The desired Commission of Inquiry has been ordered by the Senate in response to the wish of the united temperance societies of the land, but the subject did not come before the House at the last session.
"Our paper has constantly increased in its hold upon the local unions, whose devotion to its interests augurs well for its future success.
"The number of documents scattered among our auxiliaries cannot be accurately stated, but is not less than twelve or fifteen thousand, and the correspondence of the officers by letter and postal-card, will not fall short of the same estimate.

To correct misapprehensions, it should, perhaps, be stated that no officer of the National Union has received a dollar for services or traveling expenses during the year." A WORKING ORGANIZATION.
To meet annually in convention and pass resolutions and make promises is one thing; to do practical and effective work all through the year is quite another.

And it is just here that this new temperance organization exhibits its power.

The women whom it represents are very much in earnest and mean work.

What they resolve to do, if clearly seen to be in the right direction, will hardly fail for lack of effort.