The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-01-18
DRYS WORKING TO SAVE WAR NEEDS
BEING WASTED BY CHICAGO SALOONS
Many Organizations Helping Roll Up Monster Petitions as
First Step Toward Victory
WILL NOT WAIT FOR NATIONAL LAW
Prohibition Efficiency and Economy Needed Now as War Measure
VETS FIGHT SIGNING OF PETITION

The dry forces on Chicago will not
wait for National Prohibition The
amendment will not become effective
within two years. In the meantime,
il Chicago stays wet, the liquor traf-
/ fc's great waste of needed war conf
nodities will continue. Chicago
spends thousands OF dollars a day for
! liquor. This money is needed for the
purchase Of Liberty Bonds. Grain
used to make beer for Chicago sa-
looms is needed TO feed the people OF
the United Statca and her allies Coal
used by the brewers in the manufac-
ture of beer for Chicago saloons is
needed by the factories, by the
! schools and in homes. Chicago sa-
looms are a constant menace to the
thousands Of soldiers and sailors sta
J toned near the city and To the hun
dreds who pass through the city on
their way to and from camps all over
the nation.
In order to secure for the nation
the great benefits which will result
from Prohibition in the nations sec
ond city, patriotic citizens are de-
termined to make Chicago dry by
bringing the question to a vota at the
election on April the second.
Big Petition First Step
The first step towards victory is
the securing of petition with the
greatest possible number of signers
Many organizations are cooperating
with the Chicago Dry Federation in
an effort to gain the advantage OF
filing a great petition with many more
than the required number of names.
On Saturday noon, January 10, the
Bible Glasses o the city, with the
help of various other great organiza-
tons, will start a drive for petition
signers, to continue until Monday,
January 28th. Among the organza-
tons cooperating in this campaign
are the Woman's Church Federation,
the Y Dung Peoples Civic League, the
Catho olic Prohibition League, the Y.
NJ. c. A., the Catholic Total Absti-
nence Association, and many of the
j Woman's Clubs of the city. The
drive being made by the above or
ganizations is under the direction of
the Chicago Department OF the Anti
Saloon League, and is in addition to
the campaign being carried on by the
Dry Chicago Federation.
A War Measure
In a statement covering the Chi
caeo situation E J. Davis. Superin-
tendent of the Chicago District says:
Taken as war measure few things
are so important as the pending sa-
loon question in the city of Chicago.
| If she could eliminate the saloon for
the period OF the war it would give
wings to all other war work and
! obliterate the chief nest of degenerat-
ing instruments in the city. The sa-
| looms are the cause OF an immense
waste OF labor and now when labor
is so much needed is the time for the
saloonkeeper and their helpers to re-
adjust themselves-they could walk
imme diately into new and better po-
sitions. Not only is it waste OF la
Dor by the number OF men tied up in
the business itself, but the alcohol
which the saloon sells in the beer,
wine and whisky makes inefficient a
large body of men whose work is
needed at the top notch OF efficiency.
Appeal to Chicago Women
/ The following appeal to Chicago
Club Women has been issued by Ella
S. Stewart, Chairman of the Prohibi-
ton Committee of the Chicago Wom-
ans club:
For several months work on a
petition has been in progress to sub
nit to the voters at the April cleo
ton the question: Shall this city
become Anti-Sa!oon territory
This campaign should go on by
all means for the best way to insure
dry Legislature which would ratify
the Prohibition amendment would be
to break the saloon power of Chi
cago. The amendment may not be
ratified by the requisite SO states for
four or five years. Chicago could be
redeemed from saloon domination
and degradation this year. Chicago