The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-22
Interesting Report and Recon-
mendations Made by Head
quarters Committee
BALANCE NOW TO BE
PAID AMOUNTS TO $40, ZOO
Work of Organization by No
Means Finished When State
Voted Dry, as Shown by
Experience of North Carolina

Experience of North Carolina
The report OF the Headquarters
Committee of the Anti-Saloon League
and accompanying resolution were
read BY MIR. r, s. Barbour, OF South
Boston, and unanimously adopted yes
terday morning.
The report shows that the league
debt has been reduced to $1,000. a
plan by which the debt has been APP
portioned among the churches OF the
State with view of raising the amount
during the sixty days is included in the
report. which Is given In full as fol-
lows:
Text of Report.
AZ the meeting of the State Con-
vention in Norfolk last March the debt
of the league contracted In the State
wide fight amounted to sf3,a5o re-
duction OF s1o,500 from the original
sum. At the present time the debt OF
the league If $1,000. showing reduc-
ton in ten months since the last con-,
venIng OF $3.50. This amount of $780,
700 Ia all in the form of notes endorsed
by members Of the executive commit
tee OF the league
1T is needless TO say that 1t is ex-
/ CHeuEnSly important Tor tH9 DeSA III
terest OF our future usefwlness that
this debt should be speedily cancelled.
| 1t is great mistake TO suppose that
the work OF the leag was largely ac-
corfpitshed when the state voted for
Statewide prohibitory law. The speech
of Superintendent Davis, of North
Carolina, on yesterday morning
showed that, although North Carolina
voted for Statewide prohibition seven
years ago. yet the work OF the Anti
Saloon League has been equally as i'm
portant since that time as II was before
that time The paper by Commits
sioner Blue. Of West Virginia. which
was read 70 the convention on yester-
dag afternoon, emphasized the fact
that the fight was not over in West
Virginia when the prohibitory law
went into effect. but the real fighting
began with the necessity for enforcing
tho law.
Must look for Same Experience.
The Anu-Saloon League of Vir-
ginia will find that 1t will have the
same experience here that West Nir-
| ginia and North Carolina have had,
and the league must be prepared to
stand actively. aggressively and per-
sistently for such an enforcement or
| the law as Will protect the State--that
| is. the people OF the State from the evil
effects Of an Illegal liquor traffic. 1t
| viii Ne necessary. therefore, to main
tain In a high state of efficiency tho
league organization; and II VIII require
about the same amount of money TO
carry on the work OF the league sue
cessfully that II has required In other
years. excepting, Of course, the year of
1914.
Your headquarters committee estl-
mates that the regular work or the
league will require about $1,000 per
month. of $4,000 per year. which Is
less than $1,000 than the amount ex-
pended in 1918. the year before the
Statewide fight. This amount can be
easily raised. but 1t is difficult matter
TO raise this sum and at tho same time
pay of the balance of the debt by the
ordinary means And vet your com
mittee feels that II is imperative that
the debt he cancelled. Fourteen thou
sand doftars has been raised on the
debt during the sixteen months since
the close of tho Statewide fight, which
: r. n average OF about 1900 per month.
Al this rate IL would require twelve
mouths longer to pay off the debt, but
this result is not proba BILE within
twelve months by the ordinary meth
DDS
Your committee. therefore, at a
meeting held in December. decided 10
ask the churches of Virginia to- raise
a small sum 10 be used solely Tor the
liuuitation OF the debt, and suhcom-
rrnittee went over the entire field
throughout the state of Virginia and
estimated the amount which would be
necessary from every church TO pay
the debt in full. The amounts were
not large in any case, and your com
mittee believes that the debt could be
estipguished by the 18th of March
without entailing a burden upon an!
church II the plan suggested by your
committee should be accepted by the
churches.
we. therefore. present the follow
ing resolution for adoption by the con-
vention:
Resolved. That the convention
IN glad 10 hear that $3.50 has
been paid on the Statewide debt
of the Anti-Saloon League since
the convention held In Norfolk
last month.
Resolved, 2. That 1t is a mat
ter of prime importance that the
balance Of $1,000 still due be
paid within the next sixty days.
Resolved, 3. That the conven-
ton most heartily endorses the
plan OF the headquarters commit
tee to SECURE the balance still due.
We earnestly request the pastors
and laymen of the various charges
to rans- the small amounts asked
for by the committee, 50 that the
debt may be speedily cancelled
without imposing any heavy bur-
den on any person or on any
/, church.