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EXAMINER, CHARLOTTETOWN, AUGUST

23, 189%

AN OBJEC CTION MET. | mat

(Continued from second page. )

If alcholic |'quors were wholly bad and the result of their ure invariably miechevis but to thore liy ing with.n bie influence, tae Legislature, without question, probibit the Buteveryone will admit withia the ephere of med'cine their use is followed, in

ous, not only to the user

might, traffic in them, that very many cases, by resulte which are highiy beneficial, both to As there are many casesin which liquors may be

the individual and to society.

used with advantage, even tothe saving of lite, so they may, undoubtedly, be used to & certain extent withont positive harm, at least to society; and a8 to pure wine, we cao never think that wholly bad, which ythe Pattern Man at

aud selected for con~ at Divine Service of the

was countenanced the Marriage Feas! secration in the m,. Church of God. The great difficu!

tion lies in this fact:

ty involved in the quee~ that to a certain point the use of alcoholic liquors is advan- lageous, to a certai ful; beyond this |

defiaed—].es the £

extent it is not harm- nit—a limit not easily eat and terrible evil to The difs

insidious

be guarded against by the State. the

It comes as a friend

ficulty is complicuted by operation of alcoh« aod in many Cases it proves to be a real friend; it remains (/f it be permitted to re~ main) to intoxicate the mind, to obtain the will; and

acerpent and stingeth

control of the appetite and then it “ biteth lik: like an adder.” Moreover, the traffic in it is, for the latter days, in the hands of men who ‘Jo not scruple to adul~ terate the liquors they dispense. Tie adulterated wines and other spirits obtain- ed in the liquor she at this time are not as were countenanc Lord, nor is the Li: in this country, in any way comparable with that of the Holy Land. ated liquors poison te blood and undermine the constitution, to the destruction of bota body and mind. How lives have thus been wrecked” What profession, what trade, what family as escaped loss and trouble and misery, misuse of alcoholic liquors? Wehavea law which prohibite mardera, but the red hand of the marderer bas not plucked the lives away from atithe of the men who have lost their’s by the use of alcohol. We havea law prohibiting theft; but all the thieves that ever existed have not stolen so much in value as has been rubbed on ac- count of the trafficere in strong drink. We bave laws prohibiting vices of various kinds ; but the misuse of adulterated and unadulterated spiriis, resulting from the liquor traffic of the-e latter days, has caus. ed more misery thanall combined.

most part, in these

8 throughout Canada it is safe to say, such -d and blessed by Our uor Traflic as it exists

The adulter-

many

shame, due to the

the other vices Then, may not the traffic to which is due the lows of so many Jives, and 80 much property aad hibited, aleo?

It may be urged ference between

happiness, be pros bat there is a wide dif- and such referred to. The irunkard injures himself; but in murders and theftethe injury comes A man has aright to ip

drunkeness crimes as we have from others,

jure himself, should

| self-government ?

he choose to do 80, but no one clse has a | right to injure him ; and though |:

be made to probiti' him, they may not be made to prevent him from irjuring himeelf.

To this argumeut the anewer is, that a man cannot possibly live for himelf alone. In the words of

Mill, *‘ No person is an entirely isolated being.” It is impossible fer a person to do anything seriously or permanently hartful to himself without mischief reaching, at the least, to his near connections, and of- ten far beyond

property he

them. Tf he injures his

dees harm to those who,

lirectly or indirectly, derive support from |

it, and usually dim aishes, by a greater or | £

,

less amount, the genera!

