The Detroit times., 1916-11-03
Twenty Questions for
State Workers to
Answer
MANY GRAVES ARE
FILLED BY BOOZE
Wage Garner Gets the
Least From
Business
sY HARRY c. MCCAIN.


draining swamps irrigating ari,
lands, and conserving natural ~
sources--but 10 get those miilion
by licensing a tfNffc that DESTROY
men and women?
Is IL right for the American peopi'
10 permit a traffic that causes .
Ter cent OF our insanity. - per cen
Of our pauperism, and 80 percent o
cur crime?
10 IL right for government, to'
2a0 million dollars profits, t. assume
partnership in a trade which puts
upon the taxpay ers vice and crime
burden o. al least twents.three hun
dred million dollars.
IL # right 10 SANCTION business
whose commodity -alcobol--causes
ore adult death In every eight, 5y
being a contributing factor in lpf
different diseases and causes al
death?
Is IL right for Uncle Sam 10 ap'
prove the character and sanction the
business 81 John Barleycorn--and
then 10 punish nren for inevitable
results OF that business
Is II tight 10 allow liquor 70 rob
the far,s.rr py permitting. protectins
and promoting business that re-
turn. TO rim only % per cent Of The
Wholesale value Of lis fnished pro
duct. while the average OF all other
leading industries is IS per cent
Ia 1t right TO allow the liquor in
dustry 10 rob labor BY tying up
seven hundred seventy-one million
dollars in a manufacture that r.
turns TO the wsge-earner the small
oct por, ion OF its receipts OF all lead
ans industries?
Is 1, right TO allow the saloon 70
stand between AMERICAS abundant
raw material and her unemployed
ware-earners with its twenty-three
hundred million dollar drink bill
This vast amount a money spent
for booze means underconsumption
OF the necessary commodities this
scans over-produetion, heree unem.
pIoyment.
IT, IL right to license a saloon and
then compel the factory next door
10 compensate for the accidents
caused by employees insobriety-in.
sobriety produced by government.
protected saloon? Is this square
deaiy"
In II right for society 70 force man.
ufscturers, transportation compa.
MES. and industrial concerns TO
shorten he working day. incres3o
wages. limit the charge for their
services, and license tho liquor iraf.
&c 20 steal the efficiency Of their
employees?
L. II right 10 refuse anarchists ad
mission 10 our ports an' allow The
saloon to continue it, wholesale pro.
duction CT anarchists both by pre-
cept and example?
II II right to spend millions OF dol
lars trying TO Christianize and Amer
icanize the city slums, while We D.
cense the saloon--our keenest com
petitor--to make criminals bun
dredfoid faster than we can make
Christian citizeus?
is II right and consistent for oui
nation TO set aside a special DAY OF
thanksgiving to God for nstiona
prosperlty--and not be willing u
take out Of what he give us enough
TO pay our taxes? r. II right 70 sci
our brethren instead
IL ~ right 10 put 'the price o.
blood" into the treasury
Is II right for rs 10 promote The
ideal that righteousness exalteth
nation" while VIC remain in league
with the institution that does th'
most 10 blight and dam those Great
ed 10 Gods own image?
Is II right TO build town Wit
blood and establish a city by In
iquity'"
5 10 II right to license the sale o
that which the Bible Eve times total
ly prohibits, twelve times denounce
as q poison. and against the use o
which II utters over hundred
warnings1
Ia Il right TO give God our pray
ers and the devil our votesl
n n right 20 license 100000 Life
Destroying Saloons 10 oppose tn
work Of our 22oo Lfe-Sa vim
Churches7
IL u night to do that which vii
bring down on our heads the awf''
curse OF the Savior, Depart from
me, We that work iniduity an
make you CRY for the rocks an
the mountains" 20 hide your guilt.
soul on the Great Judgment Day
ThieVss Get 92tg