Woman's Christian Temperance Union

The W. C. T. of the world, re ciroulating the folio wing petition, addressed to the hoDored rulers, represea tati ves and brother, of the different governments of the world : We, your petitioners, although physically weak, are strong of heart to love our homes, our native land, and the world'8 family of nationg. We know that when the bram of man is clear his heart is kind, his home is happy, his country prosperous and the world grows friendly. But we know that alcoholic stimulants and opium which crazj and cloud the brain, make misery for man and all the world, and most of all for us and our children. We know these stimulants and opiates are sold under legal guarantees which make the governaienta partners in the traffic, by accepting as revenue a portion ol lts proBts, and that they are forced by treaty UpOn populations either ignorant or unwilling. We have no power to pre vent this great inquity beneath which the whole world groans and staggers, but you have power t cleanse the flags of every clime trom the stain of their complicity with this unminglad curse. We therefore come to you with the united voices of representative women from every civilized nation ander the áhn, beseeching you to strip away the safe-guards and sanctions of the law from the drink traffic and the opium trade and to protect our homes by the total prohibition of this two-fold curse of civiüzation throughout all the territory over which your government extends