The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-19
TEMPERANCE REPORT
IS CHEERING ONE.

apnrourtatson for the enforcement of
ths ant. liquor laws ia Alaska. fifth.
a Bill defeating the effort to reinstate
tho beer eautcen In tho army; sixth.
an appropriation 60 pay the expenses OF
tho delegates 10 represent The United
states In the International Congress-
against Alcoholism. appointed to be
held ia Milan. Italy, In September.
1918. The Reorganization OF the Commit
tee Of One Thousand Citizens at the
CAPITOL. and the setting apart in both
Houses hours for the consideration OF
the great question they represented.
All these, and many other things, COM
ing from our National Capital. are sig
-nfacant Of the fact that the traffic is
reaching It's anal doom in our nation,
The Virginia Election.
To bring oar victory nearer nome
va call your attention to the recent
election ia Virginia, by which this
state gave such overwhelming. and to
the enemy. unexpected. ma5oriues the
recent local option elections In Ken
lucky, by which nine out of twelve
counties in which elections were held
were carried dry. leaving only four
teen counties IN the State of l2o eoun-
ties iu which alcoholic liquors can be
legally sold: to the splendid character
and Official conduct. by which the pro-
hgbttgon laws in West Virginia have
been go enforced rs TO create such mar
venous changes In morals. prison life
and Industrial conditions az TO make
that state an actual demonstration and
example to every State In the Tpion
Of the beneficial effects of Statewide
Prohibition The improved conditions
In Tennessee under which laws have
benu more efficiently enacted against
the illegal sale of liquor In the htth-
erto rehe}lfous cities Of Memphis Nash
willie. Chattanooga and Knoxville: the
immense figures sent up from police
stations prisons and courthouse rec
rrdg. showing throughout all the dry
states OF the South the wonderfully
improved conditions In crime and IT'S
costs and results, make the whole
south shining example to the nation
Of the good influences of Prohibition
All these things point with no uncer-
thin finger to the speedy overthrow of
THIS gigantic evil as 1eEaffzed enemy
IN our nation.
Another message Of good cheer we
bring ~ tn the recent enactment OF
laws prohibiting the sale Of hurttul
drugs such as opium. absyuthe. co..
eafnc. morphine, and the State laws
AGAINST cigarettes. and the advanced
step Of cur own church In its 1erisla-
tiou on the Eeneral use of tobacco
among Its ministry. the laws Of pure
foods pare medicines the preservation
Of our boys and girls from commercial
sn3, ana The opcrt1G M ~ better facil-
irire end opportunities for their edu-
cation. the laws against the white
slave trade ard other specific viccs, to-
Rethcf with the general improved con
ditioas Of factories work shops, tene-
ment houses and city slums. In which
hotter conditions Of life arc offered 10
the lahn-iue poor, All these things
toll Of the success Of the Gospel oi
Jesus Christ and 81 the fruits ~ the
iabors Of all those who are apostles
Of the doctrine, whose Fundamental
treatment ia. love the Lord thy Cod
with all thy mind. soul and Strength
and thy neighhor as myself"
Work of the Future.
with this message of cheer. we hes
to call your attention tn future worn
and future dangers. First. TO maxi
efficient and SUCCESSFUL the exeellen
laws now unon our statute books. 1
will he necessary for every Christian
minister TO advocate from his pulpi