MATERIALIST COLUMN
Had by ïliza Muwry Uliveti, Brook­
lyn, Coun.
When people become Materialist»,
they uro «uro that alter death all
plants, aiiimu1 2 3» and miunund uihu H u -
4 rale er become us filelexs ax a ruck,
ury »lick or old bone. 1 hero 1» no
. uiuro ute except tnu chemical lite ui
«.lie alotnu, neither I uaven nor hell,
ae.Uier enjoyment nor euiiurmg, lor
*e will anew noUung. Uur sense»
and ail br«ui activities atop when uut
physical machinery give» uut.
All nature prove» mere 1» no God;
ui1 me »civi.ce.. leach it, evolution, ge-
<>lugy , aatronemy, botany, mineralogy,
chenualry, pby»iolugy, ail leacn tnu
doing» ul u.uinii, not the doing» ul a
*l • upermuui'
»pint God.
iruying
amount» to not.ung, because there 1»
«io Gou to pray to: and it there win,
no couiu not change the Law» ul Na­
ture, l..e duinga ul the eternal un-
di G'jyub'e lurce» ul lac alum», that
inuMe and unniuke everything in the
universe.
Since we can have only thi» uno hie,
ail want to make the mu»t >1 it.
no waste nu lime nor ca»ti on pre­
paring lor ueatn, ur teeing priests or
preacuer» tu ncip u» escape lt.eir im­
aginary heli and »ecure u place in
their imaginary neaveiu we are inter-
e»u<d in ail the anair» ul tin» me. we
strive to avuiu tne lieu» ur evil» ul
t,.i> me ami tu secu.e a lung tile,
lately, health and all the enjoyment»
w-> can. Will »eil-graluicaLiun» that
oidig nurm tu uurseive» ur tu ulnera,
do tliia ? Harming other» brings en-
m.ly and trouble». We demand lib­
erty, »0 we can make tne moat ul our
<11 e. uut wnat xinu ul liberty »nuuiu
we claim ur strive lor ? Could we be
»fppy if surrounded aiwuys with
arvtng children, crying mother»,
everybody terribly diseased, every­
body »uttering m some way, many in-
<ane, many Uueves, murderers, liber­
tine», thousands of men drunken,
quarreling and lighting.' No! no! We
want tu I've in a cumin unity where
everybody is healthy, intelligent, good,
natured, iiappy, each doing their share
of work to procure the necessities ol
ule, ail friendly, just and helpful. We
are all mutually dependent and the
general welfare makes our own op­
portunities.
Iluw can we make such a communi­
ty ? By each contruiing themselves
irom whatever prevents it, and by
banding together to »lop those who
will not control themselves from^whaK
ever harms. W hat must we slop and
how ? Some claim that we have no
business to stop anybody's doing any­
thing they choose, even though their
•eif-gralii|catiuns or greed deprive
many others of liberty and cause pov­
erty and suffering. The liquor traffic
does thia, yet many denounce pruhibi-
Km as in the following selections from
Iters:
1 cannot agree with you and the
editor of Silverton Journal in support­
ing prohibition. This country claims
to be a land of the free. It is a shame
a d disgrace to try to force the people
to something they don't like. 1 ain an
abstainer from spirituous liquors and
tobacco: but woman ur man support­
ing prohibition or compulsion of any
kind never can be called adherents of
liberty; consequently 1 never will fa­
vor that slavish and immoral move­
ment. Take my name out of the list
of Materialist Association.
Joseph Bunata, Ter»».
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1 am a total abstainer and friend tu
temperance, but an absulutc enemy tu
prohibition. The principle is wrong.
