Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 7, 1920, Page 2

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7, 1920 CHURCH COUNCIL AGE TWO SINCE YEAR 1808 Growth of Prohibition Can Be Traced More Than Century. ADVANCE HAS BEEN STEADY Moderation Was First Sought, and Not Until 1847 Did Demand for Aboli- tion of Strong Liquor Make Itself Heard. Chicago.—Prohibition sentiment, cul- minating in the epoch-making amend- ment to the federal Constitution, has been growing steadily In this country since 1808, according to records com- pited by the board of temperance of the Methodist Episcopal church. At that time a demand for moderation in the use of ardent spirits arose, fol- lowed ten years later by an even ‘dbroader movement for abstinence from ardent spirits and for moderation in the use of malt liquors. This in turn gave way in 1840 to sentiment for ab- stinence from all aleoholic beverages. Agitation for abolition of the prac tice of licensing the sale of liquors d1d not come until 1847, resulting four years later in the enactment of pro- hibition laws in Maine, the first state to put prohibition into effect. Kansas was second, in 1830, and North Da- kota third in 1889. Meanwhile the movement had grown to such propor- tions that the national Prohibition party was formed at a convention in Chicago in 1869. .. Yomen, always in the forefront of thé aetivity to stop the sale of alce- " hoMe drinks, organized for a concert- ed fight after the famous woman’s cru- -sade, 1873-74, Their association was later to become known throughout the werld by the ngme of Woman's Chris- dan Temperance ualon. Anti-Saloon League in 1898. Another pewerful influemce in the ¥ fght for prohibition came into exist- & ence in 1898 in the formation of the - Anti-8aloon league. It is noteworthy #hat both these organizations had their iaception in Ohlo. The modern wave of prohibition legislation began with Georgia in 1807. Since that time, the movement gained strength more rapidly than any other reform in the history of the world, so that 33 states already have prehibition by state action, in 21 adopted by pop- wlar vote and in the others by legisla- b { | { t ' | | i { Ao S e S A e S AT R e s T 24 of the 48 states and comsiderably " more than half of the territorial Unit- ~ ed States had prohibition. In states where prohibition was not state-wide, 1t has been adopted under local option laws by many communities. In sddition to state laws, there have been In effect stringent measures adopted by congress as aids toward winning the war, which gave a tre- mendous Impetus to the prohibition movement. Studying the examples of foreign countries, a law was passed making it unlawful to provide any man Im uniform with alcoholle bever- ages. Making of beer and whisky was stopped under the food control act and the sale of drinks was terminated at midnight last June 30. Shipment of Mquor iuto any states was prohibited by the hone-dry law. Ratifications Took 13 Months. The constitutional amendment was finally adopted by congress on Decem- ber 18, 1917, with a restrictive clause, hitherto unknown In legislative pro- cedure, that it would be inoperative unless ratified within seven years. The vote in the house was 281 to 128 and in the senate G5 to 20. The ratification required only 13 months, the thirty- sixth state taking favorable action January 16, 1919. Frank L. Polk. act- Ing secretary of state, proclaimed the amendment as part of the Constitution under date of January 29, 1019, but it went into effect one year from the date of ratification by the thirty-sixth state, After that date nine states voted for ratification, making 45 in all. Rhode Island. Connecticut and New Jersey were the only exceptions. “Inside” Forgery Job Cheated Famous Prison of Sing Sing, New York, Out of $1,600. Ossining, N. Y.—Sing Sing prison has been robbed. The state has been cheated out of $1,600. It was an “in- side” job. The trick was turned a few days before Warden Daniel J. Grant took office. Convicts employed in the prison central office, working in con- junction with an outside criminal, re- ceived an invoice sheet purporting to come from a firm dealing In woolen supplies. It was made to' appear that a cargo of woolen material had been received at the prison for the prison factories. Convict clerks “O. K.'d” vouchers to show the goods had been recelved. Vouchers were sent to the mythical wool merchant at Newark, who duly countersigned them and sent them back to the prison to receive payment for his “goods.” Two checks, aggre- gating about $1,600, ‘were sent to the imposter. Prison attaches learned eventually that the whole transaction was a fraud. Last spring it was discovered swindlers had got $8,100 by tricking Warden Moyer into sending them checks for coal bills. tive measures. At the time the conm- stitutional amendment was submitted, Hnstruction. VICTIM OF MEAT SWINDLE | WIOS WO YOUNG MEN AND VERNMENT JOBS Senator Smoot of Utah, in an ad- dress in the senate on the joint reso- lution for the reclassification of sal- aries, had this to say, among other things: - “In my opinion those employees were most unfortunate when they landed