The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-04-12
Lecture By Miss Rozetta Hen.
drixatY M. c. A. Hall
RAPS JOHN BARLEYCORN
Well Pleased With the Success
OF Unions Work; the
Prospects

not give up until we do win it, stat
ed Miss Rozetta Hendrix, state pres
ident of the w. G. r. u. to q good
sized audience of temperance work.
ers at the Y. NJ. c.. A. auditorium
yesterday afternoon Miss Hendrix
had made special trip to Mankato
in response to an urgent invitation
from the local union, and she gave
q splendid talk on what thew. G. /.
U. has accomplished during past
years. and the remarkable strides now
being made toward national prohibi-
ton
Mrs. Charles Elliott, president of
the local union, presided as chairman
of the meeting. Minutes of the prev
ious meeting were read by the secre-
tary, Mrs. L. Olson.
Quite recently the union raised
$3.50 to care for French orphan in
France, and the name of this adopted
child of the union was announced
yesterday to be Raymond Manay. He
was born August II, 1911, at Bologne,
France. and will be seven years old
this fall The union plans to remem-
Der this little French SON, The COM
SOON'
results, but their report was not
ready to be given in full.
Charles Hall Coming.
Charles Hall. noted temperance
lecturer of California, will deliver an
address in this city on May 10, prob
ably in the opera house or at the
armory. Mrs. Elliot announced that
Mr.. Hall was an excellent speaker,
and VIII come here under the aus
pices of the local union. Following
a solo By Mrs. Turner, Miss Hend-
rix addressed the meeting.
81 am very glad to be with you once
more in Mankato," stated Miss Hen
dirk. 1.-The work of our nation is
going on rapidly, and we are not at
all discouraged. Temperance history
is being written SO fast that it keeps
q busy keeping track of it. For
years Maine, Kansas, and North Da-
kota, were the only prohibition states.
We counted our dry towns and cour :
ties to show our progress. But in 1907
and 1909. and in 1912, we gained won
derful victories, and many states be-
came dry. Last year five states
passed prohibition laws, also the ter
ritory of Alaska, and congress made
the District of Columbia dry. When
We met for our national convention at
the national capital last year we felt
that it was Moonderful to hold it in a
dry city. and. It city our national cap
itol." She then Did in detail how the
natives of Puerto Rico had voted pro-
hibition by use of ballots marked with
a cocoanut and a wine bottle, using
this method as they could not read
or write, and how Texas passed the
prohibition law this year, making a
total at the present time of twenty
eight prohibition states. That the w.
c. T. u. is working hard for national
prohibition was dwelt on at some
length by Miss Hendrix
Temperance Sentiment Grows.
'The sentiment for temperance has
grown until it has permeated every
place, and every mans heart" she
said. 1T is up to the states to rat
ify the national amendment. Already
eleven states have ratified it.s and
four of these were wet states Ever
since the war began We have been
trying TO get national prohibition as
a war measure After about three or
four months congress began to talk a
little about the conservation of food,
and finally forbade the use OF food
products in distilled liquor. We are
still working to stop the manufacture
of liquor because we want to con-
serve the food and man power for our
nation at a time when we need them
so much.
Statistics show that $4,000 100000
was spent for drink in one year, So
500 for every minute of the day. The
number of bushels of grain used IN
the manufacture of beer for the year
1916 were 6S,400,00O. Pounds of food
stuff used in manufacturing beer FOL
the year ending June 80, were 1904,
754,59O, enough to supply. the energy
requirements of 100000 men. Min
nesota in the month of November
1917. used 10O747 bushels of grain ir
the manufacture of beer and 1O,S3O
tons of coal to produce it.
; Cut Out the Liquor.
"One of the greatest things we can
do to win this war for democracy is
to stop the manufacture of liquor
Miss Hendrix then gave facts anc
figures, showing a tremendous waste
of food products used in the manu-
facture of liquor, which totalled mil
lions of bushels of wheat, and food
values to supply three million mer
for a stated period. Great quantities
of wheat, barley, rice, corn, grits
grape sugar, and syrups, millions OF
pounds of each, are used in the pro-
duction of liquor Coal is also used
in large quantities. Miss Hendrix
made an eloquent plea for continued
energetic work on the part of the
union to abolish this great waste, and
to obtain nation wide prohibition.
At the close of the meeting re-
freshments were served from q table
prettily decorated with American
flags.
The entertainment committee con
sisted of Mrs. L. A. Geise. Mrs. Bell
nap, Mrs. J. c. Roberts. Mrs. l.. w
Andrist and Mrs. A. C. Hedberg.