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FUR GAUNTLETS, MUFFS, FANCY MUFFS, RUFFS, COLLARETTES, CAPERINES, 401m Christmas Is the largest and most Kent Street, Lindsay. IDAY PRESENT LET US REMlND YOU see what we this sea§on- Furniture. LINDSAY ‘, Etc. almost ‘, and will LOGAL OPTION OR LICENSE. The following sermon was preached in the Methodist church, Little Britain, on Sabbath, December 5th, 1897. by Rev. F B. Stratton, and by resolution, requested for publication. 9 ,u- 1.... 1n~0. LVI. Pun..~-â€"-â€"-__ “Do not. drink wine nor strong drinksâ€"Lev. 10:9; . Touch not, taste not, handle uot.."â€"Col. 2:21. ‘ In bringing before you the question of the repeal of the local option by-law in this municipality. I have selected prohibi- tory passages from both the old and new ‘ latter did not abrogate. but rather sanction the former, in the law of prohibi- tion, and in so far as it applies to any and every thing that is injurious to individuals. communities, or nations. Many applica- tions might. be made of this law, but we shall only to-night employ it to ascertain whit is our duty in relationto prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors as a beverage. At the outset, permit me to call your attention to a. certain petition, which was laid before the council at its last sess on setting forth reasons why the ‘ local option by-law should be repealed. It declares: (1) “That the said by-law has failed in effecting the purpose for which the same is passed.” (2) “That intoxi- cating liquors are freely sold and disposed of in difierent places and by various persons to an extent as great as if said by- law had not. been passed.” (3) “That by reason of said by-law giant- loss ln oceasiuned to the revenue ueriVed by the municipality of the said tuwnship o-f Mariposa, and the province mi 0 tarto. from under the pruvnsiuns of the Liquo License Act." (4) "This no bentii commensurate to the mid has accrued to the pub, c " It is said to c main 269 names. good. bad, and indifi‘et-nt. The good. are those wh ) signed i* ~~ :.hout stopping to question its correctness.” its efl'ects ' ‘ “ , -‘-‘- -.. nn!i.)fl8 I( “,1 _____ The bad. those who are anxxons to perpetuate evil, no mane: . y what process. The indifferent. by for the largest. number, ghoee who Simply don’t care. those who neVer m-igh than individual miligation in releronce to their muacta,‘ r the efl'e: had upon othevs. Tne auxLor uf lhis L'rr-ciuua 'dvroment makes a heavy draft ulmn [be crcdulny f 'the electora‘e of this 1: moship, film. I:- mnkes the foregoing :wsemom‘; unlenfm forsooth, he expects us to accept them a“ uioms needing no proof. It" feo, he is greatly mistaken; for no problem in Euclid was ever found no hard to solve. as he would. find to prove the truthfuhzesn of the nbova; and in behnlf of the financial. socinl end moral n elfure of this municipal- ity I call a halt until these statements are C o. ,,_-_.unnLIA t‘ finr’IMe {bit ndlridual mligation in reference to wen “u.- a.“ v..- ....- W-" ,, , _ an new: r the efi‘e; had upon others. in Eden and expelled our first parents for [he amtor nf this ”minus document. ignoring i-ademands. who gwe ic‘to the nakes a. heavy draft own) the crcdulny f old Wurld, and swept off the human race '.he electora'e of this t -wuahip. the» h- for reluyingto comply. is the God who nekee the foregoing assemona‘; uulenp nay- iu thellext.â€"P‘Do not drink wine Eoreomh, he expects us to accept them of nor elronu drink." The law wruten by moms needing no provf. If .80, he is the finger of'God was prohibitory from tly mistaken; for no problem in beginning to end. Bad the long Mosaic Euclid was ever found so hard to solve. as rntual, end this principle ebounde from? ve the truthfuhzesl'tint 101.55. It Was 3180 applied to the he would. find to pro of the above; and in behalf of the financial. lservices rendered and the quality of the social and moral welfare of this municipal- l sacrifices to be (-fl'ered. They must not ity I call a halt until these statement- are bring an imperfect one. They must not proven. In it reasonable t.) suppooe that garter the he! of belies «layout repeated k we prmlege oilghietipum within dwine p ' re the \ende: would an . WHICH SHALL. IT BE? ouu tuv r- v r the pruvmuns of the Liquu ml.’ (4) “T’m no heart! rare to [ha a“ 1 l as of revenue d to the pub c uudvr the min It 18 said to c main 269 names. , and indifi'ex -.nt The good. whnngued i’ - :bout stopping u its correcmeas at Its efl'ecta thuae who are anxious to a evil, no matter ty what The indifferent. by far (he mber those who sumply don’t paying $125 per annum if his income were as great without it, or that he “freeg disposes” of as much liquor now as under the license act? The importation records contradict the statement in toto. and every thoughtful observer with whom I have spoken says, “there is no cOmparison between the license law and local optionâ€" ‘ as regards the quantity sold." “Loss of revenue to the municipality!” Does every one not know that the municipality pays its own revenue, and I ‘ 3 ‘ 1-“ gâ€"Am Km Wu» _______ r' I I. v besides, pays the 1:quor dealer from 500 to 1000 or 2000 per cent. for collecting it '1 The four hotel-keepers in this township would think their business small if it did not yield an income of $1.500 or $2.000 ,d _____- a._A nâ€" rI-ltun uvv J wwwwww per annum. Uf this amount, two or three hundred are handed back to the munici- pality, [1.19 rest. of the $500 license fee to W .1 LL- n-1,".-- Hm Innrnnrd llullusn.“ u.-- .___.-, V , pality, the rest of the $500 license fee to the province, and the balance the landlord gets for collecting this precious revenue. We say nothing of the money saved by a men who would drink it liquor were 1 “freely disposed of,” and the savings of t costs in maintairing paupers, geols. etc. Where then is the loss? Not in the local option, but in the license law. The only difference in the revenue is this: Under the license law the poor inebriate, who can trust illy afford it, pays it and the cost of collecting it, while in the other case the people pay it without the cost. As we do not: admit of loss we will not. just here. speak of the “commensurate b-nefits." but will deal with the phase later on . I am pleased to know that those who- signed the petition are not in duty bouuo to mm for the repeal. as they wen- repeatedly told by those circulating i! 3 They wanted fair play and hence were snxiuus to obtain enough signatures to have the by-law brought before the people for their verdict. The council granted heir prover. .Now. I sincerely hope all. such will hesitate before going anv‘ mrther. . 4 t In studying this question let us first inquiro.-â€"Is the principle of prohibition sound? Most people Iidniit it is in a : general way. i.e , so long so it does not 7‘- :â€" _. .a-nl‘ general way. nu , Du ”1...; w. -v __v Affect me or my occupation. It is sound in many things. but must not be rigidly ~pplied (0 the liquor tmfiio. Let us see. The same God who Introduced prohibition ‘ ‘ -- - g .. ”-4L_ ._ LINDSAY, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16th, 1897. the same God applying this same principle i prohibitory law on the statutes of God1 'said,â€"“He shall separate himself fromand man for the reason set forth above, wine and strong drink. and shall drink no 1 “They have failed to effect the purposes vinegar of strong drink or any liquor of i for which they were passed.” Who does pas.” not know, in spite of all law, that The penalty did not rest alone on the , Sabbath breaking,» theft, profanity. man who drank, but God as well thunder- I licentiousness, and murder still abound to l ed his anathemas against them who gave ‘ an alarming extent? The penalty did not rest alone on the man who drank, but God as well thunder- ed his anathemas against them who gave to others. “ch unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken.” Does this woe rest upon the render? No more so than on his partner in the traffic, 1 who by his vote gives him the legal right to deal out this hell-begotten liquid to ruin the souls and bodies of his fellow men. Nor is the new testament silent on this point. It even goes farther than the old. Christ came not to destroy, but to fulfil