Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-01
FINDS AMERICANS
BOOZE GUzzLERS
Temperance Orator Says Twenty-Five
Gallons of Liquor Goes Down
Every Ones Throat
Each Year

PASADENA, June 30.-At a union
temperance rally held in the First
Baptist church of Pasadena this after
noon question box was conducted by
c. H. Parsons. In reply to one of the
questions relative to whether the con-
sumption of spirituous liquors is on
the increase in the United States he
stated that Notwithstanding the great
extension of local option and of abso-
lutte prohibition by law, the per capita
quantity of liquor consumed in the
United States has increased to the
amount of twenty-five gallons per an
mum, and he remarked incidentally that
some one must take forty-four gallons,
for he did not use ony of his.
DR.. James, president of the Pastors
Sunday School association, called the
meeting this afternoon to order and
Rev. o. T. Nichols. pastor of the Meth
odist Episcopal church of Altadena
and temperance superintendent of the
Los Angeles County Sunday School as
sociation, presided and introduced the
speakers.
'The Loyal Host was sung with
much feeling by the Sylvan quartet,
composed of Mrs. Corwin c. Keyes,
Miss Edith Chambers Miss Mabel Col
Inns and Mrs. Frank Cartzdafner. Mrs.
Mary M. Conan, president of the
Shakespeare club of this city, made a
brief address on "How the Temperance
Lesson May Be Made Interesting to
Primary Scholars Some of the more
interesting questions propounded were:
How to get rid of the blind pigs in
Pasadena; Should selling liquor from
wagons by representatives of saloon
keepers in Los Angeles be allowed on
the streets of Pasadena?" els prohibi-
ton successful where it is in active
operation?" (Which is the greater
cause of emperance-avarice or ap-
petite?" and "How are the young in a
local option city like Pasadena to be
taught the evil influences of the liquor
traffic?"
In answer to the last named query
it was suggested that the youth of this
place might be given an impressive
lesson by taking them to Los Angeles
and stopping for awhile at the corner
of First and Main streets.
j. M. Glass, an active temperance
worker in Los Angeles, who resides in
this city, exhibited an intimate knowl-
edge of the temperance movement and
a comprehensive knowledge of facts by
his answers to some of the questions
propounded. Among other things said
he made the statement that prohibition
Maine with population of 100000, has
only 172 convicts in the penitentiary;
Kansas, with 100000, has 800 criminals
in the penitentiary, and that California,
WIFI lllC POPuidllOtl
as Kansas, has 2500 convicts in state
prison. Maine has $102 per capita in
her savings banks. Kansas $50 per cap
ita, Illinois only SO per capita and Ohio
only SIS. The speaker attributed the
bad showing of some of the states in
the matter of large number of criminals
and small bank deposits to evil influ-
ences of traffic in liquor.
At the close of the meeting it was
announced that another similar meet
ing will be held in the next quarter. A
large audience was present and lively
interest was taken in the discussions.
1t appeared to be the consensus Of
opinion that liquor selling from the
wagons sent out by Los Angeles deal
ers to this city should be stopped.
Strong protests were urged against the
United States government issuing
liquor licenses for use in prohibition
towns.
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Don't shop Saturday nights. Shop any
other time-clerks appeal to you,