The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-07-29
PLAYS ARCH ENEMY
OF CIVILIZATION
Patriotism and Prohibition Gold Dust
Twins. of Worldwide Democ-
racy.
wHEELER's ATTACHMENT.
Intelligence and Morality Corner
stones uf Enlightenment I'm Drive
Against Menace to True Form of
Government.

Government.
. Ocean Grove, ". j.. July As
| Suggesting that from Daniel OF Old
| to Daniels of the Navy. the test for
| efficiency and health has always been
! In favor of the individual and the
nation that stands for sobriety,'
| Wayne b. Wheeler, LII. D. speaking
at the Ocean Grove auditorium.
Ocean Grove, y. j., today also as
serted that patriotism and prohibition
have been joined together In an in
dissoluable union by the present great
| world conflict.
He then added: They (patriotism
and proribition) are the Gold Dust
| Twins which will clean up this coun-
| try and make IL a fit habitation for
democracy and civilization"
| DIR. Wheeler discussed at some
length the relation OF the prohibition
| question to the war. and the con-
| ttnued advance Of civilization. and
| excoriated the National German
American alliance. whose charter re-
Gently was taken away from IT by
unanimous vote OF Congress. Along
these lines. DIR. Wheeler continued in
part:
! SfG6l movement InBJ lS
gripping the attention OF the people
at this time has some vital relation
TO the winning Of this war The pro-
| hibition movement qualified under
| that rule.
| The two greatest foes to democ-
| racy are--kaiserism and all 1t stands
| for over there, and the liquor traffie
| and all its results here Both of
these enemies Of civilization must go
| IL democracy and civilization are to
endure
We are fighting for democracy.
| The essentials TO its perpetuity are
patriotism and clean politics. The
| cornerstones of patriotism are intel
| ligence and morality. a good man
who is ignorant is dangerous To re-
| public. An intelligent man who Is
| immoral IL n menace to government.
1 The liquor traffic duiis the intellect
! and weakens every cell OF the brain
| 1t undermines morals. The United
! States supreme court chara cterized
the traffic as "a source OF crime and
misery"
| Numerous Illustrations.
| TT corrupts politics which IS the
| science of government and the means
we have for carrying out the high
| purpose of government Philadel-
! pffias disgrace in the bloody fifth
ward Is evidence OF IL. Texas poll
! tics grew go corrupt under saloon
| domination. the state had to go dry
| 10 give decency r chance, The grue-
| some story OF East st Louis dis
grace should drive every friend of
! clean government and law and order
gainst the saloon.
The national food administra ton
| tells as that food Will win the war.
| Patriots save IL by the crumb. the
| brewers waste ii by the ton Thus
! 4o,00o.e0e bushels of food material
are wasted every year In making
| beer
I Transportation facilities should be
| Increased so as to speed up war activi-
ties The brewers use more than
| 100000 cars year TO carry on their
harmful industry.
| Fuel Is vital TO victory TO run the
| factories and send the ships with
supplies. The brewers are using mil
| lions of tons of coal a year to make
| beer, and II slows down the energy
| of the people when ii is needed to be
AT high speed The coal operators
recently told the fuel administration
/ that we must choose between beer
| and coal. They urged war prohibition
| as the solution of the problem.
| Field. factory and farm are Grip
| pied for want of labor and man power
| The liquor industry has posed for
years that it is employing almost a
| million men. This man power if put
into useful. productive industries. will
help instead of hinder the war
! A Dfstoyal Combination.
| The connection between the brew
ers and the German American alliance
was revealed In the hearing before
the subcommittee of the senate judi
cfary. IT contains evidence showing
that the AntiAmerican. Pro- German
alliance. Joined hands with pro-Ger-
man brewers and allied liquor in
terests to defeat prohibition. Dam
aging and conclusive evidence of
| reasonable combination was brought
out by the senate investigating COM
| mittee. The national association OF
| commerce and labor was the vehicle
| for financial payments.
| The evidence shows: 1t organized
| Germans into alliances or social clubs
to carry out the plans OF their or
ganization and thus hinder the pur-
pose OF the government to become a
more perfect union TO promote Ameri-
| can ideals; opposed assimilation of
| Germans in America and was Pro-
| German in activities: attempted to
force the compulsory teaching of Ger
| man in elementary public schools. to
| Germanize America: alliance encour-
aged German press to carry out its
| program: promoted German ideals
and exalted German kultur
| American ideals and civilization
are just the opposite OF Germany's
and IL German alliance aims sue
| ceeds Americas fail. entered poll
tics to elect officials friendly to al
| lance program: aroused prejudice
against England and other friendly
nations: raised money for German
| Red Cross. opposed making the
speaking { : glish condition for
voting; opposed loan to our allies:
called our government a failure and
exalted constitutional monarchy; ex-
cused disloyalty TO oath on the part
| of those who take advantage Of the
German Delbruck law which allows
Germans to hold their allegiance to
their native country after they be-
come citizens OF this country
! THE kaiser decorated the presi-
dent of the alliance for his services
to Germany"
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