CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-11-26
MANY REFORMS.
Friends in Council Outline Re-
forms That Would Make
The World Better.

Inc mi ef1ng oil tte + rlenu- IN Coun-
ell at Elks hall last Friday afternoon
was largely sttended. and. in some re-
.pects. ga OF unusual interest. After
the study of the lesson in civil govern
ment and the special sopic-, The
Dutch in the New World and a
sleepy Hollow Country" under the
OF Mrs. Cannon. there were
about dozen highly entertaining two
minute talks by members On the qu-s-
tion. III you had the power to bring
about one great reform, which would
you choose, and Why"
These discussions were for the most
psrt exiemporaneous and were highly
diyerting of the speakers. five re
gsrJed the liquor question as OF para
monnt Importance, declaring it TO be
civilized society The consensus Of
opinion among the speakers was that
the only remedy FOR intemperance
would to prohibit the manufacture OF
intoIicanrs ~ drastic laws. rigidiy en-
forced
one member contended that one OF
the reforms most needed was the
humane treatment Of dumb anirnals.
nd until it wa, brought about human
ssvsg-ry might be regarded as still
existent.
I Two speaker asserted that selfish
!, mess wa dominant trait OF mankind
and until ther- was greater charity
there wpuld te 70 real progress along
Humanitarian lines The love OF money.
liz ws- tnsint.ir-d. wss the root of all
evil and until higher aspirations were
sought the millennium could not pre-
vail
Ref run in practical politics was
esteemed TO be a fundineutal nece>-
,-ity by one speaker, who would abolish
;he use of money and ''pntf' ip gov-
ftion to women's sunrslr. which wss
declsr red to BE- OF no resi- benefit 10 the
people
Th- strenuou>ne-. OF American life
crme in for it- share Of condemnation
and reform on this subject was urgent
iy needed according to one of the
-p-aker~ There can b.. none of thsti
l"swee,n-ss sud light, s., much COM
mended by Edwin Arnold. as long as
people rush through their existence,
leaving them no time for tho,- social
spenities. which slone makes life
worth living.
Idleness, combined with luxury. /.
he lian of The human race, il one Of
the si@akers l. to be accepted as an
authority. and. susiI is. ante -xtiF-'
paied. will lie drsgweiyht TO intel
lectual. moral and material progress.
Two speaker. alleged that psuperism
was one of the greatest curses of the
age and this reform along tina; line
Wa one of the crying demsnds Of the
twentieth century
Reform in the manner of the settle
m-nt OF international Disputes was
urged q. a step in he direction of that
belier day when the implements OF
war shall be turi ed irro the impi--
,n-nts OF domestic ise Until there is
perfectly sdiust-d international
tfafN "a AFbt1fStA II ANt VIZ
81 trouble arising between nations
there can be no absolute peace ard
security
one member slsos- on III. necessity
of establishing homes for the children
OF the vicious and those who. like
rop.y, .grbwed up" without whole
some psr-ntsl training and council
In,t'uti,n- of the kind indicated, it
wa declared. would 90 much 10 .boiish
crime sid redeem the submerged
tenth"
The credit system in business Wa
esteemed to be an unmired evil w ore
o; the speakers and r-ssors were given
for the faith ikat wa. IN her The credit
system. ss now Drsciiced, VAS de-
moi al,zing to the community 1nfor-
tunst- alike to both the buyer snd the
seller
II was ;he first swp minute discus
sion OF the kind ever attempted by the
Friends in Council and Vs, 50 success
full that similar controversies viii!