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IUt. Isomer W, 'Tope, district super.
M'.ot the Anti-Saloon League, 1026
change Building, today struck back
Aunts cut forth by the llauor In
' that It Is for the good of the nation
p, "John Barleycorn In the raddlo"
plea of the rum Interest that the
n'-do iot odoDt national crohlbltlon
t'forth'In bis advertisements published
repapers nil ovej the country, rno
r.for these advertisements Is tho ."
I" Association of Distillers Arid Whole-
auOr Dealers, with executive ofllccs
clnnatl. O.
',' -advertisements lead off with the
Hon:
o Vou thlnlc our Government dhoulel
flscate tho property of Its citizens with"
f compensation?
Sere Is Doctor Tone's reply to that:
It Is tho old, old compensation pleat
t plea which the booio forces have harped
fpr, years, in tho first place the liquor
qness is not a voiteu right : it is a vesieu
The statement of tho liquor Inter-
Is misleading. Wo nro not conflscat-
fsPro'pertV and haVo no Intention of con-
itlns; property. For instance, tno nig
ery In Flint. Mich, has been trans-
ned Into a church: In this place where
m were formerly brewed Into poison for
t'. masses, citizens are going 'to church
1 absorbing the highest Ideals of life. A
srery building In Wheeling. W. Va has
en turned Into a meat-packing establish.
lit,' a place whero nourishing food, ln
sd of poison. Is being prepared for tho
nsumers of that district. In Portland.
. one brewery has been turned Into n
artery where more men inre employed
mi were at the brewery nnd at better
Itatres; another brewery In Portland h.is
en made Into a furnlturo manufacturing
tabllshment.
Ki?ti T.imMiVi,., V fuontv.nnA nllf nf
ehty-two nlaces where booze was sold
e' being used for other kinds of business
-kuslness that is constructive nnd pcr-
nlng real servlco to humanity. Ono Is
ftng-used an a grocery store, another as n
taurant. a third as a shoe shop, another
Ija'i flower shop, etc. No property has
n connscateu in any case. .Mnny more
pie are employed than under the brew-
Jreglme. It has been established that
, saloon keepers nnd bartenders can
employment outside the rum business.
Uman who can drive a brewery wagon
;arve any otner Kinu or wagon, .aiore
a lose ineir joos mrougn liquor man
ough prohibition.
rhe only thing we are doing Is closing a
, business. Alcohol Is a poison and a
enace to life, health, morals and nubile
elfare. This stntcm'ent Issued recently
the Health Board of New York Is sign!-
ant: 'Man Is a brute with a highly de
faced brain power. Alcohol destroys the
aln, leaving nothing but the brute. I
fleve In national prohibition as u war
Miaiure, and Congrest has the power to
P' the sale of intoxicating 'Iquor. We
ttbe sober to wfn this wnr."
vjVJWe have no need for poison sliops In
sis country, ana science nan ac;reeci that
k saloons are poison shops. Alcohol Is
I'mucn a naoit-torming urug as morphine
ltd heroin. The Government has enacted
k'-latsr rntrlrtlnip thA haIa nf thnm .Itnurn
iid the Government should take tho same
Itltude toward alcohol."
jTh second question asked In tho liquor
yeriisemeni ioiiowb: .
uo you Know that the annual revenbe
iM the Government by the liquor Indus.
:cxceeus me louu annual interest on the
r.s$7,O0O,0O0,O0O war loan?"
In reply to that. Doctor Todo said:
jJFor every dollar In revenue that we re.
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eerwl from' tk" liquor VrftMe; we have to
pay out' many more to curb the evlla of
tno trarac. Is It not Inconsistent to license
a -traffle which will make men say when
they commit murder 6r other crimes, 'I was
drunk and didn't know what I was doing' ?"
Doctor Tope also took Issue with this
statement In tho liquor advertisement:
t "There are now stored In Government
Donaed warehouses more than 211,000,000
gallons ofYtvhlsky and other spirits; pro
hibition would confiscate not only the mil
lions lawfully Invested In distillery prop
erty, but 'also millions of gallons stored In,
bonded warehouses."
"AJt right," said Doctor Tope, "If there
Is such an amount of llqiior stored In bonded
warehouses, let the Government uso tho
alcohol for Industrial purposes. Wo need
a lot of alcohol right now for the manu
facture of munitions and other necessities of
war. Hut let us take steps to prevent this
vast reservoir of poison from contaminating
tho man power of the nation.
"Tho days of John Barleycorn are num
bered, nnd I bollcvo that when representa
tives gather nbout tho peace table at tho
conclusion of this great wnr they wlji de
clare for a dry world."
