The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-06-11

placed by new men. Since this cru
1 SADIE against the saloons the list OF
accidents had fallen thirty per cent.
| Other companies had tried the same
plan with similar results.
Railroads were among the first
| that had developed from q cold blood
ed business proposition to avert ac-
cidents by a stand against the use of
liquor. On the Erie and Pennsylvania
roads detectives had been put on the
trail OF the railroad men with very
good results. and during 1914 the de-
= tectives had reported only ISIS men
out of the thousands employed as hav-
ing drank once. III the mills, for~.
dries. and railroads had accomplished
! this good work from a regard to their
best business interests why could not
=. the state, the town, the village, ac-
complish the same? Efficiency Is the
J crying need of the hour and the first
questions asked of the man I'm search
of work were, Has he efficiency" and
; Does he drink The boys who are
growing up have to learn a trade, a
vocation. and their whole makeup
must be efficient. mentally, morally
and physically. The question of drink
is at the foundation OF big business in
the whole United States" held Mrs.
Loyhed "If liquor is the greatest
enemy TO efficiency, then liquor must
go absolutely" she said. and enthui-
astic applause showed that her au-
dience was with her.
Referred to Kansas.
She then offered the state of Kan
sas as an example. and said that IL
was n wonderful state. Thirty years
ago Kanas voted for prohibition. The
present Legislature is composed al
most entirely OF young men from the
state of Kansas. I'm that state the
second violation Of liquor law results
I'm a state prison sentence for the Of
fender. When crops failed in Kan
sas. and the country was filled with
pity for her people. the governor is
sued a proclamation saying that the
people should give their aid to some
state that needed II more than Kan
sas. as they had over two hundred
million dollars I'm the hank and could
stand crop failure for one year. or
the 1O5 counties i'm the state of Kan
sas twO-thirds OF them have no in
sane people. In Minnesota. where
liquor Is sold, there are five insane
asylums which can hardly accOmmo-
date all the insane. One half of the
counties In Kansas have no feeble
minded, and ninety-siX counties out
Of the los have no inebriates. In
Minnesota the state supports the in
stitutiOn nj Wilmar for the cure of
drunkards. Our insane asyIums are
also partly filed with men who are
inebriates. Eighty-five per cent OF
the feeble minded children are so by
heredity. made so by alcoholic ances-
tors. In Kansas out of the 105 coun-
ties. thirty eight have no poor farms.
while we have one i'm every county.
Fifty-three counties i'm Kansas have
no prisoners, and ninety-iive counties
had no one i'm states prison. There
Is only two per cent illiteracy i'm the
state. All this was the direct result
OF thirty years efficiency OF the pro-
hlbition state. From IL had arisen
,clean brains. steady hands. and moral
natures. The United States govern
ment says that the liquor traffic has
decreased, the maximum being reach
ed in 1907. and since that time II has
steadily decreased. This Is one of the
strongest arguments in favor OF pro-
hibition. or the 1,47S prisoners in
the pennsylvania state prison I.0Os
have signed petition to have the
state go dry; many laying the fault
OF their crimes TO liquor. Il is
also stated that the prisoners at the
great federal prison at Fort Leaven-
worth will also sign n similar peti
ton. TO aid e-unfortunates who can
not control their appetites." Mrs.
Loyhed then considered the wage
earner's salary, and the apportion-
ment Tor the household budget of ex
penditures, and demanded where the
twenty per cent spent for drink came
from, saying that il must be that mart
OF the budget put away for the little
pleasures of the family. IF there Ia
any interest in the home" said Mrs.
Loyhead. this per cent is needed
there. and should not be spent for
something that harmed both body and
soul. All the women in the two or
three days left TO them should do their
part in helping the state to go dry"
enthusiastic applause greeted the
close Of her speech
Remarks BY Miss Hendrix.
Miss Rozetta Hendrix. state pres
ident OF the w. c. r. IT,. was the next
speaker and gave an eloquent talk ON
the point OF the cost OF the Iiouor
traffic to the citizens. to the home
and to the child and life in the home
asking II any present had ever stop
ped to think what Il did to the home
First, the liquor traffic was in direct
opposition to the foundation of the
home. and the rights of the child.
The child's education was neglected
and IL was put to work at an early
age. to help maintain the family. ms
so much of the home money went TO
aid the liquor traffic. The use of
liquor resulted I'm murders. many
wives having been killed by their
husbands while under the infience of
liquor. and many children killed by
drunken parents. I'VE Judge of great
industries by what they give to the
world from the raw material" said
Miss Hendrix. THE raw material for
the saloon is the bright girl or boy,
and what Is the finished product?
The drunkard In the gutter. and the
bad women. The traffic is not JUS
tiled by the finished product. The
boy is the pride of his mother. but one
boy out OF every FIVE families must be
given 10 helm keen nm tho eala NJ