The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-08-16
PARIS "DRYS"
NOT DAUNTED
Only Mild Campaign Be-
cause Of Regard for
= WING Industry.

PARIS. Aug t5.--With insufficient
tcssly the dry" headquarters In
Paris scrcncly declares that prohibit
tion is thing " the not distant fu.
turc for Paris.
Tho windows ~ hcadauartcrs at i47
boulevard Saint Gcrmain are filed
with new posters. postcards. maya
zines papers, books. all propaganda
of the movement The federation ~
tho French dry" societies In the ma
tional league against alcoholism. aud
from this hcaduartrrs Is a daily ship-
mrnt Of packets of literature and
posters uf new series To allied So
cic'ics and school agents all over the
republic
Wine Industry starts Drive,
Tho only aid being obtained from
the United states Is the payment Of
$500 monthly as thu salary of field
s"crcttry This comes from the
Methodist Episcopal church. II is bc-
licvcd that strong campaign would
bc unwisc at this time, and that
large contributions from America
would cause had feeling among tho
French people as France will not he
llHNUtANllN Ablt lot NfNfftl NfNtN l'
CoutnCnanCc any disCoutagcmcnt OF
it's wine trade, whose exports exceed
ed 300 million francs In 1919
Approximately 100000 people
are employed IN tho wine trade In
France. with n further $50 900 tend
Ing bars" Informed NJ. Metcil az
ministrator Of the Anu-Aicohol
league And thl's not counting the
multitude Of walters. Al tho last cen-
sus VIC had one saloon to every
eighty inhabitants but there are
moro today as the law Of 1914 di-
vidcd saloons into two classes, those
selling liquor above and below 25 per
cent alcohol This law servem to
create many new saloons.
No Decrease In Consumption.
There is no npprociablc diminu-
tion In the French consumption Of
wine. our MINISTER OF finance said
tho other day apropos OF unncces-
sary expense that In certain indus
trial areas the work crs drank an
average Of four litcrs Of wine per
capita n day. -Four litcrs is nearly n
gallon, and this wine contains 10
per cent alcohol. Perhaps there IL
some gradual Improvement In wine
consumption in France, but we have
hccn able to do little against Il ex-
t'VNlUE w blln Important duneItntA
to our cause.
Dealing with spirits we have
more success TO report. Because Of
the great need Of alcohol for muni-
lions purposes. the government pro
hihited tho distlllation of spirits
from corn. bcetroot and potatoes
during the war. That horrid enemy
/ of France, nbsinthe, was also ban
ished, perhaps for all time.
French school children, who. from
| the time they are able to have meals
! at table, drink wine. diluted like
| their parents with two-thirds ot
! water. are being asked by the dry
workers to sign pledges never "a
| drink spirit. At the Same time they
are shown healthy and alcoholic hu.
! man stomachs. llvers. brains and
I hearts either on charts or in wax
models. And they nre told that vino
and beer has the same effect on hu-
man organs as spirits cXcent In n
Tnildcr degree. Also especially de-
signed for influencing tho child is n
series Of colorcd postcards lllustrat b
! ing tho family life Of workingmcn
who drink and those who do not.
| The hen Of the alcoholic In shown in
the awful ngonics OF delrium tre-
ments. which is responsible for many
deaths In France annually