Show I I Th The e N Nations Nation's ahon s Anti Drink A nb- nb D rm I C Crusade rusa d e. e cO BV nr IL I I I I Dr I Iglehart has contributed to the tho Review ne of Reviews Re for tor April an article ar ar- ar- ar tide on the tho Nations Drink Anti-Drink Cru- Cru F tle which Is 15 the tho most comprehensive sive concise antI and timely which has yet ret appeared on this most Important sub- sub Jeer In two thirds R of or all the tho territory of the United States the saloon aloon has hos been abolished by Jy law v. There are people leOple in the fourteen Southern states of or whom are under prohibitory pro pro- Ia lay In InIn in some soma form In n 1900 there were wre under prohibition prohibition tion ion in the United States now there are In eight months statewide statewide state state- w wide e prohibition has hns cleared the sa saloon saloon saloon sa- sa loon from an area are as great as that of or orlance France lance In that area there is a solid block of territory iO miles east cost and west vest in which on the Clr first t day lay of next January Januar a n bird can fly 1 from Crom the Mis- Mis 1191 1 to the Atlantic ocean and from the tho boundary of Tennessee to the Gulf of Mexico without looking down n unon upon legalized saloon Great Britain and ind Ireland could h ho h set down over this space without covering cO it There Chore would he Je square miles of rl dry territory left loft as a border bOlder Last summer Georgia became th the first Southern state slate to adopt A prohibition bill was vas passed J In Jn the senate l b by a vote vole of 34 3 to 7 rend and andin in the house by a vote of to 39 Governor Go Hoko Holto Smith i the bill 1111 and antI has since vigorously enforced enforced enforced en en- forced itIn it In In Oklahoma after an nn exceedingly exciting contest at nt the polls the prohibitory pro pro- provision was adopted and antI Incorporated Into the tile constitution anti and the first state of the new century and the thu thoun youngest oun est of oC Columbia's daughters laughter hastened to join her hr sister Georgia in inthe inthe the tho abolition of or the lie saloon Governor Go Comer Camel of Oklahoma called a special session of the thc legislature last November to consider the differences between the railroads and the state When hen the members arrived at Montgomery t the they hey would not give I e a single thou thought ht to tile the therall- therall railroads railroads rail rail- roads till the they had expressed the saloon out of the state tate by the a adoption adoption op- op tion In the thc senate of tho the house bill hill prohibiting the manufacture an and sale of ot liquors as a beverage b by a vote ote of or 32 2 to 2 Up to a I year ear ago o the people of or 4 Mississippi h by local option hn hail had j I I en the saloon from 69 out of or the 76 counties which Included 90 per cent of the tile territory of the state slate A few weeks n a ago o the tho le legislature met and quietly and b by almost a unanimous vote in both hou houses e adopted state prohibition prohibition pro pro- to tat take o effect on the fh tim first t day dar of or January 1 1909 By ny th the local option laws Jaws the people pea peo pIe of North Carolina expelled the liquor traffic from Crom G 02 62 Of or the P 97 counties counties coun coun- ties of the tho state stat and anil from all hut but 30 towns and anti cities of the same 99 per percent percent percent cent of or the thC territory being dr dry On I January 8 this year y oar tho the hou hO house o e of I representatives 0 ot t midnight pal passed erl the senate bill for a state stale election In MayOn May Mayon on prohibition and tho the people without doubt will make male swift work of ot the abolition Of C the saloon aloon there Tenne Tennessee eo after fourteen years of till hopeful o the time liquor trade on Oil 1 I 1 1907 parsed I l 1 lAll tho till Jaw Jan All hut hilt liver 11 of oC tho the fIG counti s' s of ot tho tire ore now nos dr dry only three cities Memphis r o and ht a remain wet wot el Kentucky lUl has Invested Invest Invest- lIt Through local op op- op- op ed in distilleries tion legislation tf it has expelled the tile sa saloon saloon sa- sa loon from H 4 4 out of oC counties from towns of or the 42 towns nn and cities an and from 9 07 9 per Pl cent of the tho territory of the whole state Two thirds s of oC all aU tho the saloons In Virginia are found oun In three cities clUes an and one half of or all the tho w wet t territory Is confined to Norfolk and Its t. t vicinity Of or the incorporated towns to l O Oaro aro are dry dr Of or the counties 73 have IH no flO saloon saloons Of Or tho the Inhabitants of of West cst Virginia have abolished the liquor Of Ot the 55 5 counties 29 9 are aro dry ten have drinking places In iii but one town each four tour counties ha have hayo saloons in but hut two towns each and anti two counties have