Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1916-10-26
VOTE FOR PROHIBITION
'LIbER TY'

The Declaration of Independence declares that
dowed by their Creator with certain naenabe rights that among
these Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness No sane
eigen will presume deny this declaration H
however, business which does rights that
Business the Liquor Business whatever form may appear
They who the business claim muc and ready
to claim much but their practice against their claim every time
Last summer select number of Chicago physicians
msoned to investigate the larger number prosaons
from heat The result their investigation shows that of 55
prostrations treated in the county hospital ninety per
were directly aceab the alcoholic smuan Forty -four
per cent OF these prostrations proved fatal.
In report 1900 600 issued by the American and Can
adan life insurance companies and covering investigation during
the last twenty-five years. the conclusion reached that constant
OF alcohol shorten their lives by years average
Carefully collected statistics in the United show that
between 10000 and 10000 persons die from the effect of
alcohol The of human life representing death every eight
minutes of the total mortality of the nation There
absolutely question where the liquor business stands re
ton to life cannot l but horten and destroys
And what Of Liberty? The underlying principle of liberty that
enjoying and exercising it, either introduces into his
life or into the life Of another that which any interiors with
personal community welfare Those who engaged in the liquor
business have been for long me have enjoyed protection
OF the State have done things either with legal sanction
without that they the business in which they
engaged being their liberty When matter of fact they
erce their and not their liberty for liberty something
that belongs person by law but is his by endowment
matter of fact the liquor business takes the liberty and right
the part OF the customers to enjoy the benefits of their haear
ed money What of the liberty the drunks that continually
made and then kicked out of the saloons? What of the liberty Of
the who has provide the involved by and
prosecution and lodging and board of the unfortunate drunk? The
liquor business does not know anything about liberty its great
to get gain whatever possible after the money
and money will soop the lowest and ways and
then tries eude the poor ununae by telling them about
safeguarding their liberties when their liberties already taken
away from them by the miserable curse of alcohol.
Pursuit Of happiness guaranteed This just what the liquor
business does do and do Its makes such
end impossible What of the pursuit of happiness of the lad who
recently fell into the Canal Point of ock What of the pursuit
of happiness for the mother who sought her SOM Both
dead and buried because liquor What the father and usbandP
Where the time of these as And what put him where
he was? Surely not of these pursuit of happiness.
What the pursuit of happiness the dunk who last Saturday
night kicked of certain saloon in Frederick? What of the
liberty Of certain business who because these runks inter-
ing his place business compelled put them out? No. thou
sand times mol The liquor business has made for happiness
it happiness. Any claim that for e liberty
and the pursuit Of happiness without foundation 1t
tuous.
THE LIQUOR BUSINESS is INHERENTLY WRONG,
AND UNsPEAKABLY VICIOUS IN PRACTICE VOTE FOR
PROHIBITION, AND GUARANTEE LIFE, LIBERTY AND
PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS TO ALL THE PEOPLE,
GEORGE ALBERT SNYDER,
Chairman Executive Committee.