A Call For Temperance
In 1910, the association made a statement that "we deeply deplore the awful drink that is destroying thousands of our citizens every year, and bringing poverty and misery upon thousands more, and is subversive of all law, and to tends to anarchy. We earnestly urge all our people to use all possible honorable means to destroy it from the face of the earth. To this end, we commend the work of the Anti-Saloon League, and all other organizations which are laboring to stamp out the awful curse, and urge all our people to support it in its work, and to vote for no man in office who will not firmly pledge himself to use his influence to destroy liquor traffic."
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