Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-10-26
ENEMIEs OF THE SALOON.
National Convention of the ". C. T. Q. AS
sembI-~ AT itIe-Intere~tins A. .re~s
by Mrs. Stevens. National President

Seattle, Wash, Oct. 2i.-White Rib
| boners to the number of nearly 500 are
in Seattle participating in the twenty
! fifth annual convention of the WOm-
ems Christian Temperance union and
! celebrating in song. in prayer and in
joyful thanksgiving the silver jubilee
of the organization. The best
summary of the work done by the w.
c. T. o. was furnished in the report of
the national president, Mrs. Lillian NJ.
Stevens. She said:
| Since the first convention great advance has
| been made in the cause of purity. total abSti-
| hence and prohibition. Better laws bearing up
on questions of the purity and Sanctity of the
| home have been enacted, among them laws
raising the age of protection for girls until It's
average is II instead of 10, and in some
states as high as Is years.
The consumption of alcoholic drinks is grow
ing less year after year. There is only about one
half as much consumed per capita in the United
States as there was quarter OF a century ago.
This marks the most temperate of all
tions. For some years as the use of distilled
liquors decreased, there was an increase in the
use of malt liquors. but during the last four
years there has been steady decrease Of the
latter, which certainly is most encouraging when
we consider the large influx of foreigners with
their beer-drinking propenSitieS.
We cannot be too thankful for the grelt in
fuence exerted by those standing at the head
of some of the great industries in requiring to-
tai abstinence of their employees. In reply to
questions sent out by the United States depart
ment of labor, it appeared that among those
discriminating against drink were 80 per cent.
of the railroads, 79 per cent of the manufacture
ers, 50 per cent. of the traders and Z! per cent
of the agriculturaliS tS-the majority OF these
forbidding the use of intoxicants by employees,
while some prohibit it only while the employees
are on duty
We record the action of Secretary Long in
banishing drink from the navy as great vic
tory on the right side of temperance reform.
1t is deplorable that the last page of this cen
fury history should be blOtted with the story
of war. We cannot but pray that the hearts of
those in authority may be moved to conciiate
the Filipinos as brothers rather than to treat
them as rebels The effect of the conference
at The Hague must be to hasten the coming of
universal peace.
Let US by petition and in all other reasonable
ways seek to bring about the rejection
pulSion of Brigham H. Roberts from the Fifty
sixth congress. This is plainly legitimate work
for u.s. coming directly under the head of purity,
one of our fundamental principles. In taking
action at this crucial time we are cooperating
with church. missionary and reform societies,
who feel with US that to have an avowed polyg-
anist sit law-malzer at Washington would
be IAN insult to the virtue of womanhood and
to the manhood of the nation
Report of the National Treasurer.
Mrs. Helen M. Barker, the national
treasurer, reported balance of So. 435.
This is larger than last year, covering
IL months, as the convention was held
a month earlier, and was encouraging
The Willard memorial fund amounts
to So, 269 The life mem bership fund
received during the year, So, 100. The
requests aggregated So, 900. The or
ganizing work cost ST., 200 and the SUI
perintendents had expended over ST.
600. All in all, it was stated the out
look from a financial standpoint was
very satisfactory.