The daily tribune., 1909-04-03
FOLLY OF PROHIBITION.
Mr.. Editor Tribune -


temperance meetings Instead Of
using the word prohibition they
choose the more respectable term Of
temperance. Thus you may see THAT
even before we 90 to hear their silly
twsddle they try to dooeive us
Every body believes IN temperance.
but thore are Thousands who do not
believe in prohibition. which means
total abstinence, and which means
farther. that we subject our wills and
sacrifice our lawful rights to the
caprice Of ounces and tyrants.
Is there not in Florence one anti
saloonist brave enoug', or capable
enough to tell us where comes the
necessity OF prohibition, and who or
what Ia their authority for teaching
1t and who or what It would benefit
in this town? We honr them say I,
ooh, we have closed 50 many saloons,
we have pnt out of business SO many
bartenders and we have ruined SO
many wholesale dealers " Some
poor, perverted. workingman in last
nights Citizen, says, 81 would rath.
er walk in Gods darkness than in
light purchased at the cost of mem 3
souls" Poor. deluded, vain mortal
man. He thinks lie knows what a
mans soul is; what It looks like and
how much 1t costs. Oh amazing
pity. that we should have in our
midst today such woeful spectacle
of faith gone mad. WHO would want
to purchase religious zail at the cost
of knowledge and M lerstanding !?
Who would want to hava their lights
clouded and their brains numbed and
/ put to sleep by the vap,riugs Of i'm.
beetles and dreamers who. while
pointing to heaven with one hand, use
the other to make our lives here be-.
low as miserable as possible
Prohibition is wrong / say this
with authority and want all the
people of Florence to observe the
statement and here Is the proof
"And God planted in tho Garden
of Eden the tree of know ledge of good
and evil. And God said unto Adam
of all the trees in the garden thou
mayest eat. but OF the tree of knowl
ege of good and evil, tile day that
| thou eatest thereof thou shall surely
die. God planted tile tree and left
1t there. and Adam was permitted
to exercise his own will regarding
the injunction. This Is Bible, and
shows clearly Gods plan Of govern
ment II that is not sufficient, read
this:
AT the great feast In Galilee
The guests had gathered round,
But In that house of JOY and mirth-
Alas. no wine was found;
The Savior stood among the tlirong
with purpose most divine
He gazed upon the water there
And changed II into vino
appeal to all believers OF the sac
red book whether 1t warrants the as
sumption OF prohibitioDists
(. Free religion has benefited t!Iou.
sands. but church bigots has made
millions miserable.
Who were tho instigators Of this
prohibition fallacy but the clergy
Who IL 1t that teaches Innocent and
unknowing school children that this
fAlsehood is Of havenly intent, bui
the same. Who casts the scantity
of their calling aside to don the hab.
iliments of cheap politicians In
order to further the intOrests OF sci.
fish sbysters? and who Is 1t that
SCOTS and derides at the sacret
claims Of personal freedom? The
church bigot. Who was it that sait
that all sAloonkeepers are disrep
utable. and that 1876 boys everv year
become criminals through tho saloons
OF Florence and that all Of us have nc
right to our personal opinions and
that prohibition protects the working
mau, when every workingman knows
that wages are higher hero in Colo.
RADIO right now than IN any dry states
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