TEMPERANCE.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXII, Issue 42771, 29 August 1905, Page 1

TEMPERANCE.

By RefobmbbO -,, This is a small-but, fair sample of what|sgoing on as- the result of drink. Here f is and bad harvest. Drunkards;drink-caused offen--<?e% and'crimes ifill a large place in otir courts of law. ¥M JWffihe seeds of this harvepl ? Can we get at the root of 'Ms -melancholy, ne ver-ceas-ingsoourge? Does the blame rest with the drink-seller? Ask him! He answers with confidehtfair, “I aleohol, j why how do^yoii'blame nle for accepting their offer ? ” “ Yes,” you reply, “but wives need their husbands, mothers their ~sdns families the weekly wages and the .gladness of home/ " You ought, not. to take these away answer, “ My; license will allow me to sell to any man so long as he has a and is not already ,,a prohibited person,, or, under dS years sold, ; : be got, andaf menvoughtYnotto drinklet : themstbpdway; r - : My license alle^s ; m.e.vl.Oisell; you can’t blame, me for getting :a living.” ' f ; So you turn to the drinker and say, ‘ You foplish/.man, - why don’t you stop when .;you kaive had He, ddunfc-mau, does notrknow and sMlled;. v dpclors lo^^not'often ; tell hipi, that quarters °£ a glass of. beer bj a glass of , wine is counted the brain, Dulbinaii, htthiriks that ; to ha means not to get drpnk; pr-'matidlp, r; dr He does not/know, that short of this drink disturbs; the judgment and. ,unsts him to decide what is enough. Se the more unfit he is to have .drink the more anxious he is to buy it. So you can’t blame! seller or the consumer of Srihk, They both do what is legal. The terrible harvest is the natural outcome of the licensed sale and beverage use of intoxicants. The only person lefe to blame is voted to continue this system, and, of course, » its . ’You must vote againstit./- .• Probably., even then,: you will not be able to help Ihe drunkards of to-day. But at thejballotrbox. ybii, can ptopj/the "making -of fresh, druukards.