The Washington herald., 1913-11-30
Du1widdie, Temperance Lobbyist Leads
National Campaign to Outlaw Liquor
Countrywide Plans for ED
ucation" Being Executed
as Preliminary to "Final
Step in Elimination Of Sa-
looms, Distilleries and
Breweries.

temperance questions. Second, we let
IL be known that we should prevent, il
possible, the election of any man to Of
nee who was opposed to temperance
legislation.
Our early policy remains unchanged.
We engage in no abusive campaigns.
The facts are obtained and given to the
voters. The members of churches and
Of young peoples societies and good men
generally are supplied with accurate in
formation. Usually that is enough. We
have shown the power Of the temper
ance movement over and over again. not
alone in legislative districts OF States.
but in Congressional districts all over
the country.
He Is Not n Muckrnl<er. ---.
"our methods in politics are open. We
do not wear rubber heels. We do not
carry bulFs-eye lanterns. We do not
steal up to a man and stab him In the
back We fight face to face in the day
light, but We fight to win.
Another thing: The legislative bodies
of the country are composed Of men who
want to do right / have been working
at State capitals and in Washington for
more than twenty years. i am no muck
raker, because there is little II any muck
to rake. Bad men get into office. Such
men are everywhere. But on the whole
our lawmakers are inherently sound
They may yield at times to political in
fuence. when, II let alone, they would
have voted against a moral wrong. Prac-
tically there Is no favorable sentiment
in this country for the liquor business
outside Of those persons who own dis
tilleries breweries and saloons.
'I have Just returned from Italy" Mr.
Dinwiddie went on to say. where ! at
tended the international congress on
alcoholism. Eleven hundred delegates
were present from thirty-four nations.
Italy makes more wine than does any
other country in the world. but drunken
ness there has increased 800 per cent
during the last few years and the gov
ernment is apprehensive. Once Italy was
a temperate nation, but many Of its men
emierated to America, learned to drink
immoderately and, returning home,
spread the habit by example among
their friends, acquaintances, and reia-
tives. So we were welcomed to Milan by
Signor Falcioni, the Under Secretary OF
State.
The physicians Of Italy are the lead
ers Of the national temperance move
ment Indeed. physicians everywhere
in Europe are pointing out the injurious
physical effects OF alcohol Our own
physicians, however. remain silent on the
subject. In Europe, drunkenness Is
looked upon both as a medical and social
question. Many physicians and sociolo-
gists were delegates TO the conven-
ton. The fact that Emperor william OF
Germany has become a teetotaler and
that Mr.. Bryan recently served grape
Juice at a diplomatic dinner caused
great deal OF comment.
Competition Compels Sobriety.
at was openly confessed on the floor
of the convention that those countries
showing decadence under the pressure oi
modern conditions could directly trace
their loss Of strength and influence 10
alcohol Thus spoke, not the ciersymen
of Europe, but the scientists, business
men, statesmen, and labor leaders OF
England, France, Germany itaiy' ano
even Russia. Temperance with them Is
an economic question. They realize that
in the fierce competition between nations
the people Of the successful nations are
sober, while the people OF the nations
slowly falling into decay are not SOBER
The campaign for the control OF the
lluuor business Is worldwide and Is en-
eaging the thought of the foremost men
of Great Britain and Continental Europe.
Guy Hayler, the famous Enghsh student
of the liquor problem, says that the rise
and progress of the modern temperance
movement is one OF the maryels of e
wonderful century Begun he con
tinues, in the dawn of the nineteenth
century by humble working people, II has
developed into one of the greatest
agencies for the uplift of humanity anu
the progress of nations And 1 add. >"
Mr.. Dinwiddie said, that temperance is
the one great issue of civilization"
Nevertheless" interrupted, "the
government figures show that the Amer
lean people are drinking more liquor than
ever before"
Government statistics give the num-
ber of gallons of liquor withdrawn from
bonded warehouses and not the quantity
consumed" Mr.. Dinwiddie answered.
But I shall not split hairs over a grave
matter. 1 am willing to admit that the
consumption of liquor in the United
States is increasing Notwithstanding the
fact that half Of our population are liv-
ing in regions where liquor selling Is pro-
hibited. We know, however. that great
deal less liquor is consumed in prohibi-
ton States than was the case formerly.
THE only answer to make to the fig-
ures of the government is that liquor