Intoxicants in themselves arc nut an
evil, it is only when wrongfully used
that they become an evil. When an
evil is pr «hibited, and the prohibition
is right, it does not apply to the tem­
perate use uf an article, because that
article is sometimes used intemper-
Jlely and the evil use works harm to
Pthers as well as to himself. My in­
valid brother needs and has tu have
i quor all the time. In Oklahoma the
prohibition laws have been made so
stringent that if one gets a gallon
brought from another state, he cannot
carry it anywhere, even from one room
to another or give any person a drink,
no matter how bad it is needed. The
result is that four fifths of the citizens
of Oklahoma have become criminals.
Charles F. Randall.
The people of Oklahoma ought to
have been thoroughly taught what
harm liquor does as a medicine, and
why the moderate use creates the ap­
petite that makes and ruins drunk­
ards, before they made such stringent
laws that they cannot be enforced.
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I disagree with ynu as to the cause
of poverty, drunkenness and crime.
The large majority of crimes are
against pove ty. The capitalist sys­
tem of production is the cause of pov­
erty; and poverty breeds those crimes
and drunkenness. I have been in
^lining camps, mills and factories and
found there too long hours for human
endurance, and the speeding-up that
saps vitality. The laborer dares not
slow-up, for he sees the army of un­
employed, the boss’ club and poverty,
so to keep his job he resorts to stimu­
lants and narcotic», in the camps 1
found inferior, adulterated food, ver­
min over cruwded bunk house», mo »an.
itatiun, »0 the miners become easy
prey fur the »alouris. The wurlung
class receive less than lb per cent
of the wealth produced, which allow»
only a bare •■xislance fur the man and
family; hence the system make» pov­
erty.
Laws are made by and for the cap­
italists who will nut abolish the liquor
ir illlc as lung as there ’» private profit
and government revenue» in it. The
<u. calk'd middle class, th# »mall
property holder» pay most of the taxes
and they would howl their head» off,
if they had to make up what is re­
ceived irom the liquur traffic.
Poverty breads drunkenness, instead
uf striving fur futile prohibition laws,
aoolish the cause uf puverty by edu­
cating and urganizing the forking
class to abolish capitalism. 1 myself
am very sorry that the working class
c: allot see the nece»sity of sobriety in
their every day struggle with the cap.
it all t class, for it lessens their econ­
omic power.
T. L. Rhoda,
Tacoma, Wush.
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What the working class pays for
liquur und tobacco makes them paup­
ers, and instead of stimulating them,
lhe»e reduce their vitality and endur­
ance. The huge reveuue that the guv.
ernment gets from the liquor and to­
bacco traffic and the immense profits
that »aloon keeper» and the owner» of
breweries and distilleries and the to­
bacco trust get, all comes mainly out
of the wages uf the laboring class, who
pa'runize the saloons and use tobacc"
every day. Educate the laborers to
see the folly of using their scant
wages thus, and the advantages of us.
ing thu whole fur necessities and being
free from the appetites that enslave,
lur king dull brain», tliird class work­
men and incapable «1 planning to stop
tne capitalist’s profits.
Prohibition and Liberty
1 understand that Joseph Bunata has
denounced The Silverton Journal and
Mrs. Bliven fur advocating prohibition,
tic thinks that prohibition is destruc­
tive of liberty, etc. Mr. Bunata mis­
takes, like »0 many others, the prin­
ciple uf prohibition as applied to
strong drink. He thinks that the pro­
hibitionists are trying to furbid the
drinking of intoxicating liquors and
tl at will prevent men from exercising
las right to drinks. The prohibitionists
are not trying to make it criminal to
drink, in no state, so far as 1 know,
io they undertake to say it shall be
"cFiminal to drink. The prohibitionists
try do make it criminal to manufac­
ture, sell, transport, import or store
for selling intoxicating drinks for bev.
■rage purposes.
The state of Ohio has a laiw which
forbids the sale of spoilt meat or dil­
uted or impure milk. No man can en­
gage in the business of selling bad
meat and bad milk, but there is no
law to prevent a man from eating
spoilt meat or drinking bad milk, if
he wants to do so. The consumer’s
liberty is unimpaired.
