The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-23

he LIQUOR goes beyond lis province
IN e...y dii ,tion for instance IN
Aeep,lg soou men out Of Office.
III Is mace ana sold py those who
own that 1t Is tor money alon".
An,ewu iiyuor dealers Nil not en-
10y ar,una. Us Ia their business ano
q not want their children TO drlnk.
A.uch harm lis done TO the cause b.
many apslalners. VINO assert that Hio-
| h...t,on Is a failure, n by an IN
founoeH p%rejaoice against abrldgins
d i.anS PEI sonal rls nt-
Inc reiterated the neceS-
sitv Of watching the manipulation -
! the LIQUOR men and keeping up tho
~ tie referred to the efficacy %
variants authorized by Legislative en-
tine by which la~W-preakerS can
DC caught. Personally. said AIR. Ward.
ne hau proven tins to be practlcahle.
though in mos localities it is not
! 1esoi1ed to. In spite OF many asser-
tons that prohibition is failure il
| New Bern. the United States Commls~
s,oner states that it is working We'll.
AS regards the sending Of money
cut of the State for liquor, this is
no new hin and the fact is nothing
against prohibitlon. 1t is a hopeful
ASPECT Of the question that lnten-
pel is a comparatively new DIS
! Ease Of human nature. While larceny.
i ignting and many offence against tho
laws are inherited through many gen
erations and are hard to eradicate
through the strength Of heredity.
Llauor-drinkign has by no means so.
firm a hold on human nature. There
fore temperance people should take
heart and press on.
L. T. RIGHTsELI.
The Resolutions Adopted.
Following is the report Of the
-, ~ cd
by the Anti-Saloon League District
convention:
k~inston, y. c., q 10, 1912.
We your Committee on Resolu-
tons, beg leave to submit the follow
ing report
I. Prohibition is a success in North
Carolina. The fact that North Caro-
lima uses less than two gallons or
liquor per capita, as compared with
twenty-three gallons per capita
throughout the nation: that crime
has decreased, according to the stat
istics given out by the chief Justice
and attorney-general OF the State:
that banks have more canital stock
and hold more Of the peoples money
on deposit than formerly; that the
school property OF the State has in
creased four-fold since the enact
Tnent of the Watts law; that politics
has been rid of its most corrupting
influence, and that industry and fru-
galitY have increased, subStantiate
this proposition. Therefore, we re-
cord our approval of this law, and
will oppose any man or movement
which undertakes to weaken or an
null it.
/ 2. This temperance reform. like all
others. requires time and education.
:, Continued agitation is necessary to
tone up public sentiment. The work
If ~ nrn1 Cr,n ~,1~ - l---A
, a generation OF personal ~bstaine
. must be reared and trained. To this
end we call the attention of editors.
. school men and teacher to the law
q relating to scientific temperance in
struetions in the public schools en-
q acted by the Legislature OF 1907, and
urge its faithful execution. The An
b ti-Saloon League is now operating a
e total abstinence department, known
as the Lincoln Legion, for the pur-
| pose OF aiding Sunday Schools and
other young peoples societies to in
duce the young to sign the pledge
g Already one million members haya
a been enrolled. We urge Sunday
Schools and other societies to avail
h themselves Of this agency for in
!, d~octrinating the young.
3. The prohibition laws are vel,
enforced IN most sections OF he
State and poorly enforced in a few.
q any "nefe proves the
possibility OF enforcement every-
where. and to this end we will work.
Inc ll4ucr Interests are trying nv
J. n'isrep' esentation and
ment. to. bring the law into disrepute
e WIN the purpose Of citing the Leg
r ls!aIure to annul it. and we warn the
friends OF the cause against these in
lqultous efforts. and urge them ia
e suppo1t men Tor office. who will up-
ae hold the law. We advocate the nass-
% age of a search and seizure law 20 -,
se ald TO the enforcement OF the nro-
al hlbitinn laws. ~
es 4. the present interstate commerce
ag law protecting liquor shipped init
IN ors territory, is unjust to the yarions
&c ~ 1ion"eaitns In fact, it amounts
~ ,su:la' interference with State