The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-11-18
NATIONAL PROHIBITION LEAGUE
OPENS ITS CAMPAIGN HERE

held each evening In various churches
OF Wheeling and vicinity
AN me league. up to the present time. has
May l. II Is the purpose OF the organi-
zatfon TO organize the entire nation and
=, To- make AXE final house to house canvass
women 20 the obligation known as The
voters Enrolment" over 100 speakers
and every state will be canvassed for
members Ex-Governor William Sulzer,
OF New York: who has been engaged.
Will deliver 100 addresses In the inter-
est OF the league throughout the country
during the next few months. Ex-Gover-
and ON Thursday evening he viii deliver
the principal address at the mass meet
ing TO be held in the First Christian
The simultaneous meetings conducted
by twenty competent platform men. un-
ton League were formally opened in the
city ana vicinity last evening. Tire
nh Ss,hhs x neid aS a. me S9rth street n y
OF 81. Augustine. Florida. Mr.. Pickett
delivering very instructive address on
fore a large sized audience. In the
course OF his remarks the speaker SAID
In dealing with the liquor traffic we
have two questions before us. viz: Tenn
perance' and Prohibition Many con-
ence Temperance has refernc TO habits
OF th individual. whether he will drink
or abstain. This question lies within
the realm OF moral suasion and individ-
ual conduct. on the other hand. 'prohi-
bition' f. legal question. II has refer
Manufacture and sale OF intoxicants.
The question Is, Shall the liduor traffic
be encouraged by license. or forbidden
legal neutrality-suspicious. The gov
eminent holds one OF these relations 10
this traffic; license. or prohibition.
Conservative estimates place the d.
rect annual cost OF liquor. the money
spent over the bar. at upward OF $1,000
greater. II often happens that one dol
lars worth OF whiskey causes a crime
that costs the victim and the taxpayers
thousanf OF dollars. engaging the
time OF judges. attorneys. juries. WITT
nesses and others for weeks.
But consider briefly the direct cost
of the traffic; the two thousand millions
annually s1uandered on rum in this one
nation. To enable the reader TO in
some measure comprehend the enormity
OF such yearly waste I win give a few
this sum. IL otherwise applied
Some Comparisons.
spent I'm building and equipment OF
railroads. at t5o.oO0.0o per mile. Il
be equivalent to thirteen trunk lines sx-
tending from the Atlantic TO the Pacific.
Expended IN the erection Of homes at
thousand. Put a family t' Of six h in each
OF these homes and IL would shelter
100000: eaual 20 the combined popu-
Arizona. or expend this vast sum in
Panama canals; ~ would build I'VE OF
fns ooa aos 'ooG ,6 zach 1t WOULD psg
each 10 would send 5000 900 poor BOYS
and girls 20 college. and thus give US
zoo. 900 churches al $40. 100000 each. or
would send out an army OF 100000 mis-
s s19n,aries; allowing zach 100000 for
700 90 for years salary and 100000
with which 20 build chapel. At $1,000
I l6 600 OOO for a year. This Is one-sixth
I Of the population OF the nation.
a. ~ forty dollars per acre a farm OF
-s.ooo.ou0 acres. larger than the whole
state % Indiana. could be bought with
one-half this hquor waste. The remain
ing billion dollars would stock this vast
properly seed and cultivate II for a
year. ~ 20 bushels OF wheat per acre
bushels. which would be more than I'VE
bushels FOR each man. woman and child.
ard 80 would feed the nation--apart.
please remembering. from paying for
the field on which the crop was raised.
Cost In Food.
. IT We should eNpend this annual
liquor waste OF two thousand millions
for corn at 50 cents per busheI, II would
pay. FOR 1900. 100000 bushels. At 1000
D bushels per car A would make $500
trains. stationed three miles apart this
would require a road iS7.500 miles long.
reaching seven and One-haf times
around the world Passing n given sta
I ton every ten minutes the procession OF
corn-ladcn trains would be over 434
days going BY. A. ten cents per bushei
the freight bill would be $3.50. 600. 900 90.
COMPARED with this enormous waste
what other question Il there before the
people Of our nation All other aues-
lions IN comparison with this traffic are
NJ mole hills beside n mountain.
The Saloons Wickedness.
2 1t IL n well known and generally ad-
mit.ed fact that the booze shops are In
/ the closest fellowship with every vicious
/ resort. They are In touch with the gam
bling den. the race-track. the scarlet
q house the whito-siave pen. The saloon
br eds profanity. inspires lust. nurses