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Show FREUND ADVOCATES . MODERATION IN ALL THINGS IN SERMON Jewish Rabbi Expresses Views on Moral Aspect of Liquor Question. Rabbi Charlee J. Freund explained bla tend on tha liquor queatlon. apropoa of tha coming election on Juno 17, at Tem-ple Tem-ple B nal larael laat night. Temperance in all thinaa, not alone In the use of Intoxicating liquor, waa urged bv th apeaker eft the logical aoiutlon of th liquor queatlon In a far more aatla-faetory aatla-faetory way than It ran be aolved by the enactment of sumptuary law a. Rah hi Freund pajtaed over tha economic, tnaterlaMaitc and aorlologlcal etatua of the quradon, and talked on the moral aa- Krt of the agitation- Bpeaklng on be If of the Jewlah people R.hbl Freund referred to the temperance and moderation modera-tion In all thlnga rhara.'terletlc of the race, and thla. he said, is a result, not of the circumstance that the Jewish people peo-ple do not. aa a rule. Indulge In the strenuous phvKlcal exertlona which often lead to the use of atlmulanta. but cornea rather from the moral tear hinge mads part of the Jewish home life. legislation cannot make people good, aald Rabht Freund. People must be taught to be good, and In teaching moderation In sll things real good is being taught. Tha speaker urged the enforcing of the lawa rather than further regulation by now sumptuary laws, which tend soon : to become obsolete "blue lawa." In his talk Rsbrtl Kreund used many of the pointa made tn a letter written Way to Nephl 1.. Morrla. B. P. Grant and J. J. Cannon In reply to an Invitation to Join the Anti-Llfluor league. Tha latter Is give herewith, in part: Latter to Prohibitionists. B To hit wav of thinking. I am not at all convinced of tha wiedam of the result of the course vou pursue. I have never been fortunate or unfortunate enough to live In a community where prohibition baa been put Into practice. Bo that my Judgment aa to Ita aucceas or failure must be baaed on the presentation of It good or bad resulU from those who have made a borough atudv of tha subject. At the present time my best Judgment from careful ormetderatlon of auch data la that prohibition la a failure, because of the Inability of Ita propounders to effect ef-fect the reault they dealre to bring about. It results In making hyprocrltea of people, peo-ple, and In a great measure Inducea people peo-ple to aeek means by which they can evade the law. By thoee who know I have been creditably Informed that right here In our own great cmroonwealth of 1 'tah where count lea and towna are "dry" It la no difficult matter to secure the articlea on which a ban haa been placed bv law. There (a nothing more desph-ahle than a race of hvnocrltes, snd such prohibition often succeeds In calling them Into existence. Select Good Officials. What w need hers In TTtah and else-where else-where in our beloved eountrv ts an enlightened en-lightened citlsenry and above ail that aa we use the right of suffrage, the greatest privilege and poeeessjon of the Anglo-Saxon race, let ua at all tlmea aelect good snd upright officials whose first and foremoet duty it shall ever be to make effective ths laws placed on our statute books. We must educate our people to ths need of obedience to law rather than, a only too frequently happsna. making them by evasion and trickery a faroa. and In consequence we become tha laughing stock of tha world. |