Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-14

! educate their children. and the com
munfty in general, as to the evils Of
intemperance. They jumped at tn,
chance OF passing the buck to other
parties. The solution OF the problem
lies In again renewing this fight and
continuing to warn our children and
the community against the dangers
| OF touching liquor as parents did be
| fore the days Of prohibition. Not only
| Is this the only way to have law en-
| fcrcement and make prohibition eff
fective. but this IS the only way to
| develop self-control and real manhood
and womanhood.
1t Is important that both young and
old should not touch liquor but 1t Is
very much better that they should
voluntarily refuse II when II is around
| than To 90 without it merely because
| they cannot get it. Moreover, We
should keep in mind that the real
! reason for enactin@ prohibition is to
rid the country from the evils of In
| temperance rather than rid churches.
| teachers and parents from the trouble
of fighting 1t. The purpose of all
| legislation should he to make man
! hood rather than merchandise. Al,
| though one step in the process is -
| remove temptation, yet merely rcmov-
ing temptation does not make man
hood or develop a nation.
Chief Opposing Elements.
| we have the prohibition amend
| ment as d part of our Constitution
and ] doubt if any Of US shall I've
| TO see II taken out. Certain" inc
business interests, when fully awake
to its benefits viii not stand for any
| change. The demand for change
A, comes from three sources: ~ From
those who used liquor before the
I -,l,.,
really miss It; t21 those few but pow
erful interests whose profits have
been adversely affected nv prohibition,
and (S) young people who have never
seen the dreadful evils of intern
| perance and--from lack Of experit
ence or observation-do not realize
its dangers.
This third group is the most i'm
portant to win because the other
two Will soon die off Moreover l
am sympathetic with these young
people because if-as q hOy-I had
not seen the evils Of il and been
brought up in the midst Of II |
, might not feel Us strongly on the
subject today. When boy in
Gloucester, Mass, there was a. rum
shop on nearly every corner and the
city was in a. constant conflict be
tween those who stood for temperance
and those who did not. AS liquor
was everywhere ii was impossible
, to keep US children away from II.
Hence, in church. school and home
we were constantly warned Of its
, evils and trained TO let II alone.
: Business Men Must Aid.
moreover. l believe that busine-'
men must not be content talking
law enforcement and aiding the Anti
Saloon League. but must again get
back to discussing the morals of IN
!. temperance and revive the work of
; the Women's Christian Temperance
; Union, the Sons of Templars and
! various other organizations Which
! carried on the fight in the old way
refer to the necessity of ernphasiz
ing these four reasons FOR not touch
| ing the dangerous stuff
II The only way TO surely avon
becoming a drunkard is not 70 touch
, il at all No one when taking ms
: first drink ever expected to become
: addicted TO the habit. lie thought
he could he an exception TO the rule.
-. In order to keep oneself fit. 9"
AS to be helped by stimulants IN case
| of pneumonia. heart disease. kidney
trouble. or some other serious at
t Fiction. il Is very important that
: one should not touch it when he IS
: we'll.
90 As the use Of liquor tenGS -
: he hereditary, parents using II do
4 great wrong to their children. es-
/ pecially il they have hovs~ ana -
3 fact may have developed harmiui
I influence on several generations 10
E follow.
] a. Now that prohibition has feen
: nut into the Constitution. the whole
s question OF respect for law Is In
: VOWED in its use. When one taxes
: drink at even a social gathering he
e encourages Bookkeeping and disrespecI
r for law which is likely not 10 Ell d
2 with the liquor question. think sta
4 tistics would show ttaJ the present
crime wave is not Que to PROHIBITION
but to the disrespect for law 10y those
1 who think it is smart to disregard II 4
"Of course, there are many good
| Deople who by temperament nave the
moral and physical strength TO use
liquor in moderation. If IN such cases
the individual himself were the only
one involved there might be reasons
for such exceptions. When, however,
such people are leaders IN the com,
: munitv. looked up to and follower
, | by others, it is very important that
/ | such leaders let it alone as an e&-
ample.
: business, as registered ty the
/, Rabsonchart, now stands II per cent
3 above normal"
(Copyright. 1850