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Show TEMPERANCE. THEME OF (1 NOTED ORATOR Michael J Fanning of Phil adelphia Delivers Ad dresses in City W th t e unqua fled declarat on that the on j Taj to successful combat t e e s of the quor traff s to secure state lde and u t mateJj at on de p o ibltlon M chae J Fann n of Ph ade ph a a eteran emnerance o ator de e ed an address at the rirst Cou gregat onal church yesterday afternoon Mr Fann ng spoke under the auplces of the local C T U the vice pres dent Mrs R B W a te pres d ng En bel Is ing hiss address with numer ous a ecdotes the lecturer made an ar gu nent that closely he d his aud ence After the stnginQ of America and a brief prayer Mr I ann n was intro duced He said in part Thinkiua men and "women who have carefuMy stud ed the question are practlca ly agreed tl at the 1 quor traffic presents the n ost g 0an ic e 1 -wit whlc ve as a peop e as a nation as indi das have to dea The "waj the best way to o ercon e this ei s ou d be dear to tl e 1 earts of everyone who respects hin se f and Io es h s fe and c dren Moral suas on uont do loca op t on won t do a dry county next to a wet county wont do that las been tried and proved a fal ure .nd tie best evidence of th s s that you ivi e ery he e And the 1 quor dea e lead a oca option campa gn The remedy the one remedy is state w de p o b ion u t mate y nation wide prohib o But I am to d that the lquor traf fie 1 ke other ndustrles s governed bj tl e law of supp y and den and The on y th n wrong about that statement is that it Is not true When we ha e the e s of the sa loon to confront we are confronted vlth the trutl from which you can not get away that t is the supply that creates the demand Peope do not trj to secure what they know t ej cannot have Cut off the sup P y of liquor and -the quest on of the abo ition of demand for t will be on y a matter of a few jears The s pply of 1 quor feeds and foste s the den and for L Stop furn shing the supp y and jou ha e sol ed the prob em But we are to d that we m st ha e t e q o trail c for the revenue it j-ields fo e ast sum that flows a nua y nto the coffers of the na t on through nferna ternal rev enue V, ho pajs th s re enue' Isot the 1 quor dea er The average lquor dea er in the tn ed States last year took In $S 00 and pa d out an a er age of $o 0 the d fference be ng the lquor dealer's to 1 which in the last ana ys s is paid by starv Ing wives be sotted husbands he p ess orphans be trayed maidenhood basted careers wreck ru n despa r and deat In the morning Mr Fannin de ered a temperance address at the Central C nstian churd |