OCTOBER 1. 1912 



643 



Xemperance 



OUR FRIEND DOOLITTLE TURNS THE LIMB- 

 LIGHT ON TO ONE PHASE OF THE 

 LIQUOR-TRAFFIC. 



Mr. A. I. Root: — When I read the enclosed, 

 clipped from the Aug. 15th issue of Gleanings, 

 I was amazed at your putting the matter up to 

 Woodrow Wilson. You know he can not come 

 out for the annihilation of the liquor traffic any 

 more than can Taft or Roosevelt without having 

 his political head cut off. How can he, and yet 

 remain at the head of a political party which, 

 if it comes into power, becomes a part of the United 

 States government, which now takes $1.10 tax on 

 every gallon of whisky, and $1.00 on every barrel 

 of beer made? Now, if, when the government ra- 

 ceived the taxes on these gallons and barrels, none 

 were sold, that would be the end of the revenue ac- 

 cruing; so in order that it may be sold, the govern- 

 ment persuades men to sell it, by making it a lawful 

 business by way of a license for which the sellers 

 again give a revenue by paying $25.00 for the same. 

 Now don't you see that, for the sake of this revenue 

 by way of tax and license, the party in power is 

 pushing the sale of liquor as fast and as hard as it 

 can ? And after the seller has paid this tax and li- 

 cense, he in turn pushes the matter so that he can 

 get a profit therefrom, and thus the boys of our 

 country are brought to ruin. Therefore the only 

 way this accursed thing can be stopped is to start 

 at the source. I am sending you "Gr6vernment by 

 Administration," which I wish you to read carefully 

 as doing me a favor. Then I am daily asking God 

 to give you the light and the needed grace to swing 

 your department in Gleanings over as an "upheld 

 banner" for prohibition, where it ought to have been 

 long ago. And may God bless you through the re- 

 maining days of this life, and give you "an abun- 

 dant entrance" into eternal life which comes to you 

 and me through belief in his dear Son. 



Borodino, N. Y., Sept. 2. G. M. Doolittle. 



Many thanks, old friend, for having 

 given me still another glimpse of the in- 

 iquity of the liquor-traffic, especially re- 

 garding the licensing of it. I am certain- 

 ly, heart and soul, and always have been, 

 in favor of Statewide prohibition, and, in 

 fact, for any thing that makes the saloon- 

 keepers squeal and shake in their shoes. 

 Inasmuch as there may be some readers of 

 Gleanings who have never seen the Pro- 

 hibition platform, I submit it below; and I 

 submit, also, to every man, woman, and 

 child who looks it over, if it is not the best 

 and wisest platform before our country or 

 before the world. 



THE PROHIBITION PLATFORM. 



The Prohibition party in national convention 

 at Atlantic City, New Jersey, July 10, 1912, 

 recogizing God as the source of all governmental 

 authority, makes the following declarations of prin- 

 ciples and policies: 



1. The alcoholic drink traffic is wrong; is 

 the most serious drain on the wealth and resources 

 of the nation ; is detrimental to the general wel- 

 fare and destructive of the inalienable rights of 

 life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. All 

 laws taxing or licensing a traffic which produces 

 crime, poverty, and political corruption, and 

 spreads disease and death, should be repealed. 

 To destroy such a traffic there must be elected to 

 power a political party which will administer the 

 government from the standpoint that the alcoholic- 

 drink traffic is a crime and not a business, and 

 we pledge that the manufacture, importation, 

 exportation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic 

 beverages shall be prohibited. 



We favor : 



2. Suffrage for women on the same terms as 

 for men. 



3. A uniform marriage and divorce law; the ex- 



termination of polygamy, and the complete sup- 

 pression of the traffic in girls. 



4. Absolute protection of the rights of labor, 

 without impairment of the rights of capital. 



5. The settlement of all international disputes 

 by arbitration. 



6. The abolition of child labor in mines, work- 

 shops, and factories, with the rigid enforcement 

 of the laws now flagrantly violated.- 



7. The election of United States Senators by 

 direct vote of the people. 



l8. Presidential term of six years, and one 

 term only. 



9. Court review of postoffice and other de- 

 partmental decisions and orders ; the extension of 

 the postal savings bank system and of rural de- 

 livery, and the establishment of an efficient parcels 

 post. 



10. The initiative, referendum, and recall. 



11. As the tariff is a commercial question, it 

 should be fixed on the scientific basis of accurate 

 knowledge, secured by means of a permanent om- 

 nipartisan tariff commission with ample powers. 



12. Equitable graduated income and inheritance 

 taxes. 



13. Conservation of our forest and mineral 

 reserves, and the reclamation of waste lands. All 

 mineral and timber lands and water powers now 

 owned by the government should be held per- 

 petually, and leased for revenue purposes. 



14. Clearly defined laws for the regulation 

 and control of corporations transacting an inter- 

 state business. 



15. Efficiency and economy in governmental 

 administration. 



16. The protection of one day in seven as 

 a day of rest. 



To these fundamental principles the national 

 Prohibition party renews its long allegiance, and 

 on these issues invites the co-operation of all 

 good citizens, to the end that the true object 

 of government may be attained, equal and exact 

 justice for all. 



WHISKY AS A medicine; DO OUR UP-TO- 

 DATE PHYSICIANS RECOMMEND AND USE 

 IT AS A RULE? 



This matter was brought up by a full- 

 page advertisement in the Boston Globe of 

 Sept. 10. The full-page sheet was sent to 

 me with the suggestion, "Here is a text for 

 you." The big advertisement is from the 

 James E. Pepper Distilling Co., of Chica- 

 go. In big letters we read, "37,814 high- 

 standing physicians endorse this whisky in 

 health or sickness." Toward a hundred brief 

 letters from as many physicians scattered 

 all over the nation are printed in this sheet. 

 These doctors declare they have used(?) or 

 tested the whisky in question, and pro- 

 nounce it good, and that they also contin- 

 ue to use it in their practice. Now, we 

 very strongly question the statement that 

 these letters are from "high-standing physi- 

 cians." They are mostly drinkingmen cer- 

 tainly, for they say so. Let us now look 

 into the matter squarely. The railroad com- 

 panies of our land have decided to have 

 nothing to do with men who use intoxi- 

 cants. Is it too much to ask that the phy- 

 sicians of our land, our family doctors, step 

 up on to the same high plane of total ab- 

 stinence in their habits, and, as far as pos- 

 sibly in their practice? Suppose the good 

 people of our land should stand up and 



