The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1927-04-01

The opening paragraph of his communication will in
dictate with sufficient clearness the general line of his
gument
l. We Should Change our Name:
(a) Saloons thing of the past-eyerybody rec
ognzes this, those hostile to prohibition and in
the mind OF the general public the name "Ant-Saoon"
is now outgrown and is complete and entire msnomer.
1t suggests that the organization using it is LIVING
IN THE PASTl
This same point has been raised in recent months by
of friends in Illinois, probably it is just
well to take the time right to lay this low
The Anti-Saloon League would be making a great
mistake to change its The is asset which
has been built up through the hardest kind of work If
you changed the name people would ask, What is this
organization who is behind it, and what is its
work." The reputation of the AntSaloon League, its
effectiveness its political influence and its power with
the churches linked up with the
ganzation under some other will have to build
up new reputation for itself. We could change
the and retain power. People would have to
be convinced all over again under new title.
Furthermore the Ants League developed its
power in a time of greatest and the momentum
obtained then is sufficient to carry it through the
present period organization could not possibly
gather to itself any such momentum because the times
have changed, and the enemy has been defeated 1t is
fact that there is lot Of hopping up do and that it
is difficult and annoying work but it has such compel
ling appeal did the saloon every corner their dead
y work visible and appalling to all. Now with the
dunkard off the and the visible signs of the dew
asaton of the liquor traffic greatly reduced the power
of the appeal for supporting the opposition to it will
be correspondngly reduced and you commit the task
to a organization, it will fall fiat.
| note your comparison to the Associated Charities.
There no parallel whatever. In the first place, the
Associated Charities is nothing but the combination of
few score charities whose lines of action more
or less parallel to another and which could be
soidated with administration and increase i'll
efficiency and management. The Anti-Saloon League
itself is Just such combination of divided forces and
became the mighty effective institution that is after
this combination was effected. My observance Of the
reason for the change of of the Associated Chart
ties was because in many instances they had become
commercalized and much professional PROPOSE
ton that they had considerable extent lost the hu
man touch and were failing accomplish their original
purposes.
Well nobody make that kind OF charge against
the Ant-Sa1oon League. It is not failing to function
and it did its work with efficiency than now
Furthermore the Associated Charities and such
CARNATIONS do not have open and bitter enemy in
the field, and they have nothing to overcome but the
natural inertia and sehshness of men, But the An-Sa-
loon League has opposed to it willy, bitter, deter
Mined s1eepess and well-hnanced enemy While parad
ing under variety of Names it is the same old enemy
1t is the liquor business trying to get back just it
has done in Canada and whose ultimate purpose it is
to restore the saloon they have done l. British Co
lumbia SO any other name, such as you suggest,
would meet the situation for job IS still to hight
the American saloon, and those who stand for it.
The main business is to prevent its return just
as in the old days our business to outlaw it, AS
long as our ancient enemy is in the field it is better to
Call him by his old and prevent any kind of cam
outage from deceiving the people and permitting them
to think that the fight is fundamentally different from
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