The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-26
LIQUOR TRAFFIC
IN LAST Often
STRONG ADDRESS NJ Dr. r0Un4G
AT FORD LOT MEETING
LAST NIGHT.
PEOPLE AND SALOON
BATTLE IN VIRGINIA Is BETwEE4
THESE TWO FORCES-LAHGE
CROWD OF MEN
PREsEN1

DR.. W. J. Young, pastor OF Centen.
airy Methodist church. and newlyt
elected professor in the new MethodfGl
university at Atlanta, last night -.
livered one of the strongest addresses
that has been heard at the series D.
ing conducted on the Ford hotel lot
by the Woman's Prohibition League Of
America. The subject OF the address
was The Liquor Traffic In the LAse
Ditch" DIR. Young will probably not
make another public appearances ~
Richmond, as he goes to his new WORK
on September i.
Said he in part: This IL a battle
between the people and the saloon
There are many side issues. but the
one center against which we are plant
ing our guns Is the saloon. Just a. the
one word Slav will explain all the Oon-
fiict in Europe, so the one word So
loon will explain all that We are n8hx~
ing against"
DR.. Young said that he knew u
what he was speaking, for he had beo0
In narrow streets and dark housoa Of
which the Local Self-Governmenf
league knows nothing and there thO
products.
Tho saloon gives evidence Of be-
ing in very desperate straits, a. am
convinced from reading their hLerA-
ture II could not conduct . bettaM
fight than they are doing even on that
side. would be ashamed OF u1yDolk
We've gotten them out Of every stronG~
hold and now they are in tho lAse
ditch"
The speaker stated that the modicA
profession, the science of sociology ana
economies, the saloon itself. and the
church are all opposed to the saloon.
Tonight we find them IN the 1a1A
ditch. The Local Self-Governmene
league digged the ditch. but the saloon
Is fighting in II. 1t matters not how
great is the responsibility OF the men
who belong 70 the league" DR.. Younx
here said that he had much respece
for the members OF the league as In
dividuais. but they are being used Nv
the saloon as q respectable shield.
Tho ditch of the Local Self-Govern-
ment league. he said. has been du2
with a number of spades. the nrst o.
which Is the contention THAT We
should let things go on as they are
ultra conservatism that will kill Rtch-
mond, whose only salvation Is in prog
ress.
The second spade is that OF taxation
and DR.. Young said with much Am-
phasis that he would feel that he was
the meanest man in shoeleather Il he
allowed the argument Of taxation, even
convictions OF righteousness. You
can get rid of paying taxes in num-
Der of ways II you are mean enough
to do SO" IF the citizens OF Virginia
would pay the taxes they already hon
estly owe there would be no talk about
taxation"
The third spade in the argument
that prohibition don't prohibit, ana
this DR. Young said means with
great many people that lit shall not
prohibit IL we can help II" because
they are too lazy or too selfish or too
cowardly,
He stated that he knew q great
business house In Richmond that ma
written all the firms with which II hA0
dealings that II they vote for StAto-.
wide prohibition it will boycott thoR
In business.
Spade number four Is the Local
Self Government right. which hi aAa0
means that Richmond and other cit1eo
shall have the right to manage their
own affairs and keep everybody 49,
from managing their.
In conclusion the speaker asked hS1
audience to think OF the company
those are in who stand for the saloon
on September %.
Rev, E. j. Richardson gave . niIm-s
Dor Of cartoons and made brief. hue
strong, address He stated that the
record OF Mr.. Edward Hfrsch. one OIL
the chief assistants in the ONCE or th1s
Local Self-Government league. ana
that this man WAS registered HONOR
lobbyist in tho last session Of the MaSy-
land legislature. where he OPPOSED the
local option principle for which he =
now fighting. He said also that Nh
Peasants Holt. campaign manAqoe
for the liquor interests hero ana 40
working In the headquarters OF H.
Local Self-Government league. $3.50
LIQUOR campaign manager In Florida
and Alabama
Considering the Indictment ovenfnGt
the crowd. mostly men. was vek4
fiattering At the outset 10 was su4
gested that the meeting be postpone6
but this the crowd would not hear -