The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-01-14
w. CT. U. COLUMN
CONDUCTED BY MRS. NJ. l.. HOBBS.
Worlds Press Department.

MISS l. r. Rctu, >upt.
Appointed to the leadership q
this stupendous work in June, 1896
my term Of service has only extend
ed over the past year, or fifteel
mouths. In that time communi
cation has been established will
thirty of the forty eight auxilar,
countries. The United States
Great Britain, Canada, Australia
and South Africa are well organized
Brazil, Burnah, Mexico and japan
have adopt,d d the department ma
tionality and appointed superin-
tendent this year, making twelve
countries with a National superin-
tendent in charge of the work. Re-
ports show the work last year in the
United States far ahead of the
previous year. About 6,5SS, oil
one-thi-d Of the newspapers, pub
lish w. c. T. U. news. $500 give
space for a Nv. G.. T. U. column. y
Canada shows the largest proportion
o. unions eogaged in press work.
Among the papers friendly to ouI
cause is LaPresse, the leading
French paper. The Daily Witness,
Of Montreal, allows no liquor ad
vertisements in its pages. Aus
tralasia has each of the six colonies
well organized; increasing space is
being given to w. c. I. L. c,ntri-
buttons. New Zealand has bright
little white ribbon paper, and the
union of Chris:-church owns paga
in The Pr hibitionist. In England
hundreds of items relating to the
work of the association are furnished
the press. The Danish w. & L.
u. has the only paper in the coun.
try, SO far as known, owned, edited
and managed by women. Articles
IN the way out of alcoholism are
by the Belgian press. In
spain the monthly paper sent out
~ the San Sebastian Institute for
urls carries a column OF temper
lnce t. achings. Daily papers Of
tgyp' are friendly; one editor is
lgitating doing away with the an
.ient Coptic custom OF drinking at
Two Of the four papers
n Natal give large space to al
Y. c. I. U. column. two publish
TENS. The English press Of Cape
,olony is liberal of space. twenty
living a half column regularly. I'M
Uruguay the secular press has shown
avors, and some of the Spanish
apers have agreed to publish items.
'hree daily papers Of Mexico have
w. c. T. Y. column. India has
white ribbon publishing house and
rgan, Ire White Ribbon. In
'ulmah severalEnglish papers have
,r years been supplied with tenn
erance articles. Total abstinence
kept before the public in NADIA
ascar through five mission periodi-
ais. Of eleven papers in Iceland
ne is temperance paper, one a
ON ms paper, and Others friendly
linded. Three daily papers OF
Iawaii publish items, the union
st year paying for space for longer,
rticles three times week for six
'onths. From China, Japan, the
ahamas, jamaica and Germany
,me reports of effort through the
ress to let the light Of temperance
uths shine upon the prejudice and
norance Of the people. :
An important factor in this edu-
Itional work is the white ribbonl
'ess, which comprises the worlds
gan The Union Signal, the Worlds
:. G. 7. U. Bulletin and forty-one
ltional, state and colonial organs
ssides the thirty -one state organs Z
the United States, there are the
hite Ribbon of India, the Kriste-
hit Afh ,lIsblad Of Denmark, theIi
hite Ribbon Of England, the
omen's Journal of Canada, the 4
feline of Burmah, the White Rib
n Of New Zealand, the White
bbon for South Africa Of Cape a.
'lony, the White Ribbon Signals
Victoria, and of New South !,
ales, and Us and Otherwise, the|s
ung women's organ of Cape
lony. IN
The Worlds w. G.. T. U. Bull
in has been published monthlyla,
ice December last. II has car VI
d news Of the white ribbon work
thirty-fve countries to the press '
the forty-eight auxiliary coun D,
es. A series Of articles on the
orld's w. c. T U. and articles on b
sthods of work by Worlds super :,
endents Of departments have beer :
eature OF the Bulletin. About +
D articles have been furnished t. j
} press in the year by the World's
observation-disclosures Gtat,.xsor 80 ,1l