Why the Liquor Traffic Must End
By Editor
We have not said all we wished to say in this issue. We have been forced to leave out articles and poems that we would have been only too glad to use, and which will be used in later issues of this journal. We have been compelled to shorten, abridge, condense, and blue pencil, till it hurt to the quick, articles which herein appear. Some of these will be published in full in future numbers. We have aimed at one thing, whether we have hit it or not; namely, to show that from every human consideration, the manufacture and sale of alcoholic liquors—the entire liquor traffic—should be prohibited by law and prohibited forever. We have tried to show that it would be better for the victim of drink, better for his family, better for the people in general, better for the liquor dealers themselves if they would see it so, if the traffic were prohibited. Have we succeeded in our aim? Then, reader, help us to circulate the paper.