The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-02-14
SALOO WHAC KED
FROM DETROIT
PULPITS
Addresses Boosting Cause of Temper
ance Made in 70 Churches and
Pledges of Moral and Finan-
cial Support Follow.
Proper Application of Public Opinion
Only Cure For Liquor Traffic, De-
clares E. H. Cherrington.

The pulpits OF 80 Protestant
churches in Detroit and neighboring
communities were given over Sunday
10 the cause OF temperance Ii was
Anti-saloon sunday. and the results
were highly gratifying 10 George w.
MORROW, superintendent OF the Anti
Saloon league I'm Michigan. II Is rs
timated that fully 10000 people heard
the addresses.
IL was the biggest day OF the kind
Michigan has ever seen" declared Mr..
Morrow III showed that tie people
are with MS IN this movement"
As result of the services. great
number OF pledges OF moral and iinan-
cial support in the ieagus fight
against the saloon were received.
One OF the strongest addresses was
that given by Ernest II. Cherrington.
editor OF THE American Issue. the
organ OF the American Anu-Saloon
league. in the Jeferson-ave Presby-
terrain church, Sunday morning
There is only one real plan FOR re-
form-the creation and proper appll
cation OF public opinion, he said.
There rs no other way To solve the
saloon problem II IL must be solved
II must be decided like other great
questions. There is no question as to
who is to solve g. The people as a
whole must decide They must unite
In common cause
The real value OF every religion
has consisted In the. ability al that
religion to relieve human suffering
and To establish on earth Gods real
kingdom OF righteousness. II consists
as well IN the desire 10 help brighten
the dark places on this earth
When VIC measure the progress OF
moral reform i'm the past. the gain
shows itself I'm unmistakable terms.
New Hampshire. in 1900. placed a law
on the statute books that no innkeeper
should permit 4 man 10 drink I'm his
place late on Saturday. or on Sunday
In case of conviction the man who
violated the low would have 10 pay
the fine. In l75T Georgia enacted a
law that no tradcsman should be
granted a license it ne were able to
make livinc by common means Of
labor. South Carolina and Virginia
also passed j law providing that no
minister OF tie gospel should give him
self up to drinking.
The movement against the liquor
traffic grew steadily until. in the past
% years. ~ different aud important
Temperance societies have been form
ed. The time has come 10 utilize pub.
lie sentiment Temperance reform
can he brought about by united ef.
fort In Kentucky as ont of 40 conn
ties have excluded the saloon. The
spread Of the temperance wave IN
othor southern states is we'll known
Ont OF SIS counties in Ohio. c. have
gfo . no
20 ldry' counties out OF total OF 81:
In Illinois. three-quarters Of the terri
tory IL dry. There are ! 800 600 peo-
pie in the United States living on soil
where tho saloon has been abolsn-u
One-fourth Of the wet territory In this
country is in the large centers Of pop.
ulation. There are 2SSJ counties i'm
the United States or this number
1,756 are under the nolicense system
There are no saloons I'm 30 counties
IN Michigan, - counties are 10 vote
on the liquor question this spring, and
nine other counties that are already
dry will vote, too
The people i'm the large cities.
where the liquor trafic is rhe strong
est, must be reached The truth will
help create great conscience on this
question Then he people as whole
will decide ir the saloon-the enemy
OF the church and every moral insti-
tuition of the land --shall he allowed to
continue in business
The Rev. Purlcy A. Baker, supcrin-
tendent OF the American And-Saloon
league. commented ON the fact that
Amos Musselman. one OF the candi-
dates for The gubernatorial nomina-
Iion. has declared himself Ia favor OF
prohibition. in an address in the North
Woodward NJ f. church
81 IL speaks well for a community"
he said when public sentiment is
educated to such high pitch that a
candidate for governor makes the
question an issue in his campaign
The speaker declared that the sa-