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UNITED BY GREEN CROSS
FIRE DESTROYS GRAIN
ELEVATOR AT ERIE, PA.
Building Contained 200,000 Bushels of
Wheat for Allies Federal
Investigation Begun
Kltli:. l'a April 2C Despite tho pro
fessed belief on the part of officials of tho
Western Transportation Company that the
fire, which last night destroyed elevator
''A" with Its contents of 200,000 bushels of
wheat consigned to tho Allies, started from
nn oerelieated pulley, n thorough Investi
gation was begun today. Federal agents
are 'Inquiring into tho facts Tho Ios H
estimated nt JGOO.OOO.
It is tho second disastrous fire lois sus
tained by the company, which Is owned by
tho Great lilies Transportation Company,
elevators "H" ond "C" having burned
December 111, 1915, with a lohs of $800,000.
Tho lire last night halts further storage In
two new million-dollar elevators because of
destruction of two connecting conveyers.
Beaten for Alleged Insult to Flag
John I'aregln, thlrty-ono years old :i
native of Turkey, ,was severely beaten at
Tenth nnd Cnllowhlll streets at 1 o'clock
this morning by a marine after ho Is al
leged to have spoken In a disrespectful wny
of the American flag. I'aregln went down
in u heai) and when picked up was sent to
the Tenth and Ituttonwood streets police
station nnd locked up. Ho was later sent
to tho Central Station for a hearing beforo
Magistrate I'ennock. Magistrate I'ennock
took the view that tho foreigner had re
ceived sufficient punishment and he dis
charged him with a warning to always ro
spect tho national emblem In the future.
Movement Started by Woman
Gains Approval as People Rea
lize Value of Panning
ORGANIZATION NEEDED
Lending Men in Agricultural Work
Lend Support to Plan to Over
come Food Shortago
Join the Green Cross If you nro raising
crops on your garden or farm.
It Is a now organization 'n process of
formation which will unlto tho great army
of food producers In one great body.
Tho Green Cross Idea Is n practical hack
to tho farm movement. All who are raising
crops nro entitled to membership. It mat
ters not whether your farm Is fifty acrca or
In your back yard.
Practical men nnd women Interested In
food production bcllevo that tho proposed
Green 'Cross will became as great in scope
as the lied Crow. Somethmr needed,
they contend, to arouse permanent Interest
In the raising of crops, and It Is believed
that a national organization, the, aeed of
which will be planted In Philadelphia, will
be the means of placing food production on
Its proper plane before the people.
Advocates of the plan believe that a
movement of such scope will arouse the In
terest of owners of vast estates, who may
be Induced to loan their thousands of Idle
acres for food production.
It Is pointed out today by numerous per
sons prominent In agricultural projects that
the Green Cross, through uniting all food
producing organizations under one great
head, would bo the means of preventing
duplication of effort In one direction, and
also net as n clearing houso for all other
organizations.
A WOMAN'S 1DUA
Tho Idea of tho Green Croat was con
ceived by Miss Helga Barfod, of Merlon,
who takes an active Interest In things agri
cultural.
Among others who have Indorsed the
proposed organization and who will co-op-erato
toward making tho plan a success Is
J. Itusscll Hmlth, Professor of Indnitry and
Director of Food Growers' Battalions for
tho University of Pennsylvania,
"The Green Cross Is Just the thing to
keep tho food producing Idea before the
country," he said. "Interest In agricultural
work lias been lagging for the last twenty
yer. There haa been a general tendency
to center most Intereit In the city to the
detriment of the country. The people have
nt last realized the Importance of produc
ing crops, and the lesson learned through
negligence of the past will not be speedily
forgotten. I heartily Indorse the plan for
the Green Cross and will do all that I can
to help the plan along'
Equal enthusiasm was expressed by
James II. Dlx, superintendent of tho Phila
delphia Vacant Uoii Cultivation Awocla-
"The Green Cross will undoubtedly stim
ulate Interest In tho raising of crops and
development of the land generally." he said?
"nd the wearing of the symbol would
readily, show the size of the great army
of those practically Interested in tho de
velopment of the soil. Tho organization
could also be of practical value by being
o clearing house for such work and prevent
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duplication oi enorc ins "o airectkm.-.; f '
will be very glad to ass In any way pii
slble toward the success of. tho Propoied
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Booze and Morles Under WatK Ban
ST. rAUL. April 25. Minnesota's public
safety commission ordered all saloons, pool
halls and motion-picture houses In certain
sections of Minneapolis closed as Its first
wnr measure today. ,
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