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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-05-06
Without Cost to Your Sunday School the LincOln-Lee
Legion Will Furnish Supplies for Conducting a Sus-
tanned and Systematic Campaign Of Education in
Behalf of Temperance and Law Observance.

The Lincon-Lee Legion is inaug-
urating campaign OF SUSTAINED
and SYSTEMATIC education i'll be-
half OF TEMPERANCE and LAW
OBSERVANCE in the SUNDAY
Schools of the nation. Please note
this feature OF the plan--namely, that
the campaign is to be conducted
WITHOUT COST TO the local
school. 1t is realized that if the
Eighteenth Amendment is TO be made
effective, the rising generation must
be TAUGHT and TRAINED not
only TO OBSERVE but also to
COMPEL OTHERS to observe the
law. The revelations of open and
fragrant law violation by bootleggers
and speakeasy proprictors, nation
wide, especially in the large cities, is
astounding Authoritative report de-
clares that last week in visiting sol
former saloons i'll New York city
only 81 had actually quit business
and that 1913 were making no pretense
of being anything else than wide
open saloons running as they always
had
Also, a letter on my desk just re-
ceived from the Hon. Clinton n.
Howard of Rochester, N, Y, declares
that in company with two government
secret service men, in disguise he Wis
tied 139 saloons i'll his home city
Rochester, N. Y, that they asked for
only whisky in each place and were
refused BUT TWICE. Mr.. Howard's
letter, written on March %, 1921,
says he has secured l26 indictments
and some of the indicators were 60
ing on trial that day. He says the re-
naming | / of the 1877 will be indicted.
Similar amazing reports are coming
from practically every large city i'll
the land.
Clearly, there is a CONCERTED
EFFORT being made by the liquor
interests to DISCREDIT the Eight
eenth Amendment and to create an
impression that it is unenforceable.
The INESCAPABLE responsibility
confronting the dry forces is to see
that the law is respected, that it is ex-
actingly enforced and that law vio-
lators are severely punished. The
Prohibition law can be enforced just
as well as any other law, but the only
thing that will secure its rigid en-
forcement is an uncompromising pub
lie sentiment that will brook no tenn.
PORTING or trifling in dealing with
those disposed to trample OH the law.
Yet, rigid law enforcement is only a
TEMPORARY EXPEDIENT at the
best The only PERMANENT RE-
LIEF is to be found in bringing up a
generation of ABSTAINERS anu
LAW OBSERVERS. The most
hopeful place to undertake this work
on a nationwide scale is in the Sun
day Schools. Sustained and syste-
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-05-06

matte education relative to abstinence
and law observance, carried forward
in the Sunday Schools of the nation
during the next few years, will mean
much LESS NEED for law enforce
ment.
The Lincoln-Lcc Legion has worked
out great plan with this end in view.
A feature that will commend the plan
strongly to every Sunday School Su-
perintenden is the fact that it will
practically TAKE NO TIME from
the Sunday School The plan CON
templates the distribution, on the
FIRST SUNDAY OF EACH
MONTH, of leaflet teaching tenn
perance and law observance. 60 First,
there are leaflets for the Primary and
Junior Departments which set forth
these fundamental teachings in story
form adapted to the child mind. Then
there are leaflets for Intermediates
setting forth the same teachings in
story form, fascinating in the highest
degree to boys and girls OF that age.
Then, for adults, there arc leaflets by
such noted authors as DR.. L. a. Baker,
John +. Kramer, Wayne B. Wheeler,
Vim. Jennings Bryan, Dr. Ira Ian
drith, DR.. Sam w. Small, "Pussyfoot-
Johnson, John 6. Woollcy, etc, etc.
The ONLY PROGRAMS contem-
plated in the plan land these are OPP
tional with the school arc for the
Primary Department every Quarterly
Temperance Sunday and in the Adult
Department only on Worlds Tenn
perance Day.
Also, in connection with each Quar-
terly Temperance Sunday lesson 4
snappy, THOUGHT PROVOK-
ING" discussion of the lesson max
ing it applicable "right-up- to-the min
ute" to the present-day nation wide
and world-round Prohibition situa-
ton, is placed in the hands of all
adults in LEAFLET FORM, on the
Sunday PRIOR to Temperance Day.
PLEASE NOTE that while this plan
takes almost NO TIME from the
Sunday School whatever, it VERY
COMPLETELY covers the whole
ground with reference to the educa-
ton of all members OF the Sunday
School from the Primary Department
up relative to these vital questions
of TEMPERANCE and LAW OBJ
SERVANCE.
Letters being received from Sunday
School Superintendent and Pastors
located in all parts of the United
States say-"This is the very thing
we have been looking for" and This
plan meets long-felt need" We are
sure that every Sunday School SUI
perintendent or local Sunday School
! Temperance Superintendent will feel
the same way about it. Everyone in
terested in knowing about the plan
, should fill in, cut out and mail the
coupon below.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-05-06

