The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-01

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q. The statenaenk continues: The
sight Of Thousands N thousands or
dollars worth OF printed matter that
Ia being shipped into Virginia by the
An.i-Saloon league with no Identifying
imprint, is calculated to make the
army OF printers Of Virginia ask ques-
tons II
This statcmcnt Is absolutely false,
1t Is not trne that thousands OF dol
lars worth OF printed matter is being
shipped into Virginia by the ANTI
Saloon league. There will not be a
, thousand dollars worth out Of all the
literature which Is being used In the
campaign which will be shipped into
Virginia by the Anti-Saloon league.
The only money which has heen spent
for printed matter outside of Virginia
is Tor the purchase OF charts which
cannot be printed in Virginia. or
bought In Virginia, and for Sunday
school programs. which are purchased
as are all Sunday-school supplies from
great printing houses, which make a
speciality of that sort of work.
Z. The statement continues: What
has he done with the money already
wrung from the people of Virginia !?
Every man who knows anything about
the expenses of campaign knows
| that printed matter IL the largest item
Of legitimate expense. The superin-
tendent assured his audiences that he
would spend 81. 600 day legttimate,y.
That Is to say he would doubtless
largely increase the supply of leaflets.
booklets charts and the like from the
Ohio printery OF the Anti-Saloon
, league. How would that help vir-
GINA? How does such a policy look
to Virginia
! There are one or two true state
ments In the above: namely, that
printed matter is the largest item cf
legitimate expense. and that the super
intendent would spend 81 200 = day
legitimately II he had 1t. but the rest
| of Il is absolutely false. The virginia
Anu-Saloon league cent out on Satnr-
day, August 90. approximately $50. 600
pages Of literature. and q larger
, amount on Monday. August 81 or
this literature as per cent. WE g 'srirtea
, N Virginia shops, and so per- cent eff
Y In Richmond shors. And frank
God. there will be money enough Gem
ing into the Anti saloon league treas
ury to send out millions of RACES ~
Virginia printed literature before the
campaign comes to close.
8. The statement continues: Men
like him tthe superintendent of the
Virginia Anti-Saloon league) In
variably damage the prosperity of
communities In which they locate
They leave trails behind them wher-
ever they GO and these trails are most
generally as desolate as the one which
w. T. Sherman cut across the heart
OF the South. when he marched from
Atlanta to the sea- Virginia has had
ample opportunity to observe the dam
age that men like the superintendent
.nf'ict on State"
Well. the said superintendent has
been In Virginia now for thirty three
wears, and he has been connected with
the Anti-Salocn league work since 1t
was established. He rejoices that he
has been helpful in leaving a. trail be-
hind him. He thanks Gcd that he was
one OF those who helped 10 drive the
saloons out OF Blackstone. and there Is
trail OF desolation there so far as
the salon is concerned. He reioices
that he was helpful In the passage of
the Mann law. which destroyed hum
dreds Of country barrooms. and left a
trail of desoiation so far as they were
concerned. He retoices that he was
helpful in passing the Byrd law. which
blotted out more saloons In the vii
lagos Of the State, and made the VIII
age ana country sections OF Virginia
as desoIate OF barrooms as Sherman
desoiated the South when he marched
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that he assisted In the passage of the
law which prohibits the sale of liquor
on Sunday in the social clubs, and
made those places on Sunday as dry as
the desert.
Yes he has been one among those
who have left trails behind them
wherever they go. and he Is one of
those who. by the help Of the good
people of Virginia, hopes to leave
| trail in every wet town and city OF
the Commonwealth. trail Of desc
+, lated harrooms, cafes. saloons, rath-
skellers and every other form of saloon
which sells Intoxicating. liquors for
beverage purposes
And. now, having shown how abso-
iutely false are the statements con-
Stained in this deliverance of the yir.
GINA Local Self Government associa-
tion. the superintendent OF the Anti
Saloon league would ask this Virginia
Local SelfGoyernment association
why II does not show It's own interest
In retaining money In Virginia: The
liquor traffic declared at the last ses-
sion of the Virginia legislature that
Its trade in Virginia amounted to
100000 Will the Virginia Local
Self Government association kindly
tell the people Of Virginia where this
faaeHey- sees p How much xoes tn
Arnheuser- Busch In st. Louis how
much to Schlitz and Pabst In afilwau-
kee? How much to the distilleries at