South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-13
SAYS PEOPLE MUST
KNOW THE LIQUOR
TRADE To BEAT It
Dr.. Ira LanGrith and Wilbur
Sheridan Open Second Days
Campaign of the Flying
Squadron of America.

The second team of the Flying
Squadron did not reach the city until
1870 Wednesday afternoon. The
speakers of the day were DR. Ira
Landrith. president of Ward-B Belmont
college. Nashville, Tenn, ana Dr. viii
bur F. Sheridan. general secretary of
the Epworth league of America OF
Chicago. The afternoon meeting was
held at 2:3O at the First Presbyterian
church.
DR.. Landrith was president of the
last international convention of the
Christian EndeavOr association and
he is now a national officer of the
Christian Endeavor society and many
other religious and reform organiza-
tions. He was one Of the three
founders and is still a member of the
Anti-SaloOn league OF Tennessee.
In his speech of the afternoon DIR.
Landrith said that the crusade against
the liquor traffic was 10 be won 10y the
people through the people becoming
informed about the liquor traffic.
"Once convince the people of com
munity that the saloon is as bad as
lit is let them learn what it is and
what it does. and they viii make short
work Of the liquor traffic" he de
clared. This war is already on. and
this is no time for the avoWed adVo-
Gates of righteous TO stay out and
perish in pleasing. ponderous. point
less. purpOseless platitudes.
The speaker declared that wherever
the Flying Squadron had been. state
wide campaigns had been started or
won and that national prohibition has
become an issue that wiz not be still.
"Henceforth i'm this country he
said, 'would-be congressman and
United States senators must declare
themselves on the submission OF a
federal constitutional amendment
ahOlishing the liquor traffic
Reception Committee.
The local reception committee FOR
the three days campaign of the Fly
ing squadron in this city is made up
of John b. Campbell, chairman. ID. ID.
BOWsher. J. -. oliver. Father John
Kubacki j. N. StudebakeT ST.. B. T..
Dunn, J.. T. Bardy. A. r. Beyrer, G. l..
DuCOmb. Dr. Henry L. Davis. G.. G..
Shafer. DR. James l.. Gardiner. W. -.
Davies, O. G. Hun. Or. q. A. Lippin-
cott Or. r. L. ANtell, Mrs. Or. g. II.
Myers. Mrs &. l.. Warner and Mrs.
W Weld.
IN the second team of the squadron
arriving i'm the city at noon FRONT Rock
ford H.. there was Dr Ira r. Lam
drith. president OF Ward-Belmont col
lege. o. NASHVILLE. Tenn. DIR. Wilbur
r. Sheridan. Chicago. general secretary
of the EpWOrth League OF America,
Fred Butler and wife. of Yonkers. y.
Y, and Sec'y Harold r.. Bradford of
Indianapolis. Fred Butler is former
grand opera singer who was concerted
in a meeting conducted by Wilbur
Chapman and for the last two seasons
ne has travelled with Chapman
At the afternoon meeting at the
First Presbyterian church Dr. Sher-
| idan spoke on Reinforcement 10 the
| Prohibition Cause" He cited in
stances OF reinforcements which had
been gained through the field of I'M
dustry. through science. through war
AID through morals.
Complies Statistics ina City.
Interesting statistics We're compiled
| by Dr. sheldon while he was in this
! city Tuesday. These were 10 the ef-
feet that the state OF Missouri with
1000 saloons spends S80.0OO.0o0 in
them annually and has only $50 per
capita in her savings banks. kansas
with no saloons has over 500 per
| capita in her banks Tn Missouri one
farmer in 100 has an automobile,
while In Kansas one farmer IN every
| FIVE has an automobile
He also brought out the fact that
Arthur Winter, actuary of the New
York Life Insurance Co. SAYS in his
1914 report that the loss of life 20 "a
moderate drinker IS from four 10 five
years. Considering this aspect II Rus
| sia loses 500. 600 men in the present
| war she can replace that many I'm less
| than o years ii Russia remains pro-
hibitiOn country.