The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-03-05

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woman and child in the United States
Nine dollars tax on every family. Ovel
$500 for every family that drinks In
England. Germany, Austria and most
other European nations. The people
drink more heavily than in America.
What burden on the nation What
part nf this expenditure does tho
farmcr-the man who raises the grain
and The fruitg tina, make The liquor
get How much would he be affected
. If the traffic should cease? What rae
tors make tho profit 10 IN" Liquor
dealer unusually large? Can We al
ford To license saloons" Such Quch-
iuUs answered by ClaEscS will s"nd
them 10 libraries for research and open
avenues for advancing temperance
doctrine. Here. too. should b" In
CItlIcG notes nf how small is the share
Of the wage carnGrS engaged In hand
ling liquor and what proportion al this
outlay goes to the government by
which IL IL CnuntcnRncCd
Special stress should be laid on tho
fact. however. that the greatest eco.
nOniC burden caused by liquor IS not
the money spent at the saloon. but
the reduction IN tho producing ca
puuily OF the nation. Show ils burden
on labor. Quote John Mitchell. vIco
president Of tic American Federation
Of Labor. who says; The average
working man does not yet earn
enough money TO give his family all
the comforts they deserve. He has no
money To spend on drink withcuL rob-
bling his family" How does dlink aE-
feet wages? On which side Is the
saloon, labor capital? what should
a government do with a traffic thai
wastes wealth and capital and in
lures labor? Write essays on Drink
the Enemy OF the Worker; How 10
Make the Working Man Appreciate
the Consequences OF Drink" Make
list OF prominent business houses
that will not employ a drinking man.
and insurance companies that charge
higher rates for such risks. Hold
quizzes 10 show that the saloon is Il
losing proposition for the social and
economic welfare of any people.
Still another course Of lectures may
tlke the liquor traffic rs found in pol
itiCs and government. Why is the
traffic in politics? How does the sa-
loon control votes? What are the evil
denCes of Its corruption in politics?
In morals? What is the saloon pow
er? Ask lawyer TO address the
school on such themes. and have stu
dents report on same.
After n foundation is laid by in
telligent study, pupils of all classes
are prepared to appreciate how alco-
hol affects moral ideals and all move
ments for the spiritual good OF man.
Have the pupils make list OF the
chief pleasure furnished by alcohol
and the saloon and list OF the chief
miseries. Compare these. How uoes
liquor affect mission work? How af-
feet character? In what way is the
saloon the worst enemy of the public
school? Why and how should schools
and churches fight the saloon? Offer
prizes for the best papers on some Of
these.
For the most, these methods" have
been looking primarily towards the
school room. But many apply as we'll
to teaching communities. counties.
states, nations. For broader public
work, the prize essays as conducted
by the Women's Christian Temperance
Union and anti-saIoon league in coun-
ty and state are excellent. Nothing
perhaps stirs a big crowd more than
the contests in oratory and in song
arranged by the Women's Christian
Temperance Union contest depart
ment. Lectures. clinics. special pro-
cams for Independence day, public
debates. press departments. EXPOSE
tions, are all powerful agents TO teach
the truths concerning alcohol. the
arch deceIver, the greatest enemy TO
individual and national grandeur.
Who Is to fight this worldwide bat
tie? They are coming; many have ar
rived. Whence From the schools of
the many lands. AS our own national
superintendent OF scientific temper
ance instruction sings 1t:
Not she who rocks the cradle,
But she who holds the rule;
The mighty fate of empires
Lies with the public school"
Are you. teacher. enlisted in this
army? Your head is convinced; is
your heart throbbing with eagerness
to lodge IN the pupils entrusted to you
an intense ambition to help win a
speedy victory over alcohol? Arc they
believing that right day will win ?'
Arc they singing:
Its long way to prohibition,
But sure way TO go;
It's the hest way to bring salvation
TO the greatest land / know"
Then you. too, may sit in the coun-
ellis Of nations and weld power at
which angels may wonder.