Eugene daily guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1904-1924, January 13, 1908, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextTHE EUGENE DAILT GEAHD, MOVHAV. JAM'AKV 13, ! ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST DRY POLICY There urn UMinlly two lnV tu any qiK-rtlim of liulillc lnt'-rcst. There hut been a ;riHt advance in jirobllii tlun w-nilinviit In Oreijuu durin the pHt ltd yc;ir nnd many ( anient worker In the rauw have never inl ned an opportunity to advocate It in Ihn prem", the iulill anil on tin; plat-; lorm. Hut I hern art- oilier who are not advocate of prohil.ltlon and uiv caHlonally one hccb their vlewii In! print but not an frequently a IIiohc of the other aide. Knr thla rcanon w reprint here an article from Wil-j Ham II. Tehe publlahcd In lam Hun day' Orenoiilan, becaime It l ! about the IwM article we have recent ly read on that aide of the o,ucntloti. ! Mr. Feline ny: TrolilhUlon, what doe It mean? An la new-rally undermood. It mean lo prohibit the inanufnrture and mile I of all aiilrlluotiK and mult liquora ax a bevcraiit - not the ilrlnklni: there of n that I n perieuial privilege, prohibition or no prohibition. "I wind here to lmcko a plain mnte nient. Tho I'nltcd Klate ConKtliii I Ion plainly u forth that It fouler; and protect all manufacture. Vou may in all honety nml nlmerlly vote for prohibition but to atop the pro duction of liquor, the t'oiiHllinlluii will have to be amended by atrlkiiiK out the. word 'all' and put In an ex ception. I "Does prohibition prohibit? I urn hold enoiiKh to any emphatically, no.; need not refer to the slate of Maine but take my own native state, dear old Iowa. Trior to 18H4 we had lo cal option. The river countlea of, courat), wore wet and wide open, the ; wet dlatrlct waxlnx; rich on the d Iraa and thlrat of the dry. Then , came the nreatet atruitKlo of all, per-. tonal liberty or a atate prohibition j amendment. Tho I'rohlha oarrled by H7.000 mnloTlty. The. Republican party upheld thn Amendment, the Democrat votlnjjfor It aa an experi ment. What wm tho reault? Under local option wo had In my little home town and place of biiHlneaa a (lerman Club, whereby wn could net got"! latter beer ahlppetl to ua In hulk. A j good number of our memhera wero rullKloimly in. lined who would at tend divine aervlre Sunday innrnlnK j but In the afternoon moat of them, would, with their wlvea and fumlllea, i come to the club, enjoying orliil and 1 neighborly Intercourse with innate; eatlUK and drliiklim: wine, beer, aoda i pop or lemonade; daucliiK, card nnd I other game. Now cornea the atate prohlblllonary nmenduient milking It! a nilademeaiior for a common ear ' Tier to haul or hnnillo aplrltuoua or malt liquor. Thla of con rue put an! end to the (lerman Kocial Club. 1 "What followed? The river coun-! tie continued wet, public aentlment' being agalnat all aumptuiiry law, lint to iik iii the Interior where relig ion 7.' a) and. I mut confer, rank fan:illcUm prevailed. They hay our boy nru Kale. The old toper, will huve to ko on the water wagon. Yea, the boy wie aafe; the Cermaii Club wn au'iierceded by a young meu'a dob, oathhoiind p;iHword and private patikey. On Saturday night they would liavo come by cxpreaa a box of banana. The open aalooti waa a thing of the pant, but In toy home town, before local option, there had been alx well conducted aaloon, compelled by city ordinance to cIoho at 10 p. m., and remain cloaed until 0 a. m. Then we had three or four drug store; now they maintain and aupport 1 I drug aloica. Tho proprl'-tor of aouie have built for tliemaelvea palu tlal realdence and I am told, hold firKf mortgage on flue farm. The prohibit Ion cry was 'Wipe out the sa loon. ' Then our moat beloved coun try would lie aafe. Kafe from what? Foreign Invasion? 1 gue not. Sale agalnat a man or woman patroniz ing n blind pig or a drug atme? "What do our moat ardent sup porter of prohibition put in pl.u-o of the aaloon Absolutely nothing. Tho open saloon ia the poor man' club; it ia a free information bureau; It la u place for thirsty men to got a drink of cold water Jut for the asking; it la a place where a atrunger I alwaya welcome, a place where he (-an leave hi hand baggage nnd feel that it will be kept aafe; a place whero the clerk, generally apeaklng, la an ency clopedia of facia concerning the city or town. Aak him a civil question nnd 9U time out of 100 you will get a civil answer. Hhould you huve a call of nature, where else could a at ra liner go? "And right here let me aak who knowa of a law making tho drinking of liquor or becoming intoxicated a crime? A person may become Into! cated with Joy and delight. Take, for Instance our old 'fuatiloned reviv al meeting or tin old time ramp meet ing. To get drunk with liquor la heiistly, hut not a crime in Itself. If arrested by a guardian of tho peace, the charge In each nnd every Instance I' drunk mid disorderly. 