this process. But for the open saloon this might not have occurred. Now, my friends, is it the duty of parents to bring up their children to be sober men? Have they not the right to be permitted to do it ? Has any man on earth a right to interfere, to make it difficult or impossible for them to do it? And whenever there is such interference is there not a trespass? Better a thousand times' sweep away a man's estate and leave him penniless than sweep away the character of his sons and leave them des- pised drunkards. Welcome a thousand times a home in yonder infirmary than come to such an end. In the fourth place, the State has a right to tax citizens so as to raise the money needful for the work of government. But it may not rightfully add one cent more. It is usurpation. The State has a right to demand a moderate tax as the needs of the government may require. No man has a right to pursue any vocation that will needlessly increase the expense of the government and cause higher taxes. 188 A Busy Life. Now, concerning the liquor traffic this is true. I cannot amplify these points, I simply state them, after careful investigation, believing that they are within the truth. It is true, first, that it causes an annual waste of about $600,000,000. As a conse-