Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-01-04
W. c. 7. u. COLUMN


Tho old year leaves many problems
unsolvcd. especially the old old prob
lem of drink habit and tho saloon evil
Though the army saloon hsa been abol
ished and much temperance lcgis lat.nn
ona ted. yet the American saloon
seems firmly intrenchcd and as the
now year a. ushord In Temperance ad
vocntos and every other man woman
ana child who has the bcttermcnt OF
mankind az heart is confronted with
some appal ing facts
Ia Chicago and other large cities the
free lunch OF the saloons feeds more
hungry people than all the charitable
Institutions combined Thousands OF
WorhmDu patroui2o - fIcc lunch at
noon fruu economy a step In the
ylobt direction tending towards tho
clpplug " tho saloon influence would
ln the enactment Of law cumpol Hing
factories. manufacturer aud stores
ana EN- business corporations - pro
vide free lunch ut the noon houg for
cmp.oyoo1
Again in the saloon a man ~ likely
80 meet those who put him In way TO
lind work hence men ont of work flock
To- saloons. The establishment Of pub
llc aud free employment and infotma
ton bureaus would meet this want
Again one ha- only TO see how the
poor are housed to unac' stand why
men from the corgested districts fire.
uucut tho saloons
when home Is one room poorly heat.
cd and lighted ana often shared with
other families one can comprehend
that home under such circumstances
Is a good place t. stay away from. To
improve the conditions OF tho tcnc.
ments 10 Of course obligatory upon
the landlord This would be the best
OF temperance work, for prohibition
laws will never keep men from want.
Ing food warmth and entertainment.
These thcy will geek as choaply and
conveniently as possibly Therefore.
good comfortable homes are the most
effective weapons against the saloons.
II owners Of public lots would turn
them into public play grounds tho con
gcstod conditions Of the tenement al.
lcys would be relieved aud the cause
.of mortality suhseryed
l'ntil n substitute to the sa loon IL
found the American saloon will still
DO regular business
Again the saloon Ia open day and
night The churches Ave or six hours
I'm the week. Whenever the churches
are as tactful in raising men up as the
saloon is In pulling them down then
viii we have prohibition indeed. Pnd In
truth for no saloon can exist without
patronage. The saloons furnish mu
sic "One touch of nature makes tie
whole world kin" and a man IL rarely
so besotten and degraded as To not be
stirred by music. Then since II Is
used by saloons to draw men in "a
| their dctrIment. why not the Christian
| musicians furnish music to the work
! ing man uncOntaminated by the beer
garden
Again. child labor plays into tn,
| saloon Keepers hands, for the stunted
uneducatcu. moral and physical ma
| lures fall the rcadlest prey To salooi
vices. WHAT are we To do about this
In many states the law has taken cog
| nizance OF these conditions and henc,
the remedy lies In the enforcement o
compulsory education, The w. c. T
| 4. has succeeded In having sclcntin,
| temperance instruction n part OF IN,
school curriculum aud hence "oducat,
| your children and the country is safe
has new Significance, as applied I,
the saloon evil.
| Again. thirst drives many To the sa
looms. The scarcity Of drinking funn
| tains In all our cities and hamlets 4
dCplo able, The Sunday schools Coult
give cup OF cold water In His name
very acceptaJly by using the pennie
towards the building OF "A drinking
fountain
Poorly cooked food does not nour
ish Foou which does not nourlsl
creates a want which Ia too often salts
fled by stImulants Ignorance alon
this line Is enormous. What Is III
remedy? Clearly the duty of the "
G. 7. u. and other woman organiza
lions j. wei defined, Cooking school
should be established where youn
gIrls could be aught food values an
fitted for home makers
Again, since the saloon is the poo
mans club, since there and Their
Elonc III cur cities and hamlots M a
hours of day and night can he fin
warmth. food and entertainment IA
saloon will continue 10 wax fat an
prosper. drinking deep ~ the lie bloc
Of millions In the very teeth of prohib
ton laws and equations. a snhst
tuto family club life Could on
school houses and churches be put TO
nohler use?
. Ring out old shapes Of foul disease.
Ring out the narrowing lust Of guli
Ring out the thousand wars Of Cl
! Ring In the thousand years OF peace
, MRS. WILSON,
Press Rep, w &. I. a.