NAWSA     Subject File     Tempterance Posters

ARCHBISHOP IRELAND SAYS,-
"The Great Cause of Social Crime is DRINK; the Great Cause of Poverty is

DRINK; the Great Cause of Poverty is DRINK. When I hear of a family broken up, I ask the cause, -DRINK. If I go to the gallows and ask its victim the cause, the answer, -DRINK.
Then I ask myself in perfect wonderment, Why do not men put a STOP to this thing?"
Poster Committee,
11 Mason Street,
Cambridge, Mass.
Buck Printing Co., Boston

LIQUOR BILL
$1,750,000,000
IN THE UNITED STATES FOR ONE YEAR!
THIS WOULD-
1. Build Ten Hospitals in each of the 48 States in the Union at a cost of $100,000 each and endowed with $500,000 each ... $288,000,000
2. Build 4 Colleges in each State each costing $1,000,000, and endowed with $1,000,000 384,000,000
3. Build a Road from New York to San Francisco at a cost of $10,000,000 and give each State $1,000,000 to build tributary roads ... 58,000,000
4. Equip 10,000 Playgrounds for Children at a cost of $2,000 each ... 20,000,000
5. Give each State $10,000,000 for Indus- ???

$1,000,000, and endowed with $1,000,000 384,000,000
3. Build a Road from New York to San Francisco at a cost of $10,000,000, and give each State $1,000,000 to build tributary roads ... 58,000,000
4. Equip 10,000 Playgrounds for Children at a cost of $2,000 each ... 20,000,000
5. Give each State $10,000,000 for Industrial Education in the public schools ... 480,000,000
6. Place 50 Libraries in each State, each costing $100,000 and endowed with $100,000 480,000,000
And Leave $40,000,000
FOR
MUNICIPAL RECREATION CENTRES IN PLACE OF THE SALOON
By W.E. Pittenger
South End Alcohol Education Committee
11 Mason St., Cambridge, Mass.
Buck Printing Company, Boston

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