Southern Illinois Journal

              THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR.
FLORA. ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, MARCH    20    1908.
NUMBER IO
BUGGIES.
Yes—a Buggy that will stand the racket a good buggy, come and look at this one.
If you want
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THE LIQUOn TRAFFIC AND THE FARMER,
Many "Facts" Sent Out by the Li¬ quor Dealers are NOT Facts—It is said, "Figires WM't Lie," tliat Depend  Upon Wb* Does the Figirino.
CONTINENTAL WHEELS are fully
Taking their own figures let us see what they are worth. They tell us that the liquor traffic uses 104,716,975 bushels of grain an¬ nually. A large amount standing alone; " Bnt remember, the United States produce 4,840,000,000 bush¬ els of grain a year. The liquor manu/acturera buy 1 bushel out •f every 46 produced. But a liUle over 2 per cent. The distillers use Only 1 bushel ont of every 148 bushels corn raised. Tiess than 7 out of each 1000. The farmers donate that much to the mice.
How the profits are distributed. Onebvshelofodrnmakes 4 gals, efwhiskeywhiohretailsat S16 80 The Farmer gets _ 60
The Railroad Co. gets i The Manufacturer gets The U. S. Governmeiit gets The R«tail«r getB'    •    - The Conaumflr geto'-w ¦¦»¦• Drunk
The Wife and childrea get >
If the Ji^ucw traffic ware de«' Btroyed a greater demand for farm j)roduct8 would be created. Tha money now spent in the saloona would be spent for food and cloth¬ ing, directly or .indirectly pro¬ ducts of the farm.
The liquor manufacturers pay less to labor in proportion to value t)t production than the manufao- Aarer of useful articles, when the
mbliespenda  SlOO 00
Distilled liquors labor gets     1 08 Malt liquors labor gets Bdots and shoes labor gets Bread labor gets Clothing labor gets
5 18
22 56
17 94
22 10
If the saloocs  were closed the
money now wasted would be spent for useful eortrmodities; this would create such a demand for men in the factories that would provide honorable employment for sll the unemployed.
Concede, for the sake of argu¬ ment, while denying its accnracy, that the liquor traffic does pay in round numbers 355,000,000 dollars to producers; but remember that it takes from the general public, returning absolutely nothing, over $1,400,000,000.
Concede that the liquor dealers do pay annually 139,00p,000 dol¬ lars in public revenues, but re¬ member,
1. The liquor tralBc confessedly produces a large part ot the cost that consumes the public revenue.
2. The liquor traffic takes our citizens by the thousands and makes them into criminals and paupers ai)d incompetents.
From a» econotnioal standpoint every maa engaged in the making or selling of liquor is not only un¬ employed, but is acting to public disadvantage. How nmay men are idle and worthless and their families in distress today, because of the trsffli: in strong dbinU
Millions of helpless women and innocent children have been robbed of food snd clotbing, of fuel and shaker, by the saloon.
If you vote for the saloon you vote to increase the riches' of tke millionaire brewer, and rob the home I
V .i |sOR SALE. Two'thousand dollars of | stock In the B»*eeze-Tren- ton Mining^ Co. at a bar¬ gain.    Inquire of
C. W. Veiiabl^.
Teacher's Tfalning Day.
Tlie TralDlDK oUa* at th* Cbrietlan ohnrch winobeerr*Teaaher'* Tr»|oiD|; Dajr Sanday ereoingr. Batreral short spicy talks. Special Ua*!* and the olaia io action by Prot. Oatrls. It will pay yon te attend.
Methodist Sunday School .Rc^ port March 15.
B/oi.tKa Classes. Best  OrHde—Nelle   Moore's   oUs*^ 103 per cent. Largest Offering—Urs. Batina. Largest Attendance—Ur*. Darland.
Attendanc* Men'* BibI* clais—21. ¦' PrimarT —8B.
Christian Church,
Teacher's Training Day next Sanday evening.
Tbe Training clai* iu**ta *Tery Fri¬ day erening.
Large attendance at all the aervicea Sanday.
A Urge offering wa* *eonred for tha Foreign Uiedonary work Snnday. Ui*- Bions is tbe heart of the  ohnrch.
The membirj of tb» Order of the Ga^tern Star celebrsted tbi-ir twenty first annlTHraary at l(a*enic Hall on Wednesday erening. The committee on pntertninment had arranged a seriea of tableaux representing rcenes from tha lives of th* heroines of the order, wbirh were exo-Ileotly rendered and bear ily applanded. Dr. A. B. Ashley of Chica¬ go was present and rendered a coaple ot rreitMtioDs'wbich were hiiihly appre¬ ciated. Tbo*. Q. Evans, a*sisted by fonr boys, gave some ezhibitioDS Id shadow pantomina which were indioron* and langhaMe and aet the andience In a hearty good epirit for tb* r*fr**hm*nta which ware *erTed imtaadiately aftar- warda. Dnff'* Lndie* Orchestra di*- ooaraed 4weet music and the eocial featore* of the erenlng were oontinned 'M a late hbn^.
- .Notice to Subscrbers.
The Post UtUce departoent has ex¬ tended tha time fordeaoing np delio- qaent *nb*pripiion lists to.April Hrst, at which tim* air nup*id snbscriptioDa will b* plared In tbe hands of a oollect¬ or. Oor offer to adjnat theee claim* in a manner not to prora bnrdrnsome haa been very liberal and mo4t of ^oar snb.- scribers have either paid in foil or takes advantage of our offi-r. A few have done neither, and we ah*!! be compell* torwrrt to dr lat « me ifnrjs a't)r Aptll^ nret.
Th* party Protilbltionistsor Clay conn ty   wilj   hold   a   oonrention   at  Flora, Satarday. April 4, 03, at 1:30 p.  m. *"t Ih* parpose of placing a county tioke''   i tha field for the ooming earopaign. Hon. A. B  WnKm,-*(*a» ehatrrr Illta