The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-07-15
Socialists and Sa 10 o n S

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cialist Meeting at Lynch, N. D.
traffic Would be q Thing
; Socialist Rule
/ tho solo source oc III oorruptive pow
or in politics.
1. PROFIT alone enalAes the liquor
business to pay heavy tax to the
government and large license Ia
municipalities wdbch dabsuch the
tax-paytng citizenship generally. An
internal revenue tax and . city Il
cense are nothing more nor less than
brides deliberately accepted by tn
1nahoaei slsd~iecaa, sDvernments Tor
the perpetutstion Of weN-recogntz-
ed wrong. without the profit o(
course there would be no reason for
and no means Of paying the license.
2. Profit enables the Liquor Deal
ers' Association to maintain q con
vincing" lobby with sufficient hnan-
cial arguments" as every Congress
and State Legislature, to prevent the
passage OF la'ws unfavorable to the
trade" These arguments are 80 e.
fective that they practically invalid
ate all efforts to obtain temperance
or prohibkory laws. It is much
more profitable for the legislature to
be Convinced" by the liquor lobby
than by the agents OF the temperance
societies. ~
3. Profit makes It possible and de-
sirable for liquor dealers to bribe
mayors, police and Judges so that
"Prohibition does not prohibit in
States and cities that have prohibit
DRY laws. Carrie Nations Ratchet In
in vain. We must cut Profit out Of
tho business.
4. PROFIT also enables liquor men
to exert such influence" upon State,
county and city superintendent OF
schools that the full truth about the
evils of schools that the full truth
about the evils Of alcohol beverages
Is not taught to the young.
III.
Prohibition Impossible Under Cap
italism
The difficulty of enfor cling prohib-
idon while the Profit System lasts -
as grcat as to enforce the law
against stealing under tn. same Rob-
Der System. A system built on graft,
Exploitation, robbery, outlawry and
false pretcnce can never enforce hon
esty. Those who commit small thefts
will be punished, for the common
people must be kept in submission;
but gigantic postal frauds, army de-
frauds, railroad rebates and Excess
ses, watered stocks, ''mcdo" dollars,
wholesale extortion, me liquor traf-
fic, trusts, monopolies and all the
schemes # ''Frenzied Finance" will
continue as long as the Profit System
lasts, for It, is Robbery and can bear
no other fruit.
The Prohibition party in office
could not establish prohibition under
the Profit System.
There are laws against prosecution,
gambling. grating aSd all sorts OF
wicked things; but they are not en-
forced, simpl because it is financial
|ly profitable for the executive" to
wink at the most and the worst OF the
violations of law. Money bs too great
a temptation under Q system whore
honest productive labor wears the
brand and burdens of slavery and on
ly the parasite can obtain wealth and
leisure. IT.. ..- 81
/. Even if the Prohibition party
should come to power It would result
from a large accession Of people who
are mo better than the rest of VI"
and If the battle for spoilo between
such noble men cs Woolley and
Stewart cannot be kept out now
while the party is small and compar-
atively pure, because YET too unsuc-
cessful to be tempted by the big
boodlers, how could tho temptation
to make money out OF Office and in
fiuence be suppressed in the larger
crowd, many OF whom would come
: to the party on the eve o. victory led
by the smell of epoils? Prohibit