The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-23

ALI OIL "A LIZ OOO R1NA1
mankind freer easier and he ppier, can
get majority vote nowadays. In this
era of insurgency, hoary traditions
and established institutions have small
consideration when they come into
conflict with the common veal Within
the past generation there has grown
I up a conviction in the minds OF the
rlght-thinking persons that the liquor
saloon is baneful influence IN the
nations life. The institution has lost
face 1t has everywhere been put
on the defensive; and in many places
it has been driven entirely out OF
business. The verdict of the people
has come to be that the saloon is Il
factor that hurts, and not factor
that helps social life.
The time-worn argument for the
saloon is the license it pays; men with
this plea keep silent about the cost il
entails upon a community. All moral
and social questions aside, the saloon
exacts such a heavy toll for the sup
port of police, jails, almshouses, ol-
vorce courts, orphanages and asylumS,
that as a business proposition IL is
| about as sensible as a merchants re-
ceiving one dollar from a customer
and returning him goods that cost
three.
The man who votes for the saloon is
pulling on the same rope with the
devil, whether he knows 1t or not
Billy Sunday
| The saloon is mother of crimes
and the silent partner of every exist
ing social evil
brewer once said: ut appears
from these facts that the success OF
our business lies in the creation OF ap-
petite among the boys. Men VINO nave
! formed the habit scarcely ever REFORM
| but they like others, will die, and I'M
less there are recruits made to take
itheir places, our Golfers will be empty,
and I recommend to you that money
spent in the creation of appetite Will
! return in dollars to your tills after the
habit is formed"
Patriotism, as well as religion,
should innpel us to oppose the saloon
for it is the great debaucher of pol
itics and Hesitation Next to cor
porate greed and akin to it, the saloon
is probably the greatest existing mem
ace to our national welfare. As we
l0se 5ha Ppf it's OF ndeas should
contend against this power winch
threatens them.
When this day of brotherhood
which is dawning is fully come. there
will be room in the world for any
thing which stains the soul or mains
the body of man. That bars out
strong drink. 1t must go under the
the liquor traffic is bad. and only bad.
1t hurts humanity. Therefore the men
who are their brothers keepers will
not continue to let it continue on its
devastating way.
The drunkard sells for a dram his
divine right to rule himself. He browns
his kingship in the intoxicating cup.
- DR.. T. Dewitt Talmage once said,
THE world may scott at Christian
people as insignificant, but banded
together for any great moral move
ment, they can carry anything at the
ballot box and in the congressional
assembly. The trouble is that they
have never yet massed their forces
If the saloon stood alone, it would
long since have fallen alone. But it
is buttressed by every other form of
organized vice.
Covetousness. one of the less re-
preSSive sins, which often moves in
the best society, is the mother of the
saloon. Love of money is the root of
this evil. 1t commentaries the thirst
for drink. the loneliness, and the stu
pidIty of men, Because it is a bust
ness that pays high profits, coyet-
BUSINESS is quick to engage in it. re-
gardless of the consequences to hui
man life
The full saloon is an ally of the
empty dinner pail.
Mirth in the saloon is commonly re-
lated to misery in the home.
Every time we face afresh the tenn
perance question in any of its aspects,
We need to remind ourselves to be
temperate in our attitude. The easy
way is the partisan way To take
sides with the largest crowd requires
less courage and conviction than -
think things thru for ones self A
| judicial attitude toward even the ST.
loon is not only more creditable but
also more effective than an unreaso n
ing anita gonism. The person wEo
looks into the subject from a sincere
desire to be fair, will surely come t.
the conclusion that the saloon - an
evil; and his temperate opinion will;
weigh more than The hotter words of
+ a less evenly balanced person. To lose
RESP ect for the truth. and for the 9th ar
| persons rights, is as bad as drunken
ness; all friends of temperance should
insist upon this basic. Antagonist
to the organized liquor traffic Of
America is perfectly consistent wi h
The utmost conservatism of tenlpera-
! ment
HE HIDES FROM WIFE
That Is Reason Mrs Ritz Wants