Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1916-04-21
TO FIGHT SALOONS
AND LIQUOR TRAFFIC
Organization of Representative
Citizens Affected Last Night
at Meeting in First M. E.
Church.
DR.. HARE SPEAKS.
Feels Confident Baltimore City viii
Vote "DrY"---Text Of His Ad-
dress---Organization Committee
to Meet Next Tuesday.

to Meet Next Tuesday.
l. A. we'll attended and enthusiastic
meeting in the lecture room of the
First NJ. e Church last evening began
the fight which viii be made TO carry
Annapolis against the licensing Of sa-
looms in the election of next November
Mr. William F. King presided. and af-
ter addresses by Rev. Or. George s.
Bell and Rev. Walter u. Burgen. DR..
Thomas D. Hare, superintendent of the
Anti-Saloon League of Maryland de-
hvered rilging address.
DR.. Hare brought particularly en-
couraging reports from Baltimore
city which, he feels. viii vote dry
As in Baltimore, SO in Annapolis, the
Anti Saloon cause is getting recruits
eve day. and getting them from per-
sons least expected to declare them
selves IN this way In view OF the
strong probability of Baltimore going
dry, the matters OF the condition in
Annapolis, should it vote wet. is giving
deep concern. Manifestly. Annapolis
would attract the most undesirable
element from Baltimore city. and
condition would arise which would be
intolerable, and would injure Annap-
oils in every way DR. Hare said:
The passage of what may properly
be characterized as the Smith-Har-
rington-McIntOsh Local Option Bill by
the Legislature which has just ad-
iourned IS not all the temperance peo-
pie We're demanding yet it does give
IN opportunity for an assault upon the
euemy's trenches in every section of
the State out of which the liquor traf-
fc has not vet been routod.
Aggressive organization work is
now on in every wet unit of the State
and a preliminary survey of the situ-
alton reveals conditions that bring no
discouragements to the froces Oppos-
cd to the licensed booze traffic In
harmony with this purpose OF effective
organization. this meeting of tonight
has beer called The good citizens Of
Annapolis nov have an opportunity to
make a vigorous assault upon the vic
ious liquor traffic that mas so long
been the principle source of debauch-
cry not only Of the citizenship of this
| CITY, but of many members OF the Leg
islature that here assemble for the
purpose of transactiag rhe busmess OF
the State. OF all the cities of the
State Annapolis ought to he dry.
"A tremendous change of public opin-
ion has resulted through the activities
| of national temperance organizations
throughout the years. The old idea
that alcohol beverages are all right If
moderately used is no longer promul-
gated or defended by those who have
| studied the question The use of alco-
holic beverages in the most moderate
| quantities is now held by the best
thought Of the age to be inimical to the
! highest welfore of the user.
Laboratory Investigations OF many
different individuals by subsection to
| test shows that in moderate quanti-
ties alcohol slows down human mech
anism, 1t has consequently. become
| recognized as the chief foe to human
| efficiency. Thorough investigation in
| the great manufacturing industries of
| the nation has shown that most of the
| accidents resulting in serious injury
| and even loss OF life, have occurred
through the use af alcohol. The most
| startling disaster Of the century. the
| loss of the Titanic was traceable
l,Hrectly 10 n drunken revci parucipat-
| ed in by the captain. the chief officers
| and many of the passengers of the
| vessel. Ii has also been found adyis-
| able TO keep alcohol ont of the trench
| cs in the European war as the militia
rists have discovered that the soldiers
| cannot fire as accurately when in
| dulging i'm even moderation in alco-
| holic beverages. The universal tes
| timony of the age is against its use in
| any form and the new slogan of eff
| cheney has done much to kick John
| Barleyc0rn down the back stairs as
| every recognized industrial institution
have all declared war against him
"Its commercial importance has al
ways been founi to be largely imagi-
| nary. The tremendous amount Of rev
enue which it is alleged to be produc-
| ng is found upon close investigation
to be but the dreams of alcoholi1ed in
dividEals. In hte City OF Baltimore but
/ per cent. in round numbers of the
| workers of the city are engaged in The
manufacture Of alcoholic beverages
Less than , 1-2 per cent. of the product
of the manufactures of the city come
from the breweries and distilleries
Eleven cents ont of every dollar spent
in Baltimore city goes for booze as
AGAINST seven and three-ouarter cents
out of each dollar for bTea,i. shoes and
clothing. Baltimore's annual drink bill
is $I0,954.0S5 according TO figdres pub
lished by what is known as the Aldret
Survey. Thus the per capita drinl
| consumption amounts 10 S1S.25 an.
nuaily.
The saloon has been defended
throughout the length and breadh o.
| the land as the poor mans club. which
III its final analysis means that it i:
| supporei almost entirely by the wage