Show K i m m m 0 4 fi A CE CEI c i H I D DI E f j I I 1 I II CONDUCTED BY W C T U Ui I i f EDITORIAL COMMITTEE 1 j j f E MISS siSs FRIEDA DRESSEL MRS U WAY wy V AY i I iI iI I ff I t I I I r WHAT THERE T IS IN IT ITI I The pors pers all itil fl muy mur bo he very vor vort t I nice men mCI menI I But what Is there In III II it i L rot for me meI mei I spend shUnt nil all ni my 1 money mOley and wake waite up U UIn mj In the pen penSo penSo i I So what is there In n R It for me Of or 0 C course Im Iiii Im as welcome us IS the flow flowers I ers erB cr In May 11 When I 1 como lo to 0 the Joint to squander my pay par i J But Dut I wako wake up tip lp in lii Jail the tine very CI next 1 day da daI I And nd that all al theres In It for Jor iii All Al over oer this country countr were swimming N I In booze But Dut what is there in It l for Tor me meThe meThe The fhe saloonkeepers kids kiUs kils are aro wearing i new shoes I But Bul what whal is there in it Il for fa I me too meThe meI I The distillers share sharo is an automobile I I i A carriage cariago the retailers re share of or the tho Ii deal But Bul Im Im wearing shoes that are down I cown at al the heel heelAnd i I And thais nil all al theres In it for Cor me meMy me mei meMy My l thirst costs mo more than my i clothes and ami my m food Col And th ts all al theros theres In it 1 for Tor or me inc meThe meTho a The Tho drink tool took my 1 money mono and did ld mo me mono meno nb S no good sool And all al theres theros In It for me meThe me meThe I The brewer Is rich ho has bas gold gohl by the I peck I Is II The barman gets paid pailhes lies always on I i deck I i But BIlL lut whatever wh tecI 1 I get set I get sel in the tho neck And all theres theros In it for I i I tats al me mei Why hy should I vote ote that the curse may ma 1 I endure I For what Is there In It for Cor me mo mea a It Im Im bound to vote ote dry on election electon I tiny liny sure I For what wha is there In It for me mc Why new flOW and amI a chance chanco I 5 4 for my I life New clothes for the kids Id s and a home homo i iI for fot my wife I II S The beginning beginning of or peace the end of all al allI strife I m I And what theres In It for me I Author Unknown I i SALOONS ARE ON THE RUN The sentiment of the nation seems to have gone gOrC to L work worle I about ton ten years ears ago and all worked with without wih I out much result for decade I 4 Olt or a But ut I r since Ince 1901 results have been coming coming regularly Statewide prohibition now S I prevails in III Alabama Ala am Georgia Mis Mississippi Us ii 1 North orth Carolina Carlna North Da Dakota DaI 0 I kota Icota Oklahoma Kansas adopted pro prohibition I 1 hi bi Ion In iii II 1880 but did not enforce II 1 I it Il rigidly In the tile larger cities cite till ti lU al 1 Ii and Maine has hns galvanized her old 1 lav lw lt i into new I II I Prohibition has now flOW abolished the I 1 i saloons in a n majority of the counties countes IJ i In Arkansas Maine Texas Texa Connecticut Connecticut Delaware Florida Illinois In Indiana Indiana diana Inna Iowa Kentucky Louisiana Ne No Nebraska braska New Hampshire Ohio Ore Oregon Ore Oregon gon South Carolina Virginia anti and West Virginia And in every eer one of these the so states stateR excepting Now New ow Hampshire and Iowa Io a where the thc prohibitory laws were repealed In 1903 there thero Is a strong movement for statewide prohibition endorsed more or less definitely by byone b bone byone one of the two ruling parties partes In the election electon of 1008 1908 the Anti Ant Saloon League made mado gains In New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Illinois South Carolina Wash Washington ington Ingon Idaho Ohio The he movement Is I strong stron In southern California and andis nUl andI I I is II moving rapidly I up lii the coast coastIn I II In Colorado the saloons have been I abolished from 93 towns within the tile thelast I last two years cars In Massachusetts i there has been u a I gain In live years cars I of 10 towns for the tho th ter territory and anti Worcester r Is 18 said sa II to be bo bothe bethe the world largest prohibition town to OWn n in the tho I In Michigan there arc nrc now 11 1 pro prohibition I counties COUl tes and 00 prohibition I towns town as ns against two counties and too towns five f fl years ago ngo In Minne Minnesota j I j sola sota sot a In Jive 11 years ears the UI prohibition towns lowns have hao grown gown from OO to 1611 1611 I I In lii New Jersey where there has baa been beena I a I warm contest for Cor four years ears tin the tw temperance people eople have havo ha 0 secured Sun Sunday day ca tin closing And a statewide cam campaign 1 is waging in Pennsylvania The movement against the saloon Is gaining headway in every American I state and sentiment now flOW differs from sentiment 30 years cars ago ugo there thoro Is itt l ho te emotionalism in ill this movement It Is subject to lo no reactions The people seem to feel feci that the saloon is isa isa isa a lawbreaker lint that its a n business ex cx extravagance and that it corrupts poll poli politics pol tics and keeps the people from accomplishing their ends end Hence capital invested In the thC liquor business Is not restricted capital Invested nested In li as IS pub public pubIc Public lic Ic service serle corporations