Bisbee daily review., 1910-01-22
PROHIBITION
 IN GEORGIA

Patrick Henry, in his celebrated speech before the House of Bnrgesses in Virginia. said. Il know of no lamp ey which my feet are guided but the Iamp O. experience.
 That bas ever been the experience of mankind.
 TEere is an old Latin maxim. !" FIX persnia Docet'' Experience Teachcesr
 Are ve io be guided by the Iams of experience" or are we to follow Irresponsible leaders down a blind traii?v
 Prohibition has always. and always will fail.
 If we are to be taught by expsTt ence, we must look at past records.
 THEN LOOK AT GEORGIA.
 In the following quotsticAs sln be found the work of S. Mays Ban, published in "Putmans Magazine
 There is no bias. DO prejudice m the article.
 It was written Sf;eT a I.ai1stakins investigation of a Gccstion of vital public interest.
 LET THE LIANT OF EXPERI- E.NCE' GUIDE CUR FEET
 Prchihicicn n Atlanta? Well, here :sn'- sHy As to the laws :cf lest oa sccal business. that is a !e- Ua,st.e question. But as to the tenn persEpe effects of the. regulation of tre sale of beer and whiskey Tn At fanta, to be perfectly candid. they are simply farcical.
 The writer does not simply give his own opinions based on a careful study of Atlanta's trial. but quotes from the statements of the chief If police. representatives of the anti saloon league and prominent minis ters of the gospel.
 In August last. Assistant Superin- tendent !. B. Richards. of the anti saloon league. was credited with these statements in the Atlan:.-i press:
 Beer Is being sold here right and left, and I know it. One fellow has the nerve to put a sign s'Ths Beer that Made Milwaukee Famous You csn get any brand you wanS. You can get whiskey. too; for what does it mean when twenty-seven car loads of whiskey and beer are ship ped here. hat is what man told me He knows, although l myself haven't verified his figures as yet. We claim that the sale Of near-beer is a violation of the law. The clause. which, if drunk to excess etc. which Judge Calhoun (Atlanta city court said must be the proof of a violation, was put in the prohibition law 10 apply [ ocertain things of drug stores. We claim that the clause which prohibits the manufacture and sale or keeping in any place of bus mess of any alcoholic. spirituous. malt or intoxicating liquors applies to near-beer. Still, we would not have quarreIed about near-beer. pro vided it's percentage of alcohol mad been kept down to l 1-2 or ? per cent, but this was only an entering wedge. Proof, though. is difficult If Te prohibitionists should go into a place and ask for beer. we would be given harmless near-beer that the courts allow 10 be sold. The dealer knows exactly what bottle to give us. To people they know well, the take out a bottle of real beer, slip of the label and serve it."
 Are we to cut out the revenue and leave in the booze? Are we to sub stitute revelry for revenue and regd- lation? city with no police force and nc method of paying one, can hardly hope to cope with the iasidious evil of secret rum and drug seIfing.
 Dr. J. C. Solomon is the superin- tendent of the anti-saloon league. His jurisdiction extends over the entire state. In the course of a letter to the Atlanta Journal, Dr. Sol omon says:
 Men of the near-beer department my poor words of advice may fall ca deaf ears. You may mock me for my folly. Nevertheless, l advise you Let me say to you, in all candor, you are conducting an unholy and danger ous business You are constantly ii plating the prohibition law of Geor gia, and you know it. Daily drunki and disorderiies are coming befor, our courts. And those men. not few, swear that they get drunk ol your near-beers, and the DRUNKS ON THESE NEAR-BEERS ARE BE COMING MORE AND MORE MUM EROUS. You are bringing ou state more and more into disrepute without a blush, you are casting tn vilest aspersions on her fair name.
 ~Compplaints are coming up ever, where, and we are almost ready t sound your desth-knell, but you Sd that the court of appeals has decide that near-beers are not intoxicating Let that be as it may. all Georgi knows that the mischief Is to pa and that it comes from your near-bee shops. You are defiant and despe ately bold. You absolutely adve tise your beer plainly. and openly 70 are defying the law. You know yo are violating the law"
 "The Lamp Of Experience"
 Po3tmaster Blodgett advises th writer that, according to his last ? port
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