Evening journal., 1919-10-25
EDUCATION BASIS
FOR A DRY WORLD.
Anti-Saloon League Plans TO
Expend $50,000,OO0 in
Overcoming Illiteracy
WILL INVADE
SEVEN NATIONS

| WESTEhVlLLE, o.. Dot 2i-llliteraoy
OF foreign counties win be one OF the
chief obstacles to be overcome by the
Anti-Saloon League and the World
League Against Alcoholism IN their ef-
forts to make the world dry.
Not only will Il be the chief obstacle,
but the most costly one, in the opinion
OF dry leaders. and one OF the prime OBJ
lects the Ant-saloon League has In
mind IN IFS drive for S5O.0OOO00 IN ad-
dillon TO lis regular income. Is edu
cation Of the people In the lands where
existing temperance organizations viii
cooperate in campaign for prohibit
tion, according TO Ernest II. Cherring-
ton, secretary OF the eecutive commit
teee OF the Anti-Saloon League anil
executive secretary OF the World
League.
Mr.. Cherrington points out That II
has taken twenty-five years OF league
effort and countless years OF other ef-
fJrts preceding The formation OF tho
Anti-SalOOn League. and s50.O000.000 in
money to make the United States dry
Il VIII take additional funds TO bring
prohibition enforcement up to the high
est state OF efficiency. he says.
In face OF such facts the league be-
lieves the sum II is,asking is very small
for the needs. The illteracy OF the
United States is but 7 per cent. while
that OF the Balkan states is more than
GO per cent; the average In South and
Central America is 65 per cent; In
Mexico IL is more than so per cent. In
India ii is % per cent; in Egypt, % per
cent; in China, % per cent
"The world task would seem we'll
nigh hopeless but for the important re-
deeming fact that in the very beginning
OF our world missionary project we
have the advantage OF a great progress
sive nation. with i00000.0OO popula-
li0n," says Mr.. Cherryington. "lnclud-
ing people OF every country OF the
world. which is 10 present 20 all the
results OF a great experiment lp. ma
tiOnal prohibition.
This fact, which I'm the very nature
of the case Is bound 10 be known and
recognized by the people OF every
country, will be worth more In most
countries In propaganda for world pro-
hibition than probably all other factors
in the early stages OF the movement. /
To see that the world understands and
appreciates what prohibition is doing
in the United States and that the lead
ers OF temperance movements In for
eign countries understand tho methods
and plans by which results have been
obtained here. constitute an important
part OF the foreign missionary work
which should be done by the Antl-Sa-
loon League forces during the next few
years."
There are seven strategic points on
which dry forces expect TO concentrate
in the immediate future, II is an
nOunced These places are
Scotland, Mexico, New Zealand,
South Africa, the scandinavian coun-
tries, Russia and Japan. w. r. John |
son Is at work in Scotland; Or. David |
Ostlund has just arrived In the Scan /
countries; others are ready /
to go at once 10 the other countries.
Prohibition efforts already have been 1
made there which the league believes
may easily be famed into flames. Two
States IN Mexico already are dry, and /
lANllhltluAf III lAt iliuu- OF i
the drys. would have tremendous effect
on all other Latin-American countries.
d Scotland votes next year. and the
1rys believe that IL it adopts prohibit
tion the whole British empire viii fol-
low.
In the Scandinavian countries there
has been tremendous prohibition ad-
vance. Success OF prohibition at the
New Zealand polls Is held to be insur-
ance that Australia will go dry. Adop-
tion Of local option in South Africa
would, dry leaders say. pave the way
for prohibition all over the continent
Russia is under prohibition. and Us
and enforcement would ar
feet the Balkans favorably. a SUCCESS
'ul lght gainst the liquor trahlc in
Japan would. league men assert. set a
standard shortly to be adopted by the
sntlre Orient.