The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-07
Bishop Anderson Asserts
Liquor Institution Is Most
Expensive Business Ameri-
can People Can Support.
DR.. LYONS EXPLAINS
STAND OF PREACHERS
President Kelly Points Out
Advantages of Drys to
Help Welfare of Earlham
College.


lose several score of students if Rich
mond goes wet at the local option
election March "a. President r. L.
Kelly, addressed the crowd waiting for
Bishop W. F. Anderson at the taber-
nacle last night.
Local statistics showing why. in
their belief, Richmond should go dry,
will be given at every temperance
meeting at the tabernacle herafter, S.
Edgar Nicholson chairman of the dry
forces, announced last night, and read
police court report showing that
half Of the arrests in the city for 1918
were for intoXication.
Bishop Anderson, who was the
speaker at a banquet at the First NJ.
Z. church. was loudly applauded by
the audience
Kelly Speaks.
While awaiting him, S. Edgar Mich
olson, Prof. Kelly and the Rev. S. R.
Lyons made short talks, Mr.. Nichol-
son turning the chair over to Presi-
dent Kelly
The schools. churches, wives
mothers, brothers and sisters, physi-
clans and manufacturers are for a
dry town." President Kelly said. Il
believe that the intelligent labor fac
tion will vote dry. I don't know what
to say about the business men. But
you people must stand up and show
them where to stand.
The business side Of the wet or
dry town has been much emphasized
IN this campaign The fact that there
will be fifty or more empty store rooms
has been played upon. But if this
town goes wet and Earlham loses
twenty students-and it will lose sew
eral times that number-Richmond
will lose far more by them than 1t
will by the fifty empty store rooms"
Explains Ministers Stand.
DR.. Lyons proclaimed the stand of
the Ministerial association. and said
the ministers had been criticized be
cause they had taken too little part
in the campaign. The reason. he said.
was the fact that in the campaign Of
several weeks ago, the ministers had
been severely criticized for taking too
great a part
President Kelly, DR., Lyons and S.
Edgar Nicholson asked the people to
read an afternoon paper which has
openly declared itself dry.
We want YOU to get that paper and
read every thing in it, President Kel-
~ said I'VE thank God there is an
editor with the moral courage to come
forward for the drys Read that let
ter from Winchester man, signed by
fifty of the cream of Winchester S
merchants. and see if that is dead
town because it's dry. Read the com
munications and editorials We want
you to get everything in it that is
dry"
Bishop Anderson's speech was kept
short because of his late arrival, but
the minister made al impression on
the audience.
Saloons Expensive.
THE American saloon is the most
expensive institution that the Ameri-
can people can support, the bishop
said. Men addicted to liquor waste
their substance. Here are some of the
results. There are 100000 paupers
being supported by this country, many
of them in that condition because of
drink. There are 10000 in institu
tions for feeble minded, many of them
because Of the use of intoxicants
There is an insane population of about
100000, The prison population mum
b2rs about 100000. During the past
year a half million came and went
from the prisons.
"On Monday, February 16, a Gin
cinnati paper printed a story which
no one could believe. 1t declared that
from 7 o'clock Sunday morning until
Z O'Clock Monday morning there had
not been a single arrest in that wicked
city Of Cincinnati. The people We're
so astonished that they telephoned tC
police headquarters to verify the
story.
"A Covington minister asked one OF
the oldest men on the force if he haC
ever seen anything of the kind be
fore. and if the closing Of the saloons
on Sunday had anything to do witt
it. That has everything to do with it.
the policeman told him. No, | have
never seen anything like it before
Example Of Kansas.
"ksnsas is good example OF what
the shutting ont Of the saloons NEAR
to q city. county or state. Out Of 10;
Kansas counties. 81 have no insane
o6 have no inebriates, 65 have nc
prisoners. 98 county poor farms have
no inmates. SO jails are standing emp
ty. The illiteracy Of the state has de
creased to less than per cent. 1t is
the richest state in the union.
Business at Steubenville, O., the
biggest town in Ohio to vote dry. is
booming. The town has a population
of 10000 and a Personal Workers
LEAGUE of one thousand men.
"If the people spend their money
for rum instead OF for wholesome
things, so much depreciates the stand
ing Of the community. What does the
saloon DO for the moral we'll being
OF a community?
What does the saloon mean for the
moral efficiency of the workmen of {