The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-12-12
WHAT WILL Be
ATTITUDE Of
UNION LABOR?
GREATEST FIGHT EVER BEFORE
LAsoRlNG PEOPLE WILL SOON
BE BROUGHT ABOUT ~ TEN
PERAhcE PEOPLE.

~. LOUIS, Dec. IL u' dttlLuut VI
the great labor organizations of this
country on the liquor question must
soon be decided. according to the com
mission on temperance of the federal
council OF the churches of Christ in
America. which reported at yester-
days session of the quadrennial meet
/ ing OF the council
| In its report the commission speaks
of "a big fight in the labor federation
coming soon" 1t says:
Various groups in the federation
have from time to time made an at
tempt to open the discussion and at
the convention of the American Fed
Grafton OF Labor held in San Francis
co, during November 1915, a number
OF resolutions were brought to the
convention by various delegates seek.
ing to have action, favorable to the
liquor business, taken by the conyen-
lion. But these resolutions were has.
tily withdrawn when the consequence
of such action was brought home to
the leaders of the convention. How
ever. there is no doubt that, in the
near future, the entire question will
be discussed By the American Fedora
tlpn OF Labor. Such pressure is being
brought 10 bear by the liquor inter
est5 that the Federation must de
eide definitely where it stands This
Nil result in the bi crest fight that
has ever taken place at any conyen.
tion OF the federation. Because of
this. it is supremely important that
a campaign of education be engaged
in (by the churchesD which will noi
only furnish material for those who
must make this fight on the floor Of
the convention, but for the benefit OF
the rank and file of workingmen, who
should support to the last degree the
labor men who will be called upon to
make this fight, and against whom all
the bitterness Of the liquor traffic will
be hurled
Discussing Married Men and the
Saloon" the commission says:
ut is a striking fact that married
men spend more time in the saloon
than single men. This is somewhat
startling, because married life is sup
posed to have SOLDERING effect upon
a man. Can it be that in many OF
these casts the home has failed its
function? For let it he said with all
the emphasis possible, that in the last
analysis the home must be the best
substitute for the saloon. II is very
generally true that men do not do
their part in making the home what
it should be from the social stand
point and perhaps too much has been
said about wives failing to make them
selves and their homes more attract
i've, thus driving their poor husbands
to drink; but the fact remains that
a careful student of the subject re-
vealed that about twice as many mar
ried men go to the saloon as do single
men. This may be due to the higher
idcalism of the younger men, and it.
may also be attributed to the fact
that they spend a great deal Of time
in the company Of their sweethearts,
who naturally would not visit the sa-
loon with them. Perhaps no salts
factory solution may be found of this
particular aspect of the problem until
in some way It becomes possible to
provide more cheerful homes for work
ing people. in point of ventilation,
light. space and general outlook. This
condition must be met by men and
women Of large social conceptions. 1t
may be taken up by the municipality
or the state-somebody must do it,
for 1t is unfair and shortsighted to
charge up to married men and women
social sins and omissions for which
they are only in part responsible