Home and State (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 22, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 30, 1915 Page: 1 of 16
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DALLAS, TEX/ —MARCH 30, 1915
Vol. 16, No. 22
Cabinet considers measure for,“Defense
Lloyd-George,
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When the chancellor of a great em-
pire engaged in a death grapple with
an armed enemy, after mature delib-
eration, declares that his nation’s
greatest enemy is drink, it is time for
of the Realm”
The United States Census report
of 1910 shows that the greater the
number of saloons in any State, the
fewer number of people own their
own homes. The fewer the number
of saloons in any State per capita,
the greater number of people have
titles to the dwellings they live in.
In “WET” Connecticut only thir-
ty per cent own their own homes.
In “WET” Massachusetts only thir-
ty-four per cent of the inhabitants
own homes. In “WET” Rhode Is-
land only twenty-eight per cent.
“DRY” MAINE sixty-three per
cent of the people hold title to the
roofs that shelter them. In “DRY”
KANSAS sixty-four per cent, and
in “DRY” NORTH DAKOTA sev-
enty-four per cent own their own
homes they live in. In West Virgi-
nia, nearly dry, fifty-three per cent
own their homes.
citizens of a country at peace with all
the world to take stock of their own
situation.
If alcohol is England’s most formid-
able foe in this hour of stress and
trial, how much more must it be the
most terrible enemy of America?
With these thoughts in mind, read
the following dispatch brought from
London this week by the Associated
Press:
London, March 29, 9:35 p. m.—“We
are fighting Germany, Austria and
drink, and so far as I can see the
greatest of these three deadly foes is
drink,” said David Lloyd George,
Chancellor of the Exchequer, replying
today to a deputation of the Shipbuild-
ing Employers’ Federation, the mem-
bers of which were unanimous in ask-
ing that in order to meet the national
requirements at the present time there
should be a total prohibition during
the period of the war of the sale of
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of the people who spend their years in
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CABINET TO ACT.
London, March 30.—All England
may go dry!
The Cabinet today thoroughly
discussed the proposition that
Great Britain be made prohibition
territory during the war. The plan
has the heartiest sanction of Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer David
Lloyd-George.
No positive decision was reached
at the meeting, but it was informal-
ly reported that the Ministers
would recommend either severe re-
striction on driking throughout the
empire, or else total prohibition.
Authorities consider the Govern-
ment already possesses ample pow-
er to put such a revolutionary
“public safety” measure into force.
“The Defense of the Realm Act”
would clothe a proclamation of pro-
hibition with full force, even
though unsupported by a specific
act of Parliament.
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Texas Farm Tenant System
Probed by Federal Board
toxicating liquors. This should apply
not only to public houses, but also to
private clubs, so as to operate equally
with all classes of the community.
It was stated, despite the fact that
work was being carried on night and
day seven days in the week, the total
working time on the average in nearly
all the British shipyards was actually
less than before the war, and the
average productiveness had decreased.
There were many men doing splendid
and strenuous work, probably as good
as the men in the trenches, but many
did not even approximate full time,
thus disastrously reducing the aver-
age.
Notwithstanding the curtailing of
the hours they are allowed to keep
open the receipts of the public houses
in the neighborhood of shipyards had
greatly increased, in some cases 40
per cent. As an instance of one of
many similar cases that of a battle-
ship coming in for immediate repairs
was cited. She was delayed a whole
day through the absence of rivetters,
who were drinking and carousing.
In one yard the rivetters have been
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month on the Texas situation alone,
the commission obtained a vast
amount of authoritative information
by direct testimony of witnesses; and
a further volume of facts and sugges-
tions from thousands of letters from
all over Texas and Oklahoma, from
the reports of expert investigators
who had carried out definite lines of
inquiry under the direction of the com-
missioners, and by documents and let-
ters submitted by the witnesses with-
out reading, to save the commission’s
time.
Several things were made clear by
the substantial agreement of all the
witnesses:
That the land problem in Texas is
the greatest economic question con-
fronting the people, as prohibition is
the greatest moral question;
That the average tenant is required
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Great Britain May ro Dry;
Drink Is F/npire’s Worst Enemy
LAND QUESTION GREATEST ECONOMIC PROBLEM, AS
PROHIBITION IS GREATEST MORAL ISSUE—IN-
DUSTRIAL COMMISSION UNCOVERS VITAL FACTS
ABOUT CONDITION OF MEN, WOMEN AND CHIL-
DREN WHO TOIL IN FIELDS.
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Home and State (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 22, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 30, 1915, newspaper, March 30, 1915; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1585987/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Library and Archives Commission.