Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-11-17
NATIONAL ". {. I.
u. SESSION OPEN
MEET IN INDIANA

convention of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union here today by the
national president, Miss Anna A. Cor
don, of Evanston, ILL., In her annual
address she discussed national consti-
tutional prohibition, law enforcement,
new Americans" our young people,
beer" world wide work of the W. C.
T. IT,, "the big city" and Russias cru
sading women The presidents ad-
dress was preceded by the report Of
tie executive committee and was fol .
lowed by a memorial service.
Miss Gordon's address was, in part.
as follows:
THE allied temperance forces are
unit in the fight for national oOnsti-
tutional prohibition. They are determ-
ined that the partnership of the gov
eminent with the liquor traffic shall
be dissolved. The passage of a federal
amendment will help license states in
which the liquor traffic is so deeply en-
wrenched that national prohibition
and that only-is adequate for its ex-
Termination.
LAS the Sixty-fourth congress reas-
sembels for it's second session, it will
be stormed by men and women repre-
senting the leading temperance organ
izations and the aroused prohibition
sentiment of the country. The words
of warning, the liquor traffic must go
are writ large on the map of the Unit
ed States. Let US reiterate our chal-
lnging cry, On to Washington
"The big task really centers in the
big cities. These are the strongholds
of the enemy. One-half the saloons in
the United States are in fourteen cities
New York city alone has more saloons
than are found in thirty-six states.
There are fewer saloons in all our
southern commemorative than in the
city of Chicago. If Seattle, Portland
(Oregon), Denver, Birmingham (Ala.),
Memphis, Nashville, Des Moines and
Kansas City can go dry why also
should not Chicago, New York and
Philadelphia.
Evidence from mayors, judges and
sheriffs of large dry cities is all in
favor of prohibition. Mayor Gill Of
Seattle declares that prohibition has
been a wonderful thing for his city.
Seattle has a population of a third of
million and is the first seaport city
of it's size to go dry. Governor Carlson
OF Colorado says prosperous conditions
have followed liquors exit from Den
yer. The 100000 a year formerly
spent for liquor has been turned into
legitimate channels and there is
great decrease in drunkenness, de-
bauchery and crime.
Change Wrought at Birmingham.
Birmingham is really like differ
ent CITY, testifies the city chief of po
lice. Prohibition is responsible in
great measure for this improvement.
Mayor Hanna of Des Moines, declares
prosperity has come since that city
dissolaed partnership with the liquor
traffic. He says that 100000 estim>
mated to have been spent in Des
Moines saloons annually now goes
over the dry goods and grocery coun-
ters, into bank deposits, lumber yards
and real estate offices.
The foundation for the American
ization of our great foreign speaking
population is laid in the public schools.
Eighteen million school children are
saying, one country, one language, one
! flag
THE W. C. T. u. through its Frances
+. Willard Memorial Fund, its mission
aries at the ports Of entry, its tenn
perance literature in many languages,
and its department of work among
i foreign speaking people, is rapidly ad-
cancing the 'Americanization' of i'm
migrant women.
Our faith in young people and in
our Young Peoples Branch makes us
feel assured that we shall not only Sc
cure national constitutional prohibit
ton but also enforce it. Nearly seventy
colleges and universities offer courses
i'll the study of the liquor problem and
more than hundred colleges have
volunteer temperance study classes.
"A serious feud in the liquor family
is threatened. Beer is beginning to
look askance at its own first cousin.
whiskey. Whenever beer explains that
it is a liquid food and sober drink
scientist hit it with sledge hammer
fact that beer is intoxicating"
In closing her address Miss Gordon
told the story of the adjustment OF