The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-24

drinking more than they ever did
touch water any more.
Only a Ffasco
Gables repeatedly are appearing in
our papers purporting to show how
utterly ineffective is the constitu-
tional amendment; and most fire.
quently do we read interviews quot
ing visitors as saying that American
prohibition is weakened, far
cical fiasco.
so prolonged have these things
been in our country that many of our
citizens who were subscribing to the
anti-liquor cause have come to our
office to cut off their contributions,
| saying that the effort to Danish liquor
in the United States had only made
wasting effort and money on lost
| cause"
| DIR. Gordon leaned forward
ITO speak frankly, we who are
| fighting liquor in Australia did not
could not--know automatically unless
we came to the actual scene.
| I'VE ardently wish with all ouI
hearts for prohibition and higher
| standards of sobriety, and so / was
sent to get exact information. Wher
l return l shall give this information
| first hand to my countrymen in &
lengthy tour.
"As 1 was educated in America, al
Pennsylvania college, Lexington, KY.
and was here during the days o.
liquor, can certainly testify, ant
am delighted that l can do so. thai
America is vastly improved by prohi-
bition.
Few Drunks Seen
Though 1 have been here five
months, have seen only six men in
a state of intoxication. In the
streets of Australian towns L could
almost bump into six DRINKS in six
minutes Do you know what they
say over there about your prohibition
law? They declare that it was some-
thing put over in a night; that the
people had no say-so concerning 1t:
| that it went over in the excitement. of
wartime.
Those are the things we have to
combat.
1T is actually funny to contrast the
quiet life and the good you are de-
| irving from prohibition with the re-
ports we get concerning things here.
| DIR. Gordon was talking in the little
study at the First Christian church.
where he is to lecture next Monday
night at 1880 o'clock, choosing as his
subject Australia, the Great Island
| Continent of the South Seas" In this
lecture he is to set forth very enter
tainingly Australia's products, tell
about her people. her possibilities and
her problems. The public is invited.
DR.. Gordon is no whit a sensa-
| tionalist. He is a dgnified. quiet,
painstaking fact gatherer, and is
very much in earnest with his rec
ords and his Investigations, and de-
1 clares that when he returns to his
homeland he will tell both sides of the
question; speak of Illicit liquor selling
in America, what it means and what
kind of drawback it constitutes, actu-
ally, to the cause.
Partial Enforcement Good
Il say this" said the minister that
even with partial law enforcement,
the United States is so much better
off. And even yet you are not reap
ing the full benefit of the law. That
will come later in sons who are not
growing up to be lovers of whisky.
or drunkards Your prohibition law
has eliminated the old-time treating
| that caused men to spend so much
money when they bumped into groups
| of their pals"
DR.. Gordon will go from here to
Washington to attend the big law en-
| forcement convention beginning De-
cember S.
His brother, in Australia is state
director for the Victorian Anti-Liquor
league of Australia. He also Is a
graduate from an American institu-
tion-Harvard university.
| Australia had tremendous fight
IL months ago against liquor" con-
| tinued DIR. Gordon, "and you will be
interested to know that the whole
fight conferred around American pro-
hibition. OF course we got favorable
reports from anti-saloon people here.
but other reports completely over
whelmed them.
In Australia saloons are wide open
and We have the problem to deal with
there that America never hid have
| the barmaids.
/ "Of these, one of our most promi-
| nent judges has said We will never
know the tremendous evils of our
barmaids.' Naturally. they have a de-
cided effect on the youth of our coun-
| try.
Liquor Crowd Fight
| THE liquor crowds are waging \
strong fight to keep Australia wet
| but | feel sure that since America
has found prohibition a good thing
other nations cannot help but follow
! her example.
However,, 1 say this unreservedly:
There is no doubt that the United
states is the leading nation of the
face of Gods earth today. l declare