If h

mental faculties, he

re-ources of the

community. injures his bodily or

le } rea ayi not oniy brings evii

upon ail who depended upon him for any portion of their happiness, but diequalifies himself for rendering the services which he owes to his fellow-creatures— perhap. becomes a burden vpon their affection or

benevolence; and if such

condust were very frequent, there is hardly any offence that i+ committed but would detract much from the general sum of good,

Finally, if by his vices and follies a person does no direct harm to others, he is, nevers theless, it may be zaid, injurious by his example, and ouglit to be compelled to control himself for the sake of those whom

the sight and the k nowledge of his conduct

might mislead. And even if the. consex quence of misconduct could be confined to the vicious or thoughtless individual

guilty of it, ought society to abandon to their own guidance those who are mani- festly unfit for it { If protection against themselyes is confeas:dly due to children and persons under age, is not society equally bound to «fford it to persons of

mature years who are equally incapable of If drunkeness is more injurious to happiness and a greater hiv- drance to improvement than many or moet of the acts prohibited by law, why (may it not be asked ?) should not law, ao far as it is practicable endeavor to repress it also.

The liquor traffic is dependent for the

most part on the habits of society. For men drink not for themselves or for their own gratification, merely, unti] the

strong appetite which demands stimulante

has been acquired. But men meet to- gether, ani take a social glass together, and have a good time togetLer, maintaining in this way

tbe |iquor traffic and making drunkards ofthemselves. Thue dependent upon society for existence, the evil results of the liquor traffic react upon society. the time lost and the money equandered on account of it, and how much better cif society might be if it were abolished ; the crimes that are commitced because of it, and what the community suffers the prisoas and poor houses which the State consider which it entails upon those

Consider

cousider in consequence,

bas to maintain on account of it; the misery mem bers of eociety who are near and dear to ite victims ; consider the precious lives which it cuts short—Jlives which are lost must be ad- mitted that it is one of those things which conflicts with the rights and interests of society, one Of those things in respect to with the liberty of the individual ought to

give way to the good of society; one of

to society,—and it

those things in respect to which society is justified in takiug away the freedom of the individual and in enacting a prohibi~ tory jaw.

It will have been observed that while Sir William Blackstone condemned the law which forbadethe fine gentlemen to wear pikes upon their boots as one that savored of oppression, he justified the law which prescribed woollen dresses for the dead on the ground that it encouraged a staple trade of the nation. It seems to us that the prohibition of the liquor traffic might be justified on much the same ground; for the wealth of the country would be materially increased by the stoppage of the habit of drinking liquor us a beverage; and if the liberty of the subject may be interfered with for the encourage- ment of the staple trade of a nation, surely it may be interfered with for the purpose of saving the time and money, of prevents Ing the lose, paia, sickness hod premature death, of avoiding the expense of maintain« ing prisons and poor houses, which would result from the annibi.ation of the liquor traffic.

Sut, it may be asked, why should a man who can use liquor in moderation and un- harmed be compelled by law to give up his liberty todo so? He might, he ought, as a Christian citizen, to do ¢o of his own free Bat sheuld the law stand between desire to buy and drink? This is an important question. On the that the State has no right to interfere with a man’s liberty

wll. him aod his

one hand it ts certain

unlens ne does that which irjures society» and the mere drinking of a glass or two of J'qnor per day one, On the other hand it may be urged that drinkixg: even in moderation,

injures no

does no healthy person

’ good, though it may be used with good

aws may by Others from injuring Mettet in cases of illness, accident or other

emergency; (2) that drinking in mcdera-

tion is productive of all drunkere ness; (3) that drunkenness is ex. |

ceedingly injurious to eccietyi

(4) that that which lies at the root of the |

liquor traffic must be cut away it the evils

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| } | ; | ' {

which spring from drunkenness shall be |

; and (5), that the State may, there- fore, deprive a man of his liberty te drink in moderation.

The class alcohol as a strong drug from which

abated

medical profession,as a whole, |

a hea'thy person can receive no good and may receive much harm. This being eo, it seema to us that the State may, without unduly exerting its power, interfere ¥ ith the liberty of individuals to drink alcobolic liquors in moderation, seeing that all the evils to society, resultiog from the liquor traffic,rest upon the foundation of what.is known as “ moderate drinking.”

It is conceded that the State har the right to set limitations to the liquor traffic —to hamper it by conditions as to how, when, where, by whom avd to whom alco~

bolic drinks shal) be bought and sold; ard if the *tate bas the right to do thie, on what principle sbould it be restrained from prohibiting 1t altogether ?

