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CATHOLIC TEMPERANCE CRUSADE
Below will be found the resolution adopted
by the Catholic Total Abstinence .Union of Illi
nois, presaging the actions of the national so
cioty to bo held in Chicago August 4, 5 and 6.
The Catholic church is tho largest denomina
tion and it means a great deal for temperance
when its leaders are enlisted in the crusade
for temperance. The Union is right in empha
sizing the Christian's duty to make his influence
count on the right side. The question is not
whether a Christian can drink in moderation
without injury to himself but whether his ap
petite is stronger than his love for his brother.
If the social glass 'leads a weaker brother to
ruin the Christian can find more pleasure in
abstinence than in indulgence. Every denom
ination ought to havo its total abstinence society
and all should unite to save the risirg genera
tion from the curse of drink.
Tho resolutions follow:
"Whereas, We believe the Catholic Total
Abstinence Union of America is one of the
greatest, if not the greatest, factor on this con
tinent in making for better homes, more ex
emplary citizens, more holy and devoted L ;th
olics, we again pledge ourselves with all the
zeal and energy at our command to continue
with renewed vigor our fight against the terrible
vice of intemperance until we succeed in con
vincing Catholic people that membership in our
total abstinence movement is synonymous, with
good citizenship and practical Catholicity.
"Whereas, Our movement is. blesc ,d by the
holy fathers, Pope Pius IX, Pope Leo XIII, and
Pope Pius X, and has been heartily commended
by the archbishops and bishops of America, we
confidently expect tho cordial approval and sin
cere co-operation of tho loyal and faithful mem
bers of our holy mother church, particularly
those who are abstainers from principle rather
than from necessity; and
"Whereas, The great majority of men who
are today the backbone of the total abstinence
movement have been total abstainers from boy
hood or from early manhood, we believe tho
best and purest of our Catholic people should
affiliate with our splendid society, if for no
other purpose than as a protest against in
temperance and as a hope their example may
serve to encourage others who perhaps may
need the advice and encouragement of stronger
and more determined associates.
"Be It, therefore, resolved:
"1. That we rejoice In the fact that so many
of our good Catholics are recently embracing
the opportunity God has given them to lessen
the evil of intemperance and to- remove from
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our midst tho greatest and most prolific source
of scandal with which tho Catholic church in
this country is afflicted.
"2 That wo gladly welcome to our support
the new total abstinence society known as 'The
Father Mathow League and sincerely hope It
will grow and flourish all over tho land until It
becomes a great power for good in its chosen
field. , , , ,. ,
"3. That wo sincerely congratulate those de
voted bishops and priests who have so earnestly
labored with us during the last year, and stn
corely trust that they may continue to lend us
their powerful influence, to the end that tem
perance societies may be instituted in every
parish in the state of Illinois.
"4. That while wo deploro the loss our
cause has sustained by the removal from the
midst of us of that splendid chaTnpion of so
briety and good judgment, his lordship, Bishop
Muldoon, still wo rejoice at his justly merited
promotion and confidently hope that he will
not relax his splendid efforts in behalf of our
cause In his new field of labor.
"5. That we again denounce with all the
force and power at our command the shameful
and degrading practices of those Catholic socie
ties which permit under their auspices Saturday
night dances and Sunday picnics, at which in
toxicating liquors are sold, and as Catholics
who havo the honor of our holy church at
heart, wo call upon these societies to present
in future such disgraceful practices so prolific
of scandal and so fraught with danger to the
youth and manhood of our church and nation.
"G. Whereas, The church, through the last
plenary council of Baltimore, held twenty-five
years ago, decreed that the liquor traffic was a'
dangerous and an unbecoming business, and
called upon those engaged in it to get out and
seek a more honorable means of livelihood, and
"Whereas, The supreme court of the United
States has decided that 'there is no inherent
right In a citizen to sell intoxicating liquors by
retail. It is not a privilege of a citizen of the
United States.'
"Therefore, As the .saloon has no moral or
legal right to exist, we call upon all good Cath
olics to work and vote for Its extinction
wherever it is possible to doso, depending upon
the fact that if the elimination of tho saloon
Increased the consumption of liquor the manu
facturers of liquor would welcome Its elimina
tion, but the way brewers and distillers fight
for the retention of the saloon indicates plainly
that its presence means more business for them
and consequently "more drunkenness and evils
that flow from drunkenness.
"7. Resolved, That we condemn the saloon
trade for its open and shameless violation of
Sunday laws prohibiting the sale of liquor on
the Lord's day. We regard the open Sunday
as now observed as seriously menacing the con
tinuance of our free institutions. We further
hold the open saloon on Sunday to be respon
sible for the weakening of the religious spirit
amongst our citizens, which fact alone, if none
other can be advanced against it, should be suffi
cient to condemn it.
