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May 11, 1911
THE CITIZEN
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KENTUCKY 1111288 ASSOCIATION.
When mony talks It Is sure to at
tract tho attention of bystanders.
Have you had a couple ot J 5.000
scuts reserved In the coronation Una?
Do we get our garden seeds from
the Inst session or the extra session
of congress, or both?
As scon as a little more of the frost
gets out of tho ground the aviators
will resume business.
If whiskers are to be put under the
ban uh hiding places for microbes.
what about the fur coat?
"England la said to loso I76,OCO,000
a year through tho ravages of rats."
Why doesn't sho keep a cat?
Tho Michigan small boy who swal
lowed a snfetypin Is thriving. There
must bo fcomethlng In a name.
Pot our women readers only: "A
Massachusetts scientist says that the
X-ray will reveal a person's age."
Berlin 1 about to tax each purchas
er of a ticket to the moving picture
shown. That is getting close to rob
bing the babies.
Possibly that baron arrested with
brass knuckles In his pocket was on a
matrimonial expedition after the good
old baronial fashion.
In addition to tho harem skirt we
have also a "three-quarter" skirt In
our midst. Tho poor skirt Is being
wantonly mutilated these days.
An Ohio woman in a divorce suit
claims that her husband has not spok
cn to her in seven years. Possibly the
joor fellow never got a chance.
There Is talk of a $25,000,000 high
way from New York to Washington.
It is to be hoped that It will not be
an extension of Walt street.
AmnuT those who will be benefited
by the, discovery of telephonic hyno-
tlsm 1b tho man who docsn t know it
Is bis wife he is talking to' on the
wire.
"Tho Makln's of a Girl" is one of the
new literary efforts on the market. It
beata all how the clgarettn habit per
sists in breaking Into the literary
game.
Because her husband hasn't spoken
to her for seven years a Philadelphia
woman wants a divorce. Evidently
that's too long a, time, between last
words. J
Paris protests that that city Is not
responsible for the harem skirt. Paris
has enough blots on its 'scutcheon
without the prepetratlon of the baron
garment
During coronation week some, of
the London hotels are going to charge
$60 a day, so now you can flguro up
how much you're going to sava by
not going.
A Uoston waiter returned a wallet
containing $15,000 to a man who had
loft it on his table. A New York
waiter would have regarded It as
merely a tip.
A harem skirt caused a near riot
In Atlantic City a few days ago. It It
had been summer and sho had worn
a bathing suit everything would have
been all right
A New York woman whoo artist
husband Bald her flguro was more per
feet than that of Venus has been
awarded alimony In the sum ot only
120 a month. Why be a Vcnns?
Parisians started a riot tho other
day at the pioductlou ot a now play,
Such things do not happen In America,
hut they are richly merited by somo
ot the alleged plays that oro tbrust
upon us.
London dispatches tell us that
Americans are rcccgulzcd in ltnglund
by the smartness ot their footwear.
It strikes us that most ot them ore
recoralzed by the largeness ot tbelr
feank roils.
HE
-WILL RESIGN
ssues Manifesto Setting forth
His-Position
WHEN PEACE IS RESTORED
Armistice May Be Extended to-Allow
For Further Peace Negotiations
Madero Orders Halt For Insurrecto
Army Marching on the Capitol.
MYdcIco City. PrcwlMit Diaz 4siod
a manifesto, declaring ilia IntonJon
to rental the presidency as soon as
peaco Is restored. In Uihi manner tho
IKwMojit ha virtually ncoetfod, to tho
demands of Franekco I. Modero tlrst
ho nrakv announcement ot.sfljdi Inten
tion.
When Peaee la Retored.
As to when peace is actually re
stored, Gen. Diaz reserves tlio right to
bo tho Judge. In the words of tho iwmi
lfostn, it wfa he "Wlen, oocordJng to
tho dictates of my .conscience, 1 am
fcuro that my roteiKtlon will not 'bo
followed by anarchy."
Tho president declared that hla Oc-
tenninatkm not to relinquish the
presidency ot this time was not duo
to yanlty or lovo of power, because,
as ho pointed otit, power at Oils til mo
has no attraction aoconipaiiled an It
Is by tremendous rosponslbinty and
-worries. Ho said ho wob prompted
solely by a doalro to conserve tho best
interests of his country.
Won't Quit Under Fire.
Tho president mado It clear that h
docs not proposo to abandon lac prcs
idency while his country la at war.
und that he would not do so at any
tlmo under compulsion.
