1925-26.

White Ribbon, Volume 31, Issue 367, 18 January 1926, Page 8

1925-26.

Message from («uy llayler. President, World Prohibition Federatum. To Fellow-Workers In All Iginds,— At this time of the year we ver> pro |M»riy take a hack ward glance to see th«> ground we have covens I. and (utuae r moment to see what progress we havi made towards ttie realisation of those ainvs and olijects with which we Itegnn the year. Whatever hopes nnd f»mrs may hav* been ours, one thought is growing predominant the unprecedented activity in the camps of Liquordom. Our work for Prohibition has. without question l>een effective and well-directed. It !.-» a fact beyond dispute tlvit n« ver before in all its long and sordid history, ha* the Liquor Traffic spent more money.

engaged more agitato given more a* tention to publicity, fought more poltti* cal lottles. striven more strenuously.

and put up a bigger fight against the Prohibition forces nrrnved against it.

Some people still blandly pretend that there Is no such evil as Alcoholism; that It Is an exaggeration of the moral!s*. but the national crime statistics and public* health records; the laNNlessness of rum runneif and bootleggers; the grace issues involved in the intern.itional violation of the considered judgments and deliberate acts of free peoples, are I.' themselves amply sufficient to sweeo away any such pretence. Bellin<l the Liquor Traffic there Is thnt which mocks at the majesty of law. a spirit of anarchy th.it is blatant and openly distinctive. Never before have these things been seen in so tme n light. The consciences of people are slowly Init surely luing stirred to a sense of responsibility. The world organises against this duplicity, these tyrannies, for it Is oeing more and more understood that the sole business of this "Tmde" Is to preserve its power, and thus maintain the “right” to a place In the ranks of legitimate commerce.

This is our day. In the morning It let us feel that our strength It strong our faith is secure, nnd our courage rv>l nmhus like* Is going to keep the good ship Prohibition laden with blessings headed to the goal.

Life moves on. We must move with t; in step with all the great ones who lave hallowed the work they did b> h**ir untiling, unselfish service, alwav' m unstintingly given in the movement, re-day's workers are of the fluent Hindis in the world, they are some of its hoicest souls. This teeming: age does jot lack in high-minded men nnd woion who looking “through Eastern rim town,” see that all the land is ligh*. We, too, w'ould keep the vision of a it nk freed world ever IWore us, an i lith the opening year bend our efforts «f esh to the task of making our dream in actuality. With every good wish for 1926. - lours sincerely. OTW HAYERR