Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-22
STATE W. C. +. u.
PRESIDENT GIVES
ANNUAL MESSAGE

fAE0AVEW1 O1vEO
ANNUAL MESSAGE
Addresses by Attorney General Will
liam LANCER and the state president
Preston Anderson, and reports OF sew
eral of the departmental officers were
given at the opening sessions OF the
annual state convention of the tenn
perance workers at Valley City yes
terday.
Attorney General LANCER told Of
the efforts made by his department to
the triumph Of the prohibition forces
in the national legislative field. Mrs.
Anderson gave her presidents address
tonight.
District No. Is, comprising Cas-.
Trail and Steele counties. was declar-
ed a banner district, having nearly
twice as many points as were neces-
a to qualify. Twenty seven dele
gates represented the district. headed
by the district president. Mrs. F. III.
Wilder Of Fargo.
The national president, Miss Anna
A. Gordon Of Evanston, ILL.,. was call
ed to New Mexico and could not be
present. Mrs. Ida B. Wise Smith,
| president of the Iowa state organ1za-
ton, will be in attendance. however.
Mrs. Elizabeth Preston Anderson,
state president, in her annual address
last evening, said: The United States
in the adjustment of liquor manufac-
ture for the duration of the war took
its greatest stride in insuring ultimate
victory"
Quoting the assertion Of Kaiser
wilhelm of Germany that the nation
would win which consumed the least
alcohol, made at the outset Of the war,
| Mrs. Anderson declared the United
States and her allies were in a fair
way to make good on that proposition.
How far the attitude Of the Ger
man mind which today .justifies the
imperial program of ruthlessness, and
the striking out from the German vo-
cabulary the word humanity is due
to the numbins effect OF almost uni
versal beer habit. cannot be detern1in-
ed" said Mrs. Anderson. 1T would
the false philosophy Of such teachers
as Neitzche, which has had great In
f~luence in shaping German thought,
could be accepted by a people whose
finer spiritual perceptions were not
more or less sodden with drink
Mrs. Anderson dealt with the W. G.
T. U. service in the wa at some
length. 49,.
Our organization" she said, "since
it's inception, has stood for peace, for
international courts Of conciliation.
arbitration and Justice, and one Of the
important departments Of our work
for 35 years has been that Of peace
and international arbitration. We
have not changed our belief nor drop
country entered this. war. no wornan's
organization was better equipped or
responded more promptly to the. call
for patriotic service than did ours" 81
Declaring t~hankfulness to congress
Cor prohibiting the manufacture Of
distilled spirits, Mrs. Anderson also be-
lieved that congress should prohibit
save 20,000,0 900 bushels more Of
grain.
Citing the increased sale Of cigarets
in the United States, Mrs. Anderson
maintained that the cry of war econo-
my and conservation should be made
to apply to the users Of tobacco az
we'll al to the housewives in their
Kitchens.
'sEhy so much silence in regard te
this waste?" asks Mrs. Anderson
why so much talk, about the $700,-
VI 10000 waste Of the American gar,
bage can and never a word about the
$1,000. 900, 900 waste Of the American
ash trav?"
;. housewives by the thousands are
GslEOlllIlS themselves III lH0 OIlLSS
States food administration and pledg'
: ing to make sacrifices in the home.
for the saving Of food. We believe
this patriotic service or the part o.
1.-THE women at home ought to bl
matched by an equally patriotic ser
{ vice on the part Of the men in thu
, home. by their giving up cigars, cigar
, least during the period Of the war. TIL,
, land and the labor now used to rails,
tobacco would be released for tn,
! raising Of needed foodstuffs and tht
l money spent for cigars, cigarets ant
, tobacco would help feed the hungr!
! world"
That the W. c.. T. U. must prepar,
! itself for a bitter fight in every stat,
Legislature IL it would win nationa
prohibition, was Mrs. Anderson
!. warning to the state convention. a
I she traced the progress Of the propos
ed constitutional amendment barrin!
. liquor in the nation.
After n extended review Of legis
!, lative successes attained in the state
{ including the extension Of suffrage
the state bone dry bill, the publ
welfare commission, and several 9th
ers, hrs. Anderson dealt with TIL
: world war, voicing the hope that tn
. world is in the pangs Of the birth Of
new world purged of its evils.
: X X Y
Prof. and Mrs. William wellingto.
Norton and their baby son returne
. to the city yesterday after being alb
sent since June. Prof. Norton was /
Indiana, Michigan, Illinois and Obi
doing C~hautauqua work until thre
weeks ago, when he stopped in til
Twin Cities to visit relatives. He wa
Joined there by Mrs. Norton, who ha
spent the early part Of the surnme
with her parents at Devils Lake.
Women Of the First Baptist churc
gave a surprise in the church parloI
THURSDAY afternoon in honor Of Mr.
Harvey j. Moore. Guests had II
sponded to clevefly worded invitation
by bringing gifts of their W pickle
1el1s, preserves and Jams, for stockin
the pantry shelves OF the parsonage.
Tea was served by Mrs. Garvil
Mrs. schlaberg and Mrs. Sauires, al
sisted by Misses Alice Genesk, Maud
Griffith and Glenna Garvin.
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