The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-06-09
Friday, June 9th, 1916
THE MACEDONIAN CRY

The following appeared in the
Kent News, June 3.
The Macedonian cry was
Come over and help US. .
Today, the counties of the
Eastern Shore of Maryland and
many on the Western Shore
raise their voices and shout ''by
your votes against the liquor
traffic, help us!" The counties
have voted the liquor business
out of existence but because of
the wholesale and retail houses
in our big city of Baltimore the
conditions are not as good as
they might be. The voters of
Kent cannot do more at this
time but beseech the people OF
Baltimore to vote out liquor and
thus not only help themselves
5but help their neighbors over
here.
When the missionaries were
sent abroad into foreign coun-
tries they found the people
ready to receive the Gospel, but
in the same boat was carried the
demon rum which seemed to
vitiate much of the good aimed
at by these devoted missionaries.
the latter wrote home to friends
beseeching them to get the ship
ment stopped.
There is 10 two sides to the
liquor question. Even it's advo-
Gates can not advance a sound
argument and stand upon two
week and puny legs-Personal
Liberty and Revenue.
Archbishop Ireland says, The
claim of saloon keepers to freedom
In their traffic, is the claim to
spread disease, sin and paup-
erism. The great cause of social
crime is drink. If l go to the
galloWs and ask the victim it's
cause. the answer is-Drink
Then | ask myself in perfect
Wonderment. why do not men
put a stop to this thing?
Some plead that we need the
revenue from the liquor traffic.
Would you be willing to accept
revenue from licensing slavary,
lottery, polygamy, the opium
traffic, gambling and prostitu-
ton? Permanent prosperity
will not come to people who
derives its revenues from the
wees OF its people. For everv
dollar of revenue Baltimore Sc
cures from the traffic, 500 is paid
to support it and it's victims.
According to the United States
Supreme Court we are richer
without this revenue for she will
be gamer a thousandfold in the
health, wealth and hanninass If
our people.
Money! There are some things
that money cannot buy. What
price do you put on your boy and
girl! Were millions lost in re-
venue from destroying the
liquor business, it must be ended,
because the traffic DESTROYS
morals and men. The news
from States which have tried
Prohibition should be sufficient
TO convince any man that the
loss OF revenue is really not felt.
Kansas is today free Of debt and
a SHINING example Of what eff
feet the Punishment of LIQUOR
can have on a people.
Look at our border state Of West
Virginia which only went dry"
a year or two ago. What a
striking comparison! West Viz
ginia, dry for just two years, re-
duces her tax rate from IA to 10
cents on the hundred dollars.
Maryland, in the grip of the
liquor traffic, raises her tax rate
from 1878 cents to 35 cents on
the hundred dollars, and next
year it is to go higher.
Prosperity with big P is the
rule in West Virginia. Property
values since the state went dry
have increased by leaps and
bounds. Saloons which were
not respectable and could not
rent for much money have been
transformed into decent places
of business and their value
thereby enhanced. Breweries
have been rebuilt into places
where useful commerce is
carried on. The deposits in say
ings banks have increased by
tremendous sums. Men are
spending more money for gro
ceries, dry goods. shoes and
clothing, thereby imparting a