The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-19
Women Ask President and Sec
retary Of State TO Take Hand
in Temperance Work.
UNCIVILIZED NATIONS THE
OBJECT OF S0LlCITUDE
W. c. 7. L. Session in Boston
Is One Marked by Great
Activity.

BOSTON. Oct. lS.-Much business
was cleared up at the first day s
formal session of the tri.ennial con
vention OF the World S Woman 8
Christian Temperance union IN Tins
city. The delegates met 10 fremont
temple, which was crowded through
out the day. The welcome of the State
and city was extended by Gov. Guild
end Mayor Fitzgerald; MIS- Lillian
president at large of the World S
union, presided.
The remainder Of the day was given
over largely To the presentation OF
greetings from other organizations and
to the introduction of the leading rep
resentatives Of the many countries at
the convention.
A resolution. asking President Roose-
welt and Secretary of State Root to
renew the suggestion formerly made
by the President and the late Secretary
Hay. that Great Britain and the
United States unite in presenting to
other nations a treaty TO forbid the
sale of opium or intoxicating liquors
"a uncivilzcd nations, was unanimously
adopted
Late this afternoon the Governor
rendered the delegates tea at the
Ford building This evening there was
puU4lt III iipA-Nu' 'NA'l l'~'
Society Is Gaining.
The report of Mrs. Agnes E. Black,
honorary secretary OF the World s
Woman's Christian Temperance union,
was presented 1t showed that gains
had been made nearly everywhere in
number Of members and activity. The
greatest proportional gain has been
made in Sweden, where membership
of 79s three years ago has been raised
to 263s.
In India there are thirty-two local
unions, with total membership of
9e4 Scientific temperance instruction
has been introduced in the schools
In South Africa, where Miss Stack
spent several months last year, many
new unions have been organized.
There are 1165 branches in Great
Britain with 4 total membership of
109,053. The licensing act passed by
Parliament in 1908 has proved an OBJ
stacle in the way Of the people by
preventing them from suppressing the
liquor trade in their own localities,
Much work has been done in the way
of establishing coffee houses and tenn
perance restaurants,
There has been large increase in
membership in Ireland.
Work Slow in Germany.
lhe Work is proceeding slowly. but
steadily, in Germany The ". G. r.
L. of that country sent a petition to
the war department to discontinue the
issuance of wine and rum to the troops
in South Africa and received favor
able reply. The department is now in
Producing alcoholic fruit juices as
rapidly as possible In place of liquor,
although it is not vet ready to discon-
tinue the use of rum entirely,
The following resolution, introduced
by Miss Anna 4, Gordon. one of the
honorary secretaries Of the World s W.
c. T. T., was unanimously adopted.
Resolved that we appeal to the
President and the Secretary of State,
in view Of the third conference of ma
tions now in session at Brussels. for
the further restriction of the sale of
iDtoxicants TO uncivilized nations, to
renew the suggestions made by the
President OF the United States aud the