The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-12-22
THE PLEA OF WOMAN
TO THE WORkINGaIEN or THE UNI.
TED STATES

Address OF the Woman'> Christian Icm-
perance Union, to the Labor Or-:,niz::-
tions, Besccching Them to Keep Away
From the Saloons. ana Devote rheir
Earnings 20 Their Families.
following address has been
issued by the National Wolaan'<
Christian Temperance UniCn, i'll az
cordunce with q resolution adopted 1t
the recent Minneapolis convention. Il
is addressed to all Knights Of Labor,
trades, unions and other labor organ
izations:
HEADQUARTERS OF THE NATIONAL.
WoMAN's CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE
UNION, 1G1 LASALLESTEEur, CHICAGO,
November G, lSS6.-To ali Working
Men and Women: Brothers and Sis
ters Of 4 common hope. We come 10
you naturally as our friends and allies.
With such of your methods as involve
cooperation, arbitration and tic ballot
box, we are in hearty sympathy.
Measures which involve the conlpEl-
sion OF labor, destruction OF property,
or harm to life or limb, we profoundly
deplore, and we believe the thoughtful
and responsible among your ranks
must equally deplorc tllcin, as not
only base in themselves, but q great
hindrance to your own welfare and
success. We rejoice iii your broad
platform of mutual help, which rccog-
nizcs neither sex, race nor creed. Is
peciallv 10 we appreciate the tendency
Of your great movement 10 elevate
women industrialIy to their rightiul
| place, by claiming that they have
equal pay for equal work, lcco""lZ-
ing them as officers and members Of
your societies, and advocating the bal
| lot in their hands as their righttul
weapon of sclf-help in our representa-
| tive government. AS temperance
women, we have been especially Glad
to note your hostile attitude toward
the saloon, the worst foe Of woman,
and of the workingman and of home.
We read with joy of the VOW made by
the Knights OF Labor at the convcn-
ton in Richmond, when, with hands
raised to heaven, they pledged them
selves to be total abstaincrs through
oEt their term Of office.
In addressing you at this time We
wish to offer our sincere congratula-
tons upon your achievements as prac-
tical workers in that great temperance
reform which engages ever s;eadfast
work and prayers, and which, as We
believe, involves, over all other move
ments of this age. vour happiness and
elevation. Permit US TO ask your care
full consideration Of this statement CT
our belief. The central question ci
| labor reform is not so much how 10
get higher wages as how to turn the
present wages to better account. Tor
waste harms most those who can least
afford it. 1t is not over-production SO
much as undcr-consumptlon that
grinds the faces of the workingmcn.
Fourteen hundred millions annually
drawn, chiefly from the pockets OF
workingmcn, by saloon keepers and
cigar dealers, means less flour III the
barrel, less coal in the cellar and less
clothi!,e for the laborcr;s family. Mc
gricyc TO see them give their money
for that which is not bread and their
labor for that which satisficth not.
Life Insurance statistics prove tia,
while the average life Of the moderate
drinker is but 50 yea and a half, that
of the total abstainer is G4 years.
Successful explorers and soldiers:
famous athletes, pedestrians, rowcrS
and shots, are men VINO Go not cob
web their brains or palsy their nerve:
with alcoholic drink. We believe thai
the work Of our societies, resulting j!
laws b. which nearly one-haE tbs
children Of the United States are be-
ing taught in the public schools Tx
evil effects ofintoxicating liquors upon
the tissues Of the body and the temper
of the mind, merits Your earnest CO.
operation and will prove one Of yoal
strongest reinforcemcntS in the effort
to elevate YOUR families to Eoblcr Levels
of opportunity. We believe that The
study of hygiene, including 4 fnowl-
edge of the most hea!thtul foods, and
the discovery that these are ofa cheap
er and on-stimulanting class, with Z
careful consideration Of scientific
methods by which, in the preparation!
| of food, little can be made to 80 q
long way in home economies, are well
worthy Of Your attention. We ask
you to atd us in our cndcavors 10 have
taught in;all departments OF our public
schools, those beneticcnt laws Of health
which. relate to wholesome living in
respect to diet, dress, sleep, exercise
and ventilation, so that these teachings
shall be given to every cG!!d as one OF
the surcst means to its highes; happi.
ness.
We ash. your attention to oar y bite
Cross pledge Of equal chastity for man
and woman: OF pure language end
pure life. We ask your help i'll our
efforts to secure adequate protection
b. law for the daughters o. the pcor
and rich alike, from the cruelty Of base
and brutal men. We ask your help
in our endcavors to preserve the Amer
; lean Sabbath E'ith its rest and quiet,
| redecming it from being, us now, the
harvest time OF the saloon keeper,
when he gathers in the hard earnings
| of the workingman, and we promise
| you our cooperation in your efforts
| to secure q Saturday half-holiday,
| which we believe will do so much TO
change the Sabbath from L day OF
recreation to one Of rest at home, and
for the worship of God.
We call your attention. 10 our dc
partment OF cvangelistic temperance
work: work for railroad employees,
lumbermen, miners, soldiers and Toll