Bl Paso, Texas. Con. Madero on-
nounced that Je would agree to an
other armistice In which jwaco nego
tiations might be resumed.
Wlhcn Gen. Madero heard of Presi
dent Diaz's resignation lx Immedi
ately gave orders lo have troops etop
inarching. Couriers also wero s;nt
ahead to halt the advance gunnt.
"I naturally am very glad to hear
that President Diaz has niado tho nn-
uounevment," said (Jen. Madero.
am going to send a tefegram to him
at once congratulating Mm on his lia
trkrtiatn. for It certainly wsso an out that
required tho Wghest kind of personal
jardllcw and iiatriotlsu.
MORE SAVINCS BANKS.
Postoffice Department Designates a
Few More Tovf.n.
WhrfvlnKton. Postnuistw-General
Hitchcock deslcnaW tfilrty-lx nihil
tionetf postofllcca cs pos;tl savings
bonks, which Including those provi
ously selected, will malto a total of 120
.-jtiii)Jlshl since January 1. The work
of turolshlng tho necessary equipment
and havimr postmasters nd their as
ni8tant8 Instructed, will be liurrlctl to
nermlt rccelvins ' deposits Juno 1.
iMr. Hitchcock expects to extend tho
system as rapidly as posslhJo until
ho has a postal savings hank in very
money order office In the United
States.
Amomr the officers dcstenaited are:
Indiana Harbor. Ind.: HopkinsvilX'
Ky.. Daroerton. Ohio: Sumter, S. C:
J'llKo, Tcnn., and Staunton, Va.
Will Seek Dr. Cook's Records.
New York. An attempt will bo
mado incidental to a hunting trip to
determine if tho records which Dr.
Cook allogea ho left at Etah oro there,
The expedition la being organized un
der tho auspices of Harry Pay no Whit
ney, big game hunter, and under per
smoa direction of Oapt Robert A,
Bartlctt who comraandod tho Itoose-
volt, the ship In wMch tho Peary ox
ixxlltkm sailed in search 'of tho north
lole.
Warm Weather Here.
Washington. Summer weather will
prevail throughout tho country cast ot
the Rocky mountains during this week,
according to weather bureau calcula
tions. Low tenMMnatun ti predicted
for the Pacific coast. Indications are
that there will bo no rain in the next
few days, except local showers in the
Mlddlo West and Northern PaclOt
States.
Three Quarters of a Century.
WatlMncton. ''Undo Joo" Caimon
wax 7.1 vaun old Sunday. IIo wnb
bora at Guilford, N. Con a farm near
tho revolutionary tatttlofleCil or Gull
ford Courthouse. At on early ago ho
went to Indiana and becumo a grocery
clerk.
President of Express Company Dead
Now York. Johnston Livingston
iroHlkmt of tho Ninlionul Kis Co.
and iiroinliHUrtly Mcatiflod with many
leading clubs, died in hw 9&Ui year,
Corn Plantlna Weather.
Waihdmjton. Hlslng imeraturo
hruchout tint ooantrv ltas had a hieh-
ly gratlfyhkg effect In warming Uin
will and dxylrm wot places In tho prep,
oration of field for tho planum? of
mrn. Tt corn urea lust year wos
over 114,000,000 acres, oml hls jTOivr
ocrcflgo hiioiiKl uo nuiy as arge. i no
swl nwnrirvxl ftvr ltlanlinir 11E.000.000
acres will bo apitroxlmatoly 23,000,000
biwWuhs.
Panama. Hre oauBotl dmtvgo to
the extent of $200,000 at Port Llmon.
z
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WILL THE DOVE STICK7
HIS PERCH IS
FLAYS DYNAMITERS
ROOSEVELT DENOUNCES BOMB
.PLOTTERS IN LOS ANQELE8
BRANDED A8 CRIMINALS.
DEFENDS DETECTIVE BURNS
Says Fact of Men Being Union La
borers Is No Excuse for Attack on
the Prosecution Mayor and Offi
cials Receive Threats.
New York. In the course of
signed article In the forthcoming
Outlook dealing with the Los Angeles
Times dynamiting, under tho title.
Murder Is Murder," Col. Thcodor
Koosevelt says:
'If the explosion was not. an acci
dent, but tho deliberate act of any
man or men, it was an outrage of das
tardly Iniquity, for It was one of
these crimes In which tho murderer,
in order to gratify bis spite against
an Individual, not merely wrecked
that individual's property, but with
callous Indifference takes tho lives ot
scores ot Innocent people as an inci
dent to the achievement of his sin
ister and criminal purpose.
