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temperate life ? Are not those who voted to legal- 

 ize the sale of intoxicants in part responsible for 

 that girl's life of shame ? Let no man plead inno- 

 cence of crime who votes to protect the saloon and 

 the brothel. 



I am quite familiar with the doctrine of per- 

 sonal liberty and fully appreciate its importance, 

 but the rights of every man are circumscribed by 

 Personal Liberty, the welfare of others. Whenever the individual 

 indulges in that which is harmful to others he 

 oversteps the bounds of personal liberty and be- 

 comes a law-breaker. If there is no statutory law 

 to restrain him there should be. Every man who 

 uses alcoholic liquors indulges in that which is 

 harmful to others, and therefore he should be pro- 

 hibited by law from doing so. 



Every man is a part of the social organism. 

 The health, happiness and moral tone of society is 

 determined by the character of its individual mem- 

 bers. No man's influence is limited to himself. It 

 is frequently urged by those who never look be- 

 yond the present generation, or reason above their 

 appetites, that a man has a perfect right to drink 

 liquor or leave it alone. That he should be al- 

 lowed to drink if he chooses and take the conse- 

 quences. That he has a perfect right to kill him- 

 self if he wants to. Nothing could be more ab- 

 surd. 



Drink liquor and take the consequences! He 

 who drinks the liquor usually takes the least and 

 the best of the consequences. If you would know 

 the consequences of the social glass and the ef- 

 fects of alcohol, look beyond the shattered nerves, 

 red nose and bleared eyes of the indulger into 



The Social 

 Organism* 



The Conse- 

 quences of 

 Drink. 



