Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-13
METH0D|STSLAUD
! PROHIBITION WORK
Board Sends Letter of
Praise for Efforts to Make
World Dry.

Authorization of letter to Methodists
throughout the world regarding temper
ance and law enforcement was made at
the annual meeting here of the board of
temperance, prohibition and public
morals of the Methodist Episcopal
Church.
Officials Of the church believe that
his letter will hetp to create sentiment
20 fulfil the Methodist desire to make
the world dry. ..
Bshco w. F. Mcdowell. Washington.
presided at the meeting. and members
of the board were present from all parts
Of the United States.
The following is the letter:
ITO the Methodists of the World:
The board of temperance prohibi-
ton and public morals of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. in its annual meet
ing of 1924 at Washington. d. c., United
States of America, sends greetings to
the Methodsts Of America and of the
world.
Praise of Prohibition.
Your loyalty to God and to the Gov
eminent has been ever fixed and I'M
yielding. and your zeal for the general
welfare of mankind Is known and
acknowledged. That solicitude was never
better expressed than in your efforts
for the destruction of the leEalized
liquor traffic in America. the accom-
plishment of which has been attended
by economic, blessings without parallel
in history. and by social relations Of the
greatest significance.
Let US not be dissatisfied. The ef-
fort to make 1t appear that prohibi-
ton is a failure in the United States
Is animated by financial motives. In
fact, the blessings of prohibition are
manifold. 1t has stimulated industry,
Increased the output of labor, &C
CELEBRATED the accumulation of CAPT
tai, raised the general standard of
living and increased the demand for
necessities and legitimate luxuries,
filled our savings banks, lowered the
death rate, crowded our educational
institutions, destroyed the saloon and
given us release from arrogant tyran-
NY of the beer trade.
Saving of $4,000. COX. coo Annually.
1T Is conservatively, and We be-
lieve accurately. estimated that pro-
hibition saves the United States Zach
year not less than s5,000.000,00. 1t
may indeed be confidently asserted
that we have in the few years of
Federal prohibition established a civ
ilization which, because of its general
use of machinery and the rewards 1t
gives to the common man, thereby
comforting upon him responsibility
heretofore unknown, would be i'm
possible TO sustain without the policy.
1--WE rejoice to record as the result
of the recent election the definite and
seemingly final defeat to the pro-
posed policy of prohibition nullifica-
tion. No politician of average intel
ligence, and certainly no statesman.
can ever again believe that 1T will be
politically profitable to cater to the
discredited sentiment for beer and
wine. The approval by the people Of
assachusetts of prohibition en-
forcement, an approval denied by an
overwhe Ginning majority only two
years ago, demonstrates the disinte-
grafton of nuliif1cationism. The still
further reduction at the polls OF the
already pitiful minority of nuilih-
cationists in Congress is a further
demonstration. The law must be bet
ter enforced. Progress Is being made
in enforcement; further progress is
certain. Perfection will never be at
tanned TN enforcement, but it VIII be
approximated; and to the hastening
of this day we invite your prayers and
unremittinS endeavors. --'