The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-06
MRS. JOBsOM GOES
At TER De MON RUM
President of Bi-Connty Handles
Liquor Traffic Without
Gloves.
READS ANNUAL , PAPER
Body Adopts Resolution Urging
Expulsion-of Conflicting
Organizations.
READS ANNUAL , PAPER

Sic semper tyrsnno, or down with
the tyrant.
Making this slogan the keynote of
her paper, Mrs. J. Tyler Jobson, presi-
dent Of the regular bi~county Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union of
Henrico and Hanover, handled the liz
quor traffic without gloves in her an
nual address delivered Tuesday morn
ing before the union in Laurel Street
Methodist church.
THE liquor trade is a tyrant and
should be crushed under the heel of
every Christian man and woman of
Virginia declared Mrs. Jobson in
unequivocal terms.
1T is not only our privilege, but
our duty, 10 crush it out of existence"
she continued, "and let us rememb Der
that To the true and faithful the vic
tory shall come. We have much to he
thankful for. To-day for the first
4 time we have a city that has not a
single saloon at a transfer point. This
is due to the work Of the w. c. I. L.,
! but it is a wee thing compared with
/ the great amount of work yet to he
done.
/ Liquor Traffic Wide Awake.
The liquor traffic is not asleep ii
Is wide awake, Vigilant and active.
! 1t makes hypocritical promises of re-
/ form to mislead the public. Through
newspapers which do its bidding, ii
I publishes false statements about the
/ failure of prohibition and the viz
tues of wine and beer. it has def
mite program in view. Above all. il
aims to encourage Illegal liquor sell
ing in dry counties, so that the law
may be a dead letter and thus prove
that prohibition does not prohibit.
In delivering his charge to the
grand jury In Wheeling. W. Va. re-
cent Judge Dayton declared that the
government spends $40 Furnishing
crimes committed because Of the use
of liquor for every dollar of revenue
collected from the traffic
Praise for Taft.
''All praise to President Taft for his
recent order to the treasury depart
ment to the effect that in prosecu-
ttons for violation of the interna
revenue laws in prohibition territory
there shall be no compromise with of.
that the government authorities shall
prosecute under the criminal section
of the United States statutes, anC
| wherever possible secure prison SEN
| fences
Quoting a recent issue of the Amer,
lean Grocer. Mrs. Jobson recited the
following facts and figures bearing OF
the liquor traffic
The consumption of liquors ha
decreased $1l0,185, 600 in the last twt
| years.
During 1909 the consumption o
liquors was as follows Whiskey
S556,s13,331: beer, ss7.s72.542; wines
| Sl0T, 219.900. Total, S1,554,005,S63
For 1907 the estimated total retail
cost OF liquor was sI.664.191.463. Ac
| cording to the bureau of statistics, tn.
1 population increased 2,749,966 in tn.
same length of time. The per capt.;
use OF spirits is the smallest since
1900, and of beer since 1906.
Opposed to License.
In another part of her address, Mrs
Jobson made this comment: The w
G. T. u, has always been opposed I,
license because what is morally wronl
cannot be made legally right. The II
cense system leads to lawlessness ant
intrenches the saloon behind the bull
warks of greed"
Unstinted applause was accorded
Mrs. Jobson as she took her seat. Tn,
body then proceeded to get down t,
regular business. Prior to Mrs. Job
sons address an interesting welCom
ing address was delivered by Mrs. p
A. Radford. Miss Mamie Bates, tn,
new president of Dorset w made thu
response In words httingly appropri
ate.
The body adopted set of resolution.
urging that "all conflicting bodies ht
expelled from. the State organization.
Carried Unanimously.
The resolutions. which carried un-
animously. have reference to the fed
Grated bi-county union which seeded
some months ago, according TO tht
words of one of those who participated
in the Tuesday morning meeting.
The resolutions will be read on the
floor of the State convention when i
| meets in Portsmouth the latter of thi:
| month and 1t is expected that the ex
| act status OF the two conflicting unions
in Henrico and Hanover will be deter
| mined at that time.
The secretary of the meeting of th'
State convention directed to read tn,
resolutions on the floor regardless o
what opposition might develop agains
such procedure.
/ officers for the ensuing year viii be
chosen at the afternoon session. Mrs
Johnson Will again be elected president
il Is understood.
Tuesday night. the convention will
| be brought to d close with a grand
gold medal contest that is expected tc
eclipse all previous events of the kind.