Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-06-29
US|NESS METHODS
IN PROHIBITION
. PROPAGANDA
.ALARlED WORKERS
,lTH U~P-T0-DATE METHODS
Dme Reasons For Success Of
Modern Movement to Put
Eternal Crimp in Rum Demon
and Make Nation Dry.

and Make Nation Dry.
Morning JonrnaI special Leased wir,l
New York. June 27.'In iwentp-
le years there win not be a leealiz-
saloon In the United states. Is the
4 lea,ction Of the A~nti-Saloon League
: organization which is fighting IN
ery state OF the union TO secure the
iactment al prohibitory laws.
8"In twenty-five years the states
iat have adopted prohibition as q re-
h Of the Antfsaloon leagues agi-
tion viii have resigned these laws
ID the league itself viii be forgot
n" reply the leading Representatives
dlstilline and brewing interests
Id Is Impossible Of course TO decide
Mich OF these diAmctrically opposite
rccasts IL the correct one, The anti
loon leaders base their hope Or an
hlmtlng the saloon. 80 far as rs
notion In law II concerned upon what
oy have accomplished already. Their
aponent@ on the other hand point "a
q history Of past p%rohibitory waves
hich have swept over the country
IA then have subsidized leaving scarce-
any race Of their temporarily wide
feet Those two prccedentS form the
ily material Oh which the average
3an cnu base even d guess as 10 the
,sslhie course of events Ia connection
ith this subject. Even this method
Novides no exact hasis Of conjecture,
81 the present organized attack on
x liunor trade presents elements OF
.rength and weakness not present IN
,rmcr crusades.
Tveu the severest critics of the anti
sIoon league admit that there has
sen during the past few years q re-
aarkallc expansion IN the extent Of
srritorY In which liquor selling IL Tor
sdden. Five OF the southern states
ave outInwed the liquor traffic by
atniory prohibition. North Dakota,
nnsae and oklahoma have state pro-
j bitory laws. IN addition TO Maine
hitch has remained steadily IN the
rohibition column throughout the
uctnniions Of this movement for half
century. Many other states contain
large proportion Of n%o-license ter
tory under the operation Of local OPP
on laws. In All of these states the
nti-saioon propaganda Is being car
cd steadily nn by ia etrnincd and sal
fied workers Of the loague. Tnk-
ag into account the towns and coun-
az IN wet states that have adopted
.a-llccnHc, the clnim OF the league that
onc-third of the population OF
ne country - living under prohibitory
aws at the present time seems to be
goll within the facts. As to the ox-
hnt to which these laws are observed
authorities differ. obviously there
|as not been a decrcnsc Of o%ne-th'rd
i the consumption Of liquor.
More than fifty years ago an even
'rsater proportion Of the people of the
states had adopted prohibition.
pparently as "A definite policy. That
during the Temperance wave" Of
.Sb0-5b when all the New England
except Massachusetts,, besides
Sew York. Delaware. Michigan, Ipdi-
m aud Iowa went dry At that time
I VIII be observed. the movement was
trongest. roughly speaking periods In
hese different states but ultimately
u of them except Maine went back to
he system Of regulating the sale OF
liquor by law.
There are some noteworthy differ
noes between the movement that at
aimed such proportions in the early
aud that OF the present day
The earlier crusade was primarily a
.mperancc campaign IL was an app
zeal TO the individual 10 stop the use
u drink ana was accompanied by the
armatlon Of nan temperance socia-
los ana the signing of the pledge by
ems of thousands Of persons. Tho
tdoption Of prohibition laws followed
~ "A result of the change that took
,lace. temporarily mt least. In the con-
.lctions Of q large proportion of the
population Ia the present campaign
hp procedure is exactly opposite
~ concentrated on the enact
Of prohibltory laws on the
hcory that II the sale Of liquor can
be- qtoppod hN law the individual VIII
,e forced to practice ahstentlon The
llccess OF this theory depends ulti-
upon the question whether
prohibition is or can be fully en-
arcod. The experiment Is young ;n
most states and there ~ abundant evil
that he laws are widely cNadnl
IS is Indicated hy the official rev
nne figures which show the dis
90 I..r .s.N fH. NuHfArl
averages IN these states hy whiskey
ma similar liquors that can be trans
and concealed easily
The fact that the recent legislation
painst the liquor traffic has not been
tfonded by any such expansion in tho
aemherfhiu or She numerous temper
nee societies or any such sudden de-
rease ln The consumption of liquor
. the rapid Transformation ~ whole
and wide stretches OF territory
'ould lndieate and actually has been
ccomranicd hy n decrease liza tho
citing strength o. the prohibition
Is sufficient evidence OF soma
and powerful factor I'm the con-
.st against tho lcealized sale of g.
nor. For the explanation OF ihis
vermastering sorce "a is necessary to
70 the A~nii-saioon League and
r. the man who is the animating ana
directing power nf the lcoguc-Rev
,nrle, A. Baker The success 81
De- league in assuming a dominant
in tho fight for prohibition
undoubtedly Is due boz large part Co
one man who assumes d madesi