Middletown transcript., 1918-07-20

opened and new mills and factories e.
tablished, she finds herself unable t
meet the demands for munitions an
war materials. AT time when ever
man within her borders should be a
his best, thousands are either who'll
helpless to respond to her call or thei
productive capacity is so impaired
through the use of alcohol as to be un
certain and Ineffective" National En-
quirer.
A Westmoreland coal operator says
ave are losing 1000 tons a day Goa
output while the Nation is crying fo
! fuel, and this shortage is due to tn.
drinking places aron md the mines. Th'
men lose many days getting over theil
drunks.''
The Bessamer Coal and Coke Co.
The Superior Fuel Co., The Ford Col
liery Co., and others around Pittsburg
have petitioned for dry zones about
their plants. because the output OF
their mines has been lowered 1000 OF
more tons day by reason of saloons
in their vicinity.
On the other hand under prohibition,
w. Virginia mines show an increased
output of 5000, 600 year with 8! per
cent. increase in working days DER man
Liquor also wastes fuel. The brew
ers and distillers alone used last year
1921, $50 tons of coal-all fuel wasted
no returns save ruined homes, mean
while citizens were suffering for want
Of coal
Liquor wastes food. The Brewers
. Year Book for 1914, says: brewers
and distillers used $4,000 bushels of
grain and farm products for making
liquors only. equal to the total value of
all the crops Of Maine, Connecticut.
Delaware, New Mexico and Wyoming"
Again, their Anti Prohibition Manual
for 1916, says, 1.-The liquor traffic used
the entire output of 100000 farms; and
the brewers and distillers in Peoria
alone consumed the entire surplus crops
of Illinois and Iowa."
DR.. Wiley says what the brewers
use would feed IL 600, 600 people almost
l s Of our who.e population" Liquor
wastes transpol tation. Rum fills a
shipping space of q, 900, 900 tons annual
ly, or 140O ships Of $1,000 tons each,
also 1,ON, ,0t0 cars of 600 pounda
each, 26. $50 trains of 40 cars each, p
crews and engineers, and small army
of men to load and unload. 365 days in
the year. handling $500 tons OF freight
every day Sundays included -
In his mast impassioned manner DR..
Tanning thundered: "To stand for the
continuance of all this thing ut this
trying time ia our Nations history, is
due to one Of three things: l, Ignorance
Of these facts: 2, Indifference to our
country's welfare and that of Humani-
ty: or g. to downright treason"
The Scribe wishes to ask right here,
where this savage arraignment leaves
our President who for about 16 months
refused to abate this Awful Evil one
jot though given by Congress full pow.
er to do SO?
With these>words of eloquent earnest
ness the speaker closed his appeal that
Christian voters should end this treason
Of Rum that is helping Germany defeat
our armies: "Hear me The man who
for his own money gain will break down
the efficiency of men now by selling
them liquor and making them unfit to
pruduce their share, to do their bit for
their country and their flag, deserves
no better fate than the spy we place
against wall or hang from the limb Of
q convenient tree
Again hear me The mac who, with
q knowledge Of these things, would cast
bis vote for thsi1 continuance at this
CRITICAL period Of oYr country's life, de-
serves to be sce,rnaa by ell Hatr'otia
people ano to beeome q kissing and a
hyworl in the mouths of all men, We
hate a spy, but decent men would
rather fraternize with Major Andre
than with Benedict Arnold y
The sum of 800 was given by his
appreciative audience to help Delaware
drive the accursed pro-German beer and
whiskey out Of Wilmington in the COM
ing Legislature.