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VIIOIIlfltTION. I'ltl) AND CON. Qcrgrman Writes That It I? Real OeeiarJe to Reform. Rev William A. Watson In Pearsoob IfagasJne for August. *% Prohibitionists have simplified the liquor problem at the expense ~?t truth, reason and common experi? ence Instead of suiting the remedy to the disease, thsy have tried to make the disease conform to their pre determined remedy. The tJquor problem Is one of the most complex of all social problems. !tt does net stand out alone, simple, distinct and Isolated, as prohibition? ists would have us believe. R Is tit i?noe s moral, and economic, a physio? logical, a asychchologlcal. and In Its final analysis, a purely personsl prob Ism. It contains many elements and Involve* -many perplexing difficulties *Wh*n wt look before the surface and scad* this problem In Its deeper as? pects we And that Its roots are inex? tricably Intertwined with those of ether social problems. 80 that gen? uine and thorough tempersnce re? form must he conducted along many different lines. Liquor legislation must necessarily ffoflew sae ef two great policies. It -may alts at the abolition of the liquor 'trans? er st the regulation of the trsf Ac. These two policies are extreme opposite* et every point end In every feature. The object of one Is to kill, that of the other Is to cure. Tt Is on this broad question of general policy that the people are divided today. No legislative system has ever been more esteaslrely nor fairly tested than that sf prohibition. During the last to rears It has been tried on the state-wide scale In many different section* ?f tho country and under the most divers'? social and political con? ditions, the period of trial ranging JCrom three rears In Nebraska to RS .'lease Is Vermont. By Its record, by ? what it has done and by what It has ? liot done, prohibition must be judged. Od everr page of that record, from beginning te end are Written the words sf (allure, folly, farce. Nowhere raft no time la all Its history has prohl ?btcion accomplished a single one of 'Its avowed objects. Nowhere has It ^presented the consumption of liquor tnor lessened the evil of intemperance. rSssRher as a state-wide system nor under local option has prohibition aver made the slightest contribution toward the solution of the liquor problem. The one solitary service that tt has rendered to society Is that of furnishing a warning example of the supreme folly of attempting to legis? late virtue into men's lives. There could be no stronger evi? dence sf the failure of prohibition than the fact that seven of the sight States thst adopted the system 60 years] Ago have since abandoned It and gone 1 bask to tho policy of license and reg? ulation. The people of these states ad? opted prohibition In good r tlth. If prohibition reslly prohibited, the fact ought to be reflected In the fig? ures of the United states revenue de? partment. But. according to the gov? ernment reports, tht use of alcoholic liquors actually Increase with the j spread of prohibition. In 189S, the *year the Anti-Saloon League was or? ganised, the p-?r capita consumption of malt and spirituous liquors In the whole country*was 16.6 snd 1.46 gal lon?. respectively. In 189*. when only 4.000,000 persons were living un? der prohibitory-laws, the figures were 11.1 snd 1 11 In-1907. when ap? proximately 35.000.000 persons were living in "dry" territory, the figures bad risen to the high water mark 22 and 1.11. The report of 1908 rhnws a decrease of about 10 per sent in spfritous liquors ss com? pared with '907. while the consump? tion of malt liquors was about the same for both years. Thus we are confronted with the remarkable fact that, in 1908, when the prohibition wave had reached enormous propor? tions and was wiping out saloons at tho rste of 11,000 a year, the Amer? ican people consumed more liquor per capita than they did In any pre? vious year since 1893. the year 1907 ak>ne ?irepted Here Is the testimony of two of the prohibition leaders themselves Rev. I>r. Hold Thy of Atlanta, an ar? dent prohibitionist, said last Winter. "The lesjtslAtUf* Is ufrald to stund by the try law which It enacted twelve months ago. Atlanta has become a laiiKhing stock and a stench In the nostrils of the Almighty." This SOSV ffasplcn most hive been humiliating to IAC nod p irson. n he had !