The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-05-02
HOBSON VISITS THIS
CITY IN INTEREST OF
NATN'L PROHIBITION

''Ne' VI oNbtuult uilu SDOht
ism and the necessity of buying bonds
to help win the war, at the meeting
Friday afternoon in honor of Liberty
Loan Day, declared as legal holiday
by the United States. Mr.. Hobson
spoke in his usual forceful manner and
succeeded in driving home few facts
not touched by other speakers.
A splendid introduction talk was
made by r. +. Farley, head of the pro.
hibition campaign in New Mexico.
That night Captain Hobson spoke
at the High School Gym to crowded
house. His subject was "The World
War and the Great Destroyer"
THE conquest of the air, of the sea
and of the obstacles on land has made
the whole world u neighborhood so
that nations and races now must either
live like neighbors, as members of
another or else organized might must
rale supreme. Whether the world is
to be peaceful democracy where all
are free and self-determining, or is i.
to be universal autocracy, must now
be determined. When Russia collaps-
ed, America heard the cry of humanity
in peril and joined the war, but, alas,
she was unprepared. There is no fol-
ly like the follw of the foolish virgin.
This very fact makes it important that
every patriotic American citizen should
cooperate and redouble his efforts to
raise the nation quickly TO the high
est point of National efficiency.
"A firing squad on the range fired
100 shots at target and made 30
hits. The soldiers were then given
one litre of mild beer each, and 30
minutes later were put on the range
and fired 100 shots at the same tar
get, believing they were making II
record They made 4 hits instead OF
80. In manufacturing centers where
munitions an dwar materials are pro-
duced, it is often found that the plants
do not reach full efficiency before Ne
middle of the week, as result of
drinking Saturday night and Sunday.
1t is estimated that the producing ef-
fciency of the industrial nations is cut
down to about half, by liquor.
"In long gruelling war, like the
present one, the morale that sustains
nations and armies and brings victory
in the end, proceeds from the upper
part CT mems brains, the seat of char
acter, the part that distinguishes man
from the brute. 1t is just this par.
of the brain that ethyl alcohol attacks
the most. 1t is the high motives
springing from this part of the brain
that impel America.
T.,,;pn 20 rrauant oy.rv form nc
waste, why should we tolerate for an
instant business that is poisoning
the majority of our people cutting in
half their producing power, enIailing
q wasting that exceeds the output OF
all the farms, mines, forests and fish,
cries combined.
perhaps no man in America has
had better occasion than myself to
measure the mighty political power
of the National liquor interests and
its whelps. can understand how
scheming politician or even a schem-
ing administration might hesitate to
incur the anger and wrath of these
powerful political forces. But this is
no time to play the game of politics.
We have Democratic administration
but | feel justified in declaring that
no patriotic Democrat would wish the
administration to gain political ad-
vantage at this time to the hurt OF
the Nation and the peril of the great
cause for which we are fighting. There
is no north and no south now-no
Democrats and no Republcans-we
are all Americans.
1--WE are fighting that all men may
be free TO exercise their higher fac
uties; we are determined to over
throw autocracy and to make dem
ocracy universal. But even if we sue
maintain it's free institutions unless it
becomes sober. The exercise of lib
erty requires a high average stand
ard of character in the citizenship.
When this standard degenerates below
a certain minimum level, patriotism
languishes, the vote become venal, cor
rupt practices prevail, the free in
stitutions perish.
"We are fighting this bloody war
thru, in the hope of finally being able
to establish such relations between ma
tions that as neighbors and members
one of another, they may not only
dwell in peace, but tremendously CO.
operate with nature in advance the
common welfare and build higher the
civilization where moral and spiritual
forces will rule the world, and the
brotherhood Of men be established un-
der the fatherhood of God ltut how
can hrotharlv love he astai shed i'm
the slums of great city whers mer
and women are degenerated Jy liquor
1t is utterly vain to hope for moral
AMI spiritual forces 10 rule the world
when mems activities proceed from
the base of the brain, out Of their an
imal nature. Our efforts 70 establish
the brotherhood of man will all be in