"8. Resolved, That we recommend the pub
lication known as the Catholic Temperance Ad
vocate to the members of our state and local
organizations. The splendid and efficient work
of its management during the last year merits
our heartiest support and encouragement.
"9. Resolved, That in order to early Instill
into the minds of our children the benefits that
accrue to those who voluntarily assume the
pledge of total abstinence, we recommend to
those in charge of our parochial schools that
instruction of a parochial character on the evils
attendant upon the use of strong drink form
port of their school curriculum.
"10. We again, as last year, recommend
the formation of Catholic Total Abstinence
cadets in every parish.
"11. Whersas, Almighty God has seen fit to
take from our midst one of our best temper
ance workers, the late Mrs. Mary McGuire
supreme trustee of the ladies' auxiliary, K F
M., be it
"Resolved, That we extend to the husband
and children of the deceased, who are all total
abstainers, our heartfelt condolence in their
bereavement.
"12. Resolved, That we extend to tho state
officers our sincere thanks for the splendid work
they have accomplished during the last year
"13. Resolved, That we extend to his grace'
the most Rev. James Edward Quigley, D. D.
archbishop of Chicago, our sincere . thanks for
tho splendid assistance he has rendered our
cause during tho last year."
Practical Tariff Talks
The bill now about to be passed by congress
carries theso items of protection: Yarns, 143.02
per cent; cloths and knit fabrics, 141 per cent;
blankets and flannels, 165.42 per cent; women's
and children's dresses, 118 per cent; ready-made
clothing, 95.98 per cent; webbings, suspenders
and gorlnjgs, 80.83 per cent; fine carpets, 66.34
per cent; Wiltons, 72.67 per cent; Brussels and
like carpets, 75.81 per cent; velvet and tapestry
velvet carpets, 58.86 per cent; tapestry Brussels,
60.73 per cent; three-ply ingrains, 66.72 and
two-ply, 68.63 per cent. These are taxes upon
articles of every day use, tho necessities of life.
During the house committee hearing, Mr. Miles,
who is chairman of the tariff committee of the
Manufacturers' Association, said that "it Is es
tablished by competent authorities that the
graft and overcharge of the Dingley tariff reach
es $3,000,000 a working day." Computing that
there aro 90,000,000 people in America, this
means an average contribution of 33 cents a
day in order that certain interests be protected.
In the Aldrich-Payne bill is a provision plac
ing a duty of thirty per cent upon cash regis
ters. There is but one concern in this country
that manufactures these machines in any quan
tity worth talking about. That is located in
Ohio. It has secured a monopoly of the busi
ness by the easy but sometimes expensive way
of buying up all the patents that are valuable,
and by forcing to the wall by underselling all
other competitors who wouldn't sell or were
not worth buying out. The monopoly character
of this company has been shown conclusively,
having once been sued successfully by Elihu
Root, now senator from New York, for a viola
tion of the anti- trust law. A half million of
Cash registers have been sold in this country,
for about $75000,000. They have become a
business necessity. The prices asked are very
high. There is another reason for this other
than the fact that it has only a few small
competitors.
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That reason is that for years it has enjoyed
a tariff of forty-five per cent, which is high
enough to keep out of the American market all
foreign makes. While the government is guar
anteeing to this company full control of the
home market, it is also enabling it to make
such an extortionate profit upon its machines
that it can afford to and does sell them in Eng
land for half what it charges here. There is
no claim made that the company is simply sell
ing its occasional surplus abroad in order to
keep its workmen employed, but it is the set
tled policy of the company to make this differ
ence in price. During the debate in the senate on
this schedule photographic reproductions of tho
American and English price lists of this com
pany were produced. These showed- in the pub
lications of the company itself that a machine
that sells here for $250 was listed in England
with all freight, transportation and insurance
paid, at $135. A $300 machine here is sold
for $150 in England. A machine sold here for
$175 is sold there for $65. No. 306 sells here
for $225, but abroad it costs but $95. Can any
body give any good reason why a company that
takes advantage of tariff protection from the
American people to rob them in the price of
the product should be granted further pro
tection? c. Q. D.
TROUBLE IN MEXICO
Rioting took place at Guadalajara, Mexico.
A number of men were seriously injured and two
were killed. A mob broke up a meeting at a
theatre which was called in the Interest of re
electing President Diaz and Vice President
Carral. Orators were stoned and carriages and
automobiles in tho street were wrecked. The
rioters shouted, "Down with Diaz; we want
Reyes." An Associated Press dispatch from
Mexico City says: "The riot is the most serious
that has occurred in Mexico In years, and is
looked upon a significant by those who have
been closely following tho political situation. The
official press claim that it was planned and car
ried out by the democratic party, known as the
Reyista party, from the name of its candidate
for vice presjdent, General Bernado Reyes,' form
erly minister of war in 'Diaz's cabinet, and now
; governor of the state of Neuvo Leon."
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