The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-09-08
w. CT. u. NJ.
CONDUCTED BY MRS. n. L. HOBBS.
what Has the W. c. T.U Accomplished

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The question has often beer
asked, What has the w. c. T
u. done?" She has gone into al
the highways and byways of the
world, preaching freedom for the
captive and salvation for the peo
ple, by the abolition of the traff
fc in strong drink, proclaiming
the one message, Prepare ye
the way of the Lord" she ha:
been largely instrumental in
changing public sentiment in re.
gard to social drinking, equa
suffrage, equal purity for both
sexes, equal remuneration fol-
work equally well done; equal ed
ucational, professional and in
dustrial opportunities for men
and women. 1t annually dis
tributes millions of pages of tenn
perance literature, by this means
rendering a strong educational
value to the organization.
The abolishment of the canteen
from the army and all emigrant
stations, is one Of the grandest
achievements ever accomplished
by any reform organization.
The persistency with which the
w. c. T. u. worked for that,
commands the respect of the
temperance element of the ma
ton. With resolutions voted
upon, through their application,
in every church, every confer
ence, every temperance and edu-
cational assembly in the United
States, was uttered the most ur-
gent appeal for our president to
use his influence against the le-
galization of the traffic; and
when our national officer called
upon him he says, Sisters, | re-
cognize the influence of your
white-ribbon badge, because you
represent the motherhood of our
great nation, but | can do moth
ing for you" I" Never daunted
by this refusal from the highest
official in the land, the w G T..
u. with more fervor, more cour-
age and more determination than
ever to remove the saloon from
our soldier boys, bided the time
when our noble, grand, heroic
and honored president, Theodore
Roosevelt secured the reins of
the government and with one ac-
cord the national officers and
every state president in the
United States telegraphed their
appeal to him and with all the in
huence he could bring to bear
upon congress with one stroke of
the pen the saloon was removed
from the army; and the letters,
the messages of love and the kind
words of greeting from all over
the country were sent to the w.
{. t. u. and President Roosevelt
for their interest in humanity.
Another special request made by
our national president and her
state officers was a telegram to
Roosevelt in regard to the pro-
posed regulation of the opium
traffic and legalized vice in the
Philippines. He at once tele-
graphed the officials to suspend
the order for regulation; and
later, set it aside. So you see in
our Noble president we have the
greatest advocate of woman suf-
frage, since our departed friend,
Abraham Lincoln.
The w. C.. T. u. was an i'm
ported factor in securing the in
sertion of the quarterly temper
ance lesson in the international
Sunday School Lesson Series; and
~ securing a Worlds Universal
temperance Sunday" after ten
years protest through thousands
of petitions. The w. c T. u.
originated the idea of Scientific
temperance Instruction" in our
schools and has secured manda-
tory laws in every state in the
union, and federal laws govern
ing the District of Columbia, the
territories and all Indian and
Military schools supported by the
government. Under these laws
~ million children receive in
struction as to the nature and
effect Of alcohol and other mar
cotlcs on the human system. 16I
million children receive temper
ance teachings in the Sunday
schools, 500, 900 Of these are
pledged total abstainers. The
children of eight million people
IN New York, of z million in
pennsylvania, of s million in Illi-I
nols, Of 4 million in Ohio and of
many million more. These are
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