The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-01-15
Judge Pollock y.
On Temperance
STRONG ADDRESS At FORKS
STARTLING FIGURES AND CON-
PARSONS INDICATING ENoR-
NOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY
SPENT FOR LIUoR.
Resolved, that the manufac-
ture and sale Of intoxicating liq-
uors as a beverage be forever
prohibited at any place over
which floats the American flag"

Grand Forks Herald: The passage
of the foregoing significant amend
ment to the constitution Of the United
States, by special act Of congress.
will be the next move" on the part of
temperance workers of the country.
according to Judge Charles A. Pollock
OF Fargo, who last evening addressed
a large and interested audience at the
Methodist church under the auspices
of the mems league of the church.
Judge Pollock is one OF tho fore
most workers in the cause OF temper
ance in the state and widely known az
such in the northwest. He drove homo
his argument last night with strong
convincing facts and figures, and left
no doubt in the minds OF his listeners
that, in his opinion at least, the time
will eventually come when national
prohibition will be a realization. The
nation spends annually $4,000, 000,0 900
LUZ IL IA10 1AAOuAt Wo0 PAoNOu
bill upon bill of 81 denominations it
would make a pile los miles in height.
The liquor powers are out to collect
IS, 100000 annually to protect this an
nual consumption of their goods, &C.
! cording to the speaker, and he quoted
| from a circular letter, sent out by the
National Liquor Dealers association
to it's members, to prove his assertion.
Since Columbus discovered America
we have dug from the earth $780,
100000 in gold; since 1907 we have
spent an. equal amount in the con-
sumption of liquor as beverage.
In North Dakota, Judge Pollock
stated, he had seen a most convincing
object lesson in the effects of whis-
ky and what it means to the man
who lets it's influence overcome his
better nature. In his personal exper-
fence as Judge in the last three or
four months, he has sent some twenty
men to the penitentiary who could at
tribute their difficulties and downfall
to drink.
The divorce courts have strong
advocate in liquar. Over 1000 cases
of divorce, rs per cent of which could
be traced to liquor as the main cause
for marital unhappiness, came before
Judge Pollock in seventeen years.
service as judge.
what have we done?" the speaker
asks.
1--WE have formulated good laws in
this state and carried them out to the
best of our ability. Much good has
resulted, the influence Of liquor is be-
ing less felt, but the next move"
(the theme of his strong address),
will be, nationwide prohibition Of tho
manufacture and sale of liquor made
by an amendment to the constitution
Of the United States"
Judge Pollock spoke Of the monster
meeting Of the Anti-Liquor League
association in Columbus, o., which
he attended, and remarked upon tho
class of men who were there. He
spoke, with feeling OF pride, Of Gov
ernor Hanna of North Dakota, Of tho
strong address he made and Of his
influence, coming as it did from
a prohibition state, at that meeting.
The human petition" to Washing
ton, was remarked upon, and hope ex-
pressed that its influence on the minds
of statesmen would be such that 1t
would be no distant day, when tho
much desired change in the constitu-
ton would be made which would
mean nationwide prohibition, tho
realization of the success Of "the next
move in temperance reforms.
The speaker was given careful at
|tention and his address was one Of
the ablest ever heard here on the sub
ject of temperance.
|
Edward ASP, manager Of the Val
LEY City Cabinet works, was in tho
city today on business. He says that