Milford chronicle., 1930-10-17
4 WORD TO CALAMITY HOWLERs

l am putting before any candidate
on any political party ticket in our
little State of Delaware, the impro-
priety of bowling over every case OF
drunken men killing others on our
public highway or being killed be-
cause of liquor drinking. We Chris
tians who prayed, sacrificed, and had
our names cast out as evil by the
lower world because all our lives
we have fought the greatest evil that
ever cursed mankind, and lived to see
the closing of the salOOns-the muir
der dens of our country, are equally
anxious to have prohibition en-
forced, and not repealed. When the
calamity howlers make such ado and
/ blame prohibition over the failure
of their crops, as the divorce evil, or
high prices when they buy or low
prices when they sell, or the robbery
of banks or the drunks they see,
they are unable to convince any in
telligent man that prohibition is at
the root of the evils around us any
more than that the thief stole or the
madman slew his brother because of
the Ten Commandments. In fact
these dissatisfied men howl because
of appetite or greed. Some crave
drink and listen to the association
against the church, which thinks it
has found a way to satisfy the appe-
tites OF man. In their tricks they
say they have found out that the 18th
amendment is only joke, that more
liquor is used now than ever, that
there is no immoral principle mani
fest in the conduct of lawbreakers,
that the country is on the verge of
ruin because of this 18th amend
ment.
Inasmuch as public sentiment is
against it we all better turn in and
elect candidates for congress and the
legislature who will use their influ-
ence to repeal the 18th amendment,
and our state law, known as the
Klair law, a wonderful aid in help
ing on the enforcement of prohibi-
ton. They are set to the task of
bowling by the most dangerous prop
aganda the saloon has, by a prOpa-
ganda that is said at this time is
paying large sums to wet papers to
howl, to writers to lessen the infu- .
ence of our President in the White /
House, whose ability and humane
spirit so far exceeds the wet poll .
Licians they want to hinder him, and
all good people, from securing what
we should have in the way OF prohi-
3itiOn. The man, without a thought
If what he means in his howl, un-
lertakes to convince us that we must
'epeal prohibition and give each
state a right to license this uncivil-
zed, wicked liquor traffic. They call
t state Control" | grant that they
nay have state control when they
peak of road building, or county
II state building, public schools, etc,
Dut if any man has brains enough
o drive car, he well knows that
10 man ever did have a satisfactory
tate control of such a dangerous
hing as alcoholism. 1t has been
ried in various ways in my memory
f 20 years, and never gave salts
action. The South tried and found
a miserable failure. Baltimore
ried it and spread the poison all
yer the state. Wilmington tried,
yhihe Kent and Sussex counties
oted dry, and l saw no attempt to
onfine it to the wet geographical
Ortions. I'll remind our wet poll
cians and candidates that even
ow Canada is reeking in shame and
isgust with over half the liquor sold
one so by boOtleggers, and state
ontrol is nothing like as satisfac-
Dry in Canada as was prohibition
ew years ago on the authority of
anada's best citizens. Now, you
owler crying out so much over
now so dangerous. Re-
lember before the auto came the
runkard left the dram shop too
runk to drive home, but his horse
new the way home and the horse
e met gave plenty of room to pass,
ut now the auto does not know the
ay home, and the auto he meets
crushed. Howl on, but remember,
lie present bad happenings are only
drop 'in the bucket as compared
18th such as you may expect if you
ect wet men to destroy the pro-
ction the Klair law and federal law
1w afford us.
We are aware that there is a lot
drinking yet, but Mr.. Edison says.
lis 18th amendment is 60 per cent
forced and can reach so per cent
hat other law is 60 per cent en-
reed? Howl over the calamities
ming to us from the infractiOn of
II laws and you will find time for
tie else. Why not cry out, repeal
ws against robbery? You would
a lot safer to repeal all laws
,ainst murder, theft, traffic rules,
nall pOX, all contagious diseases,
mply to indulge in contacts do
way with all restraints. phe vets
que this way about liquor drink
g. They tell me l am fool to
k to repeal other laws. l have
sht to think them without thought
len they cry out Repeal the 18th
Yes, repeal it if it was not founded
righteous principles and for hui
IN progress. Repeal it if its pur-
Sc is to rob the homes, blight the
Lure of the coming generation,
eak down our altars of prayer,
lpty our churches, set mothers
eping over their children. The
'ge number of woman said to be
OnsOring the break down of this
have forgotten what
ght and poverty, shame and
etchedness. | have been acquaint- |
with in my pastorates, when the
rs of drunkards have been robbed
the opportunities coming to the |
Ildren of Cody parents, who hated !