The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1919-09-26

NIL be expected to -aise an appor-
tionment consistent with its ability
and circumstances.
Belief was expressed that many per-
sons hitherto indifferent to the Pro-
hbition cause and not few who were
opposed to Prohibition, will be glad.
now that it has become the law OF the
land, to cooperate with any program
looking toward its maintenance. Ii
also was said that the churches hav-
ing now more than ever before the
great world viewpoint and recogniz-
ing the fact that the liquor traffic in
all lands 10 the greatest enemy of the
church, will be glad 10 cooperate with
the Anti-Saloon League which in the
past has had the support OF the
churches, without which support it
could not have existed.
leadership of America in industrial.
financial, educational, religious and
political lines, it was said, also will
make for American leadership in the
reform lines and the reconstruction
period was held up as the ideal time
for the beginning OF worldwide eff
forts.
Perhaps $50 earnest workers at
tended the conference, the sessions of
which were held iii the Morrison Ho-
tel and the First Methodist Episcopal
church auditorium. Practically every
state was represented.
Will be Used in Cities
A large portion of the money will
be used in cities like New York, Chi
oago, Baltimore, San Francisco and
others that have heavy foreign popu-
lation. Literature will be published
in all languages and dialects. Speak
ers using the language of the foreign
settlements i'll the United States will
go among these settlements seeking
to educate the people as to the pro-
visions not only of the Prohibition
amendment, but also of good citizen
ship, seeking TO make them one hum
dred per cent Americans.
There are now in foreign countries
nearly a score of workers sent out by
the League. Under the plan adopted
today these workers will be greatly
augmented in number until there are
several workers in each foreign coun-
cry cooperating with the temper
ance forces of that country The
work now being conducted in the
British Isles, especially in Scotland,
where there is to be a wet and dry
vote next year, will be heavily in
creased. Special attention will be
given, it is announced, to the South
American countries.
Law enforcement and education
will be one of the principal objects
of the Anti-Saloon League as respects
the United States" said Mr. Cherring-
ton. while the campaigns carried
on in every city in the United States
are being conducted along these lines,
world Prohibition also will be urged
and the plans of the World League
Against Alcoholism for making the
whole world dry will be explained
The Anti-Saloon League looks on this
project as the next step in temperance
reform and one that must be taken il
we would safeguard Our own Prohibi-
ton, 1t also appeals to US as legit-
mate missionary enterprise for the
churches to carry out in other lands.
The liquor traffic everywhere has
been the foremost enemy of the
church and of good citizenship. II
the church expects TO carry out the
forward movement which has been
so successfully launched we believe it
will have to take up and help push this
program of world Prohibition.
Not Going in Unbidden
"The Anti-Saloon League always
has been inter-denominational and
omni-partisan. The World League
Against Alcoholism is both omni-par-
tisan and INSTRUMENTATION, and in
addition is international There can
be no better agency for moral reform
in the other countries through which
the church can operate than through
the World League Against Alcohol
ISM The people of the United States
are the ones who must provide the re-
sources. We have brought about
Prohibition in America. Our forces
are we'll organized. American today /
is taking the lead of all the nations in |
all enterprises. The temperance peo-
pie of the other countries are not or
ganized and agreed as we are in Amer
lea. They do not have the central
organization such as we have here, so
it is up to us to carry out the mission
airy enterprise.
However, we are not going into
other countries unbidden. At the
conference on worldwide Prohibition
held in June, representatives of more
than score of nations were present. !