The Ohio Northern Druggists As
ISOLATION with headquarters at Cleve
land, bought space in the newspaper
to combat the proposition of legaliz
ing prescription beer. In part its ad
vertisement says:
We do not believe in beer as a
medicine. We do not believe III
drug stores selling it and we
never will.
The profits on the sale of beer
would not tempt the good drug
gists of this Association to change
their professions to that OF sa-
loonkeeper.
How some newspapers could
assume as they have that the drug
profession would take up the sale
OF this beverage is more than we
can understand We regret ex-
ceedingly how some newspapers
have cartooned lis as barkeepers.
1t will never be. We are and will
continue to be the guardians OF
your health.
The drug business is built on a
foundation so firm that we can
still recommend it to you-that it
is a safe profession for your boy
or your girl to learn.
The executive committee and Off
GERS of the National Retail Drug
gists' Association make this state
ment:
The executive committee of the
National Association OF Retail
Druggists OF the United States
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-05-06
BAY STATE HAS 90 PCT.
CRIME SLUMP

A recent issue of the Boston
Transcript which vigorously
opposes all Prohibition laws,
publishes the following figures
on arrests in the state for the
year ending October, 1920. and
the last wet year.
The arrests for drunken
ness for the entire state of
Massachusetts for the year
ending October. 1920, were
$3.50 as against 1925
during the last wet year.
The statistics of the Boston
City Hospital show there
is considerable drinking be-
cause there were "a deaths
from alcoholism in 1920 but
in 1910 there were 205
deaths from the same
cause.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-05-06
OHIO NORTHERN DRUGGISTS INDIGNANT OVER !,
ATTEMPT TO MAKE Them BARTENDERS
Newspapers Assuming That They Would lake UP Sale
Beer Say They Do Not Look Upon Beer as Incidence
Line Up With National Association of Retail Druggists

desire to place on record their
conviction that the manufacture
and sale of beer and other malt
liquors for medicinal purposes
should not be permitted. Malt
liquors have never been listed in
the United States Pharmacopoeia
as official medicinal remedies.
Legitimate druggists are opposed to
handling beer and will not do so and
the druggists who sell beer as an al
legged medicine are going to find that
the people will look upon their places
of business as beer saloons rather
than as drug stores.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-05-06
NEW YORK CRIME ON
BIG TOBOGGAN SLIDE

The following figures are
from the official records re-
Gently compiled and just issued
by John +. Tremain, secretary
OF the New York State Prison
Commission:
In 1917 the total commit
ments to all penal institu-
tons in the state were
10000. In 1920 the total
commitments were $4,000.
Commitments TO county
jails in the state for intoxi-
cation for 1917 totaled
$4,000 but in 1920 there
were only 1,641 such COM
mitments. The number of
persons admitted to the
county penitentiaries in the
state in 1917 was $4,000 but
in 1920 the number dropped
to 5000.
These are not comforting fig
ures to the liquor interests
whose publicity agents insist
that Prohibition has increased
crime and put an increased
burden upon the taxpayer.
The above is a comparison of
wet and dry year in the En-
pire state, and the facts speak
for themselves.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-05-06

