The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-01
AGGRESSIVE ACTION
ON LIQUOR URGED
Flying Squadron Speakers Declared Also
That to Get Best Results Poll
ticians Must Be Prohi-
bitionists.

bitionlSls.
| The attack on liquor and local option
was resumed yesterday afternoon ana
again last evening by the lying squadron
OF New England that has been making
| two days stay in Barre. Speakers from
Boston and Earl Chandler OF Bellows
Falls as soloist, with their motion PIC
lures. drew but small audience in the
afternoon but in the evening q falr-sized
crowd gathered at the opera house 10
hear some hard knocks given to the liq-
nor traffic. Both speakers and the So
loist were warmly applauded Tor their
efforts.
During the afternoon session two very
able speakers in the persons Of John ..
Lewis, president OF the squadron ana
| former member Of the Massachusetts
state legislature, and Howard b. kersh.
ner OF Boston, who is the squadron sec
rotary, were the ones TO give the liquor
traf,ie a blow on the head. Rev. L. +.
Newell presided at the meeting, +. -.
Allen being unable to attend. EAR
Chandler of Bellows Falls had charge OF
the singing and was assisted by Mrs.
Howard kershner at the piano. Mr..
Chandler il very good singer ana rem
dered several solos that We're very pleas.
| ing.
Mr.. Lewis, who is a man "a years OF
age and a very forceful speaker, was IN
troduced bv Rev. Mr.. Newell. His talk
along the liquor line was well worth
hearing and be gave some pretty good
Illustrations Of the evils of alcoholic bey-
erages. Facts were what he took and
some lively figures were given by nm
Down to the exact quart, he gave fgures
showing how much liquor was consumed
every year, and instead Of growing less
the consumption is growing. Back sew
eral wears ago the consumption was con
siderably less than it i to-day regard
less Of more prohibition states and re-
CARELESS Of the temperance lectures That
are being held According to his ilgaires,
three times as much money IS spent
every year for liquor as for the ednca
tional purposes. In closing, Mr., Lewis
gave several touching instances OF the
evils of alcoholic drink.
Howard II. kershner, the second speak
or OF the afternoon followed directly
after Mr.. Lewis. Mr.. kershner is ma
tive of Kansas, which is a prohibition
state and he told Of the advantages en-
loved bv that state. Among them was
the distinction it has of being the rich
est financially, OF any state IN the union.
The three heads under which he spread
out were that TO be right, people must
be radical. optimistic and belligerent.
Conservative people never get any
where" said Mr.. kershner, ''and the rad
zeal people do" He gave several IN
stances to prove his statement II one
does not look on the bright side Of things
he never gets anywhere. National pro-
hibition was the point carried through
out the talk and he claims it can be man
aged. The example of the way 1t Is done
in Kansas Is a good one. There IT was
not until the politicians ran as prohloi-
tionists that they got their lilly white
state. Get law makers who are prohibi-
tionists to the front and then proper
plans will be carried out, he said.
At 7:30 o'clock the meeting opened
with II. q. Woodruff presiding and the
speakers of the afternoon gave lectures.
The same trend OF talk that was gone
over in the afternoon was carried out IN
the evening. only in different ways. Both
speakers strongly emphasized the fact
how necessary il il that the law. makers
be prohibition men and that the way for
a national reform TO come would be for /
an amendment to be made in the consti-
tuition.
After Mr.. Lewis had given a few facts |
in an emphatic manner, and after four /
reels of pictures had been shown, with |
the singing Of Mr.. Chandler, Mr.. kersh- |
ner spent some over a half hour review
ing instances of the III effects OF the liz |
uor traffic. People thought the United
states debt TO be large when $1,000 1000 |
600 was spent in a single year, but IN
that length Of time two and one-half /
times that much Is spent for alcoholic /
drinks. This would not include what |
other money is spent in caring for those |
who are injured or become unsupportable |
BY the use Of drink"
From here the flying squadron left for |
Littleton, \. r., where they will oil an
engagement to-day.