and perfect all law that had for its object the moral elevation of mankind. In proof of this read. carefully His maximsiu the fifth chapter of Mitlhew. Prohibition of strong drink prevents the 1 violation of God’s command and the making of drunkards by law. The man who asks us to legalize the traffic makes himself an accomplice with the man who sells poison under law. The selling of it produces drunkards. Now. where does the responsibility of drunkenness lie? Let every man who votes against prohibi tion think of the ruin he is abetting and the company he keeps. Paul repeatedly classifies “drunkenness” with crimes we would not think of tolerating, much less._ riding. Let me give you his list, in Gal. 5th chapterâ€"“Adultery, fornication, un- cleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witch- craft. hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditious, heresies, envyings, murderers, drunkenness, revellings, and such like”; and declares that “they which do such things shall not inherit the king- dom of God.” With this vision of the drunkard in his mind, no wonder he says. "Be not drunk with wine.” "Touch not, taste not, handle not.” I leave you, dear hearers, to see if you can draw the line bctween the man who drinks to satisfy his appetite, the man who sells for gain, and the man who votes to give him the right to make men drunk for revenue. If the Theocracy of ancient' 23v time exercised its right to prohibit what was injurious, surely the modern govern tnents, under this better dispensation, possess the same right. Nor is this right denied in some things. It is conceded in the trade between nations. Also in the limitation, or prohibition, of whatever would be detrimental to the internal well~ ‘ being of any individual nation. But the mighty army, banded together to protect the liquor trade. says defiantly to every government, “Thus far thou mayest go and no farther.” Why is a red placard placed on my neighbor’s gate i“ To prevent by law any one entering that home lest the diphtheria plague should spread. Restriction in the sale of poisons, carrying fire arms, building a certain class of dwellings in certain places, shipping dynamite or dead bodies, the name and fish law to certain seasons, times and kinds of game and fish, are all thought to , be proper prohibitory laws in the interest 1 of the public good. On our statutes also t ”re found laws prohibiting swearing, perjury, trespass, Sabbath desecration. theft, licentiousness, murder and many other evtls. We are thankful for all these laws. Soon, however. as we touch I the greatest evil of. our times and ask to " have it cancelled hands are litted in holy 3 horror at the thought of its entire removal. Y Regulate if you must, restrict if you will, ‘3 patch up the accursed thing, but leave it tnthe land under sanction of law,and “your petitioners will ever pray.” To stop drunkenness in Sparta Lycuress ordered all its vines destroyed. Cromwell punished the drunkard by placing a barrel over his head and compelling him to proclaim his degradation by carrying it. through the streets of the city, but our legislators built a castle for the more respectable and wealthy class. and lock- Ir ,_L--_--_ ‘nâ€" tho M01 On Apprc term J,I 91 KENT-ST. lcfiruvyuv-v â€"-â€" . ups, gaols and penitentiaries for the poorer and more degraded ones, and then ask the people to pay the expense of mainlaininc them. Why not wipe out the evil by a general prohibitory law? Echo answers why. When the shrewdes' and ablest statesmen that Canada has produced in the past in the persons of Sir John Maodonald and Hon. Edward Blake were asked to do this what was their answer? “It is a great moral question and we doubt our right to interfere.” How false that position ? Did they not. and have not all the other governments of this Dominion. touched moral questions ‘ as already noted? Aye. and all have touched this also. restricting its sale to certain persons. hours and places. If so, then surely the combined wisdom and ability of the federal and provincial parliaments could, if they would, wipe out be whole traffic by prohibiting it in toto and enacting rigid laws for the enforce- ment of such a statute. “Now, preacher, you are coming to -he point; I would vote for that but I see 0 use in aupportinga law that only deals wilh small municipalities," i.e. if you cannot prevent catastrophes coming else- where.