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Another Llquor scheme9

Another Liquor Scheme?
A Parkersburg banker called the
attention OF the West Virginia board
of trade to a letter from an outside
advertising man who stated that sew.
eral foreign papers published in New
York, Milwaukee, and elsewhere. an
nounced their intention Of printing a
West Virginia edition in August. The
reason given for such special edi.
tion was that foreigners are leav-
ing West Virginia in great numbers.
The board of trade conducted an
investigation Night letters were sent
to the principal cities of the state
by the secretary of the board, max
ing inquiry concerning the situation
in these cities. Commercial associa'
tons in Wheeling, Clarksburg, Blue
field Charleston, Huntington and Ell.
kins all responded that there Is no
such exodus of foreigners from these
communities The Elkins Commercial
Club said that there are more foreign
ers coming to that section than are
leaving it.
Can it be that this is another scheme
of the liquor interests to put West
Virginia in a bad light, insisting that
the men who have come into the state
from Europe's. shores will not stay
because they cannot have their booze!
SaIoonkeepers' Mortality Rate.
Detroit saloonkcepers have proved
poor insurance risks the past year. Oh
the 1877 men to whom licenses were
granted a wear ago, 80 have died, a
rate OF almost 80 per 1000, while the
normal death rate for the city Is on
~ tribe over Is per 1000, including
deaths among infants.
The Detroit Times explains the mat.
ter as follows:
Drink is the cause Of the high NOR
tally rate among salooHkeepers. The
saloonkeeper who is a teetotaler Is
rare exception. Bright's disease is
often brought on by excessive drink
ing. Pneumonia is nearly always fatal,
when the constitution of the victim
has been impaired by strong drink.
Bishop Urges Fight.
Another OF our bishops has spoken
out plainly about the drink problem
The Rt. Rev. Chas. P. Anderson, Di-
shop of Chicago, III an address gwen
at the Majestic theater, said:
ut is probable that we will look
tack upon our tolerance OF the liquor
traffic as we now look back upon
slavery as an institution. Every man
and woman of the Episcopal church
should take a leading part In this
great moyament-The Living Church,
July /, 1915"
The Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution, re-
liable and conservative, sums up the
prohibition situation in Georgia i.i the
following paragraph from an editorial
CT recent date. The editors conclus-
ions are based on reports lie has re-
ceiNed from special corresD )Edents or
the Constitution in all the large: cities
of Georgia: -. ..:
From Rome, Columbus, Macon, Aa-
gusts and Savannah come reports or
remarkable decrease in the number
of arrests for drunkenness. and IN
some cases as high as go to 20 Per
cent. and the story CT Atlan,a's two
months under more stringent a%s IS
of equal interest and wonder. In
other words where 100 persons were
formerly arrested and perhaps, fined
or given Stockade sentences FOR
drunkenness, there are now but 80 or
40 at the stcckade. ..I-
From the standpoint of good order
ami deesHcy. II ia-i ef ntofal75 GeoTsih
Communities are therefore Go to -