The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-23

aside an annual sum for the ma
! hcatlon of temperance literafnsa
In Argentina" says an Am.
can who has just returned 49,
that country, scientific tenn.
ance lectures are given in the ~
lie schools, and the 'Scienti6e y.
ual' Of the ". c. T. U. has been -. !.
printed in the official educatIoss,
magazines and sent to all ~
teachers in the republic.
IN Buenos Aires, a large o..
eminent building known az eg :,
Musco Escolar de Sarmjentoi -. :.
been placed at the disposal of ~
women temperance workers =.
weekly lectures and rallies ~
children in the higher grades J,
more than 800 primary schools -
tend special temperance DEM
STATIONS Or 'festas' against The ~
of alcohol. These ''tiestas' hsss
been photographed by the NOR,
men at the expense of the Cover,
ment and have been shown in mar,
parts Of South America"
Peru is also actively engaged /,
temperance work. The presidsat
of Peru, who is a physician. npb
fishes a monthly temperance bpi.
letin, for the benefit OF the masss.
OF people, and he is making a sns.
cial effort to arouse an interest !,
the condition of the Indians, wba
are said to be rapidly dying Of
from constant imbibing.
Hard to Dry Up Brazil.
America is gradually drifting TO-
ward prohibition, the W. C. T +
workers do not look forward To an
easy or an overwhelming victory
Indeed, they are inclined to fear
that large areas in South Americs
will remain wet for years to come
The size Of the continent itself 81
tremendous handicap to their work
1t required long years of nathan
and powerful Organic
ton to make the United States
dry, and yet the entire United
States could be dropped in the Ian
of Brazil and there would still be
room left for two states the size Of
Texas. Even if prohibition is vic
torious in a few countries lika
Chile and Peru, it will be extreme-
~ difficult to enforce, with wet ter
ritory all around them.
That the most Yirtuous Of ma
tons are inevitably contaminated
by their neighbors is shown nor
only in the case of the United
States, where bootIeggers are con-
staptly whiskng liquor across the
Mexican borders, but in the case Ct
Norway which is in an even more
desperate situation. Norway is not
bone dry as we are, although the
Drohibitionist element in its gov
ernment is striving to make it 50,
are still permitted to
rink as much light wine and beer
Is they wish, but even this in
which would be vel
;Omed in America, does not salts
y them. They are constantly
whisky and brandy into
he country, or dashing over 10
Denmark for a supply of them.
Norway has a cOastline which
5 particularly favorable to snug
lers. If you will look at the map,
gu will see that it is perpetually
rOken and indented with small IS
ands, ranging from several miles
4 area to the merest slab of rocky
and. According to one Norwegian,
here are 100000 of them. It isa
nipple task for smugglers to
neak in among these islands, even
Il broad daylight, and land their
Illicit cargoes. Sometimes when
he smuggler feels that he is being
90 strictly watched. he merely
nchors his craft a fraction be-
ond the three-miIe limit and re-
elves his customers at his own
riVate bar.
Besides its constant AMI futile
truggle with smugglers and boot
eggers, the Norwegian govern
lent also is having difficulty with q
ne Spanish and Portuguese gov
rnmentS on account Of its en-
argo on beverages containing
lore than Il per cent alcohol The
parish and Portuguese nations,
gu see, have been accustomed to
Irnish the NOrwegi2us with most
their wine, in return for which
ley bought the NOrwegian's FISH.
ach nation thus relieved the other
T a surplus product Spain and
ortugaI will have large quantities
grapes left on their hands il
Orway stops buying wine, and
orway will have heaps Of fish
hich it cannot market. For say
pain and Portugal, prohibition
orks both ways, and We will do
ithout fish. even though our con-
;ience is not set against them"