sa saloons Sn- Sn loons loans In three c towns In Delaware at 11 the last election one half of or the state the counties of oC Kent and Sus Sussex ex went dry the theother theother theother other half rural Newcastle count county and amid Wilmington retained Its rum Maryland has lias expelled the saloon from one-half one of its Ili area nn and from the environment of or about third one-third of OC its population South Sauth Carolina has hns had hail the tile dispensary ills dis system m in the sale of liquor for tor fourteen years cars It is s a a. system of or state control of tho liquor traffic In 18 Senator Tillman f secured s the tile In Incorporation Incorporation incorporation in- in corporation of or the tile dispensary l' l into the state constitution The Carey Cotti san grin bill lIed killed the state dispensary The option law lawas was as put Into the con constitution of Florida Florda In 1887 Of or the tile 1 G counties In the state 33 have prohIbition prohibition prohibition pro pro- and arid 13 permit the time tale sate of liquor There are only 22 2 incorporated towns which have havI saloons About three fourths of the nw people In the state live under prohibitory law The Supreme court of oC Louisiana has hns just decided as lS constitutional a law under which two thirds of or the tho territory of or the the- state has voted for or prohibition I b it I 0 fl Of the 43 counties countis In Texas Texa 17 1 are entirely dr dry y li-y Ij Gl 61 1 are arc partly el dry nn and I 15 I. I permit the tho sale alc of oC liquor It ItIs ItIs Itis Is thought that tenths seven of ot the tile voting population of the state will bo be borea rea ready y to record itself In favor of state prohibition when the proposition shall shaH be bo pre presented In In Arkansas the people ote vote by hy wards wall wallI I. townships and counties on the tIle question whether liquor shall hall bo be sol sold nr Dr r not not Of r the 75 Th counties f. f rS are I dry tl Eighty per cent of tI ter territory of tile the state has expelled the saloon Of ot th the 1 1 4 counties In il Missouri 7 73 are arc now dry Within the past three years ears saloons have gone gon out of oC business s in St. St Louis alone as a a. re result re re- suit sult of or Governor GO Folks Folk's stringent en enforcement en- en cement fOI-cement of oC the Sunday closing lawIn lawhn law In hn 1880 Kan Kansas a as Incorporated prohibition prohibition pro pro- In iii Its constitution In lii Ohio un under temperance laws HJO villa villages c ami cities have expelled l th the tue saloon Of the 1370 1376 townships lH O have ha forbidden the liquor truffle truffle trat- trat and anti over people In thel the l' l F Factions of or the thc great cities haw have abolished rum About GS CS per pet perI percent I cent of or the tho territory is now no dry A Afew Afew Afew few weeks n ago o the Rose nose bill bill extending extend tl ing local option to counties as na a u. unit passed both houses house of or tho 1110 loxi ontI became a a. law 1 under which h It Jt Is understood that 70 1 out the 88 85 counties coun ties of iho state will the tho saloon In Ill IntI Indiana luna through h tho the Moore law which forbids the saloon by n n. 21 9 townships UHl 27 j city wards f considerably more moc than ouo of ot the population of oC tho tute state have banished their thelt saloons Seven hundred and J fifty ft saloons have been eIther cither closed or em prevented b by th these the e Under tho the new net law in Illinois pas d tl last ear the people of ot ever every township In Ill the state mn may vote voto upon he question of or saloon or no saloon in inthe the thc entire township A largo large number num nurn- ber ci 1 of towns town antI and cities voted no no-H- tense cn e at the election last autumn and ha c within a year 16 dl dry diy counties been added to the tho ten which already making G in tn all Tho Tue saloon been expelled the residential districts in cities It Is 15 understood that thero there are at least ten square miles of or territory in the city limits of ot Chicago Chi Chi- ca cago o wl where rc tho the saloon is forbidden en h by 13 law The rhe article continues in an nn up-to- up date dato reve review of ot the temperance situation situation situa shun tion Lion in Wisconsin Michigan 1 Minne Minne- sota Iowa Nebraska the two t Dakota Dakota Dakotas Da Da- Da- Da kota kotas Montana Colorado Wyoming Idaho Nevada Oregon California Maine Iain N New fW w Hampshire Vermont V Mas Massachusetts 1 Connecticut New Jer- Jer f SC ey New York I anti and Pennsylvania elo cloe o e with the awl and I following conclusion There are reasons why wily the South should 1 take tako the tIle lead lend In this movement mo It was necessary to remove the saloon from tho the negro to I save sa Southern industry and el tion But ut there are rea reasons ms deeper than this which have mn made e such local