The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-09-15
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perintendent of he Wisconsin Anti
Saloon League, said:
"We are known as christian ma
ton, because ours is a Christian
Constitution" He pointed out that
the original u. S. Constitution was
modelled after the constitution of the
Pilgrim Fathers church, and that the
church had sponsored most of the
amendments since then, such as the
| Bill of Rights, the three anti-slavery
amendments, the prohibition and suf
frage amendments.
Eight Hours
Referring to prohibition, he S aid
that by giving Labor savings bank
balances it placed the men position
to win better wages and working
conditions, and at the same time
their greater efficiency enabled en-
ployers to meet their demand. He
said: Prohibition is the savior of
Labor; the home-brew politician is
his betrayer, betraying him with a
kiss to obtain office" He said it took
hard work by the church to write
prohibition into the Constitution.
without continued hard work it
will be removed by soft words"
Wisconsin Vets Gain
He pointed to the vote Of Con-
gresham j. D. Beck against the
anti-beer bill as a wet gain, and
said, II twas dry church votes, add
ed to the solid wet vote,
that made that vote possible at
Washington; and the same combina-
ton made the veto of the Matheson
bill possible at Madison. Living in
the Prohibition Eden, like Mother
Eve they listened to the Serpent's
suggestion that the prohibition fight
is over, and swallowed the apple
skin, stem and core" He said pro-
hibition came because drys refused
to divide on any other line He said
the liquor interests and professional
politicians are now seeking to divide
them .on radical, religious, party and
factional lines, and predicted that if
they became SO divided prohibition
would be repealed through the en-
actment of legislation declaring beer
Notwithstanding; and said: "In that
case we should not only lose prohi-
bition, but disarmament and world
peace" On this point he said:
World Peace
what has beer to do with world
peace Everything. Beer and light
wines, home brew are aliases for
the liquor traffic. The plan is to
legalize beer and put billion dol
lars taxes on It. That is just the
cost of maintaining the Army and
Navy for a year. Now it is raised
by direct tax. Therefore the tax
payer is now clamoring for dsarma-
ment. They have compelled the
President to call conference al
ready. If we m aintain prohibition
and enforce it, other nations will have
to adopt it to compete with u.s.. Then
their tax payers will clamor for
disarmament too, and the worldwide
wall will develop into world wide will
o fdirect tax payers, which will COM
pei international disarmament.
Two Roads
He said if the church continues
the fight to maintain and enforce pro-
hibition the fight, though hard, will
result in world peace. He called
that "the wayyef the cross and the
CROWN. pointing out that civilized
world would pay tribute to the church
for world peace. If they should dis
band, prohibition lawlessness would
repeal prohibition, destroy the hope
of world peace, and the blame would
be laid at the door of the church. He
characterized that as sthe way of
defeat and death"
Fight or Die
"To fight is life; to quit lis death.
To fight is right; to yield is sin. The
church started the prohibition fight;
it will see it through. The church
is not a gutter, especially in the
face of an organized foe. The
church needs the Anti-Saloon League
as it never needed it before. Be
not deceived; prohibition is the issue;
Wisconsin is the battle center. What
say you, brothers and sisters? Quit?
Or fight?
The Veterans Rebuke
In closing hetold of state official.
Conversing with group of friends
on the State Fair grounds, this official
slurred the churches for keeping up
the prohibition fight. "A Civil War
veteran heard him and said, Are you
an American citizen 2 The official
replied 81 was born in this country
and am now state officer The
old soldier answered: I don't care