The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-12
FLYING SQUADRON
 CLOSES CAMPAIGN
 ON LIQUOR TRAFFIC
Several Hundred Bridgeporters Sign Pledge to Abstain
 From IntOxicants.


 The liquor traffic is counter to all hunan progress and on that ground | alone if on no other 1t should be abolished" declared Oliver W. Stew art of Chicago in a ringing speech in 1 the First Methodist church last night.
 It was the closing service of the Pro- l hibitton campaign which the Flying squadron has been conducting in this city. MT. Stewart was elected a mem per Of the Illinois legislature on the Froh1plt1on ticket and is known on the ChautauQua platform. He is force fuI and eloquent. His topic last even Ing was Reading the Future and
 he said in part:
 The universe is controlled by law. There is 9 law of human progress and that law can be read over every inch of the way from the cave man to the modern artist or inventor
 Humanity moves onward. The on-
 ward sweep has had back of it a law ltof human development. The germ of life from which we came had all the future wrapped up in it. We must obey the law Of our growth. We are 8 part of the past and the future is a part of 11s. ts@ An effort of education is in re- sponse to that law. It would be i'm possible to turn humanity out into darkness. We are moving. out into the light and only the destruction of i the world can prevent our progress. We are compelled to build schools and endow them. We do it in tho midst of toll and sacrifice, but we do it.
 This law of our life spells death to the 1iquor traffic. Liquor traffic is an
 abortive thing, belonging to the cnm-
 bersome, awkWard, unethicaI past. It
 has no place in the truth endowed fu- ture.
 If every organization in the field
 contending against the saloon were l to disban dtoday the knowledge hu-
 manity would have as to what the
 saloon is and what it's effect must be
 would bring new organizations into l the field tomorrow
 tIf present forces continue to op crate it is because their action is
 based on truth. Once a railroad dis
 covers a drunken employe menaces l life and property the action base a
 upon this discovery must be contin- l uous. Once a doctor. discovers that
 alcohol is dangerous to patient his l future action is fixed
 TO the conflict against the saloon l we summon all. The Flying Squad ron is to unify and solidify the forces
 for the whirlwind attack which in the l near future must mean 8 sa1oon1ess | nation and a stainless flag
 DT. Ira, Landrith of Nashville, Ten-z 1 and J. Frank Hanly, former governor
 of Indiana, were both prevented by
 illness from being present and speak. ] ing. John B. Lewis treasurer of the I Flying Squadron, gave some interest.
 ing statistics onIthe cost to the pub. lie where the licensed saloon is per.
 rnitted.
 I Frederick Butler of New York di rected the music. Mrs. Butler was ac
 companist and Miss Vera K Mullins
 was soIoist Both MT. Lewis and MT I-f +r la i~ the church yesterday afternoon. Last night Rev. Afr. Brown, pastor
 of the church, and other clergyner ] who were interested expressed them
 selves as highly pleased with the cam I pa1gn carried on by the Flying Squad
 ron here Several Hundred signed tht
 pledges. which the Squadron put out.