The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-01
THE SUPERINTENDENT
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word'') in Richmond is decorated and
embellished Is supplied free OF charge
by the publishing house OF the Anti
Saloon league. located at WestervilIe,
O."
This statement Is absolutely false.
The literature and charts were all
bought and paid for at the regular
| market price by the Virginia Ami
Saloon league. The copyright of these
charts is owned by the Scientific Tenn
tperance Federation OF Boston, ami
cannot be printed by anybody with
out their consent.
fb9 The statement continues: Even
tho rent for the rooms in which the
scare literature of the Anti-Saloon Is
displayed to brighten women and chill
dren into more generous giving Is
usually paid by the National Anti
Saloon league"
This statement is also absolutely
false. The National Anti Saloon league
has no such habit. ana every dollar
OF the rent for the room In question.
and for the large building on Seventh
ana Grace. also. In paid by the vir-
sinia Anti-Saloon league.
fc) The statement continues: like
wise 1t Is the rule for the national
organization to set aside a campaign
fund for advertising purposes. to pay
newspapers for printing tracts and
Comparisons and contrasts" written
or inspired by the local superinten-
dent"
This abatement also h abselaAe4y
| false. 1t Is not only not the rule. but
not penny has been paid by the ma
tional league for any printing of
| tracts, or circulars. or documents of
any sort of kind used in the Virginia
campaign. Everything has been paid
for out Of the treasury Of the Virginia
State Anti-Saloon league.
| fd) The statement continues:
Headquarters at Westerville. O., has
| been in the habit also OF paying the
salaries and expenses of men to carry
petitions and distribute literature
This statement is absolutely false.
! and 1t Is utterly insaxcusable for tho
Virginia Local Self Government asso-
| citation to indulge in such ISLANDERS
upon the temperance people of the
State. The petitions were circulated
by honorable, self-sacrificing Virginia
men. who not only were not paid a
dollar for their services, but who
would have been fnsuIted had money
been offered them for that work.
Not only are all these statements
denied one by one. but amy statement
which declares or insinuates that the
national league 1t Weetervflle, O., is
financing or furnishing supplies, or
directing the Virginia campaign Ia alb
solutely ami unqualihedly false. The
national league tWesterville has no
money with which to carry on cam
| paigns In the various States. but its
| funds are used for national campaign
purposes. The prohibition people OF
Virginia have furnished every dollar
| which has been spent in tho prohibi-
ton campaign. except three contribu-
| ttons which have been made by native
virginAans who are now living outside
the State.
S. When the Virginia Local Self
Government league says: 1T these
chief items OF campaign expenses are
supplied by the westcrville. O.. print
ing house. and It's salaries Of petition
carriers are paid from national head
quarters, 1t ID pertinent to ask what
would become OF all the money that
the reverend superintendent collects
from the people Of Virginia"
The reverend superintendent replies
that an none Of the campaign expenses
are supplied by the Westerville. o.,
printing house. the money that the
| reverend superintendent collects from
the people OF Virginia (which, accord
ing To the report In connection with
the Norfolk district conference. Is not
zone red Gently - spent to pay house
rent. clerk hire. stenographers'
salaries. telephone, telegraph and
postage bills, the cost OF printing and
paper for tracts and circulars. the
travelling expenses OF men In the field.
and with all them the reverend super
intendent Il able to collect he Is not
able to print and Distribute enough
literature to keep up with the mis-
representations ana outrageous false
hoods which are printed and dis
trthuted under the name CT the Local
self-Governnoent association. espcciallv
nmorr the farmers 81 virginia. For
Example, the Misrepresentation con-
earning taxation and tobacco and con-
ditions In North Carolina and KAN
ras and Tennessee and Maine. all Of
which have been printed under the
brand Of the Virginia Local Self
Government association, all of which
have been denied and repMdsAted nv
sreople ~ standing ana positicts, and
vet AL Of which ara bsinx ponrAd on