The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-21
Speakers Declared Nation
Wide Prohibition the
Only Real Remedy
URGED VERMONT
TO JOIN PROCESSION
Anti Saloon League Sent
Two Spellbinders in
Barre

Under the auspices of the Anti. .Saloor
j. supporting the cause OF national prohibi
tion spoke to n goodsized audience in
the opera house yesterday afternoon
Both are men of national Importance and
men who are thoroughly eonversant with
= the topic which they discussed DR.. NJ
Swadener OF indianapolis has occupied a
, position on a board of specialists called
together by the United States govern
ment to discuss the conservation of ma
, tional resources, and Hon. NJ. r. Patter-
son was for two years governor of Ten
nessee.
The meeting was called for O'Clock
and was opened with a prayer by DR..
f. F. Newell. pastor of the Hedding
church. Rev. J. w. Barnett of the Con-
gregational church had charge of the
meeting and introduced as the first
speaker DR.. Swadener, saying that the
mere fact that both speakers were from
other and widely separated states proved
conelusively that the country is watch
ing Vermont and is interested in the way
in which she is going to vote on the state
prohibition law.
DIR. Swadener opened his address with
the quotation There is tide in the af-
fairs of men which, taken at the flood,
leads on to fortune Saying that as
nation we are now on the rising tide for
prohibition and that every dollar we
spend now and every move we make to
free the country from the liquor traffic
is worth more by many times than the
same amount OF money or the same ef
fort would have been 10 years ago. The |
liquor question is not the same old ques
tion OF a few years ago. The men who !
are supporting the traffic realize that |
they are facing defeat. In fact, they
probably appreciate il better than most |
Of the people who have it in their power
TO hasten this downfall. It is surprising
to think that after so years of struggle
for this very thing we at last have it in
our own hands to destroy this evil and
do not realize it.
The psychological hour Is here and if |
the prohibition forces will stick together
for five years more the object of their
fight can be gained. The world is wax
ing up to-day to the value of good citi-
zens. A few years ago in our own coun-
try congresses were called together to
discuss means for the preservation of
forests and water supply, later they dis
cussed the feeding of hog and cattle for
the best results. and now they have gone
n step farther and are discussing the citi-
zens themselves and ways to make them
more efficient economically and better :
men from a mental and moral stand
point. We are coming to realize that
mo country is greater than the people in !,
it. We are finding out that the citizen is
the first thing OF Importance in the coun-
try to-day and that is the thing that is
doing away with the liquor traffic"
The biggest question in America to.
day as well as in the world is the ques-
ton of temperance. Russia has shown I
by her action in forbdding the use of !
liquor in her army that she regards to-
tai abstainer as the only first class sol
der If it takes total abstainer to be
l first class soldier is it not reasonable I
10 say that a man must also abstain in
order to reach the highest stage OF eff
,ieney in any occupation? Some of the
greatest firms in the country to-day are T
beginning to realize the state of affairs
md are getting rid of all of their en-
,loyes whom they find are drinking or
pending their time in saloons. Il
The opponents of prohibition may say ol
hat it interferes with personal liberty ic
% have state or national prohibition tt
aw. How about our personal liberty 81
low? Can you burn your own house or b
beat your own wife without finding as
'ourself in Jail the next morning for it m
lol We must live for society and not OF
or selfish -individualism Local option OF
men will say that we need the revenue st
rom the liquor traffic. eve have never
aker dollar for revenue from the liq- nc
or traffic that did not cost us two dol to
lrs in net results" til
If any man is in doubt how TO vote in Oh
rider to put down the sale Of liquor let vi
i'm "ind out the side on which the lia- he
or people stand and then get on the
ther side" The constitutionality of the W.
tate prohibition law has been questioned ice
ut supreme court yerdicts uphold Il. vi
he constitution says that when sufi- Re
ent number 'of petitioners present an ciC
mendment TO the constitution and when IN
shall have been voted on favorablv bv Br
o-thirds OF the House and Senate that bu
shall be submitted TO the states for TN
We shall have the two a
'irds vote in Congress soon and then it ag
lly remains 10 secure the consent Of 30
the states to carry il. Nineteen of the
ates are prohibition now. Let Vermont
the 20th. Re
"The most colossal fraud OF the past
70 years in America is the liquor traf-
:" We have put a stop TO the manu-
cture and sale OF impure foods and i'm dr'
'sed rigorous restrictions on the care Of Get
ilk. Why not stop the sale Of liquor thu
be thing most needed in the Pr0hibi- the
lnist cause is backbone We cannot the
IN these things over 20 the lord and plo
Him run them. Liquor attacks every set
ing that the church holds sacred and snt
erything that the state holds funda hoC
tntal n we can drive liquor out and lat
lsiri
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