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WHAT JIM SAID TO JACK AND JACK SAID TO JIM. (No. 4.) Jim: “If you have a niiuute to spare, I should like to have another chat with you about the Prohibition question, if you don’t mind, Jack. I find it mighty interesting.” Jack: “Oil, yes,' go ahead, old man. What’s the . matter now?” Jim: “AVell. you’ll remember the last time we were talking about the liberty of the subject pliaso of the question. 1 must confess 1 can’t get over your arguments, nor under them, nor round them, nor through them, so I suppose I must swallow them. But, Jack, don’t you think that MORAL SUASION ought to be tried more than it has been before we go in for Prohibition?” Jack: “Define vour position, Jim. You have not suggested upon what class we should try to do the coaxing business—tjie drinker or the drink-seller, or both.” Jim: “The drinker mostly, of course; for I don’t suppose that many of the other fellows are likely to fall in.” Jack: “Not exactly, Jim. Ilio moral suasion that would get hold of them would have to he bigger than their profits. A little girl once prayed ‘Lord make the Devil a good man.’ The prayer was well meant, but useless. And lam afraid that any attempt to persuade the liquor sellors to give up their business would be an equal waste of energy. However, you don’t propose that we should trv our hand on them, hutshould try to use our influence mainly upon tho drinkers. Very well, Jim. as vou belong to this class, 1 will take your advice by asking you to sign the pledge. What do you say, old chap?” . Jim: “Conic, come; Jack, tins is too sudden. I didn’t expect this subject to take! such a personal turn. And, besides, I’m only a moderate drinker, little I take does me no harm.” Jack: “Well, I won’t discuss this point- with yon, blit why do you advise us to try moral suasion on others when you object to yield to its influence yourself? Surely., Jnn, ‘what’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.’ Why, don’t you see that your objection to give up vour glass shows the futility of depending on moral suasion as a remedy for the drink evil.” _ , Jim: “Don’t you Prohibitionists believe in getting people to sign tho pledge?” Jack: “Of course we do,.and personally I, believe that our . effoits ought to be greater in this direction than what they aro. But, Jim, if some of our party are not very enthusiastic about getting people to sign the pledge, you cannot wonder at it, for in most cases the poor drunkard becomes a victim to the licensed pitfalls that everywhere beset his path. To put it another way, it seems to me that in. getting people to sign the pledge we Temperance reformers are like a man at o ,le encl of a skittle alley, continually putting up skittles nicely on their feet for the liquor seller at the other end to howl down.” r (To be continued.) (Advt.) CF ’

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