not divided as capital Is divided through the thu Ink tak U UIn laws In ws of the state but lut destroyed with without without without out duo due process of law and without without recourse or damages from the state As the railroad laws of or the tile states have havo been epitomized in the national laws la S and as ns the growing convictions con of tIle the states that thal property should be further taxed 0 found a national voice o ce In the tile declarations of ot President Roosevelt n and President Taft and Mr Bryan for Cor Income taxes and Inherit Inheritance ance taxes on 01 the federal statutes so the revolt against tho the saloon has found its echo in the demand for a n national law restricting the interstate ship shipments shipments ments meats of liquor American Magazine for March FROM THE LEGAL STANDPOINT A recent United States Stales Court decision closes up another hole In the wall wail wal of A Ken Kentucky tucky court had held the American Express Company Compan liable for or the de do destruction de destruction by Kansas of or a con consignment consignment of whisky from a n Kentucky dealer The Tho express company ap appealed apPealed 1 pealed the tho case cas and aad tile the tle Supreme com corn company compan Court Court holds that tho the express pany pan cannot be bo held liable for or loss that the tho consignor takes the risk of or orthe the destruction of oC his property into a 1 state which outlaws such property Union Signal Signal INTERSTATE BILL PASSES CON CONGRESS CONI GRESS I I American League Secures Decided Victory at it Washington One Ono of tho the most important victories secured b the League of I America In fit I Its Is tight before Congress for federal legislation is tho the passage of an Interstate In liquor shipment bill billIn bi billin I In the tho form of oC an amendment to the Penal penI Code Cole This rids bill bi prohibits C 0 O OD D shipments s of liquor It prohibits lie ile livers to lo fictitious consignees nees and d It It requires requires all al packages of o liquor for in interstate Interstate interstate shipment shall shul be lIe plainly marked so as Us to l t show the contents anti and consignee Tho Th ho bill hi ns as it il was passed pass by h 1 tho tim House Houe of Representatives on February 17 follows Sec That any al ati officer agent or e of any an railroad company compan express company or 01 other oilier common carrier who shall knowingly deliver deler or cause to be delivered to lo any person other oilier than the person to whom It IL has been consigned unless upon the writ written written ten order in il each Instance of the tile bona bonafide tide fide consignee or lo to any an fictitious lOls pot pet son or to 10 an person under ulder a fictitious nale any an spirituous malted maled or other oilier Intoxicating liquor of any kind which has ilaS las been shipped from one state territory or oi district of I tho the United States Stales or It place nonon noncontiguous to but lUt subject su to tile the jurisdiction I Lion tion thereof Into any nn an other oilier state stale tor ter territory or district of tho the United States Stales 01 or place noncontiguous to but subject subject to the Jurisdiction thereof shall be benec lined not more than or Imprisoned Imprisoned not more than Ihan two years or both Sec That hM any railroad com corn company company pany puny express company compan or other oilier com coin common common mon carrier or any an other othor person who lio in II connection with wih the transportation for far fermented of oC any ally spirituous vinous Inous malted maled ment d or other Intoxicating liquor from state territory of any kind one or district of oC the United States or place noncontiguous to but but subject to lo lothe the Jurisdiction thereof into any other state territory or district of oC the thc Unit United United ed cd States or place noncontiguous to but subject to the Jurisdiction there thereof of or from any foreign country count Into any state territory or district of the United States or place noncontiguous non to but subject to the he Jurisdiction there thero thereof of oI shall collect the purchase price or oran any an part thereof before on or 01 after delivery from Crom the consignee or from irom froman any an other person or shall In any man manner ncr ner neI act as the tile agent of the buyer buor or seller soler of any such suel liquor for the pur purpose pose peso of buying or selling or completing ing the sale thereof saving only in tile the actual transportation and delivery delO of or orth the th same shall be fined not more than or Imprisoned not moro more than two years rears or both hoth Sec 2360 That That whoever shall ship or cause to 10 bo be shipped from one state territory or district distrct of tho United States or place noncontiguous to but I subject to t the tile jurisdiction thereof Into of tho tile United States or place pineo non noncontiguous noncontiguous noncontiguous contiguous to but subject subject to the jur jurisdiction I thereof or from any foreign country COUtry Into any al state stale territory or district of oC tho United States or place noncontiguous to lo but but subject to the tie Jurisdiction thereof ter J any an of or or I package containing any rm spirituous vinous Inous malted male fermented or other othor