Temperance Literature by Mail
The Anti-Saloon League pivots to direct mail for those obtaining liquor permits in Eastern Washington.
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L. R. Horton, superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League in eastern Washington, explains that the league does not purpose publishing the names of persons obtaining permits to buy intoxicating liquors in eastern Washington, but will mail to them in a plain envelope some of the best temperance literature that he can buy.
“The league does not purpose publishing the names of persons obtaining permits to buy intoxicating liquors... but will mail to them in a plain envelope some of the best temperance literature that he can buy.”
This tactic of 'naming and shaming'—or in this case, mailing unsolicited moral corrections—highlights the aggressive lobbying strategies used during Washington’s push toward statewide Prohibition in 1916.
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