Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1914-07-17

eannsl CoEtes, = travelling man for
IN Insoun 6zn, who covers this
tsEsilesy svsry year and we'll known
il ~ oouihvsst, was = Dsming Wis
tier IL wssk, stopping over here
a NJ vay 10 u Pacific coast.
II von1sr," said Mr.. Carter. ''if
ths people ever stop to think how
LITTLE ~ thszs u made Of intoxicat-
ing liquors By the present generation
Of commsrcial travellers. Some TWEEN
" ysars ego the largest item Of q
travelling mans expense account was
for wet goods' to stimulate trade.
II was supposed to Be necessary to
take q customer out and show him
the town and to try and drink up oil
the whisky they could find. but that
Kind Of campaigning for business
viii not do now. There isn't one trav-
cling man in q hundred who uses
intoxicants on the road today, and
there is not firm in existence that
will allow such items in the expense
account. Even among whisky and
wine drummers the rule Of abstinence
applies. Prohibition is gaining ma
tion-wide power, and the inmates Of
many Of our prisons are aiding in
the movement.
"Out Of q total Of 147S prisoners
confined in the Eastern Penitentiary
of Pennsylvania, zoos have signed
petition which will be submitted to
the next legislature asking statewide
prohibition.
"The petition is probably the
strongest sociological argument ever
made against the liquor traffic.
without q word or even a sugges-
ton from Warden McKenty the pris-
oners confined signed their names
and in many instances volunteered to
20 before Legislative committee
and tell how drink has wrecked their
lives.
1.-THE vote was taken on Independ-
ence day and was made public this
week. On each petition was an APP
peal to make Independence day men,
orable by signing the petition.
att is unique and the most manly
document ever sent from a penal in
stitution,' was the terse comment of
Warden McKenty. 1T is an appeal
to decent men serving in the legis
lature to come to the aid of unfor-
Inmates confined in this institution.
Seventy percent of the prisoners
claim that their downfall is due to
rum. II is certainly wonderful ar
gument against the liquor traffic.
"Three months ago the Umpire, the
little paper published by the convicts
started crusade against drink. Let
tiers began to flow in telling the per-
sonal stories Of prisoners who claim
ed that were it not for whisky they
would not now be serving time in
prison.
"The editor of the paper, himself a
prisoner, was so impressed with the
letters that he drafted petition and
sent it around the prison for sigma
lures.
"He said: 4 am greatly pleased
with results. II proves, and concln-
sively too, that the great majority
Of state prison convicts were brought
to ruin through the saloon evil. II
the legislature desires evidence we
are ready to supply witnesses. Think
Of it, 20 per cent Of the men here
assert that rum caused their down.
fall. Think Of the wrecked homes,
broken hearted mothers, wives and
sisters
1.-THE Umpire's editor has bulk
Of letters that relate the personal ex-
periences Of convicts. Here is one
written by a man serving ten years:
az am serving long sentence
for manslaughter. Years ago be-
came involved in saloon fight. One
man was killed. Ny dear wife was
forced to suffer q worse fate. She
has struggled along with the little
ones while have been locked up. Her
heart is broken, but, good woman
that she is, she keeps up the strug-
gle for existence. Rum caused my
downfall. Why should the sociolog-
lists and so-called learned men who
are interested in penology 60 outside
a prison for factsi The facts may
be obtained in any penal institution
Another prisoner writes:
40 have signed the petition.
only wish that some strong man In
The legislature will push the bill for
statewide prohibition through. Any
man with spark Of Christian char
ty in his heart should visit this in
hear the stories Of prison.
ers and then 60 out and swat the
saloon keeper
uAu ;rtarouf;nO r,hase of the vote