The daily tribune., 1909-03-29
W1Mns 70 be GAINED.

shers fuIfll the promises Of its ad-
vocases. II 10 not that many who
advocate Che measure are not both
earnest aud honest in their beliefs
but beoauss Of a wrong onception Of
their power and rights either force
or coerce their neigbbor 70 do as they
are bidden.
In Vermont there wa no lack Of
law during the Fifty yeaTs tina. one
portion Of her cisIzsns tried by she
most tyranHfcsl laws 70 force The
osner portion 20 believe 81 they be-
lieved. When at last after a half
century, they learned ttst others had
a. much right 10 their beliefs and
tastes 80 themselves and shat human
nature must be lsd sad convinced
they rspudiassd their former meth
cd. Of force and fsDstt3cisns with
the rsspits that today Vermont "a
one Of shs most tezprrfs SD law
abiding AMI Fssyecsibz ststss .s TIE
Union.
Bss dsr isz tie reign e tie sztrsri-
Jas, when on she sooss wars the most
radical Isvs ssss prohibition has yet
made in any country crime was ram
pase largely bersuss OF their severity
many people fels abused III their
privileges and learned to disrespect
and hate other good aud wholesome
statutes The most severa and unu-
sual puuishmeuts, suoh as search Of
person or property without warrant
and denial Of trial by jury and many
other wrongs we're perpstrated often
on innocent people. lntemperance +,
contsr1pt and violation Of law stead
lily increased and secret selling Of
liquor WAS the practice Of more peo.
pie in proportion TO population than
can be found In the history Of any
other state. The Internal Revenue
commissioners report for 1902 shows
one United States license for each 100
voters in the state and In that year
was started the moysm meDt which re-
suited In the complete abolition OF
prohibition In 1903
ia whole state With such laws
can not. In fifty years time, compel
men to believe as they arc instructed
by others to believe, 1t ia not appar.
ont how q small town can hope to
accomplish that object
Drunkenness has become less com
mon In this country ne people have
learned to soc its evils aud eventual
ly, in the onward progress Of human
life, will disappear bpt 1t will not
be brought about by force 1t will
come through education better sani-
tsry and other conditions, correct
views Of religion aod all the other in.
huenoes that lead but not drive man
kind. We might as w,ll create an
ordinance Abolishing ain and expect it
to vanish from Florence.
II the prohibition vote wouId pre-
vail In this election there would fol :
low certain consequences that must be
apparent to all. The drinking man
would not stop drinking when 1t
could bs as oasily seonrod here ms II
bAs been In other places. And II that
were not true there would bs no
trouble In getting 1t from tho other
towns almost at this oity's limits.
Surely no ono doubt that lt In also
certain and must be apparent to all
that there must be doHsi. Of ssvei :.
al thousands OF dollars that now goes
Iuto the city treasure a. saloon ljren-
SO foes aud other taxes that would
then have to be made MP by those WHO
own property Of any kind In Florenco.
Tho amount would equal about 30 per
cent OF the city taxes. Tho per cent
was matter OF controvcrsy between
two writers In Flofoncj n few days
ngo. but n l,ttlo nguri X will show
that lex PArte has by far the best
aide OF tho argument when tho total
loss Of revenues IL oonsIdered--tho
license fcos of $1,000 Is not the GU.
tirc amount by any means.
This Is not all No one. we
think, doubts that thcre would fol.