vote for any party or man who advocates liquor license, is to give a
loyal support to the American saloon.

To expect the abolition of drunkenness solely through processes of
education is to preach one thing and to practice another. It is to
perpetuate an evil that costs two hundred and fifty thousand precious
lives every year. It is to leave to the next generation a work that God
expects us to do here and now. Dr. Banks relates an incident
witnessed by Major Hilton on the coast of Scotland. "Just at the break
of day the people of a little hamlet on the coast were awakened by the
boom of a cannon over the stormy waves. They knew what it meant,
for frequently they had heard before the same signal of distress. Some
poor souls were out beyond the breakers perishing on a wrecked vessel,
and in their last extremity calling wildly for help. The people hastened
from their houses to the shore. Out there in the distance was a dismantled
vessel pounding itself to pieces. Perishing fellow-beings were clinging
to the rigging, and every now and then some one was swept off into the
sea by the furious waves. The life-saving crew was soon gathered. "Man
the life-boat!" cried the man. "Where is Hardy?" But the foreman of
the crew was not there, and the danger was imminent. Aid must be
immediate, or all would be lost. The next in command sprang into the
frail boat, followed by the rest, all taking their lives in their hands in the
hope of saving others. O, how those on the shore watched their brave
loved ones as they dashed on, now over, now almost under the waves!
They reached the wreck. Like angels of deliverance they filled their
craft with almost dying men--men lost but for them. Back again they
toiled, pulling for the shore, bearing their precious freight. The first man
to help them land was Hardy, whose words rang above the roar of the
breakers: "Are you all here? Did you save them all?" With saddened
faces the reply came: "All but one. He couldn't help himself at all.