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Show 12 GOOD REASONS For Not Drfakiig Haper or Other Famws Brwds of Whiskey. Man of Experience Replies to Reasons (liven by Manufacturers Why He Should Orlnk Their Booze. Wo roprodnqotlKilow an nrtlolo that should not eec" tn nolico of nny young mun..It Is n strong arguinont ngulnst. tbo usojol liquor written by tho editor of , tbo Uaruott, (Kansas Journal, Munford Sohoonovor, who was oiicontldlcted to tho uso of strong drink. -' Tho lotler was written In answer to ono rocoived from tho Ilnyuor Distilling Co., olferiug to send Editor Sohoonovor four full quarts of Hnyner whisky, tbo snmo to bo nccoptcd, and paid for by him, on npprovnl or tho goods, ouly. Twolvo reasons woro given wby tho "liberal" offer sbould bo accoptod nnd tho reply Is ns fellows': W. M. Hnyner, St. Louis, Mo.- -MyDonr Slr:-Yimr lottor of rooont dnto received. ' 1 haro no recollection of ovor mooting you, hut suppose you nro n rolnthe of old Uncle Jena Hnyner, with whom 1 did business for mnny years. 1 rojolco to Inform you that quit the uso of whiskoy several years ago nud cannot uccopt your liberal offer. 1 hnvo just read your twelve reasons nud must confess that they nro tho best I hnvo over read- -In fnot thoy nro suflioiont to convince any ono, especially young men, that tboy should uso Intoxicating liquors, nud of course, uso tbo Hnjaor brand. Now, Mr.j Hnyner, I wns n liberal patron of' yours for many years, I hnvo folt tboMlVct of your whiskoy no royhoaltrLrHkiiis'yfW, my homo'i wy-frdtBgiflfcett, my ii0. r huvo nlsb observed tlo effect of 'your liquor on my schoolmates, on my bulsucss associate, and on hundreds of others iu the commercial political poli-tical and soolul world with whom it has boon my pleasure to bo acquainted. ac-quainted. I huvo i also rond somo things relating to tho liquor trufilo, aud if you will permit mo I will glvo you twolvo reasons why I quit tho uso of liquor, why I cannot nccopt jour liberal offer nud why 1 proposo from this timo on to do what 1 can to porsundo men to abstain from Its uso. I hnvo novor boon rognrdod ns n crank In fact, thoro is a, wholo gang of your formor patrons living horo who hnvo never boon regarded ns cranky, but who now say thoy would hnvo boon soveral thousand dollars bettor off if thoy hud boon. I hnvo many reasons to olfor, but at this time will only nttempt to glvo twolvo. 1 Thoro Is nothing to it; all this drink business is a piece of foolishness. foolish-ness. This is a simpio stutomont, but your customers seldom learn It until lato iu life sometimes too lato! 2 1 hnvo observed that tho young men who uso tho Hnynor brand, or nny othor famous brand for that mattor, do not hnvo tho host jobs iu fact, it is ofton vory hard for them to got work at nny prico or place. Sluco I received your lottor I have notioed soveral boys who liavo no wintor clothes, who turn up tho collar of their last summor'H coat aud crawl oloso to tho depot, tho billard hall, or jointist's stovo to warm. Thoy aro pitiful looking specimens of young manhood, but thoy nro all good patrons of tho Hnynor brand- they uro faithful follows. I huvo known somo of them to work from morning to night, und whon they rocoived ro-coived thoir wugos spond it nil for liquor. Thoy nro ns loyul boozo fighters us over curried a bottle, but thoy nro cold nud hungry. I soo your copltnl Is 85QQ,000.00. How would It do to send 'thorn a small cheque? If you do not it will bo uocossnry for a few roilgious, tom-perauoo tom-perauoo cranks who livo hero to euro for thorn during tho wiutor, und I know you would not permit ono of your soldiors to bo supported by men who uro opposed to your business. busi-ness. !J I know a mothor who wns formorly one of tho brightest girls in Ganiett Sho married u man who j spent his monoy, who sacrificed his life that you might build tho groutost dlstllloiy in tho world. Tonight sho is broken hearted, hor son is following in tho footstops of his father, his youth has ulroady boon blostod by tho uso of so-called "per-foot "per-foot purity" whiskoy. Sho sits by n small llro and shivers; she dines on bread nud wntor, whilo hor sou stnggors on tho stroot. This may bo good stuff you sell, In fact it wns mndo to sell, but do you really ho-liovo ho-liovo It wns ovor fit to drink? What would you think of n man who would soil your son medloino that would rob him of lira reason und drive your dnughtor to poverty? 1 I hnvo just boon ovor to our court house nud discororod that Hnynor whiskey, togotbor with othor brands of liquor,, cause tho tnx-pny-ors of this county to pay out moro money for costs than nil the thoives, blghwnymon and murderers tbnt hnvo ovor visited our county. Now,. Mr. Hnyner, this is pretty touigh, but wo will pay it nud say nothing. You hnvo many friends horo among: our best people. 5 I hnvo alsw examined tho dlvorco record nnd find that moro homos nro destroyed by tho snle nud uso of liquor than from nny other cause. 0 A xnnjority of men In our poniteutlary located there boonuso of Hnynor whiskey unl othor fnmous brands of liquor. 7 I hnvo discovord tbnt whiskey bns a corrupting iulluonce In politics; tbnt It is ns dangerous to the business busi-ness of n community us it is to tho iudividunl. 8 If it woro not for wliBkoy there would not 1)0 ono hnlf tho prostitution iu tho country tbnt there is. It leads to nil that is wrong and is against everything that is right. 0. A largo number of railroad and other accidents that have resulted in tbo loss of thousand of lives cam im traced to tho sale and use, oC IVpjor v '-' ' ' T IU It i tttno to stop- for the-further the-further rensou thut the women of this country have tnkoti' to its usov This is nu uuoxpocted danger, but it Is-very Is-very serious, 11 Tboro Is no reason' mi earth' why a mini abould uso your whiskey.. It is detrimental to aud dostvuotivo' of tho most snered interests on earth- 12 Whiskoy brings more men and women tou premature-death, thain anything olso on earth. No, Mr. Hayner, it will bo, unnecessary un-necessary for you to sond mo a triul shipment. I hnvo trlod it boforo nud boo untiling new In your olfor. I should think, however, that nftor thirty-eight years of this business, you would begin- to hco tb ruin you uro bringing on humnnity und call u holt. Yon claim to hnvo the largest distillery In tho world. You say you own mora whiskey thou nny other distiller in the world und cluim there is more Iluyner whiskey sold thun nny othor brand Iu tho world. Therefore you aro more- responsible for all tho crime und misery resulting result-ing from the use or ubuse-of liquor than any other man In the world. |