The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-12
Same Arguments Used in
Speech Here Yesterday as
in Former Campaign
SUBMITS FIGURES
ON LIQUOR TRAFFIC
Says if Birmingham Will Give Pro-
hibition a Fair Trial for Five
Years the Saloons Will
Never. Come Back

I'm the name of the paupers, of the
800 600 criminals, of the 100000 maniacs, Of
the 10.000,00o broken hearted mothers. or
legions and legions of starving children
| indict the liquor traffic in Birmingham
and in the state of Alabama for destroy
ing homes' declared ex-Gov. r. b.
Glenn of North Carolina at the mass
meeting at the Bijou theatre yesterday
afternoon.
The meeting was held under the aus
rices of the Anti-Sa1oon league of Ala
bama and was presided over by John w.
Sibley. crowd that packed the lower
floor of the theatre and a scattering au-
dience in the balcony heard Governor
Glenns speech, which was a caustic ciit-
icism of legaized saloons.
Governor Glenn spoke for an hour end
| % minutes and was frequently inter-
rupted by bursts of applause. Ills address
| was ipterspersed by frequent anecdotes
| that caused much mirth in the audience.
| Governor Glenn was introduced by Mr.
| Sbley, who spoke briefly of the objects
of the meeting and read an editorial
| from the Saturday Evening Post on the
| operation of the prohibition law in Kan
| sas.
| Speaks Without Malice
| In opening Governor Glenn stated that
he had no malice toward anyone. no
matter what his occupation. lie loved
every one, he said, and spoke to all. lie
then took up the liquor question, saying
that if it was a good thing why restrict
! it? Let down all the bars, he said, IL 1t
were good thing, and permit it to be
sold to any one anywhere. But suppose
| it were not a good thing, he continued
then it should be driven from tie
| state.
The business is not good thing, he
declared. and challenged any saloon
keeper, brewer or anyone connected with
the business present to come on the
platform and say that it was He re-
peated his challenge emphatcally, but
there was no response The challenge
| had been given everywhere he said.
with like results.
| Governor Glenn said that "33 1-3 per
cent of the maniacs, 40 per cent of the
idiots, 50 per cent of the/cruety, 20 per
cent of the hoboism, 70 per cent of the
crime and so per cent of the poverty
were caused by strong drink. ''Then
| how can decent men stand for the busl-
ness?" he asked.
| There are two reasons" he said,
| "avarice and appetite. There are men
who know the business is a curse yet
for money they will carry it on. There
are newspapers that will point out it's
merits in their columns.
Bit of Good in Every Man
"They say there is little bit of good
in every man and every woman, no mat
ter how low they have fallen. and | ap-
peal to that bit to help us drive this
curse from the land.
| They say there will be poverty IL
whisky goes, that prohibition hurts bust
ness that with prohibition in Alabama
grass would grow in the sterets of Biz
mingham That has not been the ex-
perience of North Carolina. There has
been wonderful progress in my state
since prohibition went into effect. If
strong drink helps business won't some
banker. or some merchant, or some rail
road man tell me why they refuse to
employ drunkards?
| Money can't occupy two places. 1t
can't go into your stomach and on your
back at the same time. Therefore take
the money wasted for strong drink and
| apply it to betterment of the state
| Governor Glenn here contrasted condi-
tions in North Carolina before and after
| prohibition, saying that the state was
much more prosperous after than be-
| fore. that there were better roads, bet
ter schools and more factories
you have great city here" he said,
| "a mighty city If the desire to be GOOD
| Is present. If the money in the WHISKY
| traffic were taken out of this and put
/ into legitimate business the city would
! blossom. l appeal to the womanhood
and manhood of the state to drive TINS
| business from the borders of this COM
| monwealth.
Not Given Fair Trial
.eThey say that prohibition don't pro-
hibit, that it was given fair trial 1t
| didn't get a fair trial. The baby was
| strangled before it could walk and it
was a pretty lusty infant at that. Give
| prohibition fair trial of five years and
you will never go back. Why in l9l2 there
were 3O6 murders in Jefferson county dGd
| in the years of prohibition there were only
| 1856.
| amy man is in business to make
money. If more liquor was sold when
| prohibition was in effect than with the
| open saloon. don't you know that the
| brewers would be working for prohlbi-
4 ton? Yet at a meeting recently of this
association $4,000, 600 was appropriated to
bring the southern states back into the
wet column.
! 1.-The report of Royal f. Cabell, conf
missioner of internal revenue, shows that
more whisky was drunk In 1912 than ever
! before, and I say it with shame. He
| gave two reasons. First, that over 1,3ffl,-
600 immigrants are coming into the
| United States yearly and all have their
thirst. The second reason is that the
women have begun to drink like the
men, What of the coming generation? ?
God help that nation when the mothers
| begin to drink What a race of degen-
crates it will be*
| 1.-THE report of Mr.. Cabell gave one
| loophole of cheer. In the wet states the
per capita consumption of liquor was %
gallons and in the dry states but one
gallon The money spent per capita for
strong drink in the wet states was s23
and in the dry 81. What is the remedy?
Drive out the curse.
Some Religious Statistics
"The census of 1910 gave the popl;ia-
| tion of the United States as 920 u(D