Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-11
W. C. Il. u. lssuEs ApohEss TO
STATE LIQUOR DEALERS
ASSOCIATION.
BUSINESS SEVERELY SCORED,
ASSOCIATION RErALlATE,
Controversy crsatss Stir Among Dele.
satss and Visitors - Speakers Take
Rap At "Welesme" and Defend Their
Business - Women Call saelon.
Home Wrseksrs.

nlb1tlon party Is the cancer Of the cen
fury and the iceberg Of the United
States. Its members seek to, destroy
not help. They would put out into the
streets the 225.000 liquor dealers of this
country and their families. Our law
makers should refuse to be dictated to
by these short haired women and long
haired men,"
7 Such was the declaration of NJ. F.
Farley of New York City, national
president Of the Retail Liquor Dealers
Association during the course of an ad
dress this morning in the commercial
club rooms at the opening session Of
the tenth annual convention Of the
Iowa LIQUOR Dealers Association.
Mr.. Farley was quite incensed over
the publication of the open letter of
greeting sent to the liquor dealers by
the Women's Christian Temperance
Union. Referring to the article he said ::
These busybodies always are in evil
dence." Sc
Robert ]. Halle of Chicago, national
secretary. also took rap at the au-
thors Of the welcome" and declared
that some OF the statements made
therein were Ties" Mr.. Halle urged
his hearers to be careful who was sent
to represent them in congress-tfat
every effort should be used to send a
senator from Iowa in place of William
S. Kenyon. who has been particularly
active in legislation against the ship
ping of LIQUOR. into the state from out
side points.
ANY man here ought to be able to
control twenty or thirty votes" said
Mr.. Halle. BE sure that these men
who represent you are not working
against your interests"
Creates Stir.
The open letter sent by the w. C. T.
U. was the sole topic of conversation.
Every delegate had copy of the paper
containing the greeting" and it was
freely predicted that the matter would
be discussed on the floor of the con-.
vention and that in all probability
some reply would be made and given
to the press.
For forty years. said Mr. Farley,
"the temperance forces have been pur-
suing our organization. The prohibs
do not seek to aid us-they simply
want to exterminate us. The only way
we can oppose them successfully is to
organize as a state and national body.
It's the only way we can make our
facts known"
Mr.. Farley told how. as president OF
the New York Liquor Dealers Asso-
citation he helped to get a bill passed
which cut down the number Of liquor
certificates 80 the right kind Of dealers
could maintain the business. He said
the liquor problem would be greatly
helped when states looked to the char
acter of the ones who were given Ii
censes and not the price which could
be obtained for them.
Touching on the greeting" from the
w. c. T. u, Mr.. Farley said that liz
uor Itself never made man, woman
or child drunkards unless the inherent
taste for liquor already was trait Of
their character.
He pointed out how much the liquor
men Of the country contributed to
charity and in times Of great disaster.
like the Ohio floods and the San
Francisco fire. He said he was glad
to be able to help in that sort of char
ity.
An UnwsIcoms Welcome.
For the first time in the history Of
any liquor dealers association, an ad-
dress Of welcome was issued yesterday
by the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union when the tenth annual conven-
ton Of the Iowa Liquor Dealers As
ISOLATION opened here yesterday.
The welcome, however, did not teenf
with words Of praise for the associa-
tion-it was more in the nature of a
protest against their welcome and it
took a few digs at Mayor Louis Roth,
who handed over the proverbial keys
of the city, as he does on every other
such occasion.
1T is quite usual in greeting such a
convention to enumerate its accom-
plishments and tell of its worth and
standing" the w. c. T. U. greeting
said. Courtesy to the individual
somewhat embarrasses us. Shall we
greet you as those who wreck homes.
debauch manhood, prostitute woman
hood and impoverish children?
Not Advertised.
1--WE fail to find a city that enumer-
ates among its advantages Its saloons.
The commercial club Of Cedar Rapids
advertises our manufacturing plants,
our churches. our schools and colleges,
but never once have the thirty-two
saloons Of the city been advertised as
reason for industries to locate here.
"Your representatives in this city
have lulled the city government to
sleep with the idea that their places of
business are law abiding. But the
motherhood Is aroused by the fact that
boys under age have been sold liquor
by saloon keepers here. SO much as to
produce delirium tremens. You should
understand. gentlemen, that the words
Of Mayor Roth do not represent the
thought Of the fatherhood and the
motherhood Of Cedar Rapids"
The greeting then calls attention to
a home products show recently held in
Cedar Rapids in which all lines Of bus
mess were represented except the sa-
looms. did the saloons Of Cedar Rap
ids use their wi1dows or were those
of other places used to exhibit their
finished product?" the greeting asks.
NO you will find these in the peni-
tentiaries where IS per cent of the In
mates are your graduates.
1T 10 strange that the political power
you WELD can stulify the officials Of a
nation, q state and city But 1t IL not
long to be 30. In the name Of human
ity, In the. name Of God. the 1000
members Of the Women's Christian
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