'The men responsible for dynamit
ing tho Los Angeles Times building
are responsible not only for tho wreck
of the newspaper offices, but for tho
loss uf many lives
"The arrest was mado in conse
quence ot testimony secured by Mr.
Hums, who has been Mr. Honey's
right-hand man In bringing to justice
grafters who violated tho law of the
United States In Oregon and grafters
who violated tho laws ot California
In San Francisco. He has proceeded
with impartial severity against the
most influential politicians and the
richest business men.
"It happens that the men whom he
has now arrested are members of a
labor organization, Just as men whom
he formerly nrrcsted were members
ot tho Republican or Democratic par
ties or of great and wealthy corpora
tions. "It would havo been a wicked thing
In the farmer cases with which Mr.
Hums had to do, for leading Repub
licans or Democrat to -omblne to
break him down and support the ac
cused merely because the accused be
longed to their political parties; It
would have been a wicked thing tor
big capitalists and big business men
to make common cause with the cap
italists against whom be proceeded,
merely because they wero capitalists.
"No worse service can be rendered
by labor union leaders to the cause
of unionism than that which they ren
der when they seek to Identity the
cause of unionism with tho cause ot
any man guilty ot a murderous attack
of this nature.
"I have no idea whether the men
arrested on Mr. Durns' statements are
or aro not guilty; the labor leaders in
question havo no Idea whether or not
they are.
"They aro entitled to an absolutely
fair trial. If they have no money to
provide counsel for themselves, then
It would be entirely proper for any
body ot men to furnish them the
requislta funds, simply as an Incident
In securing them a fair trial. Uut It
ts grossly Improper to try to create a
public opinion In favor ot the arrested
men simply becauso the crime ot
which they ure accused Is committed
against a capitalist or a corporation,
and becauso tho men who are charged
with committing It aro members ot a
labor union."
Wins Medal for 8svlng Life.
Washington. A silver llte-savlng
medal was given by tho treasury de
partment to Private Charles M. Mor
ris of Company G, signal corps, U. 8.
A., for saving the lite nt the little son
ot Dcnjamln Levin of Chicago. The
boy fell Into New York harbor at the
Htatuu ot liberty.
Bowdoln Gets $58,000 Olfts.
Brunswick, Me. Gifts of $50,000
for tho new gymnasium and athletic
buildings at Dowdolu collego were an
nounced here.
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NOT A SOFT ONE.
RETURN NEW BILLS
M'NAMARAS INDICTED TWENTY
ONE TIMES.
McManlaal Main Witness Against
Brothers Crowd Felled by 8scret
Moves of Jurymen.
Ixe Angeles, Cal. The grand
Jury has found 21 new Indict
ments against James P. and John J,
McNamara and Ortle E. MoManlgal.
the alleged dynamlto conspirators.
Nineteen ot the Indictments, It Is
understood, are against the McNaraa
ras alono, and charge thorn with mur
der In connection with the blowing up
of tho Los Angeles Times plant on
October 1, and the consequent deaths
of 21 men.
The other two are said to be
against McMonlgal as principal and
the McNamara brothers as accom
pllces in the Llewellyn Iron works ex
plosion, Christmas day. In which no
ono was killed.
McMuiIgal was the principal wit
ness beard by the grand jurors, about
whose movements and meeting place
a veil of secrecy was thrown.
When tho Jurymen assembled they
were told to go quietly, one by one, so
as not to attract attention, to tho Jury
room of Judgo Willis' court. In the
hall of Justice, next to tho county jail
In tho regular grand jury room dum
my Jurymen were quartered, while
bailiffs mounted guard at the door.
Then witnesses wero directed to Judge
Willis' courtroom.
When McManlgal was summoned
he was taken from his cell and thence
escorted over tho bridge leading from
the prison Into the hall of Justice and
the Jury room. He was examined for
rooro than two hours. Immediately at
terward tho grand Jury adjourned.
The grand Jury heard several wit
nesses besides McManlgal. Among
them wero employes and officials o
tho Llewellyn Iron works Mid Paul
Stuperlch. proprietor ot a hotel at
Sausallto, Cat., which the alleged dy
namitcr known as J. II. Ilryce visited
before tho wrecking of tho newspaper
plant.