‘-such as lhe fearful havoc by fire ‘uear‘Otmw's and iu the town of Windsor ‘wh‘ere thousands were left: homeless. you will not cry to urgent min and den-:0 u 10 ~ --â€"-' ‘n‘ '1 Wuluuu u; "2' 7---, in Meripuee. "Come now and let u -ea.son together.” The question of juri- (1 .mon settled by the privy council he placed general prohibition outmde u provincial legislation. but louse with e :0 p evince certain rights, which I believe. if exercised, will lead up hy example and influence to practical pruhihitlun for the province and a general law for the Dominion. The province hail the right under certain conditions to enact promi- gtory laws for municipalities. but the people must say whether they want them or not. We once said we did. Do not let an , show our inconsistency by repeeling what we have end theuzqfind halt the: website not one on dinner male. We come now to inquire ‘wlzy by one should want 'the locel option lew repealed. (1 “ use prohibition does not prohibit," Then we must wipe out every (2) “There is as much liquor now asf under the license act.” This statement: contradicts reason and common sense. Does the vender wish us to understand that: he as “freely disposes” of this beverage behind a screen as if over his door were written, “licensed to sell '1” Is he as careful under license law to prevent an exhibition of the product of his trade in the shape of reeling victims as he now is? No one knows better than he that the statement is untrue. (3) "The law is not enforced.” Aye. i but you contradict the dealer who says he 1 “can as well afiord to pay the license fee i as the fines.” You mean it is not wholly ‘ enforced. Neither are the laws referred ; to. “I believe in temperance, but the ‘ temperance people know the law is violated and for fear of giving ofience will ‘not seek to enforce it; so it better be repealed.” For shame that professed temperance men will look on and see civil law violated, their fellow men ruined. and for fear of iniuring the feelings of the criminal, who defies the majesty of law, hold their peace or sign a petition to free him from its penalty. We all admit the law is not enforced to the letter, but if we repeal it on that ground we must repeal every other criminal code in the land. It is morethan hinted that many of the inspectors are at fault in this regard and that the government is to blame for appointing men who tipple or who can be bribed with a drop "0’ the ' cratur" to shut their eyes when about saloons and hotels. We had one in the east some years ago who notified the riealers when he would be around. An inspector who indulges in strong drink is as fit for the office as a highwayman would be to put on the detective force. (4) “I go for repeal because so many perjure themselves when_ called to give evidence in whiskey suits." If men are worse here than in other trialeit only shows the terribly demoralizing influences the traffic exerts, and hence every true r‘nan should labor the harder to put it down. Let us next inquire, is this an evil that ought to be prohibited ? If it is ruinous it ought. . In the debate on the Matter bill Hon. Mr. Ross said. “The best men in the country declared the traffic was iniquitous.” Mr. A. F. Wood said. “it is admitted on all sides that homes have been destroyed, and ruin and desolation created by the abominable traffic.” Hon. Mr. Meredith thought it was the moral {duty of the House to stem the tide of - - ~ - 1.:J. “4.0.4 'lu" Vb v-ov vâ€"v' i iquity and drunkenness which exiettd. Sir Oliver Mowab said, “the evils 01 intemperance are so great a cause for crime. poverty and wretchednees that a man must be inhuman if he was not prepared to support any measure that would tend to diminish or remove this curse." At Ottawa Mesaru._ Foster, McKenzie, HIV? I‘vv- -v .7er - ' . would tend to diminish or remove the