>? en te' ; .pb- rUht along that he Anew It-to be a lm < dial the A: mixb'v a * on tb" of prohibition. Assistant Auperlah ndsnl Richards of th' ' ' I'M! I ,r:mi|H utters this wskl lleei is sold right and left, and I aaou K Ton < in gal whiskey, too; for whi? i.e. it nv 'n when l'T c:ir louds <f beer und wb'skey are ship? ped heref" Wen. Brother Richards. It rnrans. In the Aral p|a40, that th i ar< a good many thirsty people in \t lanta. sad m I he second place thai fssjf prohibit Ion law Is 1 humbug. Other leading prohlbttlOASltl speak In the same strain as the two Just ttUO* Asd eadttlons In Mlants are ? sain pie of those that obtain all over the si It Prohibitionists not only refuse to support, hut actively and bitterly fight against every plan of excise re? form that does not go to their ex? treme. It must be abolition or noth? ing; their motto la rule or ruin. In their blind zeal they actually rejoice In iniquity. The dissgfeitable saloon Is far more to their liking than the de? cent saloon, for the more disreputable the saloon the more ammunition for the campaign. If aall saloons were made decent and orderly, the bottom would soon drop out of the prohibition move? ment. Tell a prohibitionist that such and such a saloon is certainly a res? pectable place and you arouse his fier? cest anger. He would rather hear that a murder had been committed in one of the "hell holes." In his estimation the respectable saloon is the very worst kind as it deceives and beguiles the unwary youth to destruction. Ex-President Eliot of Harvard sums up the whole case against pro? hibition In its effects on the aoclal and political life. He says: "The efforts to enforce It (prohibition) during 40 years past have had some unlooked for effects on public respect for courts' judicial procedure oaths and laws, legislatures and public servants. The public has seen law defied, a whole generation of habitual lawbreakers schooled In evasion and shameless' ness, courts Ineffective throngn fluct? uations of policy, delays, perjuries, negligences and other miscarriages of justice, officers of the law double faced and mercenary, legislators timid and insincere." Such is the character snd ths record of prohibition. RESPONSIBILITY BEFORE GOD. A Solemn Warning to Voters Lest They Vote Damnation to Them* selves. Editor The Item: I have read with great interest the article of Mr. D. James Wlnn and feel that every word of it Is true. One point it seems to me ought to be stressed, and that Is the personal re? sponsibility of each voter. Every Christian man knows that he will rt lest stand before the God of Heaven to be Judged, but perhaps some man has lost sight of the fact that he will stand alone. There will be no el? bow touch to strengthen him for the ordeal. He will answer personally, face to face, for the way he votes next Tuesday, and the God he will answer to will be a just Ood?no shifting of responsibility. Consider this thing before you say by your vote that you are willing to debauch your fellow-man for the sake of a few cents saved In taxes. One other point: Dispensary ad? vocates love to tell of the great help I that the whiskey profits are to our schools. As a school trustee, I want to say that ths dispensary pays about ?0 cents a scholar per year?that la all. a mere drop in the bucket?and so far as School District No. 1 Is concerned, we can do without It, run the schools nine months and pay same salaries as at present. E. P. Miller. NO "WEI'S" FOR Y. M. C. A. Bristol Association Directors Re? quest Resignation of President Who Advocates Saloons. Bristol, Va., Aug. 10.?Because of hla attitude In the local option elec? tion held here July 8, the board of dl rectors of the Bristol Young Men'? Christian association tonight asked for the resignation of President Hen? ry Roberta, who la a prominent law? yer of Bristol. Roberts does not deny that he vo'ed for the return of the shloons, and after the wet victory signed tho notice of application for liquor li? cense filed by a local social oluh. He will submit his resignation Wednes? day. MARSHALL DEFEATS MAHON. Receives In Second Primary a Majori? ty of 302 Votes?Anthony and Web Elected Aldermen. Greenville. Aug. 10.?After serving three two-year terms as mayor of Greenville. G. Heyward Mahon was today defeated in the second primary by John B. Marshall, the vote being III against 560. giving Mr. Marshall I majority of 302. For aldermen In Ward P>. W. B. Anthony won over <5. K. Willis, the rot? being 174 agalnat, fit. For ai dermsn Ir Ward I, there Ii a dlftsr snet of nine votes la favor of c. s. |?eb% against W. T. Hull. The total vote In the first primary two weens aw:<? sjai 1,418 and today's total 1,411. showing only ? alight fa'i Ing off in the polling Strength. In ih< llrnt primary Mr. Mat)on polled f?44 i m.i in the ? eond M0, mi I Ini i gain of if, in the tirst primary Mr. Mar? ? ill polled .Mis and in t he second In the lirst rfl It 1 ('. Mllford polled I7i, and it appears from that Mr. Marshall drew pr utlcnlly the - ntlre ?trength ol Mr, Mllford In the Oral primary. CHOP CONDITIONS. GOVERNMENT REPORT SHOWS BETTER AVERAGE. Cotton, Tol>aoco, Rice, Buckwheat and