The state has said that the public
ic'dth is affected by the use of spoilt
meat, and therefore the business of
ruining the public health shall be made
criminal. In just the same way the
prohibitionists say that the use of
itrong drinks not only affects the pub.
lie health, but the public morals, per­
sonal security and the public mind,
and because of these ruinous effects
the business of producing these shall
be made criminal.
Already in every state of the Union
and in some other civilized nations, it
is made criminal to sell strong drink
to minors, to persons intoxicated or in
the habit of getting intoxicaed, on
Sunday, rn election day, and within
certain distances of colleges, etc.
Many agree to this kind of legislation.
What is the difference in principle be-
ween selling strong drink to persons
under twenty-one years of age and
those over that age, between selling
it on election day and Sunday or any
other day? So far as Mr. Bunata's
argument of liberty is concerned, he
should get out and howl against the
tyranny of preventing a saloon keeper
from selling to a person twenty years
old, or five years old, or to a person
I'ready drunk, and call these deadly
usurpations of power, to destroy our
boasted liberty. The only difference
between the prohibitionists and those
who are in favor of the law which for.
bids selling to minors, is that the for­
mer believes that if the reason is
rood for making it criminal to sell to
1 man under twenty-one years of age,
it is likewise good to prevent the sale
under severe penalties to those over
twenty-one years. The loss on the
personal liberty side is made up by
the gains as to th® other rights, as
for instance personal security. Every
other right we have is the gainer by
the loss on this one, even to the little
child to go better fed and clothed.
Neither the prohibition party, the W.
C. T. U., the Anti-Saloon League, nor
any of the other temperance organi­
zations, so far as I know, has ever
attempted to make the drinking of
intoxicating 'iquor a crime or mis­
demeanor. They have all aimed to
stop drinking, but not by making it a
crime to drink. All they have attempt,
ed on the drinker, as a diTect agency,
DRY COLUMN.
WEST VIRGINIA PROSPERS UN­
DER URY POLICY
What Happened to the Biggest Brew­
ery in the Stat»—Now a Packing
House
By Fred O. Blue, Tax CommisMioner
of West Virginia
W hen the question of prohibition
was lirat submitted in West Virginia
in 1888, it carried only throe counties,
uut wnen the same proposition ws«
»uumitled in 191Z it lust in omy Uirei
con.lies. Although the population 01
the »lute I ad duuuled, there were .M jov
U» m wet vo.es the secund timj Ilian the
.. . <us vust cnange ui sentiment
wa» attributed tu education. Ine ef­
fect» uf alcuhul have been taught in
the public schools since 1880.
The lirat thing we did after the
amendment liad carried was to pa»» a
real prohibition ia,w One uf the wet»
described it a» having horns. We the
away with the club» and we did away
with the drug »lures. No physician in
West Virginia can give you a prescrip,
tiun lor wine or whisky. 1 hey say you
can’t enforce it. 1 want tu »ay tnai
yuu can. Our police courts are practi­
cally idle. Last week, fur the first
time in the history of the state, a
gran ljury adjourned without finding a
»ingle offense worthy of indictment.
1 want to say that prohibition hat
not hurt buxine»». Wheeling, which
was the wete»t town in Uie slate, hat
turned her brewery into a packing
Louse, and it employ» three times a»
many men »4 it did.
In Charleston, the brewery has be­
come an ice plant, and we are to have
cheaper ice, »0 that the poor uf the
city can afford it.
in W'—eling, where there were 14
»aloon» in one block, every place ha»
been rented to another form of in­
dustry, some at advanced rents. A
shoe dealer located in that block writes
that i.is business has increased 35 pet
cent since the city has been dry, ovei
a corresponding period when it wa»
wet.