til good men make good. The time
has come when it should fold its tent
and quietly steal away. but it has not
done so and the program of the liq-
uor traffic just outlined proves that it
will not quit until it is compelled. 1t
is the duty OF this organization TO
see that laws are enacted and en-
forced that will give us Prohibition
in fact. No other organization can
do it and no set of officials will en-
force the law unless encouraged and
supported by the Anti Saloon League.
We have represented on our Board
twenty-five church denominations
and eight temperance societies. We
stand in place of strength but must
fight or we shall lose. I remember
wire received from Hon. John G..
Woolley just after ratification. He
said, I'VE now have the advantage
but must fight on for the victory"
He knows the liquor traffic. We
have the advantage because Of the
fact that the traffic is outlawed, but
the liquor traffic has known no law
and we must fight, fight, fight or we
will lose what it has taken a century
to secure.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-05-06

lar League way by permitting the
Sabbath address and financial prescn-
tation. Nc could not have won with
ont these churches. but as we'll we
could not have won with that sup
port alone. Some sixty per cent Of
orr funds were raised last year
through the meetings held IN the
churches. but the other forty per cent
was secured by the raising OF the sup
Elemental fund. In this connection
we arc mindful OF the faithfully ener-
getic and sacrificing work done by
almost the entire field force of the
League in doing aggressively the
difficult work of personally seeing and
soliciting the friends OF the cause
throughout the state on behalf of this
fund This has proven to be an abb
sohtely indispensable part OF our
program. Had the last League adj
dress been given prior to the first OF
May, 1920, and no friend have been
since that time on behalf
of this cause, the liquor people would
today be back in control in the state
OF Illinois as in the times of old
Every district superintendent and
every field worker has faithfully
taken up his burden in this field and
carried it faithfully. Most OF the dis
tricts have gone over the top in rails
ing their apportionment.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-05-06
NEW YORK GRAND JURY
RULE HANDICAPS POLICE

After the Kings County, New York,
grand jury on April % threw out
five cases Of alleged violation of the
Prohibition law and three more on
April %, its foreman laid down a
general rule that persons arrested
simply for having liquor in their pos
session without proof OF intention to
sell, would not be held for trial. This
attitude of the grand jury is interior
ing with the police departments cam
pagn against the bootleggers. The
police are far in advance of the
courts.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-05-06

The man who will not fight now to
make Prohibition effective has not
much fight in him.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-05-06

throughout the year VIC express our
heartfelt gratitude
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-05-06

The more ignorant the beer booster,
the more emphatic is his argument
that Palmer is right, and that beer is
a medicine.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-05-06
Four Future Tasks

As We look back over the year and
turn glance toward the coming
tasks four things arc before Us for
our consideration.
lst-The Leagues Fighters.
2nd-The Leagues Finances.
srd-The Liquor Fight.
4th-Ths Loyalsts' Field.
The Leagues Fighters.-Not many
OF the men on the battle line have re-
tired during the year. This is sig
nihoant in view OF the fact that it is
more difficult to train League men
today than in former days when local
battles served as a training school.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-05-06
Changes in Field Force

Illinois, Illinois"
Changes in Field Force
Rev. II. II. Rood who has been for
three years superintendent OF the
Eastern district, has returned 10 the
pastorate in the Rock River Confer
ence. Mr.. Rood was one OF our very
able district superintendent and
leaves the League with the best
wishes of all with whom he associated.
He had previously spent nine years
in the fight i'll Michigan He felt he
was entitled to a field of service in
which he could be at home more of
the time and which would be of a
more serene nature. His church has
a pastor who is good friend of the
League.
In the place of Capt. Gilbert we have
Attorney !. II. Collier i'll charge of
the law enforcement and legal depart
ment. in this capacity he has pre-
pared the Illinois Prohibition Act
now before the Legislature
As assistants in the Chicago Office
We have added Mr. ]. A. Little and
Mr.. c. L. Peterson.
New District Superintendents
In the place OF DR.. Parker Shields
at Springfield we have Mr.. Geo H..
Yule, who has already served the
League successfully as field worker
We believe time will prove that we
have been fortunate that his services
have been secured for this important
district
As superintendent of the Eastern
district comprising nine counties in
the eastern part of the state, with
headquarters at Springfield, Mr.. N
R. Johnson has been appointed and
is now in charge. Mr. Johnson was
assistant superintendent in the Spring
field district under Mr.. Shields.
In the Southern district Mr.. Leo
Howard is in charge with headquar-
tiers at Mt. Vernon. The headquar-
tiers have been moved from Carbon
dale to Mt Vernon because of the
fact that Mt Vernon is more CEN
trally located Mr. Howard has al
ready shown his efficiency in League
work. He is ably assisted in field
work by Mr. c. +. Dowdell
The other districts and other de-
partments are in the hands of the
same workers as year ago.
Field Force Not Diminished
The League Finances.-Th fnan-
cial report shows that we have been
able to keep out Of debt. We have
financed the biggest legislative cam
paign in the history of our organiza-
ton. We have given larger cooper
alton to the National League than in
any previous year. We are also car
rying the additional obligation of CO.
operation with the World League
Against Alcoholism. We have in no
way diminished our field force or
clipped our state service, but on al
most every hand have been COM
PEELED, because of the strenuousness
OF the years fighting, to enlarge the
department and increase our eff
cheney. All this has taken additional
funds.
Most Churches Remain Loyal
We are not forgetful in this con
nection of the loyalty to the great
majority OF the churches of Our state
which have co-operated in the regu-
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-05-06

