Evening star., 1915-03-20
WAR PROVES TO Be FOE
OF THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC
DR.. Hardin So Declares at Mass
Meeting in Interests of
Prohibition.
Battle Against Bottle Hotter and
Hotter" He Says-Others Advo-
cate Crushing of Rum.

That the European war is proving one
OF the greatest enemies the liquor traf-
tic has Yet had to fight. was asserted by
Key. Dr. l.. X. Hardin, pastor of Mount
Vernon Place NJ. +. Church South. in
an address at mass meeting held IN
the interests Of prohibition at the First
Congregational Church last evening,
under the auspices of the .inti-Saloon
League of the District. He pointed out
that Russia had forbidden the sale of
vodka and expressed his belief that
other nations engaged IN the war are
about to stop the use of iutoHirants.
This. he said. is because they all want
for their men the greatest efficiency.
which cannot he had If the uScof in-
toxicating liquors is permitted.
The signs OF the times are so plain
that all can read them, said Dr. Hard
IN III referring to the effect of the war
on the traffic. THE Hon. John Barley
corn is on the run. This war is new
enemy to the liquor traffic for the Ia :
tons realize that the thing which IS
keeping men from top-notch efficiency
is liquor
Battle Against Bottle.
Later in his address he said: The
battle against the bottle is getting
hotter and hotter. Trench after trench
has been taken. All getting
ready for the final struggle. Not until
after conquering this great evil will
we be ready for higher victories. The
greatest enemy which the church OIL
God faces in the United States today
is the whisky traffic. Until we meet
that thing and overcome it we cannot
do the things which God wants done
on this continent.
We hear talk about regulating the
liquor traffic. There is but one Way
to regulate it. and that way j. to crush
it. That Is how China is regulating
the opium traffic. MI the wealth and
revenues OF the liquor traffic are not
worth as much as one young boy
I'VE owe duty to the past: to keep
to those high standards which the
brave men and women of the early
days set for US. But we owe an in
finitely greater duty to the future OF
footsteps. Shall we make it easier or
harder for them to be all that We want
them to be-" In conclusion the speaker
said that Washington should he al
lowed to lead the way to prohibition.
rather than be one of the places to
come in at the end, when nearly every
other community had become pr"hibi- :
tion territory.
Not Afraid OF Vote.
That he had not the slightest fear of
submitting the liquor question to 1t
referendum vote was asserted by William
Knowles Cooper, general secretary Of the
Young Mems Christian Association. The
answer would l." 80 Overwhelmingly in
favor Of prohibition the question would
never come up again during our lifetime,
he said. Many people here are AFRAID OF
the vote of the colo1ed people on the aues-
ton, but ! have seen such Il high sense
of honor exhibited by their real leaders
would not be afraid to submit the ques-
ton to them alone.
1--WE must stand by our guns-then 1he,
victory will he ours, said Andrew Will
son. president Of tire Anu-Sal"on League
The business and financial men in Wash
lngtou are getting 10 be with you. \
director in a large organization recently
told me that at meeting OF the b"ari
of directors at which he was present. seven
Of the eight had favored prohibition III
a certain newspaper office OF which |
was recently told. u vot" Was taken on
the question. and, despite the ftct thitt
very few of the men are total abstainers.
rs voted for prohibition while only two
voted against it
Mrs Emma Sanford shelton. presi-
dent of the W. G. r. L. in the District.
said When ! think of the great work
"a E1ch has Dee:a done IuFlltG Tue iaSt t
forty years in the interests OF pfonlti-
-tion il simply makes my head SWIM.
She believed that the young people be
longing to various religious orGaniza-
tions will organize for prohibition in
the near future.
Temperance Exercise.
A patriotic temperance exercise by
children from lexington Loyal Tenn
perance Legion and Sunday schools. as
sisted by the Children of the ReNolu-
ton and Boy Scouts, was enthusias-
tically received The children were di
rccted by Mrs. Don r. Blaine. national
lecturer for the w. 6. I. L. Miss Mar
garet Huss sang and Miss Edith Is.
Athey was accompanist during the mu
sical selections of the evening. SeN-
eral numbers were given by the Trim
!ty Epworth League chorus, under the
direction of l.. y. Fouts. The open
ing prayer was delivered by DR.. Har-
din, while the benediction was pro-
nounced by Rev. DIR. H. l.. Hout. USherS
were from Troop No. /, Boy Scouts, led
by E. w Shaw. A vote of thanks was
extended on motion of H. Virgil East
erling to all who took part III the pro-
gram and the efforts in behalf of pro-
hibition by Mr.. Wilson. president of
the league, and \. L. Shoemaker, at