South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-11-29

get out Of such partnership even to our dear "Chrs
friend. nursing old grudge his
old prejudice
is alone in his blind ranung Four
months after liquor advertising was excluded from this
paper local lawyer office holder. democrat,
and reader Of the paper speaking in OF the local
churches the broader vision" gave US fits for
prosttuting columns to the extension Of the liquor
trade" the simp having the trouble
to notice the absence of what he couldn't seeor is it
that such these care anything some
thing that they presume TO compare their self
conceived superior virtue to? yision!" Huh!
And even these two are not alone. The Y NJ C. A.
along weeks after the liquor advertising
had been dropped and handed more than gentle
hint that newspapers and magazines carrying such
publicity longer wanted its reading table
a responsive jolt regarding which. understand,
finally leaked to some of the clergy
We have had occasion 10 smile more than once dur
ing the year the proof that experience has
brought &c us lit pays advertise" Within a
month one more legitimate advertisers used
to complain loudly if perchance brewery adv appear
ed in the same page with his came with COM
plant affecting competitor only admit when asked
how he would increase his space if undertook
the wanted accommodating that $4,000 a year was
about share of the reforming-that he had never
noticed the liquor advertising disappearance.
And he didn't offer increase his space any when
he found it out
We might cite frequent examples. These are only
instances The people who enjoy giving
the newspapers the equivalent OF HI doing
anything for the public and for being greedy grafters
souless and soon-and-so forth fresh from the bot
tomless pit inconsistent insincere playing to the gal
leries" all that thing-but they are gen.
orally Of a type who would rather press wouldn't
do anything contrary to the above they might
have to admit it,
Frankly. discontinuance this liquor advertis-
ing has been worth practically all it has us
school of amusement tuition paid for the privilege
of studying another phase of human nature or, for
lack a better term. Christian demagoguery;' of
which. now, however have seen pretty enough
to satisfy US
We don't want to lose our faith in humanity alto
gethev, and especially respect
ably type,--so many of whom apparently. would
rather you fail than succeed, they would
rather pity than admire; make a hobby of berating
other peoples vices but seemingly fear all the while
that such vices will disappear and leave them hobby
to ride; make speciality of giving you the devil
because don't reform the world while THEY wait.
then refuse admit the reformation unless they
can all the credit.
We are absolutely confident that there are ranting
raving prohibtonists here this city who would
rather every man, child in town,
plunged the out of the bac door of
the saloon into the botomless pit of hell than have
the doors saloon closed without their being
right there to get the applause but who wouldn't con-
tribute cent such their souls; a
least not without wanting it advertised with a brass
band
We don't know but what critical correspondent is
one them; poor aristocratic boob. Heaven de-
liver from such gold-pated godness from Chris
tiany. partisan prejudice. with
the gall of incipent idiocy
1t just as that the temperance move
ment, and especially the prohibition movement owes
its long delayed contamination. Playing gal
leries" we'll we're paying for the privilege.
and we're not playing from plushcovered pew shout
ing "Amens" and "hallelujahs" because we're afraid
Wen hear somebody else's shouts-who don't happen
to trot in class
If prohibition ever comes to Indiana America, il
will come from the people not the saints" God put
the saints" here to drive the people into reforming
themselves through disgust
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