The Arvada enterprise., 1919-07-17
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A large audience greeted Col.
Laughbaum ut the fresbyterlan
church, Sunday night, to hear ms M
teresting lecture on Making Democ-
racy Sale For the World"
Mayor Richard Russell prssided a.
the meeting and after the invocation
by Rev. Reed, made y few prellml-
nary remarks. He then introduced
the speaker, who was applauded as
he took the platform.
Mr.. Laughbaum takes the position
that the fact that America was made
dry by constitutional amendment was
responsible for the surrender of the
Germans. Scripturally speaking he
says this Nation was only partly a
Christian nation. The good book
says no drunka1d shall enter the king
dom of heaven, therefore inasmuch
as this government licensed and made
legal traffic that made drunkards
it would have been lacking in the
favor Of God, had it not come clean
by constitutional prohibition, and in
his judgment would not have had the
power to prevail against the enemy.
As soon as the Hun realized that it
was fighting truly righteous and
just nation, whose sons were not de-
bauched by the booze habit he knew
there was no chance to win. Mr..
Laughbanm made it plain that he had
no time for the pro-German in this
country and he attributes the attroc-
ious brutality indulged in by the Ger
man army in Belgium and elsewhere
to the fact that Germany has reared
it, children from the cradle up to
manhood under the debasing and de-
generating effects of the beer gar
dens and the ruinous effects of alco
hol upon the human BRAIN.
He pointed out the fact that the
brewing interests in America were
established, owned and controlled by
Germans, and named several beer
manufaaturers who had left this
country when the war broke out and
returned to Germany and who had
invested their millions made in th,.
country In German bonds to help to
prosecute the war against us and to
make ammunition with: which to kill
our boys
He further showed how by having
thu. saloons all over the country they
had been able to rstard the progress
Of this government in raising an army
BY circulating posters in the saloon
districts, particularly in New York
to keep the young men from enlist
ing In the service.
He also stated that statistics viii
show that out Of each 100 boys call
ed for examination for service, only
forty-seven were found fit because
Of the excuses superinduced by the
saloon influences.
To trace the effects Of the liquor
habit more minutely, he contraste.i
New York with the state Of Kansas.
showing that from Kansas, which h..,i
been the homo Of prohibition for tk,r,
ty yesrS, 80 out Of each 100 boys cali
ed passed the examination, physically.
while in the city Of New York, where
the hot-beds Of vice prevail. only 10
out Of every 100 were found fit.
Now. that 1920 will usher in n ma
tion-wjde prohibition, the next move
is for . worldwide prohibition by
1880. The big task now, according
to Mr.. Laughbeum, is 10 keep these
brewery owners from shipping their
machinery to the foreign mission
fields 10 offset the work of christ
ianizing the natives there. lie has
proposed \ bill before Congress now
to prevent the shipping Of the dis
msntelcd plants from our shores and
he hopes that II will pass.
Cards for subscriptions were pass
cd among the audience TO further the
work.
NJ r. Church NaAea