in positions in the departments of our government. They ought to have entered into affairs of everyday life and business to battle for posi- tions with their fellow men; but they came here and entered one of the de- partments, thinking that the govern- ment was at least a sufe and sure pay- master and would be as long as they remalned. A man is not in the gov- ernment service for many years, how- ever, before he becomes an absoluté machine; he loses confidence in him- 4elf ; he is fearful that if he loses his Job In Washington he can not make living for himself or his family else- where. “It wouta be a godsend to every young man who has accepted a position under the government with a view of remaining here and making government service a life vocation if he were forcibly separated from the government service and oempelled to use his energy and talents in battling with the out- side world. “Any man who stands at the head of a bureau or department of the gov- ernment who will kick a young man out of the government service and force him into the active business life of this country, unless he is here for the purpose of acquiring an edgcation, will confer upon the employee the greatest favor that he could possibly render him.” . COST OF EXPENSES Minneapolis, Feb. 7.—More than 4,000 questionaires sent out by L. D. Coffman, dean of the college of educa- tion of the University of Minnesota, to school teachers throughout thel’ state in the fight against the high cost of living in their interests, al- ready have returned to him, he said. Nearly 20,000 were sent out. The plan by which Dean Coffman hopes to obtain a readjustment of living expenses of Minnesota school teachers is being put into effect by a systematic survey to establish the economic status of every teacher in the state. This information is supplied in an- swers to questions set forth in the questionnaires. When all of the data has been received, it will be checked up and sent to the State Teachers association, Dean Coffman said. He expects to have complete information by March 1. DAIRY COMMISSIONER I8 SEEKING SCHMAHL'S JOB St. Paul, Feb. 7.—H. D. Meyer, Carver county, secretary of the state dairy and food commission has filed his name with Secretary of State Julius Schmahl as a candidate for secretary of state on the Republican ticket. THREE CORNERED RACE. St. Paul, Feb. 7—Edward L. Rog- ers of Walker has alsc filed for the Republican nomination for secretary of state at primary election in June. He is serving his third term as county attorney of Cass county, and is widely Fnown as a former University of Min- nesota tootball star. N Rogers’ filing makes the Republi- cun nomination for secretary of state a three-cornered contest again. IDAHO PEACE OFFICERS MEET. (By United Press) Boise, Idaho, Feb. 7.—Idaho’s peace officers met here today in a school of Robert O. Jones, com- missioner of law enforcement, and head of the state constabulary, called the meeting with the object of gain- ing closer co-operation. Attending the convention were sheriffs, police chiefs, representatives of U. S. marshal's and revenue offi- cers. Jones planned to outline details of a new finger print system which will be state wide. The meeting practically was repre- sentative of the entire state con- stabulary, for each of the state offi- cers attending can be called into that body on a moment’s notice. Idaho is the first western state to have the constabulary. It has proved effective in rounding up radicals. STARTLING NUMBERS ARE EMIGRATING TO CANADA (By United Press) Winnipeg, Feb. 7.—Immigration from the United States into the Cana- dian northwest the past year shows an appreciable increase compared to the year 1918, acocrding to figures issued by the immigration depart- ment. Three thousand settlers more than in 1918 came into Canada from the States and they brought $327,- 854 in household effects. Three million dollars will be loaned to farmers this year through 59 rural credit societies, financed by the Manitoba government, to those wish- ing to increase production and im- prove their properties. Loans grant- ed last year amounted to $1,000,000. ‘The tripling of the amount is an in- dication of the success of the rural credits scheme. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE DAILY PIONEER —— —. TO WORK OLD COPPER MINES American Company, With Modemn Machinery, Will Reopen Shaft on the Isle of Cyprus. Equipped with modern mining ma- .chinery purchased in the United States with California money, the rich copper mines of the isle of, Cyprus, which centuries ago furnished cop- per for the civilized world, may in a few months be turning out thousands of tons of that metal. i According to an announcement made yesterday, a syndicate of Cail- fornia capitalists has secured a long- term purchase lease on a score or more of the most valuable workings on the island, and engineers are now on the zround outlining plans for, in- stalling modern mining maclglne'ty_ to replace the crude plants maintained by the Phoenicians centuries ago. While the names of members of the syndicate were not given out, D. C. 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