But it may be urged that by prohibiting

the appetite for alcoholic stiwulante, that revenue will be lost which will have to he made up in another way, that breweries and distilleries now in the trade may claim indemnity; that smuggling and illicit treffic in alcoholic drink will be in¢uced. These are questions of expediency aud of detail. They are of more or lees importance and must,of course, be considered by the practical statesman. What tne people called up»n to vote in the Plebiscite have to be sure about is the right of the State to interfere with the liberty cf the individua} in respect to the liquor traffic and to what extent the right may be evforced.

Upon a brief review of the whole matter? it is evident that while prohibitions are ex- ceptional, bothin the Christian dispensa- tion and ander the British conatitution, and while the evils that spring from drunken- ess would be much more satisfactorily abated by a general free-will ab*tinence from the use of aicoholic liquors as a beverage, the liquor traffic of this country may weil, under al) the cilcumstance, be probibited by law,—provided regulations under liquors can be quickly and easily procured in cases cf

be made which

iliness. We conclude that probibition is, at all events, worthy a trial.

—Work onthe new Prince of Wales College building has been stopped. It is eavy to understand the reason why. But

what is the Government going to do about it? Perhaps the Patriot will explain. By the way, didn’t the Patriot maintain that tLe contract was allright ? If this were so, surely the first important act of the new Premier would not be to siop work upon it. The Premier’s act-—whatever may result from it—isa confirmation of THe E xAMINER’3 Contenticn that the contract was vad for this country.

New Caps—The vew American caps noware® ready, callin and tee the styles, 50 and 75 cents each, all the newest things in the cap line —Prowse Bros, 195 3).

Use in place

of Cream of Tartar and Soda.

oo.

POWDER

Absolutely Pure

More convenient, Makes the food lighter and more healthful.

ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK.

FINE NEW LINE

Of Furniture Coverings just opened.

Just what is wanted for re-upholster-

ing that chair, or lounge, or parlor

suite of yours,

See our line of

upholstered furniture.

Mark Wright & Co., Ltd

Home Makers.----.

the liquor traffic the State will but whet |

ARRARARARATARARAR

O08 401 A vese £866

One Moment Ladies, $

No Chest Pressure

? ;

Every lady knows the great

discomfort, the positive distress

occasioned by chest pressure of

a faultily cut, an ill-fitting cor- $

set.

Height of corset has much to $

do with this but the trouble has

¢ its origin mainly at the waist line. No corset faulty at that ;

$ point can possibly be comfort- able. Perfect cut, fit, freedom

. and comfort are aseared to wear- ers of the celebrated tailor cut, hand sewed French corsets, the

peerless

Pr. Dy

The lightest, coolest, most fash- ionable and ‘best corset made, Av all dry goods stores. In all sizes ‘an for all figures. $1. to $30. per pair:

we saeea<aee VY O08 64 45

KINDERGARTEN.

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The Kindergarten will reopen on Mon- day, September 5th, at 9.30 o’clock a. m. The clases jwill be under the Superinten- dance of Miss Julia H. Sayre, assisted by Mise McPherson. Miss lena Barrett wi'l conduct the Primary department in which +tcholarsare prepared to enter this grade ip the e:ty schools.

Parents withing to place scholars in Kindergarten or primary school, can ob- tain all necessary informacion from Miss Sayre, Superintendent, or

F.8. MOORE, Secreiary. 197 3wke tue, thu, sat

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6 NL wi A = WEDDING: “aS AS AS gAlways

GIFTS gtning eecevcoeves. ew here

You know us well eno: gb to feel that whatever you want in our line cannot be bought to any better advantage than of us, there is nothing here that you cannot buy with perfect safety. There isn’t @ store in town that keeps the assortment of Wedding Silver that this does. Ous show cases are bubbling over with bright suggestions for Wedding Gifts.