ldtl llldt the tIdHlC Is OutldWeQ, Du
the liquor traffic has known no Law
and we must fight, fight, fight or w,
will lose what it has taken centur,
to secure.
Leagues Three-fold Objective
The objective of the League reaches
three fields OF action: Education, En-
forcement, and Extension.
The educational field of activit,
embraces the publication and dis
tribution OF literature on the differ
ent phases of the Prohibition prob
lem. The American Issue inform.
the leaders and voters of the state
as to the important issues relative tc
the movement. The fact that nearly
million men and women in refer
endum vote in the state of Ohio
voted against a law enforcement
measure to enforce their state ant
national constitutions shows tht
need of continuous education w,
believe we have definite majority il
Illinois favorable to the Eighteenth
Amendment but we will not be sat
ished until we have at least 90 per
cent of the people ready to willngl,
accept and enforce the Eighteenth
Amendment to the Constitution.
All Officials Must be Dry
In the enforcement field our activi
ties consist i'll the securing OF legis
lation necessary to make the amend
ment easily enforced. We need dry
law makers i'll the state and in tht
nation. We need "Thc Illinois Pro
hibition Act" now before the Legis
lature. We need the entire state en-
forcement machinery including gov
ernor, attorney general, and othei
officials charged with the enforce
ment of Prohibition in sympathy
with the movement and back of thu
same We need the right kind o
officials i'll every city and hamlet il
the state. 1t is our program to hgh
on until this objective is realized
We need in the positions having Il
do with the enforcement of the Pro
hibition Act men who are dry in habi
and in heart and to this end the Anti
Saloon League must hold responsible
for such appointments every Unitet
States Senator and every state off
cial who has to do with the naming
OF these appointees. About the mos
distressing thing we have ever con
fronted in the fight against the liquo
traffic is for men to be appointed tt
these positions because of factiona
or political influence who are not il
sympathy with this movement. AL
these positions have been created b,
the Anti-Saloon League movemen
for the definite purpose of seeing tt
it that the law is enforced
Politics Must Not Prevent Enforce
ment
For any official to use these ap
pointments for political aggrandize
ment is to drag the Constitution o
the United States into the slime AM
mire of political degeneracy
Congress and Legislature Must be DR.,
To the end that these detectives b
realized we call upon this Board t,
authorize the making of Legislative
and congressional campaign looking
toward the Legislature of two year
hence and the next Congress tina
will give this question the considera
ton to which it is entitled in thes
legislative bodies. The last legisla
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-05-06
Must Wage Greatest Campaign