Another witness was Douglas Ilur
rowes. partner of Howard Baxter In
the ownership of the launch Pastime,
which, acordlng to the detectives, was
used to transport tho dynamlto pur
chased by tho alleged conspirators.
MOB MARCHES ON CAMP
Negro Construction Gang Is Removed
and Serious Trouble Is
Averted.
New Albany, . Ind. A mob ot
200 persons, angered because four at
tacks had been made on women by
negroes of a construction camp near
this city, organized and marched on
Uie camp. Mr. Gray, superintendent
of the company, met the mob, and
after a long argument he promised to
remove tho negroes. The mob then
dispersed.
JUDGE COWAN IS ACQUITTED
North Dakota Senate Clears Jurist
Who Was Impeached on Mis
conduct Charge,
Bismarck, ft. D. Judge John F.
Cowan of Devil's Lake, who has
been on trial here for several weeks
before the senate as a high court of
Impeachment, on charges of mlscon
duct In office, was declared not guilty
on all of tho 74 specific charges.
Would Force Fire Drills.
Albany, N. Y. A hill requiring an
adequate Ore alaif system and
monthly fire drills In all factories or
mercantile establishments two vlortcs
or more In height, has passed the low,
er bouse of the Now York legislature,
Seventh Cavalry Embarks.
San Francisco. The United States
army transport Sheridan sailed for
Manila with troops and officers of the
Seventh cavalry from Fort Rlloy, Kan
a number ot unattacbH troops and
full list of cabin putwagers.
WHEATHELP&TRAOE
Hope for Brlrjhter Trade In the Near
Future Seen by Mercantile
Agencies.
Now York.ll. G. Dun h Co.'s
Weekly lUiricw of Trade taid:
Tho increasingly bright outlook for
tho wheat crop Is mponsiblo for a
sonKwhnt hotter feeling In btutfnw
m o Ow t iWitrv. Hot tho no.tu.ul vol
ume of trade Is ttlow. hatting and
without civthufffasuir
A Qlance Over the Fldi.
Token in tho ugsrecsito and especi
ally hi bosh: trade ih iron and
iteel anil dry goods, contnnpt1on la
much bolow produdnjr capacity and
oven oncwwlons In prices fUll to pro
duce Activity. Fundamental condl-
Uono Buoh as tho large suppflos ot
money and tho gencraily tSw stocks
of merclmndJe aro favarnhlo, hut cn-
toriniso continues to wait for tho re
moval of uncertainties nno foTi that
oouTttscousi ltudvrrhip which is horn
of largo faith In tho future.
Dull In the Metals.
General dullness prevails In (ho pis
iron iroirket nnd advices from tho
lMHKburg district Indlmto that new
btndness In finished lines Is on a
s matter de, ajthough In omn ln
stamxs Itooklnsa havo been mdto lib
eral. lUitroad buying con'lnueTi ipos-
modlo and one mill hew clowd down
for tho month of May. but In the
rtruotural division condition ara
more sailsfactory, as u large amount
ot work Is pending.
Curtailment In Cotton,
Ourtnimwnt is still tho order In
cotton goods, while wootetu nre miccs
partly affected by tariff Agitation. Tho
i.hco trado fc) fair, but not tip to mgh-
wutor mark. It is noticeable that for
tho present, at lent, the tiude rocoH
Won um lo bo felt more keenly In
the west than In tho cast, and even
line crop pro-rpects do not altootljer
offixct the effect of lower farm values.
Weather Had Effect.
Firadstrccts said:
Trade ami industry remain miht to
duil with on th whofa '- doing .Cum
in tho week prvoollng. Unreasonably
fool WTOthtr with fresta, ralnn or
snow north, caKt oiid wont, and ex
ccs'ivu maCstuio at tho south, Iwivo
mado for quiet In retail lines and n
tardn-d crop growth or prcturstion to
uxno ivxlctit
Retail Demand Backward.
Ro-onlcr busim-sH at wha'tnaOo and
with Jobbers In wearing npiKirel and
spring gcods gemnTJiiy Lu been
checked by tackward retail demand,
wiille future ruJs ate affi-cted by crop
ai:U tariff uncertaintiv. l.owtMi'd
prices for manufucOiM-d goodu, cupc
claDy tcxtilm. havo evoked mjiiio ro
sponw, but not enough to remove thu
imjrrwj-uw thut Atccks In tlml iUIs
tributon hands era still lirgvr than
was atiticJpcied fcr this rtagc- of tho
reason.
Business Failures.
