse of the Savior. Depart from
ne, ~ that work iniquity'" ant
make you CRY for the rocks and
ne mountains" TO hide your guilty
seul on the Great Judgment Day