Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-05-30

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Ben Lindsey as national figure.
References to Rev. Mr.. Snyder
have been made In these columns on
former occasions. His latest public
declaration. made in st. Paul, MINI.
after a trip through the Southern
States where Prohibition has been
tried. is particularly timely today.
since Il proves that Prohibition Is
very effective In converting great
number of good men TO the cause
of liquor traffic regulation by IL
cense.
Rev. Mr.. Snyder published his
views In the st. Paul Daily Peoples
Paper and he speaks for himself as
follows:
"After visiting the States of Ten
nessee. Alabama. Georgia. Missis-
sippi and Oklahoma. am convinced
that PROHIBITION HAS PROVEN
A TOTAL FARCE AND A COM
PLETE FAILURE, AND THAT IF
HAS RESULTED IN MORE EVIL
THAN 1T EVER ATTEMPTED TO
TRY TO REMEDY by LAW.
"In Macon, Augusta and Savan.
nah, Ca, all kinds of intoxlcants
can be bought. Beer is sold in At
lanta. and whiskey, while not open
ly on sale, can he had without the
slightest difficulty.
"In Mississippi. Oklahoma and
Alabama obscure saloons sell more
whiskey than was ever sold before
prohibition went into effect. Condi-
those in the North. Men and boys
are comrades and the young initiate
their elders. For that reason drunk
enness is on the increase among
children.
"The negro has not been benefited
by prohibition. He can indulge in
drunkenness more than ever. because
he buys his whiskey by the bottle
instead of the glass in an open sa-
loon. as he formerly did.
! business men In all lines COM
plain of steady decline, although it
was supposed that prohibition would
bring about an increase in trade.
There Is no open door In Okla
homa. but whiskey is brought into
the State by the carload.
Before prohibition went into eff
feet Oklahoma City had SO licensed
| saloons.
Now there are more than 400
places where intoxicants are sold.
I'm Nashville, Memphis, Knox
VILE and Chattanooga no attempt is
made to close wide-open saloons.
Whiskey can be bought day and
night.
III all those selling whiskey in
Tennessee unlawfully were arrested.
the entire population would have to
engage in the building of jails and
penitentiaries.
Dealers In whiskey are apprehen-
sive of the day when prohibition
Will be a thing of the past in the
South.
They sell more whiskey in pro
hibition States than ever before and
the secrecy with which the transac-
ton between dealer and consumer
Is surrounded, gives the former the
chance to adulterate his product
without fear OF detection.
THE clergy and antiprohibition
societies are dropping away from
the cause of prohibition; the South
is tired OF prohibition, and sees in
1t nothing but. danger for its flu
ture, its independence and Its chill
dren. 1T shows that the people re-
fuse to submit to summary legisla-
ton that is opposed by the majority
OF the people.
"THE ANTI SALOON LEAGUE
WILL NEVER MAKE PEOPLE
STOP DRINKING, NOR WILL THE
LEGISLATURE AND ALL THE
POWERS ON EARTH.
Prohibition will not spread fur
Their in the South. Florida is di-
vided on the question, and is maxi
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