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Show WOMEN W110 BitlNK. NATIONAL TEMPERANCE SOCIETY OFFICIAL OF-FICIAL SAYS THEY ARE MANY. Inerrnur ot 1'lfly IVr 4Vnt In Ainrr-Irn Ainrr-Irn In I'nut Ketr lrr- Co if Millinr Trnlllp Tlirpnlpnn ( HnnU-nipt HnnU-nipt the Ciiiir). "There lino lieeu over 50 Her cent In-creno In-creno In drunkenness n lining the women wo-men of America during the iwtit few jenrM," iinnouneeU the ltev. Mr. Hnrvey Wood of New York In his speech 'heforo tho Nntlouul Teinpernuee noclely In the Young 1'eople'H temple nt Oceiin Urove, N. J. Mr. Wood, who Is the Held nnd llnnu-clnl llnnu-clnl xecrctnry of the society, mild there wm it large amount of drunkenness among women In Knglnnd, hut thnt tho United Stntes liuil been compnr.itlvely free from this vice until of lute years. In Knglnnd (VI per cent of tile dentin of children were ciiiihiiI directly or Indirectly In-directly lij the drluking of pnrcnts, ho dcclnred. Mr. Wood nsterted thnt tem-pernnce tem-pernnce lecturers often iiinke stnte-ments stnte-ments which nre not true and which hurt the enuse. "There Is much Ignorance In tho minds of the people about the poisonous poison-ous nnture of alcohol." he declared. "Licensing the Irnllh: has failed to reduce re-duce rrluies resulting from it. Todny nn organized light Is 011 hand ngnlnst It. In which not only churches, but Christian Endeavor s, the Young lien's Chrlstlnn association and even young men In our colleges are engaged. "Itnllronds nnd big corporations are coming to our side, for they nre refns-lng refns-lng to employ men who drink. The liquor trnlllc will run our country Into bankruptcy If It Is not stopped, for It costs millions of dollurs yearly to re-pnlr re-pnlr Its rnvnges nnd to enre for Its victims." vic-tims." Dr. .Tnmes Dunne of New York, secretary sec-retary of the national society, wns one of the speakers. In discussing the need of temperance In this country Dr. Dunne snld: "We do not need nn nwakenlng hero. The church of Christ needs nn earthquake, earth-quake, one strong enough to break up the social customs and habits of Its members. We have waited long for tho day of this mornl reconstruction, but It will come. The day will come when saloons will go and distilleries will go nnd when biggest victory of all the decanter will be banished from the sideboard of the church member." |