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Why the Merchant Opposed the Liquor Trade

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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, Cal. · May 18, 1882

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 8, No. 19.

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Why the Merchant Opposed the Liquor Trade

On the day after election in a certain city, a liquor dealer asked a provision merchant, who had voted "no" license, "Why do you vote against my business? Haven't I always paid you for the meat I got?" "Yes," replied the merchant, "but some of the men who drink your rum haven't."