Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-10-04
Splendid Address Given by Mrs.
Necia Buck Of StarkWeather
At the w. G. +. III. Convention

satisfaction among the masses of the
people would indicate, that we are APP
preaching a great crisis. We who are
on the scene Of action today must
shortly pass on and another generation
must determine which Of our institu-
tons are worthy to endure which must
mode Of life has placed before them
to meet the c~'sis, whatever it may be-
whenever 1t may come. The present re-
sponsibiity. however, is not theirs but
ours. What preparation are we CIV
ing these young people upon whose
shoulders we must place this heavy
burden for their future responsibilities?
What ideals are we placing before
them? Are we in the home, the church,
the school, the city, the state the ma
ton. by precept and example instilling
within the hearts Of these young peo-
pie the moral fiber that will enable
them to face life and solve life's pro-
blems. Fathers, mothers, pastors tea
cheers, citizens, for not one is without
responsibility, let us t.linE deeply over
this question; it is not a light one
for. the preparations of our civiliza-
ton depends upon it, If they are re-
ceiving the training mentally, physical
ly and spiritually that will fit them to
meet the future and conquer it for
Righteousness, our nation is safe, if
not the future historian will record the
fact that our republic proved a failure
Great forces are at work for the des-
truction Of our youth and the real pro-
blem Of the day is not the high cost
of living, the tariff or the trusts but
the salvation Of the child.
| Foremost among the forces Of evil
which are despoiling our homes and
robbing the nation of its youth is the
liquor traffic, which forms the most
formidable trust that exists under the
stars and stripe today. 1t has CAPT.
talization Of $T1, 516000. The cost of
material for the manufacture Of all
liquors + one year is $l3e, 19s, 00o There
!; are employed by the manufacturers g.,
J $40 laborers to whom is paid annually
54,252 900 in wages. The wholesale value
of one years output is s6e2662o0o for
J which the people Of the United States
pay at retail 1.ssas5s2b, which is the
direct cost to the nation. Careful esti.
mates place the actual cost. direct and
], indirect, at 5000 10000, adding to the
direct cost. Of q, as. the cost Of
u caring for criminals, 80 rer cent Of all
crime being due directly or indirectly
, to liquor, the care Of the insane, 81
j per cent Of insanity being due to liquor
: the care Of the paupers imbeciles etc.
rs per cent Of which is due to liquor los.
} thru non-production. by citizens wht
E through drink are incapable Of averag,
, production and the waste of materia
and labor used in the manufacture O
l. liqupr.; $685.. .e-~.,
The liquor interests would have tn,
/ farmer believe that il prohibition pre-
1 vailed it would be most dlsasterous t.
: his interests Statistics show however
4 that the breweries and distilers use les
J, than two and one-half per cent of thu
: five leading grain crops and for ever,
L bushcl OF grain used for liquor forty
! four and three-fifths are used for legiti
g mate purposes. Turn the capital o
: the liquor Interests INTO the production
i Of the pecessities Of life and the farm
) ers market will undoubtedly be improv
: ed for the liquor traffic is a robber o
S both industry and labor, for they EN-
). ploy fewer laborers to the amount o
r production than any other industry an
# return to the laborer less for every dol
l. lar Of product. To illustrate: the whole
s sale value of all liquor products is $500,
8 100000, the wholesale value Of cotto,
g goods but lite more-Sd2S 10000. Blu
: the liquor industry employees $3.50 per
e sons. while the cotton industry EN-
d ployes $4,000. Again. United States cen
. sus statistics show that seven leadin
j. industries return an average Of twenty
n three cents to labor for every dollar Q
e product while the liquor tragic return
d seven and two-thirds cents. II the
It s1s9, 1s9, 900 dollars worth Of material us
S ed to manufacture liquor were manu-
If featured into bread and retailed a
d five cents per loaf it would bring abou
f $500 100000. Out pf every dollar spen
l. for beer seven cents goes to the wag
Garner and ten cents to the farmer, on
e of every dollar spent for bread, six
f teen cents for wages and thirty-sevs
II cents goes to the farmer for his "a,
J. material. Out of every dollar spent 70
g whisley eight-tcnths of one cent re
ID turns to the wage Garner and four an
# nine-tenths goes to the farmer. III
N grain wasted in making alcoholic lio
a uors last year would have made neal
S. ly six million Ioaves of bread-enoug
is to have given one loaf every day for
e year to 15O0O.OCO families Turn from
I'd the financial side of this question an
consider the finished product of tho
j. libuor traffic and the raw material US
r cd to produce it. 100000 of our citi
r zens. saloon finished, each year fl
e drunkards graves. 100000 boys form tn
Il raw material that the traffic demand
II to fill up the ranks Of those who hay
: fallen. Craze in pity upon the process
;e slons of widows and orphans, beref
e that the Golfers of the liquor interest
n may be filed. Cow your heads Will
l. the agonized prayers Of American
1t motherhood go up to Almighty God tina
= their boys may be saved from the nun
is der mills Of the liquor traffic. Liste
1t to the wall Of 1000 babies tina
e were last year overland by drunken
It mothers; in horror gaze on the pict
o ure Of the father who crazed by drinl
st hold up his own day old baby an
Is before the eyes Of its agonized mothe
& beat out it's brahms with his fist; thin
Of the unprepared soul Of Rosentha
IS hurled into eternity by gun men wht
l. hardened criminals tho they were. coul
Is not shoot him down In cold blood u
! til they had drawn courage from tn
r bottle; thank your Heavenly father tha