Htwlruna fuliurvn m tho United
SI alra for tho week ending May 1
weiv 231, again. 240 last week; 191
In tho like week ot 1910: 2H In 1!K3;
283 in 190S, nnd 1B4 In 1907.
P-urimss fnt!urc In Canada for tho
w'ck number 2(1, which compared with
2C fcr kut week and 18 In tho corre
spond (ni; week of hist yvnr.
The Export Trade.
Wheat. Including flour exrorts from
the United StaCe und Oanadti, for the
week ending Mny 4, otxncfia'.o 1,944.
327 bushels. avninHt l.CAG.CT.G last
week ond 1.SC4..070 fhfa week last
year. For tiw twenty-four weeks end-
ln May 4, exports aro, 101,724,105
bushels, again 121.0S5.510 In uio cor
rrvrpondlng nniod last yctvr. Ccm
exporti. fcr tho week an 275,059 bush
els, agsinnt 733,507 last week and 205,
973 In 1910.
Cincinnati Grain Market.
Flour Winter patents $4a4 26. do
family $3a.1.25. low grado 2.C0a
2.60. bard patent $5a&.2E, do fancy
t.35a4.50. W1nK No. 2 red 9fisi99c,
No. 3 ml 93a95c, No. 4 red 74o83c.
Corn No. 2 whlto CCaSGc, No. 3
white GtiaSGViC, No. 2 yellow 5fla
tiG'jC, No. 3 yellow 55aS6c. No. 2
mixed 5C'4a57c. No. 3 mixed 5Ga
56'Ac. Oats No. 2 whlto 3Ga3GUc.
standard whMo 3&&30c. No. 3 whlto
3'a35VjC
Cincinnati Live Stock,
Cattle Shippers J4.75a5.75, butcher
steers, extra J5.S5aC, gool to choice
SuG.65; heifers, extra )5.85aG,
good to cholco $Sa5.7fj, cows, extra
J4.G0a4.7S; good to cholco Jta
1.60, cannors J2.2Ca3.50. Hulls Ilolog
lia JI.30a5.10, extra $5.15a5.23. (Wve
tAtra IGaG.CO, fair to good J5a
(t, common aiul cargo J3.C0ati.5O.
Hogs Good to cholco packers and
butchers JG.10aG.15, mixed packers
IG.OSaG.10, common to cholco heavy fat
sows J3.n0aJ5.15, pig ,110 Hit and lis)
H.76a&.90. 8heoi Kxtra J3.63a3.75,
good to cholco J3.25a3.C0. Lambs- Ux
tra J5.G0, spring lambs JG.50a8.50.
Cincinnati Miscellaneous.
Poultry Hens 12c lb, spring chick
ens 25a30c lb. dunkB 12c, turkeys
13c, gecso Ca8c. Kggs Prlmo firsts
10c, firsts 14c. llutter Creamery
extra 2414c, tlrsts 'ii'Ac, fancy dulry
ICc. Apples Fancy JSXOaG a bbl,
cholco $5a&.60 a bbl. Carrots- N, O.
16a25o doren. Celery Michigan
Jlal.25 box. Kggplants J1.50u2 a
crate. Honoy Sd.7fm I crate. lem
ons California J3.50a3.75. Onions
Yellow J1.50, whlto J 1.50 bu. Oranges
2.76a3 box. Pineapples J3."5a4
a crate. Potatoes Northern Ohio 60a
CxT a bu. Kurly Ohio Jlal.25 bu.
Turnips- Jl.50a2.00.
THE MARKETS
SONG OF THE
VINEYARD
SmUj Stkl Lmmsi fr Msy 21, 1911
Spd2Ir Amnc4 for Thli Ptpr
LKflBON TKXT- Isaiah l.l-tt
MKMOrtT NltSK-H. I
nnLDRN TytT-"Wo Untn Th
That Are Mistily to Drink Whv, and
Mrn of Htrrncth to Mlnglt Strong Drink."
TlMB-I'reMbty near th Nfginning oi
Taalali'a Innr Ufa u a. Dtnchct which ww
tnntrrnratril In the yrnr when Klnc -
lUh olrd. It. C. 7K (Hceclir), or ii, v. 7
(llntlns).
riPKlath prophlffl in jeruiuro.
KINUH- In lrl. Manahetn; In Ainyfl.
AKKhur-daan III.
rnOIMIETTS-Ho.ra, MlCah.
Isaiah, like all great teachers, was
obliged to speak many stern warnings.
