Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-03-23
THE ALLIANCE WORK.
How interest In Prohibition May Be
stimulated and Sustained.

How Interest In Prohibition May Pc
stimulated and Sustained.
Ought something be done? Try the
Alliance. Do you flnd 1t difficult to get
your workers together? Look up some
Of the methods Of the Alliance and try
them. DO you find that people stand
apart and do not want to hear old
time temperance addresses? See what
can be done in the way of entertaining
them at Alliance entertainments. DO
you think that more could be done If
the women could have hand In the
Prohibition movement? They can be
very active ut Alliance socials, enter
tainments, meetings Try 1t. Locally
In your peculiar situation, In which you
feel lonely and as if no one stood with
you. try the Alliance plan. If one trial
does not meet your case, try again
There are hundred methods you can
try. so keep on experimenting till you
strike n method that ats your place.
Below we quote a letter that tells how
the Alliances do 1t in Maryland. 1t
"The state executive committee has
ordered that this letter be sent out to
encourage the Alliance work.
"The primary object Of Prohibition
Alliances is to stop the making and
! selling Of strong drink in the United
states 1t undertakes this great task
in three ways:
l NEirS< Nv, rroo <tuD o c<rOv,<p <<,,,,v>rv
ance and Prohibition sentiment in the
community. Forty per cent of dues
collected is used in this work.
Secondly supporting the state ex-
ecutive committee with 40 per cent of
dues collected
'Third.-By supporting the national
committee of the Prohibition party
with 20 per cent Of dues collected.
"The Robert Mclaughlin Prohibition
Alliance. No. 4, was organized Oct II.
1901. and now numbers about GOO ply
ing members
''This Alliance does not exact pledge
from its members, but pledges itself to
send each member Prohibition paper
and to provide good entertainment
monthly and notify its members by
mail The entertainment relates large
ly to Prohibition and is followed by
the transaction of business. These
meetings are for everybody. There is
no secrecy, no red tape The only
purpose is to spread the Prohibition
idea. y invites every one to join its
rank and have hand in the greatest
movement of the age.
'"This Alliance Is holding public
meeting every month, year in and year
out sending monthly into the homes of
the members 600 copies of sixteen
page Prohibition paper, composed large.
ly Of good stories These are read. thus
strengthening old Prohibitionsts and
forming new ones.
"Fifteen members, ladies and gentle.
men. are going about among the people
collecting dues and talking Prohibition
Don't you think this amount Of local
work is good?
Nov let US look to the state work.
The receipts Of this Alliance are $50
per month. Twenty dollars Of this
money goes to the state executive COM
mittee If we had ten such Alliances
in the state they would provide the
state committee with $2.40O year. a
sum sufficient to keep an able man con
tinuously in the field. Suppose an av-
erage of 600 members of ALLIANCES were
found in each Of our twenty-three coun-
ties and in each of the twenty four
wards of Baltimore city, we would
have state Prohibition within five
years. We are thinking Of possibilities
that can be accomplished by each tax
ing the work up where he is. Will you
enter the Alliance work heart and soul
to assist in placing Maryland among
the Prohibition states?
1.-THE following advice will make any
Alliances successful that has one or
two energetic members:
"First--Hold regular monthly meet
ings even If you have only two or three
present.
"Second.-Do not allow the members
to get behind with their dues
'sThird.--Give your members some
thing FOR the money they pay"