curse." At Ottawa Messrs. Foster, McKenzie, J amieson, Blake, and hosts of other great men have repeatedly averted that there is no evil in this natlon like the liquor curse. Take the evidences of the various churches and what do you find? The general assemblies, conferences, and synods haveresolved scores of times that this traffic is the greatest curse known to humanity and the worst foe the pulpit and pew have to encounter. With this array of evidence is it possible any one in this assembly will vote to perpetuate the evil in the slightest degree? Consider it from a monetary stand- point. The government returns of Great Britain give the following average figures for ten - years zâ€"Money spent for 16,000,000 gallons of wine, 38 gallons of spirits, 1,022 gallons of ale and beer, . giving 30 gallons to each inhabitant. , ' Sixty-three millions of bushels of grain are used in its manufacture, an amount that would yield 5k bushels per capita to 11,000,000 of the poorer pe0ple or furnish 1,200,000,000 four pound loaves -' of bread, giving 180 loaves to every 3 family. To replace the grain money was sent abroad to buy 50,000,000 bushels of 1 I ,L_'ln -Ammn-rv<xl noun aunm -v .....J - - corn. Its 180.000 saloons and hotels would fill the side of a street from John U'Groat’s house to Land’s End, $800,000,000 or $22 per capita spent annually in the traffic. A man who ummed it up tells us that Great Britai 1’8 liquor bill would lay £38 on each side of the 3,567,180 letters of God’s word. It 1 i #2.]. sz‘.‘- ant. exposed to death. We laugh at the drama. as we cross our ballots to legalize men to slay them, and over the bleached bones of the fathers tread the sons in their march to the fountain: where they in turn drink and die. In the face of these facts and figures tell me honestly, is this trafiic an evil, and if so has any man I a. right to legalize a wrong ? We com; now to reEert to the last clause in saidApetition, which dpclargg “That no benefit} commxisurate to the said loss of revenue has accrued to the pubiic under the said law." Whiskey advocates know no party or politics outside the law of self-preserva- tion. They are an unit here in maintain- ing their business regardless of the con. sequences to their fellow men. Not that ‘ they want men to sufl'er but they want the money. and all sorts of pleas are resorted to in order to get it. We are even told that “Little Britain needs a hotel.” Who says it does not ? There is, however. no more connection between a well- conducted hotel and the liquor business than between heaven and the regions below. This township is but a small fraction of one great whole, and any victory gained here is but helping the evil elsewhere. Taking this question as a whole, in the light of the facts already presented I ask. will any candid man not say that the benefits derived from prohibition are far more than ~commensurate with the loss ‘of revenue. But after all what is the monetary consideration compared with the social and moral evils of the traflic? The gold and silver mines of earth are not to be mentioned as an equiValent. No mathematician can compute the fig- ures required to balance the evils. Com- mensurate! Crystallize the oceans, turn every fragment of rock and grain of sani to gold dust. then mint it all in dollars and a once happy home now wrecked, its inmates lost, outweighs it all. Commen- surate! Who would take the revenues of this township and sufl'er the agoniet- of a drunkard’s wife? Revenue! The curse is perpetuated at Ottawa for cash, costing the country $5,000,000 annually to get one in revenue, $6,000.00?) per annum obtained by the rulers for the 6,000 slain by their authority, $1,000 goes into the exchequer for each person killed by this rraflic. More. this slaughter just yields $1.40 per capita to the Dominion t Precious revenue, nothing commensurate 5 with thee! We who vote for it love to have it so, becau‘se it might save an extra 25 cents in taxes to keep up roads and e bridges. If so we are building them like 58 Tamerlance out of human bones cemented *' by the blood and tears of the victims slain, and all under