Apple* Below and Grain Crops Above the Average. Washington. Aug. 10.?Crop condi? tions in the United States on August1 1, 1909, were, in the aggregate, slightly higher than on August 1, 1908, and moderately higher than a 10-year average condition of all crops on August 1. In addition to the high? er condition, the acreage of culti? vated crops is about 1.6 per cent, greater than last year. So says a gen eral review of crop conditions Issued today. Winter wheat, spring wheat, corn, oats, rye, flax and grapes were better than last year and the 10 year average; barley and potatoes were better than the condition on August 1 last year, but slightly be? low the average condition. Tobacco and sweet potatoes were better than the average and lower than last year. Important crops which were below last year on an average condition are cotton, rice, tobacco, buckwheat and apples. Conditions vary, however, in different sections of the United States. Summarized the relative condition of crops, in the aggregate, in the dif? ferent sections of the United States on August 1 was: North Atlantic States, Including New York and Pennsylvania, 79.7 or 7.5 per cent, below the 10-year av? erage on August 1; South Atlantic States 80.1, or 38 per cent, below the average; and South Central 72.2, or 10 per cent, below. Other sections showed an Improve? ment over the 10-year average. GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT. Acreage In Winter Wheat Slightly Un? der Last Year?Corn Condition Bet? ter Than In 1908. Washington, Aug. 9.?An indicated winter wheat total yield of 432,920, 000 bushels, compared with 437,908, 00 bushels, Anally estimated last year; an average condition of winter wheat 90.3, against 90.1 a year ago; corn 84.4, against 815.5; spring wheat 91.6, against 80.7, and oats 85.5, against 76.8. This summarizes to? day's crop report of the department of agriculture. The comparative figures for corn Include 89.3 last month and 82.6 as the average on August 1 for the past ten years. The preliminary returns for the winter wheat j yield indicate about 15.5 bushels per acre, compar? ed with 14.4 as finally estimated lagt year. The condition of spring wheat I is compared with 92.7 last month and j 81.1, the ten-year average on August 1. For comparison the oat crop aver- ' aged 88.3 last month and 83.1 for ten ten years on August 1. The average conditions of other crops on August 1, as compared with a year ago, and the ten-year average respectively fol? low: Bailey 85.4 and S3.1 and 86.1 Rye 89.1 and 88.3 and 91.7. Buckwheat 86.3 and 82.9 and 86.7. Tobacco 83.4 and 85.8 and 92.3. Conditions on August 1 in impor? tant tobacco States was: Kentucky 84, North Carolina 75, Virginia 86, Tennessee 85, South Carolina 85, Ohio 91, Wisconsin 77, Pennsylvania 83, Connecticut 90, Florrda 87. Flax 92.7 and 86.1 and 87.7 for six years. Hay 86.8 and 92.1 and 87. The acreage of buckwheat It esti? mated at about O.t less than that of last year, or about 2,000 acres less than that of last year. The preliminary estimate of the acreage of hay estimated 46,581,000 acres. This is 1.9 per cent., or 905, 000 acres less than that last year. Corn condition on Augwst 1, 1909, and ten year average, respectively: In Georgia 90 and 86, Kentucky 87 and 84, Tennesee 78 and 82, Aliabama 76 and 82, North Carolina 78 and 87, Ar? kansas 76 and 81, Mississippi 69 and 78, Louisiana 88 and 80, S*?uth Caro? lina 84 and 81, and Virginia 77 and 88. TOBACCO REPORT GOOD. Statistics Filed With Commissioners are Encouraging-. Columbia, Aug. 9.?Reports receiv? ed front the tobacco belt of the State made In accordance with the act of the last legislature, indicate that the crop win be very good. All of the tobacco warehouse-men have filed their first monthly report* in Com? missioner Watson's office. The re? ports show that the sales for the month were about $100,6*00. A state? ment will be issued within a few days from the commissioner's office, giv? ing the statistics of the tobacco sales for the past month. ? The revival of the tobacco growing in South Carolina came during the year 1907. The farmers for the great? er part of the lower section produced that year 20,070,000 pounds on 23, 300 acres. The largest crop on rec? ord was In 1908 when 29,000 acres wer9 planted, the crop, according to the figures of the government, amounting to 115,085,000. It is ex? pected that this year's crop will be even larger. The crop went on the market at an average price of 10 cents per pound, making the total value $508,500. The American Tobacco company And the Imperial company buy about 75 per cent, of the South Carolina tobacco crop. The former's grades consist of cigarette and granulators for smoking and wrappers for Amer? ican trade. There is a very small per cent