The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-12-23
THE PLEA OF WOMAN
no THE woRKINGNIEN OF THE UNI
TED STATES.

From the Saloons, and Devote Their
Earnings to Their Families.
following address has been
issued by the National Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, in &C
cordance with u resolution adopted at
the recent Minneapolis convention. 1t
is addressed to all knights Of Labor,
trades, unions and other labor orUnn-
izations:
HEADQUARTERS OF THE NATIONAL
WoMAN's CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE
UNION, 161 LASALLE STREET, CHICAGO,
November s, 189G.-To all Working
Men and Women: Brothers and Sis.
ters of a common hope. We come to
you naturally as our friends and allies.
with such of your methods as involve
cooperation, arbitration and the ballot
DoX, we are in hearty sympathy,
Measures which involve the compul-
sion OF labor, destruction of property,
or harm to life OF limb, we profoundly
dcploro, and we believe the thoughtful
and responsible among your ranks
must equally deplore them, as not
only base in themselves, but great
hlndrance to your own welfare and
success. We rejoice in your broad
platform of mutual help, which recog-
nlzes neither sex, race nor creed, Es-
pecially do we appreciate tho tendency
OF your great movement to elevate
women industrially to their rightlul
place, by claiming that they have
equal pay for equal work, rccogmz-
ing them as officers and members Of
your societies, and advocating the bal
lot III their hands as their rightful
IN
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 mado by
| the knights Of Labor at the conven-
| ton in Richmond, when, with hands
raised to heaven, they pledged them
selves to be total abstaincrs through
| out their term Of office.
In addressing you at this time We
wish to offer our sincere congratulate
tons upon your achievements as prac-
tcal workers in that great temperance
reform which engages ever stcadfast
work and prayers, and which, as we
believe, involves, over all other move
ments OF this age, your happiness and
elevation. Permit us TO ask your care
| ful consideration of this statement Of
our belief The central question Of
| labor reform Is not SO much how to
| get higher wages as how to turn the
present wages to better account. For
waste harms most those who can least
! allord 1t. 1t is not ovcr-production so
| much as undcr-cOnSumption that
| grlndS the faces Of the Workinwmcn.
tourteen hundred millions annually
| drawn, chiefly from the pockets Of
Worklngmcn, by saloon keepers and
cigar dealers, means less flour in the
| barrel, less coal in the cellar and less
| clothing for the laborcr's family. We
grlcvc to see them give their money
for that which is not bread and their
labor for that which satisiicth not.
Life Insurance statistics prove that
while the average life Of the moderate
| drinkcr is but 50 yeas and half, that
| OF the total abstaincr is 81 years.
| Successful explorers and soldiers,
famous athletes, pedestrians, rowcr5
and shots, arc men who do not cob
web their brains or palsy their nerves
with alcoholic drink. We believe that
the work Of our societies, resulting in
| laws by which nearly onc-half the
children of the United States are be-
ing taught in the public schools tic
evil ELECTS Of intoxicating liquors upon
| the tissues Of the body and The temper
OF the mind, merits your earnest CO.
operation and will prove one Of your
strongest rcinforcCmcnts in the effort
] TO elevate your families to noblcr levels
| OF opportunity. We believe that the
study of hygiene, including Enowl-
| cdge OF the most hcalthful foods, and
| fhn IlSpONnp,- AL q
er and nom n>stimulanting class, with a
careful consideration of scientific
methods by which, in the prcparatiOnt
of food, little can be made to 20 q
long way in home economies, arc we'll
worthy of your attention. We ask
you TO atd us in our cntlcavors to have
taught insall departments Of our public
schools, those bcncfccnt 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 child as one of
The surcst means to its highest happi-
ness.
we ask your attention to oar White
Cross pledge of equal chastity for man
and woman; Of pure language and
pure life. We ask your help in our
efforts to secure adequate protection
by law for the daughters Of the poor
and rich alike, from the cruelty Of base
end brutal men. We ask your help
our endeavors to preserve the Amer
lean Sabbath with its rest and quiet,
redecming it from being, as now the
harvest time of the saloon kcepcr.
when he gathers in the hard earnings
of the workingman, and we promise
you our cooperation in your efforts
to secure o Saturday half-holidav,
which we believe will do 50 much to
change the Sabbath from a dav of
recreation to one of rest at home, and
tor the worship of God
we call your attention 10 our de-
partment of cvangelistic temperance
work; work for railroad cmpIovGs,
lumbermcn, miners, soldiers and toll
ers; also to our efforts to orpauiZc
free Kitchens and kindcrgartcnS and
bands of hope; to supply free libraries
ana reading rooms, temperance lodg
ing houses and restaurants, and 10
reach out helping hand to fallen
women as well aS f0lIpn mon w,