Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-12-18


es 70 help the man who Ii trying 70 re-
torm--to give strength. Christ met with
Ills Disciples alone We meet alone 10
make plans 70 save those Cor whom Christ
uied The result OF our work lie wives,
mothers, sisters, and children made hap
pier. and men climbing upward with the
smile OF God upon their faces.
SACRIFICES WORTH MAKING.
Does II cost anythings We answer. yes;
y costs money, time, and sacrifices. per-
saiS. Everything In the werld worth
having costs something. We have an
initiation fee 10 pay and a small tax
every three month";; 80 small, however,
that the poorest man or boy can eftord
20 pay IT, II Is indeed small, compared
with the good that has been accomplished.
IL may cost us Heaven, or the precious
soul OF son, a brother, or 8 father, n we
hesitate 70 do all that we can. I'm
saving others we save ourselves" and
II you have no saloor we need you IN
grand union effort. holding the fort at
the distant points that are always IN
danger Of an attack from the enemy.
You can help the next town. your coun-
", your state; the work Is ma
tional and international. In union there
Is strength, and you can keep out the
saloons and parasites that defy the laws
OF God and man. You can say the Jaw
shall be enforced. Then help us in this
glorious work Of rallylng soldiers under
the battle-nsg OF Good Templary. The
enemies OF temperance triumphantly as
sert that crim$-one OF the accompani-
ments OF intemperanee--has become more
frequent In no~lcense States than in IL
cense Statea The ract IS Just exactly
the reverse Of this. but the falsehood Is
finding willing listeners while the truth
can hardly gain an audience.
STATISTICS THAT PROVE
The false accusation is all the more
inexcusable because the State statistics
or crime are annually printed and OBJ
tainable by every one who cares TO know
the truth. ! have not time 10 quote these
statistics In detail, but the following
table. giving the proportion Of convicts,
or all grades. and the proportion OF high
criminals TO the whole population OF
specimen States will be Of interest:
Maine has 20 every 1,60O; New Hamp-
shire. to 1920; Massachusetts,, / to 800;
Connecticut, to 1900; New York, TO
go; Indiana, to LOO; New Jersey, to
LOJO; Maryland. l TO s75; California, to
go. High criminals-Maine, TO 1870;
New Hampshire, TO $500; Massachusetts,
TO 1000; Connecticut, to $500; New
York. 10 $500; Indiana. / to 4,SOO: New
Jersey, j 10 500; Maryland. / to $500;
California, l to 1000 II will thus be
clearly seen that Maine. In spite of all
mat mas been said. has a less number Of
eonVicts, proportionally, Of all classes,
and less number OF high criminals than
any State in the Union. Some gentle
men. Canadian commissioners. who visited
Maine TO investigate the workings of
prohibition "a short time ago. reported
that they had attended a State muster,
where from 1900 10 10000 people were
present each day for four days. and vet
tley ala not see half dozen cases Of
mIoKieatlon during that period.
Ihere are some results Of the temper
ahce movement. on the basis of moral
suasion. supplemented by prohibition
which cannot be grasped by statistics.
but which, nevertheless, are as tangible
ana conclusive as a mathematical demon
stration The visitor from a license COM
munity TO no-liccnse one can but be
Impressed with the fact that drinking
habits are not the rule, but the exception.
The fact that wherever no license has
been tried and most constantly enforced
there has grown up the deepest convic-
ton Of its value, which affords the
strongest evidence that It has success
fully met the final test Of all State poll
cies-that Of experience. But the practi-
cal test TO which It has been subjected
has not only confirmed it's friends, but
also converted a large portion of its early
opponents. until to-day not a third OF
the communities in which II exists would
consent to its repeal. The beneficial re-
suits Of Good Templary are too marked
to be dismissed with denial or a sneer
THE ISSUE MUST BE NET.
The discussion Of the drink problem has
passed the stage when IL may be turned
away with a Joke or an Indifferent re-
mark, or confined to the sphere OF the
temperance lecturer and the pulpit. 1t
is more than a question of ethrics and
moral agencies. It is a question which
calls for treatment by the statesman,
as well as personal efforts by the philan-
thropist, which demands the highest wis
dom in trainers Of law. as well as the
earnest effort of all who mould public
sentiment. In its economic aspects alone,
what problem is so serious as this, in
voIving, as II does a direct annual ex-
penditure, or really waste. OF more than
one billion Of dollars-more than the ag-
gregate amount of national, State. county,
and municipal taxation, and an estimated
indirect expenditure OF as much more
in the pecuniary losses aIv1 burdens
which the accidents. the pauperisms, the
disease. and crime that flow from the
dram-shop, impose upon the nation. In
its social and moral aspects what
problem Is 80 startling as this? the
dram-shop is the enemy Of the home,
which is the basis Of Individual and ma
tional prosperity. 1t is the foe OF health;
1t IS the chief occasion Of paupertsm; II
is the source of a large proportion OF
crime; II Is the efficient ally of vice; 1t is
the prolific cause of untold misery; 1t is
the great obstruction to the progress Oh
Christianity; 1t Is the universal antago-
mist Of good: it intensifes all the perils
of our civilization and of our national
life. Such a gigantIS evil as this calls
for the thoughtful consideration and
earnest co-opera,i0n Of Every patriot ana
every friend OF virtue and order IN de-
vlsing and employing the wisest ana
most efficient measures Of restraint and
relief.
Briefly. IN limited time. I have at
tempted to give you a faint idea or the
magnitude and scope Of your orsanlza-
tIon and work Eternity alone can reveal
the good YOU have done: and when the
social problems, responsibilities, and
anxieties that now absorb energies shan
concern us no more, and when we OF THIS
generation shall have passed away, anu
those for wAom we have Iabored
succeeded us In the paths Of life, on, may
It be said Of US:
Their deeds shine brighter than the stars
For daylight hides them never;
Good men are stars that never set
They shine in Heaven forever!