Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-14
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR
TOPIC DISCUSSED
Caleb f.. Burchenal Discusses the
Lesson of the Society for
Tomorrow.

to Overthrow II, by Caleb " Burchenal
attorney
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, more than quarter Of n century
ago. conceived the idea Of placing in our
public schools the hygiene teaching the
evil effects of the use of alcoholic bev-
erages. This education has created the
tremendous power which IN this genera
tion is ovcrthrowing the saloon Publlc
education on the evils ~ the saloon
is perhaps tlr most powerful weapon for
It's overthrow
The public is being educated in n very
effective way, as To the hindrance which
the use of liquor IS to our country IN
time of war Fuel administrator Gnr-
field has recently told Congress that un-
less drink Is kept from the miners, that
there will not bc mined sufficient coal for
the transports, carrying troops and sup
plies 10 France. and to keep the nation
warm this winter The Coal Miners
Association has gone on record with
similar statement We Americans will
take the coal and drop the saloon
Tom Mason. who bad charge Of Inc
men who built the Tuck ahoc IN twenty
seven slays, thereby breaking all records
for ahipbuiding, when n~ked BY 'harles
Schwab how lac did II, replied, No booze.
Mr. Schwah Mason did not allow any
man who drank on the force " men who
worked nn the 1uckahoe The nation
needs SHIPS and wants more Iuekahoe
records
ARMY tesis have without exception
shown that at target practice the per
ecntage nf hits is very much reduced Il
the men take a single glass Of beer even
five hours before shooting This country
/. t..sf
Even now. when the production Is
very much curtaled. We are using five
millions nf loavcs o( bread dav N
making Intoxicating liquors The "lEll
population Of Europe II starving t"r
bread Those Of ~ n home erc DENYING
ourselves wheat Ihc armicg If dcmoe
racy ~ Europe nccd bread and wc arc
told that food wlll WIN he var. and vet
through ignorance, the people ~ our
country continue this waste rot only Oi
food materials, bat waste If ho cfiiricncv
al the npn who drlnl Nhrn tie pairotie
citizens of the | nItri states tiliy foaive
TINT tho saloon IS causing he needless
death az oiir brave bows ~ France hv he
DELAY IN the production 81 snthccni ships
guns. munitions and supplies, resulting
from drunken workmpu ~ home ! have
sleh confidence IN the patriotism q Amer
lrans tn predict that thny Wlli - once r'd
thl@ uatlon II the Saloon
Connie Mack. ho great baseball man
agcr 81 the Philadelphia AhetIcs. tells
lls that ~ no longer employs any base
ball ylayer who drinks ! man H-uallF
plnys professional baseball for about
fifteen yoars, and even 4 he takes IN &c
ca.toual glass of hoor i slows hlu ~ +"
such an extent that about onc-thlrd Of
- . ~ ,ttor rfaft,,I /
lost The famous ono hundred thousand
dollar inhcld of he Philadelphia Aihlctic-
Vas composed af mcu. not single man
III whom had ever used ntoncants
Professional baseball represents the
survival az the quickest thinking brains
good baseball player must hc a very
rapid thinker, IN order - dccide within
the bricf space from thc time the tail
leaves the bat until i reaches him, where
t. place II 10 the greatest advantage for
IN team Tic must make q complicated
deei-loa N 4 flash. and nume Mack tellv
~ hat II has been clearly demonstrated in
professional baseball that he use oi
liolIor. even IN moderate quantities. Sow
up this quekurs- of fhoiehi
surely II voun0 men Who depend on
their hralu- and lhcir quick hInklug for
their living and success IN The world could
b. brought 10 realize tins fact few would
be - foolish ~ 20 destroy ms greatest
git winch Cod has gwen to man, name
IL. splendid intellectual powers
Fhe evils of Intoxicating liquor are
manifold and II IS only necessary for he
public - be- educated S. hat they may
know and fuIlv realize ncs' evils for them
10 DESTROY he cause oi he same
But IN addition 10 education. We should
expression Of the pubhc will through the
| ballot Noie buying should be absolutely
eliminated Paving OF men 70 wOrt at
the polls on election DAY. which {, onlr
another way OF paving for man vote.
should hc eliminated Laws should bc
passed to prevent repeating 4 man
should be thoroughly identified before he
/. allowed to vote, IN the same way "a man
Is identified in caShlng check This
would prevent the immoral element Of
our citizens from casting an undue mum
I ber of votes No man should be alloWe
| TO ask a man 10 vote on election day. OF 10
round up voters with automobiles or 70
send men 10 voters homes to remind them
that it Is election day
| If q man is not sufficiently Interested In
| the good Of his country 70 remember that
| It IS election day aud 10 east his vote for
what he believes 10 be right hen his
| country is better of without hi. vote
Voting is sacred duty which every
/ citizen owes 10 his country and eHery
! man who is Interested IN the government
/ should express his exact opinion hrougb
| his ballot Democracy rau only exist il
/ this WAY and the mau Who buys votes or
/ sells votes, or who encourage, or permits
i repeating at the polls, IS traitor 70 hlS
country and II the number of such men
Were multiplied 10 any considerable eN-
! tent they would make democracy
absolutely impossible and In whatever
! extent such practice. exist 70 that extent
/ i democracy Il failure
Il correct information II given 10 the
people in regard 70 the effects Of liquor.
and We preserve IN our democracy. a
| pure balht So that the exact will Of that