The Jackson herald., 1910-10-27

pea from tne n1Jn 10 the seventh
rank in population. Hadn't we
all better get busy telling the
outer world about the resources
and the grandeur of old Missouri
rather than involve the State in
turmoil for the next 20 years
over law to which many COM
munities are violently opposed?
Apply the Prohibition problem
to your own county. How will
it work? How will it effect you?
If you live in dry county you
will have to pay your part of the
40 per cent increase in the state
tax levy. caused by removing the
liquor revenues from the state
treasury. That's where it hits
you. This is all you get for the
privilege of debating to your
fellow citizens in the wet couu-
ties. Is it worth while?
Whether OF not YOU admit that
Prohibition has been a failure iu
every state which has tried d..
you must admit that there is con-
siderable evidence of that fact
enough evidence. at least, o.
create a reasonable doubt as l..
the efficacy OF Statewide Proh,-
bition. But every advocate O..
local option must admit that io-
cal option, as a rule, has been
pronounced success in MiSsOuI.
The Tenth Amendment repea.s
local option and substitutes for %
workable plan a rank uncertain
ty. The sincere friend of loc uI
option will scratch yes on q
Tenth Amendment.
Usage is a fair example OF %
wet county. There is little or uu
crime in that county. For ever
single dollar of criminal cost eX-
pended Usage County receives
about 500 in dramShop licensy.
The people of that county obey
the law and are satisfied. Hay,
YOU anything to gain 10y forcing
the Statewide Prohibition on
the people of that county? To do
so will he to deprive them of lib
critics which they cherish. and
to force upon an inoilensive, law
abiding and progressive people.
Il law which the great majority
of them would regard as an in
eXcuseble and ordious tyranny.
Don't you really believe. away
down in the bottom of yoLr heart.
that the people of Usage county
have a moral right to settle this
question for themselves? The
are not trying to dictate to any
dry county in this state. Why
should any dry county want to
dictate to Usage. in matter OF
this kind? Other counties are
in the same position as Usage.
Give them a square deal.
The dry counties of Missouri,
it may be assumed, are satisfied
with their own solution of the
liquor problem. If they are not,
the existing laws afford them
ample power to alter their con-
dition. The wet counties for
the most part, it may likewise
be assumed are satisfied with
their own adjustment OF the
proposition. If they are not. or
if in the future they become dis
satisfied with their condition.
the laws Of Missouri give them
power to exclude the saloon
whenever they get ready to do
so. Is is not right and fair that
each county should vote as it
pleases on this proposition? But
in this election, although a wet
county may cast a practically
unanimous vote against Prohi-
bition, if the Tenth Amendment
shall receive majority of the
votes in the whole state, the wet
county will be voted dry. There
are counties in Missouri which
have been wet ever since the
of the State, and in
which the sentiment against
Prohibition is almost unanimous.
To force Prohibition upon such
a county amounts to a disfran-
chisement of the people of the
wet county so far as this ques-
tion is concerned. Is it right?
Can any man contend for a mo-
ment that it is fare? Is it right
that Galloway County should
dictate to Franklin. or that cam
den County should control the
destinies of Cole? Do the peo-
plp of DavjacS County Uapt to