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Show SALT LAKE A RIPE FIELD. KfTorts Mail to Cimtluu tlia Ooapal Tin pm-atio V rfc la Tills t'lly. Temperance Lecturer Woodford opened the meeting in the First Presbyterian Presby-terian church last night by saying that Salt Lake is a ripe field for temperance work. He predicted that the city is ou the eve of a great change, political or otherwise, now is the lime to lay the foundation for permanent temperance. Ali parents want their boys to grow up to be useful and sober men. lathers and muthors too often exhibit much indifference in-difference on the great question of temperance. tem-perance. Wine is too often served at home. All of the saloons of this city have net one-half of;the seductive power that the wine served at home possesses. As the example set by the father so will tiio son become in after years. Sons watcb their fathers closely aud it is no use for the latter to explain why lie went Into the saloon. 1 believe that strong drink is the only thing that can freeze parental love. The fathers who sign pledges aud do not keep them do not have tho true love of their boys at heart. There are men at every temperance meeting who leave without inak;ng known they are in favor of total absti nence and thus do not furnish an example exam-ple to the young men present. If there ever was a time in the history of this nation when men are wsujed to bo understood un-derstood how they eland on the temperance tem-perance question that time is now. Let the money spent in the saloon be turned into useful channels and you could run all the churches and schools of Salt Lake without a cent of taxation. At the conclusion of lr. Woodford's remarks Kev. Dr. McNiece asked if it would not be a good idea to form an organization or-ganization to carry on tho work after air. Woodford shall have left for other fioldn. The suggestion was approved and Van II. Hrooks, J. K. liowdlo and Scott Anderson were appointed a committee com-mittee to prepare a plan for pcrmaneut organization and work. Mr. Anderson has been actively engaged iu the temperance tem-perance work for a number of years. Mr. Woodford rind others will speak at the same place tonight. The interest inter-est is increasing. Show your approval of the work by your personal presence. |