Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-03-03
SAN ANTONIO IS
DUMPING GROUND
OF THE NATION
MRS. MAMIE WEBB CURTIS BE-
LIEvES EUROPE is CURSED
BY DRINK.
DECLARES LIQUOR TRAFFIC TRIED
AT BAR OF PUBLIC OPINION
WITH GOD THE JUDGE.

s - NbAA hANN
en- Of Europe who are awaiting Passports
t. san for America. This was the lndict-
ment and prophecy of Mrs. Mamie Webb
Curtis Of Waco. president of thr Women
Christian Temperance Union uf Tcxa-. IN
a talk at the Travis Park Methodist church.
Mrs. Curtis asserted the liquor traffic wa
being tried AZ the bar of public opinion.
with God a the Judge, on the ground, Of
being q menace politically. commercially
and socially.
God Almighty has placed q curse upon
the nations of Europe because of their
strong drink Mr.. Curti, laid. ..Thc
world never again will be- what IL ha, been.
The ear 81 Russian camc Ia realize when
the war wa declared that vodka wa one
al hIs greatest foe, aud he placed i ban
on the drink. After tour months of free
dom from the curse. the Russian people
pctitloned the cZar mol to allow the llunor
ever To be made IN Russia again and he did
u. There = y" man ~ America ", bic
a. the ear of Russia.
And what ha> been the effect an th.
other countries. The kaiser of Germany
fore~aw the result OF strong drink Ia the
soldiers and ISSUED an order rllminatinr
drunkenness from the army. Lord Kitchen
or did likewise. Even France. Ireland aud
Scotland have passed laws against the
liquor traffic. What will b. the result
America will have to come Ia the same
standard 4" maintain itself a. = nation. or
tail. ~ Rome failed. through vice and IN
Temperance"
Mr.. Curtis said the social evil wn>
thrifty only where liquor wa- mu-i prr,a-
lieut., and more than one million umiortu
mates are waiting for . rhancc To ~ail for
America. She ~aId most ~ these women
are comm. a. Texas because Iarr. elite.
81 other ~iai">. excepting New Orleans.
have placed the ban 90 the segregated di>-
trict.
dallas. Fort Worth. Austin aud either
cities 81 Texas have lcgi~latrd against
these women. aud YOU may be- assured they
viii come to San Antonio" he said. IL
talked with business men II the North when
J was ON u lecture tour. and almost without
exception they told me San Antonio wa>
' " hilAN'~A flN If-NIU~ y
mr. wee IN the nation. Ann I could not
deny ii.
" must face thu problem. America
must have 4 clear BRAIN. particularly when
the war I over. The "peniu. of the Pan
ama canal make that the gateway Tor the
commerce ~ the world. and that !, the
reason the liquor Interests have been work
r,nr ln.l -. -. al .
AT the last meeting 81 tho Liquor Deal
err a~~ociation IN Washington more than
roO.noo. 600 wa raised - defeat prohibi-
ton ln the nation. state ~ state. More
than - 900. 600 OF thi> money wa~ spent IN
TcXa~. Former Governor coluuIft and
Governor Ferguson knew If that council
when the deal Wa made. and they have
shown by their actions that they opposed
amy effort H. pass anti liquor legislation.
There are your dandy governors. vour
democrats! only they are not democrats.
thcy'rc bonzicrat~.
"'What will You Texans du when the uni
hons ~ Europe aud the friends 1T the a.
loon come t. Texas! The states II Ala
lnma. Arkansas, Oklahoma and others are
dry and ne longer = dumping ground for
the saloon element. III | had the power
should like to - to Austin and choke
every legislator until hc wa~ blue in the
face. Men. rise ur ~ Your puwrri Are
We O" be the dumping ground eft the
wurld.'
Mr.. Curtis ~ pointing ont the rvil~ "
liquor showed that most ot the patrons of
dl~ordcrly HOUSES are youns mru-hnv~
sowing their wild Oats"
She assaulted the voters Tor their weak
nc~> IN allowing the liquor Interest," tn
dominate the elections. and attcmpt ~
force the rcin> "f government from hamlet
I" city. allowing no one Z" brook their
power.
1.-THE question = u" lon.cr whether Won
will sell liquor with = license. but whether
YOU will permit a traffic that will corrupt
the ballot. impoveri>h cities. breed disease
and destroy citizens. ANY man who can't
see thu hasn't SENSE enough Ia east the
ballot. And the time will como when YOU
will have To- destroy liquor or il will de-
>troy ever law on the statute books. The
ballot will settle the battle. oh. that men
would realize the worth of the ballot. But
You put a dollar in front of such men and
II shuts out "A view of heaven"
From an economical standpoint. Mrs.
Curtis said. the liquor rattle and tobacco
were costing the United States -. 200. 0OO.-
600 q year and ihree-fourts of that amount
J. Tor liquor. She said this wa- enough IN
pay the salaries of every city, state and