Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-02-09
WHISKY ECONOMICAL
AND MORAL CURSE
Manufacturers Record Scores
Liquor Traffic U1meIGifu|Iy
tOr Misrepresentation.

The National Bulletin. which seems
to be published wholly in the interest
of the whisky industry of the country.
quotes a recent editorial from the
Manufacturers Record headed TOO
Many Reformers," apparently with a
view to creating the impression that
the Manufacturers Record and Bishop
Warren A. Chandler, upon whose
statement the editorial was based,
might be in favor of the whisky indus
try, or at least that these statements
of the suggestion that there are too
many refornlers in these days.
1T this was the intention of the Ma
tional Bulletin, the Manufacturers
Record wants to disabuse the mind of
the editor of that publication and to
state that we are absolutely, teetotaliy
and in every way possible opposed to
the whisky industry. not only from its
immoral influence, but from the eco
nomic standpoint. 1t is a curse to the
country of such gigantic proportions
that the sooner it is blotted out the
better it will be for mankind. The
billions of dollars that are annually
spe7.t in this country for alcoholic
drinks constitute one of the most
fearful curses ever brought upon the
land, and every dollar thus expended
is an economic waste and q dTaiD
upon the physical. mental, moral and
financial stamina OF the country.
Moreover. the alliance Of the saloon
interests with the politics of the 0
try is another curse, and to this in.
fuence is due much of the ~rcttenness
in American politics. It is amazing
that while we view with indescTi5ahle
horror the awful suffering from EN-
ropes war, we are as a nation forget
f1l to a large extent Of the millions
Of people who by alcoholic drinks arc
in this country annually shortening.
their lives, lessening their efficiency.
hating and III many cases destroying
their moral and financial standing.
and making necessary q large proper
ton of the police service of the con
try, and responsible for a very large
proportion of all the people in all the
iails, penitentiariss and poorhouses in
the land.
War, with all its horrors, sometime
stimulates the human mind and the
human soul to a broader vision Of
spiritual and mental activities. 1t is
an unspeakable curse; nevertheless,
there are some phases OF war which
develop unselfishness and humanity.
Whisky and the saloon business, on
the contrary, are an u~nspeakable
curse, without one single, solitary re-
deeming quality.
The National Bulletin, in its effort
to antagonize prohibition, quotes in
big black type a statement from Pres
ident Wilson to the effect that he is
in favor Of local option rather than
broad prohibition. The Manufactur.
ers Record believes in prohibition out
and out, from the economic stand
point, even if there were no other
ground in its favor, and it believes
that every official in this country in
a prohibition or local option state who
does not rigidly enforce the law is a
violator of his oath and is a perjurer
when he winks at these violations.
and therefore is himself a criminal
who is a curse to his community.
Does the National Bulletin now
know where the Manufacturers Rec
ord Observation-Disclosures Record.
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