The San Francisco call., 1908-09-10
CHAF|N SAYS STATE
WANTS PROHIBITION
Temperance Candidate Believes
California Favors Principles
of white Ribbon"
Declares Whisky Tariff Direct
Cause of Recent Panic
Throughout Country

BERKELEY. Sept s.-That the pro-
hibition question is the greatest ques-
tion before the people Of the country
today was the statement made by Eu-
gene ". Chain, prohibition candidate
for the presidency Of the United States,
before an audience in the Greek theater
this morning. Chain declared that the
morals OF the country were at stake
IN the presidential campaign.
After November there viii be no other
parties except the prohibition party California
wants prohibition and who ever heard OF the
people Of this state voting for something they
did not wanre
That the whisky tariff, amounting to
500, GOO, 900 a year and employing a
million men, was the cause Of the re-
cent panic, was one Of the points made
by Chain. He declared that the farm
ers Of the country had been robbed Of
$500. .000. 900 by the Wall street gam
blers turning their money into the
liquor interests He said:
Thousands Of millions Of dollars are annually
turned into the liquor traffic. which. like gam
bling. IS iuegitimate business. for it produces
nothing and can be poured into the Pacific ocean
without loss 10 the worlds store Of wealth
Nobody has ever been benefited by liquor.
orerstocked with crops because Wall street
gamblers turned their money into the liquor
traffic 70 rob the farmers OF the county.
Prohibition Is not a local matter. as Bryan
ssserts. but Il is national. Maybe Bryan's
morals are local Taft has said that he would
be in favor Of prohibition when a majority OF
the people Wer, IN favor Of ii. When this time
comes I viii be president and not Taft
At the present time the drunkard,s family
pays more IN taxes than the Standard oil cor
poration- / in favor Of a graduated In
come tax and the elimination Of the $2l5.OO0. 600
OF internal revenues the liquor traffic now
collected The only way 70 cause prohibition
is TO attack the manufacture Of liquors
In reply TO a question about the
problem Of the unemployed Chain said:
Prohibition Involves the whole labor ques-
tion BY il the entire labor question would
be settled. Let the liquor traffic stop and the
factories Of the country would be running
night and day IN an effort TO keep apace with
the demand for legitimate commodities.
or the million men employed in the making
Of liquors nothing has been added 70 the world's
store OF wealth. Their wages are paid by the
hunger and homelessness Of the drunkard's
family.
In closing Chain paid a glowing
tribute to the Womans Christian tenn
persnce union and said that its work
in educating the young in the evils of
liquor would save the country. He de-
clared that prohibition was greatly in
debted TO the women.
This brought up the woman suffrag ge
question. and in answer to an appeal
from Mrs William Keith, president of
the local equality society, Chain said
that the prohibition platform stood for
equal rights for all adults, providing
they can read and write. The matter
OF suffrage, he said, was local Chain
roundly scored the trusts. Rev. P. c.
Moore presided at the meeting.