The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-30

GIT; in Colorado by a majority Of
46,924; in Missouri by majority Of
275,OCO were the next r,orninS fter
the election, hera..ded in the press,
in flaming headlines, as wet vic
tories. Many Of the oa,M. never
made a correction and thos that did
gave the correctio, no prominence
but printed it in an obscure corner
where it would likely be unnoticed."
fabli' Needs Facts
Asking if it I 100 nj ;. to demand
Of the newspapers that they give
the public the facts about prohibi-
ton, Mrs. Anderson said she does
not expect it Of those on the "wet
pay roll" but that the w. c. T. u.
ha right to expect it of every
newspaper that is not.
Enforcement Of the prohibition
law, she said, is improving and the
bootlegging business daily is be-
coming more dangerous and less
profitable. The system of making
bootleggers pay an internal revenue
tax on liquor sold, in addition to
fines and prison terms, is doing
much to take the profit out Of the
business and is striking terror to
the bootlegger's heart, Mrs. Ander-
son said.
Reviewing the work Of prohibi-
ton enforcement officials she said
they have dried up the supply Mt
its source by making importation
difficult, preventing diversion of
industrial Alcohol and devising new
formulate for preventing the use
Of denatured alcuho. as beverage
by "re-cooking" it.
The disposition Of judges to as
sess heavy fines and give Jail sem
t noes is help but the effect would
be better if the judges would de-
eide to dole out Jail sentence in
every case, the speaker said.
Effects of Alcohol
Turning to the effects of alcohol
upon those VIII. use it, Mrs. Ander-
son said it has no medicinal value,
reduces resistance t. disease, low
ers efficiency in indu tri pursuits
and lowers scholarship.
Circulation by the natl, nal or
ganization fighting prohibition of
false reports concerning the in
creased drinking habits of A, erican
youth has proved boomerang, the
speaker saio because it has i'm
PEELED people to study the subject
and these studies have disclos ID the
falsity of the char es h. We vindi-
Gated the prohibition law and proved
the character and sobrietv Of our
young people.
Citing Charles A. Lindbergh and
Clarence Chamhmrlin as fine ex-
amples Of model American youth,
Mrs. Anderson pointed out that they
were not weakened, on their long
flights. by the glass that cheers
or the weed that so.aces. Each, she
said. is an example of prohibition
| America.
Worldwide prohibition was pre-
dictcd by the speaker as tn. result
Of economic pressure brought on by
the adoption of prohibition in
America. Prohibition has increased
the productiveness Of the American
workman to a point where other ma
tions are finding it difficulty to
compete, she said. Their hope of
competing with the United States
commercially rests on the question
of either breaking down prohibi-
ton in the Un.,ed States or adopt
ing it themselves, Mrs. Anderson
said. She predicted that when
other nations assure themselves that
prohibition is the settled policy of
the United State: they also will
turn to it and the world will be
freed of the curse Of alcohol.
System Is Failure
Challenging advocates of modi.
fication to permit the sale of light
wine and beer or to permit govern
ment control and sale of liquor
Mrs. Anderson said this system has
failed wherever it has been tried
and that prohibition is the only
way to obtain results.
TIE fight, she said, must continue
and the w. C.. T. u. must 60 on
with it's work. It must work to
educate the young and old, to teach
tn bad effects # alcohol drinking
tc stir up sentiment of the COM
munity favoring prohibition law en-
forcement. tt urg, public officials
an judges to hell tighten the cord
on which is drawing in upon the
bootlegger and thus make the pro-
hibition law an unchalle-ged sue
cess.
The w. C. T. u. must continue
on the offensive, she said. demand
ing the appointment of. officials and
the election of executives, from the
president down, wy. are not only
capable but personally and polit-
ically dry, who believes in prohibi-
ton and who are actively support
Ing it.
Urging every member of the or
ganizaticn to become !. member of
some political party, Mrs. Ander-
sou advised them to mako their in.
fluence felt in making that party
en- active advocate of the drv cause.
Special attention should be given
she said, to the election of day pre-
cinct committeeman since hey arc
the backbor of all political parties,
There are few precincts in North
Dakota where qliet organization
would not result in the selection OF
dry precinct conn .itteemen or com
mitteewomen and she urged w. c.
I. U. n embers to launch such &C.
ton. It WI ul6. sht said. bring ia
the fore the better element in poll
teal PARTIES and result in what
would almost be a political revolu-
ton. Such action should be taken
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