Must Wage Greatest Campaign
We would urge upon this Board OF
Trustees in this respect that i'll view
of the program before us and the
probable difficult financial problems
to meet within the coming year, in
order to do we'll the task that moth
ing may be lost, that they plan and
authorize the Headquarters Commit
tee to make such plans as would seem
to them wise i'll securing supple
mental campaign fund for that pur-
pose Without the most aggressive
campaign that we have ever made
during the next two years the achieve
ments of more than century will be
sacrificed. In relation to the finan-
cial problem it might be borne in
mind that the expenses along many
lines have doubled and even trebled
For example, when we first took the
Illinois Issue to Westerville it cost
us in the neighborhood OF $500 per
thousand, while now we are paying
for our Issue, with no better paper,
S13.o5 per thousand Many other eX
penses have been similar
League Accounts Audited Quarterly
1t might be we'll to note here that
the accounts OF the Anti Saloon
League are audited quarterly by an
expert accountant and that copies OF
the audits together with the annual
audts are always open for the inspec
tion of any friends of the movement,
and as far as furnished for this year
are here today for the inspection of
the members of the State Board. We
wish to emphasize that the affairs of
the League are open to all those en-
titled to know. The Headquarters
Committee is the committee on
finance and all financial matters re-
ceivc their careful supervision.
VETS Plan Notification Fight
The Liquor Fight,-Thc liquor pro-
gram has been a subtle one. They
have been acting under counsel. Be
ing in trouble they have followed
counsers advice to the letter. Their
purpose is to nullify the Eighteenth
Amendment. They must concedc
that since forty-five states have rati-
fed the task OF holding the three
that have not ratified and winning
thirty-three from among the other
forty five is impossible task. They
are, however, gathering their fighting
forces back of three centers of activ
ity, namely the courts, the Congress
and an effort to break down the law
i'll the communities. They have been
defeated i'll the courts, but still annoy
with court cases, supersedeas and
other court attacks. They have had
a definite expression from Congress
on this proposition, but still continue
to lombard Congress with petitions
and other efforts to weaken and break
down the Nolstead Act and the Con-
stitution itself. They hope to bring
back beer and wine which would only
restore % per cent OF the old liquor
traffic, and would open the door to
such violations as to the sale of
whisky and other OF the stronger
drinks 50 that i'll a little time they
would have again the liquor traffic
100 per cent strong.
Vets Want Wet officials
Probably the most brazen effort
on the part OF the vets is the one to
break down Prohibition by getting
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-05-06

urea uuflnR the year. his IS sig
niheant in view of the fact that it is
more difficult to train League men
today than in former days when local
battles served as training school
Called to National Field
Two OF orr men have been called to
national work. DR.. Parker Shields
OF the Springfield district resigned TO
accept the state superintcndency OF
the state OF Tennessee. Attorney
Frank b. Gilbert went to Washing
ton TO be associated with Hon. Wayne
B. Wheeler. general counsel OF the
Anti-Saloon League OF America. He
has already proven his efficiency and
has been promoted to the western
section comprising eight states with
These men have been reluctantly re-
leased by our state but have been
given to the National League be-
cause OF realization of the great
opportunity in these fields of work
to which they have been called. Our
very best wishes and confidence for
splendid success go with them, and
we are again reminded that Illinois
has not only carried on the work
within her own borders but has
trained and furnished for the Ma
tional League many OF her most
noted workers.
Illinois Furnished Many League Men
1t might be interesting to consider
that already ten State superintend-
ents have been chosen for other states
from Illinois League workers, be-
sides Sam Fickel in charge of the
American Issue at Westerville and
Captain Gilbert as attorney. Other
workers are also serving in places of
importance.
mot without thy wondrous story
illinois, Illinois,
Can be writ the nations glory
illinois, Illinois,
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-05-06
Vets Want Wet Officials

Probably the most brazen effort
on the part OF the vets is the one to
break down Prohibition by getting
liquor men in control OF the machin
cry established by dry legislation to
enforce Prohibition laws. 1t has in
deed been astounding to see how
many of those who have been avowed
enemies of the Prohibition movement
have become so impressed with the
fact that now it is in the Constitution
they feel it is their bounden duty to
be a Prohibition director or one Of
the law enforcement officials that has
to do with making Prohibition effec-
tive. 1t is indeed an interesting par
adox and yet some politicians are in
clined to cater to these desires. The
vets objective is to destroy dry and
create wet sentiment and to convince
the public that the law can not be
enforced and should not be enforced
and therefore bring about its amend
ment or repeal.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-05-06
Drys Must Hold Advantage

The Loyalists' Field.-lt is to
make effective the prohibition of the
liquor traffic. The outlawed traffic
ought to quit, but will not do so UNI
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-05-06
Most Churches Remain Loyal

We are not forgetful in this con
nection of the loyalty to the great
majority OF the churches of our state
which have co-operatcd in the regu