THE OTHER SIDE by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Oct 10, 1900

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 26, No. 41.

THE OTHER SIDE.

By Editor

A GENTLEMAN once said to us, "I do not favor prohibiting the sale of liquor; it would be an injustice to the men in business; besides, it would throw thousands out of employment."

We replied, "You do not look at the issue from the right side; you take a contractor's view.

"Just before the war closed a government contractor said in a car: 'I hope the war will not close under two years. I will lose thousands of dollars; besides, many men will be turned out of employment from the government works.'

"A lady passenger, clad in weeds of mourning, rose to her feet, and with a tearful voice, said: 'Sir, I have a brave boy and husband sleeping the sleep of death in a soldiers' cemetery. I have only one boy left, and he is in front of the foe. O God, I wish the cruel war would close now!'"—Exchange.