In I liquor of nf any kind unless such package bo be bl so labeled on tho the out outside outside outside side cover as to plainly show how the name of the tho consignee the nature of Its contents and tho lie quantity contain contained cont ln ed cd therein shall be fined not more mor than or 01 imprisoned not more than two years or both and such liquor luor shall bo ho forfeited to the United States and ant may bo be seized and con condemned by bj b like It proceedings as those provided by b law for the tho seizure and forfeiture of f Imported into Int tile the United States Stales contrary to law I The Thc amendment was Introduced I jointly bj by Representatives Miller of i Kansas and Humphreys Humphres of f Mississippi I who were strongly supported In the tho I light fight by b Congressmen Langley and James of or Kentucky Bennett of New NewYork NewYork York and others Great Grent credit Is duo due Mr Ir Miller ller whose shrewdness energy and Influential connection wore large largely ly Iy I responsible for Cor the tho o victory secured Speaker Cannon favored the incas meas measure ure 1110 and voted for It on the floor 1001 of the Iho House American Issue LOCAL OPTION LAW PASSES IN IDAHO The local option opton bill l introduced in Ia tho the senate and backed by thirteen senators senator has passed tho senate by b a vote of 17 to 6 and tho the house by b I a a vote ote of 33 to 10 13 and the I governor has declared his Intention ot of signing the tho bill bi This law as pasHed passed by ly b tho ho legislature Is a very ery cr effective measure In many man alan respects respect and will willbo wi Willbe bo be Instrumental in puttIng pulling out tho the saloons from a good portion porton of tho tile state slate Two years sears ago the legislature defeated d the local option opton bill bi and passed a stringent Sunday Sunda closing law Jaw lawas lawas as a sop to tho the temperance people of or ortho tho the state stale Public sentiment however j j became so GO strong that the thc I I convention can enton last fall Cal was compelled to incorporate a platform plank declaring delar ing for an nn effective local option mean meas ure nrc ue and ane the Republican members of or orthe the legislature are arc now making an nn effort efort to see sou tint that this platform de do declaration Is carried Into effect Previous to the of o this bill hil by the senate another local option opton measure was passed by tho the house by bya I a vote oto of 14 1 to 9 f I but but was not con considered by b the senate The Tho representative of or the American I League Rev Re L S Kiil 11 I Ier l r was on the ground grund and had hal i I charge of the tho interests of the tho League I In tho ho local option opton fight Ho Mr Fuller is not nol the official 11 only of o the thc American League in Idaho but he Is also su superintendent superintendent of tile the work In Utah and Wyoming American Issue THINKS CANTEEN WILL NOT GO GOBACK GOBACK GOBACK BACK In a recent interview General Grant Grantis is reported as saying I have hae spent a lot of or time and ar at argument argument on It but I believe boleo the prohibition movement that thal Is spreading pre over tho the country countr may make mako It It un unprofitable Unprofitable profitable lo to renew tho the fight In the tho first frt place wo we arc getting more and men Into tho tile army ary from sections where they have havo been be trained In the Idea Ilea that drinking Is a bad thing thins and amI then them lieu an Increasing number of army arm posts are aro In territory where tho the saloon Is Js not allowed to lo So the temp tomp temptation tempI lotion tation to the men Is 15 not nol so great gleat as asI I Ilk I was wa In the taco faco of the prohibition wave woo ave I do ho not believe belec a new effort to I revive the tile canteen would be success successful successful ful Cui All Al the tho same the tue matter mat or will wi bear boar watching right right rigl along alon Bob Evans Eans at nt Columbus Ohio late lately ly I although his son Lieutenant Evans Eans of the navy na had hOd just been heen disciplined and disgraced for and his hh captain had hal been heen taken at Gibraltar from tho the command of his shut ship shil for fOI thc same reason thought the thc canteen was a good gool thing Drinking habits and anti ideas arc are so In Inbred brett bred in Iii some of these theo old army arm and navy nay that they will wl not change chango until they tho die If they tiley thc do thou then For FOI th present ban on 01 tho ho canteen which now promises to be be effectual we Have to lo thank than Ie tc the persistent tom tern temperance perance effort of the country It H would not have been brought about by h those who believe in drinking in modera modora moderation tion ton much less le those who Wilo agitate only for fOl reforming tho tile saloon About the only people who get gel things done in this world are arc then men and women who take advanced al positions and then t n stand by hr thorn them until the hue average mass mS massof massof of oC mankind moves roos In their direction American Issue HOW LONG OH LORD HOW HOWLONG HOWLONG HOWLONG LONG LONGI It I may mar be bo revealed In eternity but what Iho tho women of the Iho Missouri Wom Womans Womans orn 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