Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-16

lThesc notes are printed ne furnished by the
press representative of the state W. q. r. ", ano
ms paper Is in no manuer responsible Tor the
statemonts.l
'For the love Of Christ constraineth
us. And that lie died for all that they
who live should not hencoiorth live unto
themselves, but unto Him which died
for them and rose again. III Cor. D.
March 2Oth was the birthday Of Gen.
Neal Dow and is known as Prohibition
I Rally Day. so we quote the following from
his writings, given by the Union Signal
The liquor trade creates no wealth; IL
earns nothing; it lives upon the earnings
of other trades; It adds nothing whatever
20 the wealth or power OF the state nor
to the prosperity or comfort OF the people
/ This trade Is wastefui like war; it destroys
more of the wages Of the people and the
4 results OF useful industries than war pestl-
/ lence and famine combined; it creates
/ more than three-fourths OF the poverty,
| pauperism and crime OF the country, and
more than one-half of the insanity; Il
| inllicts a premature and shameful death
| upon more than 6O0OO people annually
/ it transforms hundreds OF thousands oi
| good industrious citizens into drunkards,
/ vagabOnds and tramps; II sends an infinite
misery into hundreds Of thousands of
homes; it puts the people down and keeps
/ them down; its effect is to make the
I people ignorant, coarse, vulgar, brutal
| enemies to law, order and good govern
ment.
l have often wondered when the work.
/ ing temperance men and women will be
/ rewarded for all their expenditure of
labor, time and money by the complete
! suppression Of the liquor traffic. The
answer is now going about the country
freely, to wit: When the churches shall
wake up to their duty and responsibility.
But when viii that be 2 When intel
/ ligcnt men and women-the leaders OF
/ public opinion shall clearly comprehend
the relation which the liquor traffic bears
to the poverty, paupersm, suffering,
wrctchcdncss and crime of the country
There are not many people who under
stand thoroughly the intimate relation
ship existing as cause and effect between
the grog shop and the evils of many kinds
with which the community is bindened
and cursed
The Union Signal Of March Doth is de-
voted largely to articles upon the en-
f1nchisement OF women, in memory of
the great Susan b. Anthony. On the
first page of the paper we are given her
Photograph, and the beginning of a sketch
OF her life, "a bit Of which is as follows:
Miss Anthony was deeply interested
in the temperance, question, and was
secretary of the Daughters OF Temperance,
a modest auxiliary Of the men S division,
which was, nevertheless, disapproved by
majority of the women of her ac-
quaintance. Miss Anthony FIRST public
address was given at a meeting of this
society on March ist, lS49 During the
next two years she organized many tenn
perance societies and developed remark
able executive ability IN raising funds.
In 1852 she went as a delegate from
Rochester to the State convention Of the
Sons of Temperance, held az Albany.
J Her credentials were accepted, but when
she rose 10 speak by a motion the pre-
siding officer informed her that "the
sisters we're not invited there 10 speak,
but TO listen and learn Miss Anthony
and a few other women left the hall, got