1 need not here mention In comparison thn case of the Holly Hollers In Tacomn which haa recently come to ptiblle notice through the public preas. "Cillca and communlllea have for hundred of yeara had to contend with the atrotiK drink question, na well a that of the social evil. They have found that regulation does reg ulute only to a certain degree. Hup prcHMlon doe not suppress, and lat terly prohibition doe not prohibit. The volera of tho grand oltl statu of Oregon are confronted by these aunie old. problem. Again suppression does not BUpprcss, regulation doe not regulate and prohibition doe ; not prohibit. What then Is the solu j lion ? I.t me tell you, the word is ! 'repression.' Take down your un 1 abridged and Kti;. If J am right or roug. Take the words of Milton; 'Vour desire for wine and all delic ious drink which many u famou . warrior overturn thou couldst re ' pre.' lioii'l this bring back tile question It tile iniivldiiul him or herself? Iteprejiii your desires and don't dcpe,,j upon legislation to curb your ninjoriiial desires and appetite. "For the oi argument. If the liquor hunine is wrong, a higher and iinreaaonable license doesn't make it right. '1 he one great trouble i tile drinker and patron of aaloona. Members of high-toned club have os tracised the bar-keeper, but have for gotten the beam lit their own eyes, la the mixer any worse than his cus tomer? Being tliua.ostraclsed he aays to himself: 'I've got the name, so here goes the game." Where can you find u more libera! and generous eluss than th average barkeeper? lA'l a civic question arise, some pubilc ; improvement involving tho greatest good for tile greatest number, ho Is one of the first to contribute. ' Vote Oregon dry, and thereby en rich California and Washington. . Force our young men into private .drinking clubs, increase the quark 'doctor business by writing prescrip tions, e'.e. Vote Oregon dry and fos ' lor tlie blind pig and Inotlog dlspen . ser. The( only way to regulate the ; saloon business is lor the drinker to ' regulate himself first. Hepreas your desires, lion't vott; for a sump tuary law to regulate your own per sonal desires or appetite." wants "Myron i.kttkhs" .si ri'iti;.ssi:i ny iv Brownsville, Or., Jan. 8. Two li quor dealers In Portland for the past two yeara, or since the prohibition luw waa passed, have been sending out letters and circulars describing their liquors. Itesldents from all over the state have received letters thanking them for their patronage and for recent orders when, in real ity iio oiders were sent them. Some wno have received these orders are temperance workers and the liquor house will get all that's coming to tliein If the letters are not stopped. Recipients of these letters have sent back others with temperance tracts and sermons enclosed. 1 would like to ask through the columns of the Journal if thla objec tionable feiiluro of the liquor houses could not be stopped? Could not this bo brought up before the postal authorities? It Is similar to black mailing und Is defaming of character In n way. What prohibitionist wants a friend to see him receive a letter from "Mike' Jacob & Co." or Borne other big liquor house? I mention this concern a It Is one of the objection able companies. Tho writer ha re ceived several of these objectionable letters, and would llko to hear from otlmrs who have. Will some one throw some light on tho subject as to whether It can be brought up before the postul authorities? "Woo unto the man who glveth his neighbor drink." Fred Harrison In Portland Journal. It UI.ItOAK .MAN OI'l-OSKK to 1'itoiiiiinioN Laramie Win . Jail. 11- ' The I I'nloil I'arlflc hits purchased for the year 17 miles ot Hu-ponnd rails lor additional second track," raid A. I.. Mohler, vice pr sident and general manager of the I'ninn I'a. Ific, at. the opening session of the Wyomntv Wool Crowers' Association here in the course of an address on the promised Improvement or facilities for his road. Hut Mr. .Mohler deprecated the wave of prohibition as a possible means of reducing traffic, the recent reform legislation and the determina tion In various quarters to enforce the new tax systems upon railroads all these as elements that might deter the progress of railroad devel opment In the next year. He admit ted that millions would be employed In the work of extending railroads, but asked where the money was to be obtained under such conditions. I'rolilbillon .Menus More Taxes." "With the prohibition wnvv. rtrad ually spreading, and with tin- prob able tariff reduction it would seem ultimately that the government will desire to tax interstate business." .Mr. Mohler said. "The amount of money expended on secind track ah, no and taxes In the states of Wyoming and Nebraska far exceeds the gro.-s earn ings derived from tiiese two states and allow nothing whatever for the maintenance of the old lines, nor in-ter--st nor dividends. "It is quite within bounds to say that, during lie nox five years this country should spend many millions In I he enlargement of its railway fa cilities, flow tills money can be re strained with the restriction applying to transportation lines is a difficult question to answer." eratlng department of the great road but also included me snojjiu.