The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-22
Allied Trades and Societies
viii Join Hands With Liquor
Interests in Hope of Check
inq Sentiment.
SYSTEMATIC EFFORTS
WILL BE MADE BY THEM
Federation Will Carry on Its
Business Through an Exec
utive Committee Composed
Of Union Representatives.

Chicago, Feb. 22-Battle is TO be
offered prohibition in every city, town
and county in the United States
through the medium of a vast Nation
al federation with executive head
quarters in Chicago, and composed of
every association connected directly
or indirectly with the liquor trades.
This was the formal announcement
made by John A. McDermott, manager
of the Organization Bureau of the pro-
ject.
Arrangements for the liquor inter-
ests and allied trades and societies to
join hands in a stupendous campaign
Nagainst Prohibition have been under
way for several months, but it has not
| been felt that the time was ripe for
a public announcement of what, it is
declared, will be the most remarkable
fight yet undertaken in this country
by a single industry. The general
plans have now been formulated, how
ever. and accordingly have been made
public.
The federation which will carry on
it's business through an executive COM
mittee composed of repre- sentatives
from the more important organiza-
tions included, is planned to take in
the brewers and maltsters' associa-
tions, the retailers and wholesalers
associations, and manufacturers and
dealers clubs, liberty leagues of sales
men and all associations connected
with the allied trades. In the term
''a1lied trades the liquor intere SITS
group the glassmakers, saloon fixture
manufacturers, cOOperage works,
cigar manufacturers, soda water max
ers and every other trade and manu-
factory which in any way contributes
to the business carried on by the liqu-
or trade
Will Appeal to Labor.
In addition to these associations it
will be sought to obtain the cooper
alton of labor organizations connect
ed with the liquor and allied trades
and the active help of such general
organizations of citizens as the Ger
man Alliance and the United Societies
of Chicago.
The plan, in short. is for welding
into cohesive whole, with all parts
pulling together, of every species of
society i'll the country which can have
direct or indirect interest in seeing
that prohibition is beaten.
1t is estimated that the organiz-
of ;o1, al
the Central Executive committee will
have a total membership of 1,2O0, 900
voters, representing 100000 persons.
The campaign to be entered upon
will include the formation of a publi.
city bureau, which will send out mass
es or booklets, leaflets, statistics and
arguments of all kinds in support of
the liquor trade. The liquor trade,
through its spokesmen and writer's, is
to insist that If national prohibition
occurs it will be calamity only
tions akin to those produced by a rev.
olution" will take place.
For the Farmers Benefit.
Besides a general ''education'' of
the puDuc dt large, a special campaign
is to be made for the farmers bene-
fit. 1t is stated that $500, 900, 900 of
all farm products-taking every kind
are used annually by the liquor
trade, and that the agriculturalist
faces tremendous loss if prohibition
continues to gain in the future as it
has in the past.
+ In addition TO these publicity move
ments, the federation will be thor
oughly organized in every staN
through state associations, composed
of all the organizations in each state
directly or indirectly interested in the
! liquor trade. These state associations
in turn, will see that each state is or.
ganized in city, town. county and pre-.
cinCt.
"A sweeping organization of the en-
tire United States" is the slogan in
this regard. With this network of or.
ganizations the liquor trade will then
be in a position, so its spokesmen
prophesy. 70 offer battle against pro-
hibition in much more telling fash
ion than in the past. Local option
and every kind of prohibition or tenn
perance legislation will be fought to
the utmost