Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-16
President Declared
; Prohibition Friend
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r.,,,,,.d s,ou ror. I'm.
oarrsss'hs 10 'ne Hu'n'i.istra'l9l. me
time Is now az mana Tor us to sail
'n' we nave ',at cursed SUN 'oooze,
on us hr"cS' VIC '.,uSt ioIio" UP our
sdVan'aEe win an 'he iorce with'h us
TOT dea'h-erushlns ana lihai pioW.
Temperapce Report
The ,o,,roranco ro,,,rt r.a,s ,,r,e,,,...,
ny tno lev; i,,. H. v. Johnson. of the
n,r, .s foI,nrsi ''~''' u eau III
eve have reoeou ,o ho,;o,.o ,ho. ,,.
eoal famine and the corn ro, dsnger nre
largely due to the fact that in 1917 Tho
railroads prostltuted 1850 900 cars FOR
the transportation of products utilized
In the brewing interests. Three millions
OF tons of coal were used .up in pro.
ducng the poison stored in the booze
yats Of the land, II requires no special
wisdom to ferret out the source of this
threatened corn rot and gigantic fuel
shortage The niger in the wood.ple
that seems 10 nave necessitated Govern
ment ownership cries We affirm. is John
na,e!cor"; TIC eN,uen'iy sun continues
" naNe pis say W 'he running OF the
IA, a, h,, s,,o. &c ~, eNac,cu 'voV cars
a,in,, as ,h, VI '''e 'o'' III 'ie opeF'
auns Vi lhe roaus'
brewing of beer in the United St.tea u.as
sufficient to support an army of hard
working men for one wear. The suyar
used up amounted to 5t9.Sl0. 900 mounds
In 1916 and the molasses worse than
wasted amount to 44.363.133 gallons Is
it,any wonder that we face n starvation
. crisis in our country within the ncxt
two years?
must f'ght at rolls
I'VE insist that the time has come
for every personal voter to count II n
sacred duty to register. enroll and to
20 Il the primaries with the oxnrcse
purpose O, casting bis h.,,nt for ,i,o
nomination of candidates ononIv nIedg.d
to vote for the ratification of the con
stitutional prohibitin amor0n,en .yo
candidates Of ,yhateyer noI;,io,I -,
plexLon are 70 exnect ,hn s,,.,,or, -,
Methodist bishon nroaota. ar -.
II that candidate will ma, so,a,,,i,. ,,I"
nca'oh ms first duty in the coming
"v s,.s. "ous. no Methodlst voter
w. sn " oc su'lt! "i stayihg away from
s..a.,., w. "oI iai 10 vote AGAINST
s"u,uateS opposed 10 the lprohibition
O. mo hquor traric from the United
''"oe''
We urge our Me'hodism to take an
unylelding stand to the war upon what
Lloyd George has declared to be greater
IN Its destructiveness than the combined
armies Of the enemy, and which the
Kansas Supreme Court, the South Caro-
lima Supreme court the I,Iirnis S,,rra,,,o
court. and the United States Supreme
court. declared to be a veritable Pan
aoras tox from which issues paupersm.
'oiehess, disorder. want. misery. crime
ana insanity. Joined to this indictment
a VI statement of Doctor McNichol. vice
president of the American Medical So
cety. that We have seven millions of
scnool children I'm the United States
mentally deficient. and that less than
sxy-seren thousand of them are free
from hereditary alcoholic taste. What
terrible responsibility lies at the door
OF Christian citizenship II wo fail TO
count our ballots against any party that
works to perpctuate this juggernaut of
nell.
blow !" sob'ety
The recent order of Major General
b'odle spermtting the serving of in
.oxicating liquors to enlisted men in
nomes where they may he members or
guests Is drastic blow against the
, cause Of sobriety and efficiency in the
ranks of men enlisted. 1t is a long step
soaras,hg 80 boot-iegginG III the homes
.ne iahd' we record ana protest
,s. ,o. TINS plan OF the enemy to Reer
sap.suoH sra pefore the boys OF our army
shd navy.
The amazin gorder of General Per,
sning permitting the drinking of wine
and beer by cur boys somewhere IL
3 ton w,,h ,t;s 70 nav c'ose oo'''1E, ~,
4 70 date these orders have not been re.
scinded We believe now Is the tim,
for an indignant American public TO ash
Congress &c, hasten the enactment of q
i Wartime prohibition measure which shall
gop the manufacture and sale of al
vine, beer an dmalt liquor. So Ions