suc suc- I cess in the South The Tho negro question ques ques- tio tion has lias had hUd nothing to do O with pro plO in Maine raIne Kansas North Da Da- hem kota Oklahoma Ohio nor Iowa The pre present ent temperance upheaval nl Is the revolt re of the tho American conscience con con- science against what it considers ers to h b be wrong Tho The are aro the breed breed- ing place of all aU kinds of or vice and antI crime In them tho the tho the mur ballot hallot box lOX sturrel'S grafters purchasers of or law Jaw and the debauch debauch- ed find their education and protection tion and from them em the Ja lawless 1 wIes hordes go forth to prey upon society The Tho only wonder is that the people have ha stood this menace menaco to our UI civil civil- as Jon long as ns' ns thc they have The public sentiment Is greatly outraged at the intimate relationship between the average saloon and find the tile disorderly house The TIie public is very an angry IY because so o man many drinking aro are gambling hells Another thing that has stirred tho ho public against the liquor has been tho tim relationship between tile the politician poi pol- an and time the saloon No feature of American public life Is so abominable and discouraging as this open and notorious notorious no no- of the liquor traffic with politicians of all parties In the tile business s or of crime crime- It Is au an astounding fact that most of oC the the great ct cities clUes of th the countr country arc are ruled by bJ rum rum and hn have been hicell for a generation on or mor more Every J privilege for fol Ovely Ivery kind of or crime rime Is bought an and sold for foi money Fabulous corruption fun minds funds Its anti and thousands thou thou- und sands of th the criminal classes Ia ss s's are 01 ii to hol hold up lip the public anti and compel compel com corn pel It t lo to deliver Three saloon keepers of Chicago have absolute authority In Inwards Inwards Inwards wards One and n 1 Eighteen where r the tho traffic in vice Is maintained In N Not M 1 York City a large lare portion of th the Tammany Tammany Tam Tam- many lenders leaders who vho determine the policy of or their part party In the tho city an and state are or have hav hc been 1 saloonkeepers The Woman's Womans Christian l Temperance Temper Temper- ance union I II the o l l pla s th tho IA iii A society so so- the third party Prohibitionists antI and the National Reform hur bureau au and J kindred societies have o all aU been active In thou their fields HeMs but hut the on one I lion tion which has done don more than all till others other In giving g wise direction nn and antI successful successful suc sue results to the present temperance temper ance revolution re has been the Anti Anti- Saloon league It was founded at Oberlin Ohio In 1893 b by the tile Rev Re Howard IIo II H nu Russell D. D D D. D a Congregational Congregational clergyman anti and son of or an nn Episcopalian Epis Ells vector rector The Tile Institution is compactly organ oran In four Court states tes and terri tern tories Uh P. P national state and district district dis dis- It Is Interdenominational and omni n The Rev H Put Icy A. A Baker D. D D. D Js s tho the national national na nu- superintendent Tho rho ho league hns has conducted Itself so wisely widely and nuil honorably honorably honor honor- a ably J that It hns hos commanded tho the universal uni uni- versa versal I respect of or the tho churches o of all many of at tho Catholic as aswell aswell well n as Prot Protestant You cannot mako maliO men race go good oIl b by law lawso lawso so so t m many n people and papers are aro sayIn saying say- say In ing now Y Vos you OU can caum Xo No o people on earth car can ho bo good noll without law Jaw and I order so good a a. type of ot ota a race raco as an the tIle I In An n Saxon lo- lo Saxon lo-Saxon axon has hns to bind himself about with most stringent ent law t to keep from j becoming a veT very bad bail citizen Glad Glad- Glad i I stout stone said that the primary object or of of fa law w I Is to make a 1 It Jt cas easier IN for foi men to do doright doright rl right ht and harder 1 for Cor them to do o wron wrong I Moral doral and political progress Is al always ui- ui wa ways along the stages es of advances anti and retreats How long will this Ibis temperance temperance temper temper- f ance movement continue without a reaction ne- ne action No one can tell Very ry cry likely till t every state stale in the Un Union on shall ha ha c C tried the tho experiment of prohibition b by I local option or state action Tile The men will not sum r I I without a fierce and long lonE struggle But the present revolution will wilt r result in n I greatly reduced Individual consumption ion tion of rum In the manifest diminution lion tion of the sale salo of liquor and in III the destruction of or the Am American rican saloon in Its pi present form |