The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-02-01

sobriety in the mills. workshops, fac
tories aud offices where work neces-
sary to the prosecution of the war is
being carried on;
| (6) To release for war work all
now engaged in the WORSE THAN
useless employment of manufacturing
and distributing intoxicants;
| CD To insure for the soldiers and
sailors stationed near Chicago, while
on leave in this city, the same pro-
lection against drink and its asso-
ciated evils that is given by the fed
eral law at the camps;
(S) To protect soldiers and sailors
passing through Chicago on their way
to and from camps in various parts of
the country against the temptations
and perils of the liquor traffic more
completely than is possible under any
existing laws;
90 To conserve Chicago's war
time man-power by preventing the
great number OF accidents which are
caused by unsteady hands, confused
judgment and uncertain movements
resulting from the use of alcohol;
00) To conserve for war relief
work vast SUMS of money now needed
for charitable purposes because OF the
poverty, sickness and distress result
ing from drink;
OD To spare for the nation the
services of the hundreds of men and
women sent to jails, hospitals and asy-
lums by indulgence in drink;
Q2) To release our police force
from the need of attending to crime
and disorder caused by drink, thus
leaving them free to attend to the
additional demands being made upon
them in connection with situations
arising out of the war;
(3) To reduce TO minimum the
danger of information of value to the
enemy being given to spies because
of speech made careless and unguard-
ed by drink;
O4) To relieve to a considerable
degree the congestion i'll traffic by
eliminating beer wagons from our
streets and making available for other
purposes freight cars used to supply
materials to and ship beer from Chi
cago breweries;
05) To protect soldiers and sail
ors from the deplorable conditions
existing in dance halls where intoxi-
cants are sold
90 To guard against the danger
OF intoxicants in case OF riots. inva-
sion or instruction when supreme
self-control is needed and lack of So
briefly becomes fatally disastrous.
(l7) To give to other cities OF the
land the splendid example of the ma
tons second city putting aside its
most useless and most harmful ele
ment in order to enable its people to
give the utmost full measure of SER
vice toward winning the war;
(18) To take the saloon out of pol
tiles and thus insure by the action OF
Chicago's own people, for Chicagos
own people, the principle OF democ-
racy for which the war is being
fought
O9) To give to our soldiers and
sailors the inspiration OF knowing
that restrictions imposed upon the
army and navy for the sake of disci-
pline and efficiency in actual military
service, are voluntarily being accept
ed by the citizens of Chicago in or
der to increase the efficiency of work
needed to support the men at the
front;
(2O) To give added power to our
appeals for the protection of our boys
on foreign soil against the tempta-
tions and dangers of drink;
(2D To prevent the drunkenness
and debauchery that will take place
in Chicago unless the saloons are
closed during the period of demobili-
cation and general relaxation after
peace is declared.
THEREFORE, Be 1t Resolved,
That all patriotic men and women
voters of Chicago who have not yet
done so, be urged to register and sign
the local option petition as the first
necessary step to make Chicago dry
and thus help to bring peace through
victory to our nation.