Show THE WAGES IGES OF SIN IS DEATH continued frow first page signers their age and business occupation whether married or single I 1 whether they hane hale families or not whether whet tier they are citizens by birth or naturalization whether they are freeholders J etc it will make interesting reading for the public while there ther 1 are individuals that will vote wet the they y will not sign a petition as state slated d above while we are discussing extracts from our liquor law wo we want to paw gayour ur respects to those despicable creat creatures fires that carry on the nefarious occupation of bootlegging in it a dry town however we will first say something about those slimy fellows known in the underworld as steer ers in every I 1 unlawful in lawful enterprise there are men arid and women who are accessories before and after the fact under this class comes the tha louis the cadet the pir pimp rip or the procurer etc the steer or with his I know where to get lt it and leave it to me smile rc receives generally his drinks free a little pittance from the actual of the booze lie he s generally a dis reputable leput able wretch vr etch that does not work wears good clothes and tries to the part of a gentleman without these steer ers the bootleggers are like a boat without a rudder these steer ers are always perjurers per jurers on the witness stand are against law and order they will generally quote law to the lawbreaker law breaker and are ever ready to help out the criminal and interfere with the rules and order of justice it is the that comes around to a I 1 peace officer and tries to bi bribe be him and as we have stated before is ever ready to defeat the ends of justice I 1 what the snipe Is ia to tho the gutter arid and the rat to the sewer the is to this unlawful occupation such men have no noble impulse no high aspiration they act right only by chance chanca and when convenient and are wholly incapable ot of taking upon themselves the duties ot of true citizenship these men are generally parasites ot of the body politic sycophants and flatterers flatter ers to gain their ends a paradox to the people and an engida in the commma ity no man ot of the public fiust should associate with such a class no true citizen would invite such a I 1 one to his home and break bread in his house As to the individual selling illegally and for gain liquor in a dry community wat watch ch their mode of life their eyes are always shifty they oscillate efrom from one part of the compass to the other they always associate with r t class of people you never find these men la in an edifice of wor ship they are not interested in the common good ot of the community and we still challenge any person to show us the man that profited by the disreputable occupation the standing of such a one as a citizen is lost busness business becomes paralyzed credit suffers the health is impaired and their names go down in deep oblivion tremont times |