at tne puhee court reconu and you
will SM til« »ante old offender» coming
up timo alter Ume lor sentence. AH
Ou» cost» money, accumpliane» nothing
and i» asxininu. i'erso.ialiy, 1 hope the
state goes ury »0 we will have nu neeu
of a drunkards’ home. If it stay» wet,
we should see tiiat a drunkard»' home
1» established, supported enti.eiy by
the Lquur traffic. Our »tale, through
legislation, naa adopted a policy whicii
proclaims to the world tiiat eucn in­
dustry »nuuid latte care of its uwn
silleu ami manned. lhe owner ul tne
s-v/nuil, me uncx yard, tne powder
laclory, all contribute a staled amount
in order tiiat the families 01 tnoae
silled or injuruu while in their empr>y
should oe property taken care cl. can
yuu ceil me any guud reason why tni»
provision of the taw »nuuid nut ue ex­
tended tu the liquur business ? if it 1*
legitimate uu»inc»s thu»e engaged in
it iinould oe proud to maintaui a home
which would be a monument to tneii
handiwork. Here all old battle-scarred
ur bulile-»carred veteran» could ipenu
t.-eir la»
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days recounting their lights
with Juhn barleycorn, they would
rot feel that they were supported by
the bounty uf the stale, fur they would
realize tnat the industry tnat made
them helplee»» and hopeless wrecks
was »uppurting them «nd paying the
mils.
“Prohibiliun i» very injurious tu thè
ausine».. 01 police ju^ges, a ce rioni
eia»» of lqwyers, jail», calabuo»e», and
a.l uM-cr busuiess depending un vice or
crime."—F. E. Muriseli, president First
N allunai Bank, Henngtun, Kansas.
JUST THINK OF IT I
A burning theme uf lung ago
Still flaunts my suul with gnashing bit.
it tens about a human foe,
Who causes must of all uie woe.
Just think of it, and think of it!
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and aoongra« dapartoiama i
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tuarnt
‘You shall, fai? youth, m st surely stay;
Do one of three things you see tit,
Imbibe this cup of w; •«, or slay
Your pa, or sister, any way.”
Just think of it, and think of it!
No sooner had he drained the cup,
He heard a laugh and falling lid.
The fiend went down and left him up,
And dazed, he had his eyes to rub.
Just tldr.k uf it, and think of it!
With tipsy gait he raved about,
And right and left he fiercely hit.
Scared pa and sister, ceased to shout,
For dead they were, without a doubt.
Just think of it, and think of it'
If this be ghastly to your mind,
Then ask the convicts what they did.
But I am sure that you will find
Ti<at crime frornwine.putthembehind.
Just think of it, and think of it!
I ask the man who came afar,
And told this nightmare tale with vim:
‘Who was this burning man of tar?”
‘It is the keeper of the bar;
Young man,” said he, “bewarecf him!”
(Continuation from Page 2, Col. 4)
to hell. (Remember, materialists be­
lieve they can go to hell before they
leave.) You see the thoughts and views
of infidels are set to the terms of Bible
truth in spite of them.
Questions :
1. Where diif man get his idea of
right and wrong?
2. Who told man that h® is a moral
creature ?
3. Can right and wrong exist if
there is no God?
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The boy repaired to make his choice.
Said he, “1 never shall commit
A murder; it’s against the voice
OREGON SOCIALIST
Jf God, whose mandates are no toys.”
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lust think of it, and think of it!
There was then left the least of crime,
By means of which he might outwit
The evil one’s well planned design.
So not to kill, he drank the wine.
Just think of it, and think of it!
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Conveyancing
i love to pass about the street,
To see some thing» of benefit.
But hall the time my eyes will ."•
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Enticing signs where toper.-: greet,
it’s then, my child, 1 think of it^
Perchance 1 see some door ajar,
1 peep within a little bit.
DRUNKARDS* * * HOMES NEEDED Uncouth they stand about the bar,
i .hear them talk as if ill war.
Such Institutions Needed if Oregon it’s then, my child, 1 think of it!
