Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-12-27
SPEECH.

II NOii
'ress december 10 Oh the subject of ma
wide prohibition.
The speech was sent to The Herald at
The Herald's request-for of
'eference.
The people who believe in prohibition
and nation Niie-wiIl find the
speech helpful and informing. The PEG
Die who do no believe in prohibition
will also find it helpful and informing
If they care to study the subject from
scientific standpoint.
we are most of us familiar with the
most OF the arguments on that subject,
,rO and con. In his speech Senator
sheppard announced himself for state
vide nation wide, world wide prohibi-
One Of the most interesting fea-
OF the address. Many people
many prOhibitiOnists even. will be sur
lrised to learn the extent of the world
vide movement at this time. We quote
few passages on that point. beginning
with a few words from the Crown
'fince of Sweden at H%osleholm.
L do not hesitate to say that the
people which first frees itself from
the influence of alcohol will in this
way acquire a distinct advantage
over other nations in the peaceful.
yet intense struggle. | hope it will
be u W people who will be first
to win this start over the others.
In Russia the sale of intoxicating
liquors is monOpoliZed by the Gov
eminent and the establishment Of
state vodka shops throughout the
country, causing a general increase
III drunkenness, has resulted i'm a
distinct movement against the use
Of alcohol. \ commission was an
pointed By the Duma in 1912 to.
investigate the liquor question.
and II of its recommendations was
that the following sentence should
be labeled on every bottle of vodka:
Man! Although thou hast bought
tins spirit. vet know that thou
drinkeSt poison which DESTROYS
thee. Before il is too late never buy
another bottle" (Signed) Minister
of Finance.
Twice within the last six wears
the Parliament of Finland has vot-
ed overwhelmingly for total Drohib-
ItlOn hnt fhn ynfn az tho C,,. N
Russia has prevented these meas
ures from becoming laws. The sen
timent i'll Finland is almost uniycr.
sal for complete. countrywide pro.
hibition.
Present Emperor of Germany said
in 1910. in a speech before the naval
cadets at Muerwick that the renu
citation of alcoholic drinks would
raise the people morally. and that
In the next naval war victory
would belong TO that nation which
would show the smallest consump-
ton Of alcohol.
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The building trades. the railway
systems, the chemical industry. the
insurance societies, and certain de-
partmcnt> OF The Government have
bg'n an active campaign against
acohol in Germany. There is no
Drawer and no more earnest body Of
men and women in the world than
the German prohibitionists.
In Austria the various temper
ance societies have united in a nat
ional antialcohOlic congress. which
Is making notable progress in expos
ing the terrors of drink. In Hungary
temperance organizations and tenn
perance principles are steadily
spreading. In 1912 a small but dis
inguished group of Hungarian won
en- issued an appeal to their sisters
throughout Hungary to join III the
fight against alcoholism an appeal
that should be published in every
language and in every country OF
the globe; an appeal that consti-
tutes one of the most effective in
dictments of the liquor traffic that
has yet been uttered.
In the Netherlands the sentiment
against alcohol is constantly grow
ing, and an unofficial test poll of
$4,000 votes has shown s. per rent
for entire prohibition. The annual
meetings of the Nethel& nds Asso-
citation for the Aboliti2 Of Alec
holic Liquors are he'll wonder