AES

W. W. WELLNER

THE GREAT WAT H HOUSE

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Spring Heels" 3h 4 Boots

Just received Spring Heel bcots in above sizes.

Box Calf Laced Boots

and Dongola Fatent tip Button Boots.

Good comfortable Boots, girls wearing those sizes

21, 3, 33,

k. Ost

Stamper’s Corner

OS OD £5°7 8B 02 OGVOGVOD

The Maritime SPORTS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBERSth

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for

We the undersigned merchants do hereby agree to close our respective stores Thureday, Sept. 8th, at 1 p. m.

Dodd & Rogers, J A Farquharson, Al- ley & Co., Mark Wright & Co;G H Lay- lor, Weeks & Warren, Stewart & Gates, Gordon & McLellan, John McLeod & Co, JD McLeod & Co, J T McKenzie,8 A McDonald, Geo Carter & Go, Beer & Goff, Prowse Bros, RB Norton & Co., Ltd., D A Bruce, R K Jost, Fenvell & Chandler F J Hornsby, Sanderson & Co.,W E Dawson, Haszard & Moore, Stanley Bros, T J Harris, Moore & McLeo?,W A Weeks & Co, J B Macdonald & Co, Sentner, Mc- Leod & Co, F Perkins & Co,A B Mac~ kenzie & Co, WD McKay, Jas Paton &

1 Co,

Pee EERE BEY |

August Cheap Selling

This month we are letting go at ridiculous Jow prices.

Men’s ard Boys’ (¢ lotl ing Men’s and Boys’ SLirts

Underclothing

Prints, Flannelettes. Sheetings Tweeds, Straw Huts, half price

Big reductions in our Boot and Shoe department

Everyone wanting genuine bargains should come

this month to

J. B. McDonald & C0

CITY - HARDWARE - THE GFAND SOUVENIR

CTT:

Keep out the flies with our wire, Buy General

Oils, Glass, Paper, Fence Wire, Farming Tools and lots of other lines in the Hardwere Trade.

Don’t forget the Que- bec Heater, but, and a great big but, you must buy for cash.

Stoves, Paints, Hardware, Oils, Good Goods, Prices, ment,

Courteous * Treat- Prompt Attention

Alero a full line of steel and

Full line of Oxtord Stoves Ranges iron stoves and ranges,

R. B. NORTON & CO LTD

Shoes to Please

othe Family

New stock just opened—suitable for early

fall

Mens Boys Youths and Womans p2bbel balls, whole foxed fair

stiched, this lot of 300 pairs was purchased before the advance

ir leather footwe ear, all stylish all good

ALL LOW IN PRICE

An opportunity to get just what you want at just what you to pay price - all our usual lines at lowest prices. New rubber footwear in all the leading styles.

VWveeks & Warren

AMERICAN BINDER TWINE

Best Quality CALL AND EXAMINE

And Get Prices. SIMON VW CRABBE

Walker s Corner

STOVES & EARD bla

DR CLIFT

treats CHRONIC DISEASFS ty the Salis- bury method or persistent self-help in remov- ing causes irom the blood Continuovs, in- telligent treatment in person or by letter insures Minimum of suffering and Maximum of cure, possible in each case,

Avoid Attempts Unaided.

MICROSCOPICAL EXAMINATION BLOOD, SPUTA, URINE, &c.

Graduate of New York University And the NEW YORK HOSPITAT!,

vears practice in N. Y. City, iste in U.S, and Canada,

Address: Charlottetown, P.E.1,, Cau, OFFICE: VICTORIA ROW.

OF

Twenty Diploma reg-

Accommcdations reseryec ffor patients. References on application:

RUPTURE

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THE IMPROVED RUPIURE CUBE, # painless, involving no inconvenience and re quires only 5 or 6visits, Examinations free and confidential.

No Pay Until Cured

THROW AWAY YOUR TRUSS.

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DOR. CLIFT

Charlottetown, P. EF, Island, Canada OFFICE— Victoria Row, Hoves—Until li a, m,2toé6 p.m,

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