God’s cures. Listen I “Woe to him that buildetli a town with blood and establisheth a city with iniquity." We are selling human beings at a less cost than the American slaw dealers did. Commentutate! Landlorc‘s as a rule are naturally a social and agree- able class of men. Taken apart from this traffic, a deserving and needed class, but pray tell me of what use are they in this society? They get the cash and giye worse than nothing in return. They build no hospitals or asylums in which to benefit the wrecks they make. Theyl endow no colleges, throw up no barriers against the floods of vice. With hearts of stone and hands of ice, leprous with avarice, they walk through the earth unheedlng the prayers of distracted wives and starving children, and to gain a living out of deluded humanity tell us we give cerV-_ llS ie, hat I is se. me .‘he ind hat vvnv '- wv no commensurate benefits from the loss sustained by prohibiting; their traffic. If we must have the price of blood, let us license theft. A burglar entering a home and extracting a hundred dollars would simply relieve the man of his money but Wuuld leave the home far better than if he spent it at the bar, or perchance a good revenue might be derived from licensing profanity or Sabbath desecra- 3 rion, or houses of ill fame. or selling in- dulgence to commit any kind of evil. Open the flood gates of vice on any other line you please, and the ruin and devasta- tion caused by this traffic cannot be super- seded. Dear friends, if we are gorng to continue this evil under sanction of law. 'et us first throw open the asylums, and bid the blind, the deaf, the dumb, the insane go free. Let the infirm in the BELLY $302255“ FOR XMAS ! Hal-y with goon fh'iag- and plemy of red bums. a. box maii d toany a dre:.- for 25¢ AV neatly Gawd. o kn0m- manuf ctur: AUD, ATKINSON h‘l und GALLET. “"6 .~ 0w 1 1‘ l line \. Hmir Cloth Flesh Tu n n Nail nd Shaving Brushes u ul a gene a! selection of To lct Articles. E GREGORY ’,S Time are the goods that make the Christmas Jolly ...... The Corner. DNS 5‘0” BRANCHES :â€"undny, Oshaw‘. Bow-unfille- u-v.» Mw letoe, best qu .:it a box 25c Brushes. 7oilet ~rticles. PEfiFUMtb H58 XMAS '(C’ontinued on page 1. m ve in s cturt a : 11.1: K . ; odors, all ..\ ng anvil Fumx, Pm- Hrm, 32683 Money to Loan 01: Approved Indorsed Notes for any term from 3 to 12 months. HUGHAN Go. Only gives you a. faint idea. of the beauty and variety of our stock. Don’t be afraid to come inside and see the beautiful BIBLES, PRAYER BOOKS. ETGq that '6 have imported from England. Also the elegant CHINA that was picked up in Germany. The beautiful stock of Bohemian Glassware and the rare things in. . . at prices that are lower than the price. of barley. H ughan CO. THE HARDEST WAY POSSIBLE H. SOOTHERAN. Watchmskers, 52 Kent-st, Lindsay. Importers of Fancy Gnods. WM. WHITE, To get along in the world is to buy “real cheap” things. As a rule, the IeSS you pay the more it costs in the long run. We don’t boast too much of “cheap” prices, and still, quality considered, we sell at prices that ought to interest we- ful buyers. Our stock is particularly well selected, and we carry many special lines handled by no other house in the district. These are the best that skilled workmen and improved machinery can make and money can buy. WE KNOW See our winter stock of Gmdcmcn’s, Ladies’ and Misses’ Fine Shoes. Beauti- ful to look at, comfortable to wear and easy to buy. 52 KENT STREET, LMDSAV. 1 erms ~trictly Cash. Smyths Block. OUR “’INDOW LIHEZWATCHMAL 1.; ).~.~ : 3 â€"ALBUM3, DOLLS. â€"OELLULOID BOXES. .: U 'ARAXTm 4:00 Imam z 'CKiy _Ffim0%msâ€"Nobby Goods â€"from 813-“)- -Tnousnns ham 3300 “P- 75 Ce’nts per annum. LINDSAY'S LEADING SHOE HOUSE SILVEBWARE, TOYS, £76., CHAMPION 00_, .Twmm sumf-Beautiful Pattarns, Ions. Call and inspect. n1 53in_'$14.00. 0.0.. How close money mat- ters are with most people. We are pre- pared for close buyers. Values, that two or three years ago seemed impossible, are to-day, an actual factâ€"nearly cut) in two. Many are surprised at the line of TWEEDS we ofler Suits to measure for. Some even are met-edu-