The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-08-29
TlI
OF Protest is Adopted and
Signed and Is to Be Sent
To Washington City.

To the PreAident, Secretary OF state
and Secreatry OF Agriculture.
we. ,the CHRISTIAN Flndeavor SocIe-.
ties young PEOPLES Baptist Unions.
and Enwortf I,eaEtfes Of clarksburE.
w. va. in union meeting this the ~.
dav Of August. 1911,
Do declare that.
whereas. BY abundance OF evil.
dence II Is proven beyond all doubt
that the manufacture and sale of
beer and other alcirohoIic LIQUORS for.
beveraEs purposes, as dispensed
through saloon sand otherwise, is a
great menace to public welfare in
that II is a corrupter of politics. a
nrodncer Of uaupers. inedrfates, and
criminals. that II wastes an enor-'
mans amount Of food products, pro-
ductiye labor. and one and one-ha1f
million dollars annually; that the IL
o,,or tradfc is an arch-enemy to hui
man ne homes. happiness. and our
great American institutions; that the
highest courts have decreed that the
nouor trah4c for beverage purposes
bes M inherent or constitutional
rfgbt n exist. and
wrt5F,BFoAs. the Honorable P. c.
Iynox secretary of state. on the 18th
5ov ~ Tune 1a11. did lsrite n circular
Io++ar q, nenartment of state paper
i - of7cia1s oF onr government an.
rI,,,nciro, that :. the department is
advised that there will be held in the
It., 80 rvbjcsco October 18Th to 22nd,
-. +ho second Information Brewers
C,rDo-oe. ara an International Barley
90 Hon Pr,ze EXHIBIT. It is the
v,,,,rroso ~ this congress- to discuss
-,s--icu1trra1 scientific. technical and
-ootoIos,ica1 Questions connected with
~, t,e,,,i,,,-ord allied Industries.
srI,o sacra+arv Of agriculture OF the
T7ri.ed gates the Hon. James wilson
-. oc,o-+o,1 an invftatfon to act as
L., 800, president of this Congress
80 &c RATED states Department Of
!. .-,,o,,,.,,-. ,,,f11 no ranraseuted by a
comic o,,1,t,,5+,,. and
u,HHRnAs suc action and par
,f,fr.tIo1 81 brewers. congress by
orr government oafcfals would
a ,,,ornt' N a serious offense against
o,,, cIvi,fza tion. and an insult to the
CbristIan neonle of American; and
Iy1tTER,EA.s our government ofH--E
o;ois have No moral right to form /.
s,,cr nv aIlfo,ce with a. Brewers t
C,onaress and thereby give reeognI-
+ior, and commit our government to
~ axtapt ~ fnrnIshinp> "a seeming
stondtr, ana responsibility to this |
shameful and diabolical liquor traffic:
thera
RESOLVE. 1st. that we. the
Young Peoples Christian organiza-
tfons Of Ciarksburg, In view OF the
a hove and numerous other facts, af-
ter prayerf,Il consideration, do here
IN, record our earnest protest against
this pnholy alliance, and most re-
snec,snIIv netitfon our President. the
Hon william II. Taft, to use his in
1,,ence and power, that this apparent |
,,ovarnment alliance with the liquor !
t,.e,o he called on. and we earnestly
netitIon the secretary OF state the
EJon q Knox. and the secretary of
= ,rrIc,,1,ura the Hon. James Wilson. |
- reconsider their action in connec-
tIon with this brewers Congress and
abstain from participating In or fur
t,,sr recopnizing this or any other
H,..,,or ,,a,7,s congress- during their
nt#ciol reIotfon to the people, to the
"a +hot righteousness may be adj
,anced GOOD government maintained. !
ord the true God glorified.
T,7sC,1 WE'D ond, that this action !
-, aToIo1rv signed nv the proper i
,ot,.,ars 90 our difrerent organizations. !
"a COMES or the same sent to the
ano,e named government officials,
ano'. .rn nrovs