The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-16
Noted Evangelist, Here To Booc1
Hobson Amendment, Sure Ex-
President VIII Espouse
Temperance Cause
ANTI-LIQUOR SENTIMENT
GROWING, HE DECLARES
Says Business Men Appreciate
That Capital Invested in Run
Trade Is Wasted

This country isn't through WITH
Teddy Roosevelt yet. and he's goin0
to prove q great help for us In IL
nationwide temperance movement.
look for Roosevelt to seek the Repub
lican presidential nomination, and q
think he's going to get IL. But what
ever party he represents. and even
IL he doesn't represent any party q
candidate. he's going to take up the
prohibition movement"
Such was the statement made Mon
day by the Rev. Sam Small. or At
lanta, Ca, former associate In evan
gelistic work with the famous Sam
Jones and who Is now In Detroit -
representative of the Anti-Saloo1'
League OF America In its weeks
campaign to create sentiment In a.
vor of the Hobson national prohfb1..
ton amendment.
Il am confident that Mr.. RooseveI>
will take up this movement and ho.
will do US a lot OF good" declar0d'
the Rev. Mr.. Small.
Small Is more optimistic as to sue
cess than Capt. Richmond Pierson:
Hobson, originator OF the amendment
who predicted In his Sundays meet
ings here that the nation would 81
dry" by 1926.
"Of course. it's taking a long shot. &
said Small, "but believe Il VIII
come sooner than that. Things afo.
looking better now than they ever
were before in the history Of the!
country.
IT have in my possession letter
from my friend Charlie McCull0u9h|
OF Kentucky. a dfstiller and former
president of the National Associations
Of Distillers. In which he sign. - that
the distillers themselves are WILLING
to accept nationwide prohibition 70
congress will give them ten years "a
which to wind up their affairs and VIII
reimburse them for the loss OF their.
plants by the impounding Of ten PEI
cent OF the internal revenue collect-|
ed from them every year for ten
years. This scheme would be gv,1'
one for the distillers. They vouldn't.
lose anything by 1t. as 1t would create
fund Of approximately $zoy,c00. 00C,
with which to reimburse them for
making their property useless. while
they would still own and control their
real estate. buildings and other took
which they could convert into lash o.
use In other and more generally prof.
liable channels.
"The brewers, too. are seeing the.
light. They're getting out from I'M
der. Practically all the brewers m
Ohio organized general holding
company and Issued stock This stock
was sold in England. while the Ohio
ans held just enough of II to insure
control OF the business What II the.
result. The Ohio brewers are reap-
Ing the profits In high salaries ana
heavy expenses and the stock isn't
paying cent Of dividends. The Eng
lishman Is holding the sack re can't
even sell his stock because Il n wor.n
only IL 1-2 cents on the dollar.
"A ring OF distillers also combined
and sold s30,000.000 worth OF stock.
They're pursuing the same game. Just
before the stock exchange closed That
stock was selling at SO per 500
share"
What do you think OF the chances
OF passage OF the Hobson amendment.
providing for constitutional provi-.
sion abolishing the manufacture and
sale OF intoxicating liquonf" asked
his interviewer.
1T think that we have q fair
chance" he said. "You see the amend
ment will be placed on the congreo-
sional calendar some time In Decem-
Continues On Psge Twe.)