-u . - n,.iiirai assumption being the that the men who came to work alter a night ot naming im were not In a condition to deliver a full dav's work for the day's pay which it was, ot coiir.-e. necesar . give him. The conditions which r....,..m ,,.t,.fi.r:ine on so many Utile imi.'w i - Southern communities are exactly the same as those which have retornieu this army of railroad men. n-i -,..a .,,! haiii-htv Sonhern- l lie UUU .....n-- er, with an inherent aversion to per mitting any man io mini . '" HHnk uz Ym see fit. is un doubtedly -a fond of hi mine Julep and cocktail a he ever was. oui un economic waste and disturbance of law and order through indiscriminate drinking by men who nave oniy par tial control over their appetites had become so serious that the individual pride and desires of the element which could control its appetite were ....v....iinu, t,. ih. I'l'iieral eood of the communities. This gathering strength of the temperance movement is from a quarter never suspected by the Murphy and Hows who devoted their lives to the cause, but wno u scarcely looked beyond the moral or 9 r.,liiri,.iia tit I IP CHSC. lIHllS- rrlinlnate drinking not only prevents good work, but It leads to crime, aim crime ia expensive both for the crim inal and for the community, in oth er words, tile people have at last learned that It pays to be good and It pays to be Bober. All Holiday Goods At Exact Cost AS TO ACUTE DISEASES 8 WHY' 1'IIOHIBITIOX GAINS (Oregonlan Editorial.) Twenty-five thousand converts to the temperanace cause In a single day Is a record that has never been approached by the most powerful temperance organization In existence. Hut this Is the number of able-bodied American citizens working for one employer who on New Year's day pledged themselves to absaln from the use of Intoxicating liquors. This wholesalo accession to the ranks of prohibition was on the Northwestern railroad, nnd neither emotion, sent! ment or religion had anything to do with dealing such a body blow to the demon rum. It was simply a business proposition worked out to a logical conclusion on srictly economical lines. So far from being reformers or al truists, It I not Improbable that the men actually responsible for the in novation still Indulge in the wine that sparkles and the high ball that In vigorates. Will them the requirement of tem perate habits among their employes waa not prompted by any nobler mo tive than that which assured them that, with ull of their men sober all of tho time, tho liability ot coatly dis asters would be greatly reduced. Tho ! movement was not confined to the op- In many quarters of th? country I osteopaths are not very numerous: as I a result, the news of their good work hnvliitr uiironri thV H ro ketll. IlMSV I treating patients who come to their 1 offices suffering from diseases tnai have become chronic, so that the Im pression has grown that osteopaths treat chronic diseases only. In many quarters of the country where osteopaths have become nu-i merous the doctors of this new school have become the regular family phy slclay. They have been called In alike for the troubles of children and pa rents, and their marked succtss la the treatment of diseases of every character makes their services much Bought after. Any one who wishes a thoroughly convincing demonstration of osteopathy's effectiveness should call In an osteopath when some mem ber of the family is suffering from an acute attack; and It is quite cer tain thnt the ostoopath will thereaf ter be tho family physician. Dr. II. L. Studley, osteopath, office over Chambers Hardware store. Phone Black 1326. Residence, 734 Kerry street. Phone Red 3197. The remnants of our holiday stock, are placed on sale at actual cost We prefer to close out the goods now rather than carry them over. Some of the things you want for Christmas, but failed to get, you can now buy for yourself at bargain prices. The sale also affords a rare opportunity for those who have been delayed in buying gifts, who need return gifts, or who want something to present as a New Year's token. Hull's Red Cross Drug Store 1 7-19 E 8th S6--537 Willamstta St. CAI.Ii FOB CITY' WARRANTS Notice Is hereby given that all city warrants up to and including No. 392, registered Jan. 15th, 1907. and drawn on the general fund, will be jiaid on presentation at my office I January 15th, 190S. Interest will cease on that date. I Eugene. Or., Jan. 9, 1908. FRANK REISNER. City Treasurer. Miller's Shoe Store Most any body can sell yau a shoe for summer but FOR WINTER WEAR GO TO A SHOEMAKER who understands the leather and knows what he is selling you". We have a Repairing Department fitted Jup with everything that's modern in the way of machinery for doing the best of repair work. MILLER, The Shbe Man. West 8th street. 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