New Britain herald., 1915-05-05
INfIU[NCE JILL bf ! fflI:. Al. Il: CONVENTIONS ! ! l
Richmond ?. Hob o1 Says PIoh.- bItiensIsWlII Work Within Parties.

1 devoted particularly to securing the l election by the democratic and Irepub- 1 lican parties of candidates only who are favorable to the cause of pro- l hibition, according to the statements
 of Richard Pearson Hobson, former congressman from Alabama, and, Dr l X. c. Bane. financial secretary of the | Anti-saloon League of America, who 1 talked at the rally for national pro- 1 hibition at the Center Congregational l church last night. 7 .I
 Speaking of the next national con- ] sention, MT. Hobson said: We pro- 1 pose to control both conventions and ] have them dry. We are going to have each convention pass a resolution favoring prohibition and in the plat
 form the first plank will De not a pro- hibition clause, but clause fixing the right of the states to vote on the
 referendum"
 Compensation Possible.
 If national prohibition is attained l next year, said MT. Hobson. he be- lieved reasonable compensation will be given the manufacturers and retailers for their loss. x But if the light is
 
 shown There would have been com
 pensation for the slaves, he said, had
 the owners taken advantage of the situation in time, but they fought and
 all was taken from them. Likewise
 all will be taken from the promoters
 of the liquor traffic if they continue
 the fight until the people become too
 aroused to be controlled.
 The speaker optfrnistfcally painted the prospect of a conference of the
 nations for the attainnen ent of inter-
 national prohibition, with the United States as the leader. He told of Rus
 sia, Germany and England s stands on
 the liquor question and their sudden
 change to attain greater efficiency.
 .'At the loss of hundreds of millions
 of much needed revenue" said MT. Hobson, ssthe European countries banished liquor. The United States does not need this revenue and yet, the government clfngs to the evil. I tell you that liquor has a more deadly grip on the government then slavery ever had
 Prohibition is Efficiency. . The need of greater efficiency in every form of national life was given by the speaker as the reason why the countries of Europe have prohibited liquor: The Russian government has estimated an increase in the national efficiency of thirty to fifty per- cent .3l as a result Of it's action. The in-.8 crease in efficiency in the United States when national prohibition is. attained will be twenty -one per cent .,l according to conservative and care-i fully prenared figures. This wiIr, rep resent an increase of $S;0G0, % O;0OO every year in the wealth of the Unffed States. 8 ee.e ,..s sss.. @s~- u,s- As.s.T The Iiquor trfic is costing.-g the " nfteds Stat ese as much today, said Mir Hobson- "as it would onst to | a.rry on a great world war He safdi that in addition it is the cause Of the premature death of two thousand persons every day in the United States He would prefer war to a contirfua- ton of the liquor traffic. a.s@' Preferred Horrors of War.
 would rather he said hear the the neWsboys go tearing down the street. With the announcement that the allies have declared war upon the United States and then have if 'aduso ls that Germany, Austria, Italy ana ano al the world had joined the war }.o crusn the country; I would rather see my country--defenseless .as r | know she is-compelled to, face, st1,a horrors of the invasion of all. the world, than to see the rayapes of | this enemy continue unchec,-ed through the breadth of our fair land,
 Mr. Hobson denounced lin,or- nar- tlcularly because of it's effect unon the evolution of the human race. Nature, he said, is unrelentinp< in its e11orls to wipe out that which checks l evolution. All the great civilizations or the past crun1bled to dust betarse oelerlorlatlon was brought about by alconol. Natures method of fnsurine lne perpetuation of the spec1es is to XII sout the thing which, stor,s evoIu- @ eion ana the world, Ire said, is just l Y dk1Hss up tos the truth sof ale6hoI.s 1 terrible relation to-rthe species. T
 Wo methods, ares employed by 1a- '. .ures 10 n1r1ye the poison Gut of ;tny 1iv- , Ing organism, said MT. Hobson On, IS 70 shorten life and the oth CT is to , phght the offspring Figures complied 1 ny insurance companies were given b,- tne speaker to show the known effecI oi . ohol upon mans life. Thirteen ears are taken off the life of a mod l eIa .e orlnker who begins drinking at twenty years and a, corresnond,ns comes with increased eo The mortality of the nation woi,ld pc cut in half if there were no 1ionor n the nation" was Mr. Hobsoh,s =
 Race Suicide Inevitable.
 It is inevitable that there should De race suicide in high society" said , MT. Hobson. If both parents are simply moderate drinkers, it will luadruple the chances of raiscarria ge i