Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-05-12
A Trumpet Call.

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ringing, bugle-like note. He pro-
longed the note until it echoed
over hill and dale. He blew the
trumpet in a fierce, final blast that
tingled upon the ear, and set every
heart to beating. For this trumpet
blast meant war. Its clear, ring
ing tones were a call, "To arms!
to arms! the kings throne is in
dangerl"
To-day a trumpet sound rings
over all Missouri. Fierce its blast
calls men to action, to war, to
buttle. Long and longer again
sounds the note of appeal. To
whom2 This time to women.
sob, women of Missouri! Arouse
ye! arouse vel" Wives and
daughters, sisters and sweethearts
of more than half a million Mis-
souri, men; mothers of a million
Missouri boys and of a million
Missouri girls, do you not see that
the fate of your boys hangs in the.
balance? 100000 of these bright
manly boys will become drinking
men if saloons stay in our state.
Will it be your boy? Your son?
Thousands of these sweet innocent
girls will be ruined in the wine-
parlors of Missouri's great cities,
for to-day the saloon is not con-
tent with getting the boy, but it is
sacrificing the girl to draw the
trade, and to satisfy the lust of
drink inflamed customers. Have
you a girl to spare for this blacklist
of traffics?
Women of Missouri, this is the
battle hour. You may live to an
extreme old age and lever again
have such a sublime opportunity
to work for a glorious cause. If
Missouri goes dry it does much
toward taking the nation dry. Ii
the state goes dry, that act alone
closes every distillery, every
winery, every brewery, every beer
garden, every saloon, every wine.
parlor, every wholesale liquor
house and every beer depot in the
entire state. Not another saloon
sign will creak in the breeze, and
not another local whiskey adver-
tisement appear in the newspapers.
Instead of the government of the
state being behind the liquor traf-
6c it will be fighting it. 1t will be
a stupendous gain.
Rest assured the liquor forces
of the state recognize that it would
be their Waterloo for Missouri to
adopt state wide prohibition.
They are ready to give literally
from their swollen fortunes to
prevent this catastrophe to their
trade. They are ready to whip
business men into line with scare
cries of depression and bank
ruptcy that they loudly claim
would follow prohibition, and
truly it would depress and bank
rupt them! ready to make black
seem white in spacious promises
to curb the lawless saloon and to
drive out the dive, and they are
ready to plead personal liberty 10
contieue their business, though it
breaks women's hearts, and fills
penitentiaries.
Women must stand like a wall
against these foaming waves Of
false logic and Misrepresentation.
We must fight for our homes, for
Dur husbands and sons and for
our little ones. There is no COM
promise for US. No license high
enough for us, no regulation
drastic enough for us, when it
comes to the liquor traffic. 1t
must go, root, stem and branch.
The fight is on to the death.
Come from the home be it man
sion, cottage or howell, so that it is
on Missouri soil. Join our ranks,
you on the mountain top, or you
by the swampy lowlands, on the
prairie or in the woods. Fall into
the line from every church, for we
are all sisters in this warfare
against the greatest enemy Of the
home. Rebekahs, Eastern Stars,
Royal Neighbors, club women and
X. W. Y. AIS are welcome, thrice
welcome into our ranks. The w.
Q. 7. ", thousands strong, are
armed for battle. Regiments OF
recruits are coming from the
cities. The towns, village and
country are uprising. Shall a
woman be left that loves God, Or
home or native land? No, for we
need them all. Let us work and
sing and pray, and may God give
us the victory.
LORA s. LAMANrE.