of twist and plug tobaccos grown In this State. About a 20 per cent. crop of semi-bright strips are ship? ped to European markets, mainly to England, by independent buyers. The remaining 5 per cent, of the crop consists of scrap tobaccos that are manufactured by the American trade into smoking tobaccos. PRECIPITATION' IX SOUTHWEST DEPRESSES COTTON PRICES. New York, Aug. 9.?Rains in th( Southwest gave the bears additional courage in the cotton market today and prices were depressed to the lowest point they have reached since the publication of the August bureau report, with January 11.79, or 91 pofnts below the high level on last Monday. The market closed steady at a net decline of 15 to 19 points. The opening was easy at a decline of Ii to 19 points in response to the weak cables and the reports of rain in Texas over Sunday. The Initial decline caught some large stop loss orders, but the bear leaders appear? ed to be taking profits on part of their lines, and fluctuations during the ear?)' session were irregular. The ofnciaf details of Texas weather con? firming, the earlier reports; of rain from private sources, and the west? ern belt forecast for partly cloudy to unsettled weather encouraged bear pressure later, however, ai?d at the low po?nt the market showed a net loss of 20 to 24 points. Covering caused a rally of 4 to 5 points toward the close, but the undertone con? tinued very nervous and unsettled. Local authorities did not consider that the rains reported so far in Texas would be of any matterlal bene? fit to the crop, unless followed by further showers and lower tempera? tures, but the rains discouraged re? cent buyers. According to private cables the Liverpool market was in? fluenced by the rain reports and fa? vorable crop accounts from other sections of the belt, but was sus? tained at the decline by continual buying. Receipts at the ports today 1.200 bales against 1,599 last week and 3, 963 bales ast^year. For the week 12,000 bales against 9,058 bales last week and 24,038 last year. Today's receipts at Xew Orleans 14 bales against 491 last year, and at Hous? ton 238 bales against 2,402 last year. Spot cotton closed quiet, 20 points lower; middling uplands 12.40; mid? dling gulf 12.65; sales 4,100 bales. Futures opened easy and closed steady. Texas Cotton Crop Improving. Waco, Texas. Aug. 9.?The situa? tion regarding cotton has changed materially, because of rains through? out the State. It Is now believed the yield will be considerably larger than had been expected. Cotton had about ceased growing, and the outlook was the most discouraging In many years. COTTON MARKET STRONGER. Roars' Attacks Became lies* AjrurOjs "ive?Cloned at Good Advance? Last PiSoes Showed Net <;aiu of 23 to 27 Points. New York, Aug. 10.?The cotton rnarktt was firmer today with bear leaders less aggressive and with rath? er a better scattering demand on re? ports of sales from the local stock and the failure of recent tradiag to have indicated any uneasiness on the part of prospective new crop holders in the South. The market closed firm at a net advance of 23 to 27 points. The opening was steady at an ad? vance of 10 to 11 points on better cables tinea due, and the market aoon sold 17 to 19 points above the closing figures of yesterday on covering awl foreign buying. Some authorities aaid the foreign demand was for the pur? pose of covering old hedges or put? ting out straddles between here and Liverpool, while others claimed that it presented a hedge against future requirements. In any event, the buy? ing fror i this source slackened after the close oi Liverpool and prices here eased off about 10 points following: the detailed weather report from Tex? as showing further rains. But the weather in the Southwest did not seem to be brijtging out much long cotton, while this local bears were much less active than of late, and the market ? rallied a sain in the jgtOf trading on an active demand of the South, the West an-i Wall street sources. Last prices were within a point or two of the top. The steady reduction tn the local stock suggests that there is no pressure of old crop cotton asainst the market at present prices, while Southern receipts show very little new crop moving as yet, with wires from the Southwest claiming that farmers may hold for higher prices. Southern spot markets, official y re? ported early, were unchanged to 1-4 lower. Receipts at the ports today 1,200 bales against 1,090 last week and !>, 663 last year. For the week 12,0 00 bales against 9,058 last week and 2-1, 038 last year. Today's receipts at New Orleans 393 bales against 39 bales last year. Spot cotton closed quiet; middling uplands 12.60; middling gulf 12.85; sales 5,185 bales. 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