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Show FINING Tg J I Noted Temperance Advocate Delivers Lectures in Salt Lake City. APPEARS IN FORENOON j AT FIRST METHODIST In the Evening Large Congregation Congrega-tion Greets Him at the frT i Iliff Church. , An audienco which comfortably filled 1 tho large auditorium of tho First Methodist Meth-odist church grcotod MichaelJ. Fanning, of Philadelphia, tho well-known temper- anco lecturer, who is working in tho ; intorosts of prohibition undor tho auspices aus-pices of the Woman's Christian Tom- ' peranco union, Sunday morning. Mr. Fanning delivered an eloquent lecture and for about throo-uartcrs of an hour held tho uninterrupted attention of the j largo congregation. Mr. Fanning is now v 1 on his way to Oregon, whoro for the Wia next ten weeks ho will wage a cam- v paign.for stato-wido prohibition. Iho i prohibition light in Oregon was begun , by Mr. Fanning ono year ago. Prohibition was iho theme of the lecture delivered by Mr. Fanning at the First Methodist church Sunday morning. morn-ing. Throughout his remarks the speaker speak-er pointed out the nllcgod defects pi license legislation of tho liquor traffic, concluding that stato-wido and nationwide nation-wide prohibition is tho only remedy for the ovil. Tie argued tho revenuo mies-tion mies-tion at length, contending that those who presented this argument in favor of tho liquor question were making a grave, but foolish mistake. Supply and Demand. "There are many people who make tho claim that, tho demand governs tho supply," ho said. "There could be nothing more foolish. Woll wo know that instead of the demand governing the supply, the supply creates the demand. de-mand. Tho tronblo comes from cou ; fusing desires with demand, which is very foolish. Tf men cnu not obtain ; tho things to satisfy their desires, tho ! demand will stop and the desire will ! die. Prohibition will slop the supply . j and the demand will be no more. "Somo people say this is a Tree conn ; try and we must have no class legLsla- -tion. Oh, tho folly of it, and yot poo- ) plo will say it. A license legislation ) touching an evil is not in accordance- with the" will of God. Prohibition is. A groat many people think the power 1 to do a thing constitutes the liberty to do it, but it does not. It is the s right combined with the power that I constitutes the liberty. No man has J a right, in organized society who is ad verse to organized society. The right of every man to drink liquor cuds exact- i ly where the happiness of tho women ! and the children of tho community be- 1 gins." j |
