The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-08-03

l. That it is not a sincere institu-
ton, but one owned and controlled by
Few men who have high salaries
and other advantages. Although work.
ing in the name of prohibition, it is
declared to be opposed to straight.
oui prohibition.
z. That it is an agent of the Stan
dard Gil Company in opposition to or
gained labor.
3. That it maintains a system for
the purpose of influencing men and
conditions in both church and state
4. That it uses the housewives of
the nation and children in starting
boycotts of trade in order to swing
influential business men to support
the immediate proposition it has in
hand to work out in the community
! state or nation
3. That it fakes petitions to Legis-
lators and Congressman.
s. That it makes threats to force
prospective legislative officials to
bind themselves by secret pledges
to support the measures it under.
takes.
Some of the men in its Washing.
ton lobby are said to draw nearly
/ three times as much money as mem
bers of Congress. With a total in
come of $1,2O0.000 of which SSOO,OOC
is said to be guaranteed at the be.
! ginning of each year, the league has
All unlimited source of supply.
The Control of Votes.
| The full effect of its operations is
shown by the vote on prohibition il
the House and by what is now taking
| place In the Senate. There was nc
! buster place in Washington today
than the national headquarters Of the
league in the Bliss Building, located
within a stones throw of the Capitol
itself Mr. Dinwiddie held number
of conferences with State Superin-
tendents summoned here by telegraph
| A statement making patriotic
| backdOwn" from it's original position
on the anti-liquor rider in the food bill
was said to be in course of prepare
! ton.
Has Plenty of Money.
Members of Congress point to the
| record of the league as an indication
that its work has been done with
small respect for the real principle of
prohibition involved. 1t is asserted
that from the beginning the organiza-
ton created a mighty antipathy
among prohibitionists, who were fight
ing for a principle.
From the time of its creation in
1902 at Berlin, Ohio, with DR.. Howard
as the first president, the charge is
made that its operations have not
been purely altruistic 1t is declared
that men have grown rich since they
affiliated with it.
The league also has received public
money from Congress. A fund of $50
600 for the investigation of certain
industrial conditions abroad was
granted to it, and DR. Dinwiddie was
powerful factor in the transaction
Ii was then that DR.. Baker is said to
have realized the worth of Dr. Din
| wlddle, and as a result the latter was
put in charge at Washington.
The League and Labor.
1t was pointed out today that the
league has always been active in
state legislatures when labor ques-
tons were being agitated This was
noticeable when the prohibition fight
in Colorado served 10 draw attention
away from the controversy between
the Rockefeller interests and the
miners. In other states prohibition
measures, it is declared, have crowd.
ed into the legislative "hoppers"
ahead Of labor measures. Concerns
that have fought organized labor have
contributed to prohibition in the name
Of the Anti-Saloon League
One of the leagues methods to Sc
cure support, it is charged. is through
a plan of boycotting worked cut
through auxiliary organizations of
women and children. Housewives by
this scheme are organized TO ascer>
tain from grocerEl-en IL small towns
if they will support INC league. the in
ference being that trsde sill be lost
If support is not given.
The movement to pledge members
of Congress 10 prohibition gained
strength in the fight 10 secure the
adoption of the Sheppard Hobson
amendment letter TO this effect
was sent members:
The people Of (name of state) are
very much interested in your stand
on the prohibition amendment. We
would like TO know whether. if nomi-
mated and elected. you will vote for
the Sheppard-Hobson amendment.
Should your answer be in the afirma.
tive this will not be used 10 embar.
rass you either in your nomination
or election, and II you desire IL viii
be kept strictly confidential"