Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-06-03
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PROGRESS OF WHITE RIBBON
Unprecedented Interest Taken ir
Coming Worlds Convention to
Be Held at Glasgow.

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U. circles shows encouraging prog
ress being made in England. Scot
land. Canada. France. Norway. Bel
GUM. Germany. Russia. Palestine.
Cape Colony. India. Ceylon. Japan.
Australia and the United States.
Preliminary announcement of the
plans for the worlds w. c. T. U. con-
vention. to be held at Glasgow. Scot
land. June Ali, 1910. are already be-
ing issued and indicate gathering of
unprecedented interest in White Rib
bon circles. One of the notable fea-
lures of the convention will be n
worldwide exhibition of literature to
illustrate the international work of
the union along that line.
At a convention held at the home
of the president of the National w.
C. r. U. of France. plans were re-
Gently made to organize new unions
in many centers throughout that
country. Miss Agnes Slack has been
addressing various gatherings Of
French women to this end in Paris and
other cities.
Telling of the wide sweep Of tenn
perance in her own and other lands.
President Lillian NJ. N. Stevens. of the
World society. states:
Every sane and well informed per-
son knows that the temperance move
ment is important and far reaching;
even its enemies will admit this. The
term Temperance people, as used in
connection with the present day
movement, Is understood to mean
those who advocate total abstinence
for the state and nation. The Worlds
Woman's Christian Temperance union.
founded by Miss Frances +. Willard.
with its banner set up In more than
fifty nations Of the world-a society
which Is neither sectarian nor partisan
is composed OF this kind OF temper
ance people.
We have great reason to rejoice.
inasmuch as there Is today more total
abstinence sentiment than ever be-
fore. No sane total abstainer will
say he is sorry he has not been u
drinker.
MY home has always been in the
state of Maine. and I claim that | am
qualified to testify regarding the value
OF temperance laws to n state. espe-
cially to the homes OF the state: that
| am competent to make comparisons.
because I have visited every state and
studied the practical effects Of license
laws-high license. low license. segre'
CATION, and the dispensary. or Gothen'
burg, system-and ! know that. from
temperance standpoint. tho law Ia
the best law ever enacted to apply to
the liquor traffic.
81 am well aware OF the stories re-
garding the failure Of the law In
Maine, which have been reported by
such men as Mr.. Thompson OF New
Zealand. employed by the liquor trade
of his country: Mr.. Snyder OF Ohio.
employed by the brewers In this coun-
try. and Mayor Rose Of Milwaukee.
who honestly represents the brewers
OF his city.
Tine majority of the Maine people
have for half hundred years stood
firmly for the measure against the ef-
forts OF all liquordom for Its over
throw. The law has also had the com.
mendation of outsiders. or Of visitors
to the state, who are capable OF
Judging, and who are not prejudiced
by connection with the liquor trade
or by personal. habitual use Of strong
drink.
Recently DIR. J. Wilbur Chapman.
the great evangelist. after having
been In Portland about three weeks.
before an audience OF 1000 men as.
sembled in the Portland Auditorium.
in vigorous terms defended the total
abstinence law as he had seen It. His
statement was received with loud and
long applause by the whole vast as
sembly.
Temperance does reduce poverty.
delinquency. dependency and crime:
prohibition does reduce the amount
Of liquor sold and consumed: prohibi'
tion tremendously hurts the liquor
trade. and this is the reason why pro
hibition is always opposed by the dis
tiller, the brewer. the liquor seller
and their emissaries."