Should Vote Wet
i see them later start for home
By Gov. Went in The Orogon Journal With swaggy gait and loss of wit.
1 aey houk tneir arms and on they I'tsvn
But later on they fail like foam.
I would like to establish a drunk­
1. s then, my child, 1 think of it!
ard’s heme if the stale remains wet at
the coming election. Our ctate insti­ And as 1 read the daily news,
ti tions are filled with old drunks. Look W liich tells about the wrongs, to wit:
Divorce and theft and empty pews,
And murderers who get their dues;
has been moral suasion, education, it's then, my child, 1 think of it!
etc. If we made it criminal for a man
A thirsty boy went to a well,
to drink, how many people would it
From which he gently raised the lid.
strike? Probably half the population
A roar much like a thunder fell,
of the United States drink This would
Jut came a demon with a yell.
make fifty million criminals in the
Jut think of it, and think uf it!
United States, counting in the children
‘My lad,” said l.e, “you are to die;
of the parents who drink.
The difference between legal prohi­ Yet from such death you may be rid;
bition and moral suasion is mora1 t’cu »imply with my w sh comply,
suasion undertakes to reach the drink, An earnest wish 1 ne’er deny.”
er as well as the maker, seller and Just think of it, and think of it!
importer, but legal prohibition wisely With frightened face he dropped his pail
lets the drinker alone, that is, it does When told he was his soul to quit,
not seek to make him a criminal.
.And mournfully began to wail.
Olin J. Ross, Attorney,
The stranger smiled, resumed his tale.
Columbus, Ohio. Just think of it, and think of it!
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By physiology in schools and moral
suasion everywhere we should educate
everybody to know what harm intoxi­
cants do to the urer, his family, busi­
ness and society, also its harm as a
medicine, and how moderate drinking
creates the drunkard’s appetite, des­
troys his will power to let it alone, in.
jures his brain, empties his purse,
ruins the home, makes him a nuisance,
makes criminals, paupers, insane and
diseases too numerous to mention.
Total abstinence frees the man from
the drink habit, saloon expenses, loss
of his job, misery in his home, etc.
Every drinker is the slave of the sal­
oon and helps to swel' the income of
the capitalists in Europe and America
who own the breweries and distilleries.
Prohibiting a” saloons, brqweries, dis­
tilleries and liquor selling everywhere
wou'd wipe out all their profits and
keep all that money in the laborer’s
possession for home necessities, give
him better brains, health and ski ',
both to earn and to learn how to
thwart injustice and secure their share
of the blessings of life. Prohibition of
th« saloon, enforced, frees the weak
a-d the young from temptations and
st^ps making drunkards out of mod­
erate drinkers. As long as they waste
their money and brains on intoxicants
and tobacco, the Socia’ists and I.W.W.
will never get anywhere. Their leaders
must teach them this and stop their
supporting all liquor and tobacco cap­
italists and all religious capitalists.
Priests, preachers, evangelists and
missionaries are religious capitalists.
Prohibiting the liquor traffic i.nd en-
foreng it by heavy fines and by moral
suasion making total abstinence pop­
ular everywhere, will free the working
classes from a thousand evils and
bring beneficial liberty in place of
harmful slavery.
Many physicians have given up the
use of alcoholics as a medicine and
their number ù rapidly increasing, be­
cause they have found out that it does
re La.i»» then good.
Eliza Mowry B'.iven.
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Governor—W. J. Smith.
Ratiiff, Salem; Allea Hutcheon, Sa­
State Treasurer—B. F. Sloope
lem, F. J. Von Behrea, Aumsville.
Attorney General of Oregon—J. E.
Sheriff—J. E. Blazer, Silverton.
Hosmer
Clerk —T. Y. McClellen, Turner. R-
State Labor Commission — August corde’-—Ly':th M. Cannon, Salem,
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Mrs. Flora Foreman
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Justices of Supreme Court—D. W.
Robinson, N. Rannells, A. G. Hotch­
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