The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-06-07

Germany, 6,0fo,09l To the I5n.ssd
Kingdom, 97655S bushels 10 Japan
and 7sS 967 bushels 10 Belgium.
| The imports OF rice meal. ricc tIorr
and broken rice in 1905 were C3,o75 o0s
pounds, on which sl5T.GSs duty was
paid against 7S,S9S,Gf5 pounds N
1904, en- which $lS7,247 duty was
paid
Fhe report Of the publication com.
mittee contained be following.
As TO preh bltion the showing is that
u does not prob bit even III distictB
where public sentiment appears 10
sustain II; that although ander the
most favorable conditions IL may In
measure have minimized temptations
70 the young and - persons fncorr
glbly addicted to excessive indulgence.
II has, on the other hand, completely
demorallzed entire mmnn'ties. '.eor-
rupted lower courts, police administrn.
tons, political organizations and eyea
the lecdorate, and ha given rise
fo shameful abuses. IT. evils ara
manifest its advantages more than
problematical; and as 70 its main o..
lect, namely the combat ng Of intcm
perance whether ii has cr has MT
redoubled the consumption IF iatoyi-
cants and dimini he'd drunkenness. Ii
a matter Of opinion ard opions differ
widely" II has been demons rated be-
yond any doubt thai the consumption
of alcohol in various deceptive dis
gnises, such as bitters aud soeal-ei
medicines, has increa cd In most dis
roportionate ratio In all prohihitofv
errltorfee, and nat worst Of all wo.
nen who under normal conditions
would never dream of nsing any in.
toxicants other than the light fcrmen.-
ed beverages. have became addicted TO
the use Of these stimulan's.
Neither drinking nor drunEenne Ia
diminished ny heal prohibition.
a dminution Of the quantity OF alco-
hol consumed by reason of the more
general use OF the lighter beyerag Il.
means a dminution OF drunkenness
and, consequently. beer acts as a pow
erful temperance agent.
The desire cf stimulants Is one CT
he strongest implanted In the breast
of man i is co-evil with humanity
and is no more to be disputed or con
1emned or repudiated thaa hrman ua.
ure itself II Is written in the earliest
legendary records Of the most ancient
aces. Neither papyrrs nor palimpsest
neither cronlech ncr hieroglyph carries
he mind back TO a time lost In the
wilight Of remote ages. when the
heart Of man wa not solaced with the
product Of the vine or some kindred
stimuIant
OF all possible forms Of tyranny.
lone has been always deemed 80 gal.
ing and offensive as that which in.
AIDES the sacred province cf personal
tberty--which SEEKS to Interfere with
'r TO regulate and control he re ervcd
md natural rights of the individual.
such is the officious tyranny that
would meddle with matters of dress
md diet concern. ne which the indiyid.
lal Is properly absolute law nn-o
himself. assuming. Of course, that his
personal habits in The way Of eating
md drinking and clothing him-elf DO
lot constitute nuisance to his neigh
'or or the community
Among The nat-ral rights Of man
hose innate prerogauves conceded by
he general Voice 81 mankind-none =
lore deeply founded. none more vigil
ntly cherished. more jealously de-
ended aud more truly incontesiahle
ban this Yet il is this insllensble
light Of humanity which the zealots
{ prohibition would subyert and de-
troy
The principle of prohibition Is the
anne as that of the wor despotisms
n ch have aishgured the annals OF
lmauity II is the complete neEatio1 Of
arsoral liberty and the exact sntiths-
: Of natural r ght Yet this and
lfbing less Than this is pat forward
, public policy and in a few quart
3 cXecuied a. snch. In a country
here liberty is soiemnly guaranteed
The humblost citize3
When The final chapter Of he bis
~ of prob bition comes 20 be writ
n-a0d time is eve- nos ar work
'on 1.-THE great American Fraud
% apBea- ia its tine = gnihrance.
en viii then wonder how e was p-s-
Nc hat an idea 90 repugnsnt 10 ibe
hif of liberty cculd have become
taurallzed on American soil. Even
eater wi BE- their astonishment that
fsnsticisr which was honestly &C
pied and bel eFed IN hy 50 small
cfion ~ Toe people. Should seine
be have succeeded in imposing IS
e. table rule upon large commuEi
$ Not less viii they cease 10 mar