Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1898 — THE TEMPLE DOESN’T PAY. [ARTICLE]

THE TEMPLE DOESN’T PAY.

Mrs. Steven* of the W. C. T. U. Spcaka of the Chicano Knterpriae. Mrs. L. M. N. Stevens, acting national presrideikt of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union of America, ami State president of the Maine organization, delivered an address at the State convention in Bangor, Me. The important portion of her remarks related to the situation of the union relative to the Woman’s Temple in Chicago. She raid: “The building has never brought revenue to the society; on the contrary, morn than $200,000, mostly from white-ribboners, has been speDt in floating the enterprise, while the National W. T, U. has paid and is paying to-day regular rent for its offices in the Temple. Hence, in giving up the Temple the W. <’. T. U. has nothing to lose, but much to gain."