Milford chronicle., 1925-10-02

"Of course under these circum
stances, youth is Furnishing it's owl
d reputation. But let us not forge
= also that never before in the ma
+ tion's history has youthful idealisn
: been so vigorous. The conferences
C of church young people, the Insti.
v tutes where they put in long hours
e of study of methods by which they
t can help their fellow men, these
prove that the heart of youth today
1 is as warm and as true as it ever
1 was.
. But 1 want you to get this
thought; even in their misbehavior
young people today are more sinned
against than shining. They are be-
ing exploited for profit or as a
means of over turning the traditions
and customs of the country The
erotic dances are evolved by bald
headed dancing masters. The erotic
plays are written and produced by
men of maturity; salacious novels
and magazines are not the product
of youth even though they are pro-
duced for youth.
I'm the first place we want to note
the existence of a small but deter
mined group composed mostly of
the product of recent immigration
which is actively hostile against the
social organization and historic Gus
toms of America. They believe that
'Puritanism' must be destroyed be-
fore we can have the beautiful Am
erica of which they dream. They |
sneer at religion. Decency is hy- |
pocricy; mercy is weakness; justice
there is no such thing. This
group is trying to capture the youth
of today because that youth repre-
.sents Americas future and they
know that if the youthful mind can
be captured, America will have
broken with it's past. What effront-
cry then to cali us reformers! We
are not reformers. We are defend
ers of America, of~its history, of the
precious things which have made it
great.
"The people are hostile to prohi-
bition because they consider it the
very flower of Puritanism. But let
me tell you this, prohibition has al
ready so grounded itself in the eco
nOmics of this country that it could
not be pulled out without a social ]
revolution infinitely greater than {
that which marked the passing of
the saloon. Our prosperity is found l
ed upon it. The very existence of a I
dozen necessary trades depends up .
On it. Certainly the enforcement of a
he law is not perfect, but even i'm n
perfect enforcement has so far re-
uced liquor consumption in Amer "
ca that the savings banks are over b
lowing, that realty values have a
increased, that the turn W
yer of legitimate trade is far great "
7 than ever before, that the entire OF
tandard of the American people has
cen raised immensely and the diff ST
ulties of prohibition enforcement OIL
re gradually passing. Opponents WI
lay sneer at such a statement but of
lese difficulties are tangible things. or
7e know that they are and we know fo
hen they are overcome. Just as has an
,curred in a score of states, pro- ex
bition is passing through the per- thI
d of rough waters and is coming
to the safe harbor of accepted pol
=. (B!
1--WE want sports freed from gam
ing and brutality. The more sport I
ere is the better we will like it. no,
e world needs it. 1t needs anna Chi
II sport and professional sport. mi
e gambler who lays his corrupt Mo
nd upon every possible activity is dor
, greatest enemy of sport and the bio
,ond greatest enemy is the exhi- coll
ion of brutality in professional of
zefighting. cou
And we want a return of the 1ioit
which crystalline re- con
ct for womanhood. Where wo- moe
n is honored, the Divinities are 70
1plaisant; where woman is de- foro
sed, it is useless to pray to God sion
lth is tired of the eternal paving ovo,
mauling its young Omanhood WIFI
in the kind of dancing roo,
have today. It is sick of the vul- +bo
ity of 'petting.' It wants a re- unbi
/ of the gracious and beautiful +ion,
mime influence which is the only Co..,
rantee of strength and purity of cont
generation to come.' loon
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