Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-20
Willard MEMORIAL
MEETING HELD BY
GARDINER W. c. T.U,

The Womans Christian Temper
ance Union held its annual Franc, s
+. Willard Memorial meeting at the
First Baptist church Sunday evening,
the Free Baptist. Universalist and
Randolph Nj. f.. churches uniting. a
good sized audiences was in at
tendance despite the prevailing
epidemic of colds.
Rev. III. l.. Skilin gave a forCctul
address on the Prohibition la" and
it's enforcement. He spoke first OF the
great victory achieved by passage
of the Nolstead Act, secondly OF the
unfinished task.
The passage of the Nolstood Jaw
was achieved only after q long, hnId
fight against great Indifference, an
unlimited use OF money by the OPP
position, an example of this being
the case of a successful temperance
worker in the West who vas off rcd
the alternative Of ccasing his OPP
position for which he was to 'ceiNc
S25o.0 or he would be murdered by
hired assaSsinS, also against the
greed of the seller and the ape lite
of the drinlier.
Public sentiment has been very
slow to crNStaliZe against this tem-
pcrance end. rs an Illustration of
this. one of the churches of BtlfaSt.
Maine, boasts with pride that no
liquor was used at its raising. as WAS
the custom with many churches at
that time
1ntemperance has always heon a
curse and nothing but i .'ulsc trCr,-
where, it has been an enemy - the
home. In the city OF Cleveland It
caused - per cent of the divorces,
and 80 per cent of tn orphans
Alcoholic parncts produce more
than 80 per cent of all the detective,
dwarfcd, deformed. idiotic and epil-
optic. from "a TO 80 per cent o: the
tuberculosis is due to alcohol, 50 per
cant of epilepsy.
Sir Andrew Clark. a great London
physician SAYS: in going my rounds
Z out OF 10 eases are due % ALCOHOL
OF % idiots in hospital. II per cent
Fad drunken parents. 30. 900 insane
and the same number OF feeble mind
"a, duo TO drink. yet in Kansas. where
prohibition rnien"d for years. 81
counties without an insane case. !
counties with no feeble minded It
has cost tho country three tines It's
meat bill. twice its bread hill. am!
SIX times as much GS oyNgutiun or
TIA" work OF all the churches. Tie
direct costs PRIOR 10 the Nn'i.c;td
Net. was 500 fer evCiv family in
the country. It's indirect cost three
times as much: 1000 600 children
W. my '"' "''iH - H'c"uSr Oh the
economic W!ccka%o caused ny I.I}.rr.
1T is said TO cost 81 OF all rauprrlsnl,
and "a Of all the crime.
N'A'A I'VE counties IN l'roHi't'lHn
Kansas Nad no people in its iHH IN
I'l /. In SPIT" "i tn" l1np' rfcyt on
1orccn"ut, 1t LAS Icrn q benefit and
has accomplished wonder.
IN va" l'rSt W!ni'r after passing of
, N"iSl"Ah act, tho famous linWr"N Mis-
SION IN New YORK ON December IS
lhrf" was on" Hrpirant fer free
hFd. hu'f similar rondit-}US. SAY :
the New YORK. Fti!un" 'tNe wears aee
th0r@ would have he on about 5000 ap-
! p!lcant$.
Eut Our task is unfinished. Our Law
! - not as Yet satisfactorily enforced
/ Tho Literary Digest mentions some Of
| the leading conerrS+mrn arc patrons
of b"otl"Gscrs in Washington. Tn,
world must b" mad" SHl"oncss to pre-
serve SaloonlrsS America.
Spain has recently brought ccnnomi,
! pressure ON iceland ard formed then
! 10 modify its prohibition law. Is there
not possibility that the nations %
| Ia" world might bring economic pres
sure on ~ 'tioa. likewise" Therefore
/ tn" world must ho made. saloonloss.
\" effort is being made at the pros
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