The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-06-26
ELLIS SPEAKS
AT CONVENTION
Labor Demand for Beer and
Light Wine Untrue,
Saws W. B. Wheeler.

KANSAS CRY. Mo-. June 26.-Alive
with the inspiration Of Sunday meetings,
the delegates 10 the Sixteenth lnterna-
tiopaI SUNDAY School Convention, entered
into The service Of worship and song, led
by Prof. II. Augustine Smith, this morn
ing with great yigor Following Prof. u.
v. Warmington's devotional address,
President John NJ. Candy. State Normal
School !or Negroes. Petersburg. Va
spoke on Reckoning a Race Through
It. Children" He told What has been
done since slavery days for his people,
and paye most of the credit TO the great
Christian agencie. which went into the
South To educate the children, and with
their education. give them Christian
training. These children" he said, nov
men and women, are the leaders ot our
race and are demonstrating in every walk
Of life Mhst can be done if oaly provi-
sion j. made TO give our boys and girls
Of this generation adequate Christian ed
ucaiion.
Mr.. William T. Ellis. Swarihmore, Pa.
trsyeler. writer and lecturer, spoke on
"The Big Thing That Has Happened in
the World"
WILLIAM 7. ELLIS SPEAKS
III Congress should repeal or change
the definition of liquor, We should siisl
have 30 states with a one-half of one
PEI cent standard, three with i one per
cent standard, and the other nine with
a variety of standards. declared Wayne
l.. Wheeler, Washington. General Coun-
sci and Legislative Superintendent oi
Anti Sll5cn League of America.
The cry that labor demands beer and
light wines i uniounded. On May 10Th
a iesi vas made in the 33rd District oi
Pennsylvania. now the greatest industrial
district in the United States with its sie,i
mills. factories and minrs. Scyenty-il;e
thousand dollars Was expended by the
beer and wine champions 10 defeat Con
gresham Kelly who is an outstanding
advocate Of prohibition. He was re-
nominated for Congress on the Republl-
can ticket by majority Of ll,90O, by
yc,c Of three TO one on The Democratic
ticket. and unanimously on the Prohibi-
iion party ticket. SeYclly-eiEht taiiea
States srlaiors and majority of congress
men come from states where the state
itself has prohibited even one per cent
beer. / senator or congressman who
votes agains; the standard maintained by |
his own state for law enforcement does /
moi deserve the support of law-abidinr |
citizens. Senators like the senior sen |
ator from Missouri, who have fought law |
enforcement measures and spent their /
time in abusing and misrepresenting
those measures enacted for the public 1
good. have forfeited all claim on good !
citizens.
PROHIBITION A SUCCESS
Thus far We have established two |
facts: Prohibition enforced is success.
and even when only partially enforced ii
is better than the license system. The
following results prove il: Drunkenness
has decreased more than one-half. Those
opposed to prohibition admitted. after d
survey made recently, tha, consumption
of beverage liquor has fallen off 20 per
cent and that the number of drinkers i .
reduced over 100000. Grimes related
10 liquor have fallen off materially, and .
all existing crime induced by drink /
proves our contention that alcohol pro-
vokes crime and should be eliminated !
Nineteen twenty-One was the healthiest 1
year in the United States. Liquor as
contributing factor in poverty is now neg .
ligible. Over s2.5OO.0O0,0O0 wasted for
drink has been turned into useful chan. !
nels Bank deposits and savings have ,
increased, and the net increased wealth
of the country last year was S8O000O0.- .
600.
'The attempt of the liquor interests to /
nullify this law is a challenge to red F.
blooded Americans.
Afternoon sessions we're devoted to
group conferences.