Individuals and nations -am best
pleased with leaders tmtfpralso and
flatter them; but such men are ene
mies rather than friends, demagogues
rather than statesmen. In our own
nstlon wo havo many braggarts, and
many easy going, orcr-sangulne cltl
sens; but the wise men are llko Isaiah,
clear-eyed to percetro national and
personal sins. Vigilance against
these Is tho only prico ot liberty In
nation and peaco In an Individual. The
old Greek maxim, "Know thyself," Is
still the foundation of true knowledge
and wisdom. In our lesson the great
prophet warns his nation against threo
national evlla: National Ingratltudn to
God; the raenaco of ungodly and un
philanthropic wealth; Intcmpcronc ,
tho great peril ot tho nation.
We can look back over history full
of deliverances. America was sottled
by men escaping from civil nnd reli
gious oppression. Tho colonists had
many marvelous dcllvorances from the
Indians and other foes. Ton Union
has been saved by tho greatest civil
war In all history. Wo havo had
among our leadera tome ot tho world's
chief men Washington, Lincoln.
Grant Jefferson, Franklin. The world's
greatest oceans preserve our country
from attack. We have a vast territory,
wonderfully rich In minerals and pro
ducing harvests abundant enough for
us and for other nations.
The natural fruit of a vineyard,
carefully prepared fine, cultivated
grapes, and a full crop; that ts, be ex
pected obedience to his cotnmacds,
and Jove and gratltudn and worship.
Instead, he got nothing but wild
grapes, small, sour and hard such re
sults as a nation might ibow that had
received no special benefits from Je
hovah. Isaiah ncit comes to particulars
tho two great fundamental sins of his
people, and of all nations. It is with
remarkable persistence that In every
civilization tho two main passion ol
tho human heart, loo of wealth and
lovo of pleasure, the Instinct to gather
and the Instinct to squander, have
sought precisely theso to forms de
nounced by Isaiah In which to work
their social havoc appropriation of
tho soli and Indulgcncn In strong
drink. Kvcry civlllxed community de
velops sooner or later Its land ques
tion and Its liquor question.
Is the land question sn American
question also? In Its essentials, yes. ,,
Hut what, back of tho land question,
Is the fundamental difficulty? The
menace of ungodly and iiuphllanthruplc
wealth. In any form land, or rail
roads, or mlnrs, or mills, or houses to
rent, or stocks and bonds or money to
lend. There Is more than one Ameri
can whose Income, Is mora than a mil
lion dollars a month.
What Is Isaiah's second "WoeT"
Against drunkenness and Its accom
panying evils, and tho Irrellgton that
goes with them.
Would Isaiah psonounco this woe
upon our nation. If ho were living to
day? He certainly would. To bo sure,
there Is the most drinking late at
eight especially after tho theater per
formances are over; and for that rca- ,
son the temperance reformers try
everywhere to pass laws closing tho
saloons by 11 o'clock nt night Still,
It Is very common, In our cities, to see
drunken men stsggcrlng around the
streets In tho morning. In the midst
cf a "spree" that may last for days.
Modern men drink many Aery, dis
tilled liquors unknown to thu ancients.
They have added thu common use of
many drugs, such aa opium and co
caine, whose physical and mental ef
fects are more terrible and swift oven
than those ot alcohol. And still the
saloon Is the center ot all other sins
against society licentiousness, mur
der, gambling, gratt.'polltica! misrule,
all nre closely connected with the
saloon.
It our public schools are to give thu
scholars a practical preparation for
life, certainly no subject Is of greater
lmpurtunce than temperance. Laws
requiring scientific tcmporaneo In
struction have theroforo been passed
In all tho states and by the national
government, and inoro than forty tem
perance physiologies, for all grades,
havo been written. Nearly a million
essays on teuipcrancu themes aro writ
ten every year by school children.
Tho universities, colleges and normal
schools are taking up the study.
It Is never enough to pass a tem
perance measure. Tho open saloon at
onco becomes a secret saloon, a "blind
tiger." "Near-beers" and other drinks
sro concocted, containing Just enough
alcohol to escupo tho law, and sold
openly. Saloons spring up on Uio edgo
of tho prohibition territory. Patent
medicines with a large per cunt, ot
alcohol are used as drinks. Worst ot
all. tho United States laws allow tbn
express companies to carry liquor Into
prohibition territory, and thus far con
gress has not been porsuadod or com
pelled to take action to prevent tb
traffic
