Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-07-20
STATE WIDE PROHIBITION.
Should the Principle of CURLING the Saloon
In Maine Be Rejected or Retained.

Retain 1t. / say IN large letters.-Geo.
McKechnie. Lumber Mgr. Princeton,
July 10. 1911.
1t seems like time wasted To answer
such query. OF course, we shall
continue prohibition. Railroads, steam
boat companies, business men every
where demand it. No one thinks of
going back To the dark ages.-U. A.
Game station Agent, West Kenne-
bunk, July II, 1911.
have had ten years intimate eXper
fence in connection with the granting
Of liquor licenses under a local option
law In Massachusetts, and | am in ia
vor of Statewide prohibition Of the
saloon in Maine.--Frank w. Searle,
NJ. ID, Portland, July IA, 1911.
nseparably identified with the prog
ress OF the temperance reform and of
vital import to the best interests of
the state is the maintenance and en-
forcement of the principle of prohibi-
ton, wide.-Maj. II. A. Shorey,
Editor Bridgton News. Bridgton July
49, 1911.
From my experience through my
many trips, business and otherwise,
am convinced that prohibition here in
Maine eurtails the sale of liquor and
the amount of drunkenness to a great
degree.-F. d. Folsom. Pres F ID.
Folsom Co, Portland. July 10, 1911.
| believe in State wide prohibition
rigidy enforced as the only means to-
stop this unnecessary production of
paupers. criminals, lunatics and worth
less humanity that follows the saloon.
r. NJ. Johnson. Treas Johnson Bros.
Shoe Mfg. Co. Hallowell. July Is, 1911.
Compare the workers fer the reten-
ton of the Maine law with those who
are working for it's overthrow. Learn
of their respective value in times past
in the great fight, always on for bet
ter things; then judge which side YOU
will line up with.-Farmingto Chron-
icle, July II, 1911.
The voters of Maine are being ap-
pealed to by the advocates of license
To cast their ballots in September for
the repeal of the prohibitory amend
| ment, | confidently hope that this ap-
peal will not prevail-Ralph W
| Crockett, former County Attorney,
Lewiston, July Is. 1911.
1t makes it harder for the liquor
dealers to get around the law in the
constitution than any other way.
Wherever the prohibitory law has
been enforced in this State, it has
shown beneficial results Non-enforee-
| ment of the law brings it into con-
tempt-W V. knight, Hardware,
Westbrook, July II. 1911.
am in favor of the retention of the
prohibitery amendment, partly he
cause the advocates for its repeal
wish to secure some form of license
instead | believe there is more graft
connected with the licensing of saloons
than in all other municipal depart
ments combined-K c. Gray, Banker,
Madison, July 10, 1871.
So far as my personal views and
| proposed action are concerned, or may
| be OF interest l intend to vote in
September for the retention Of the
| prohibitory amendment, and shall do
! this because | believe that vote TO
that end is the best contribution /
can make to the moral. social and
! economic welfare of Maine-Winiam
| t Cobb. former Governor. wholesale
| grocer, Rockland, July IS, 1911.
am a Christian man | will not
| vote to sanction and further that
which destroys party. blights homes
ruins lives. makes drunkards, fills
| 1alls. almshouses ana asylums and
sends people out of this world unpre-
pared for the great issue of eternity
David n. Beach. Pres. Bangor Theo-
logical Seminary, Bangor July Il, 1911
| After having lived in Maine for over
| eighty years, under both license and
| prohibitory laws, / do not hesitate to
say that ] believe prohibition is far
| better Tor the cause of temperance and
| the general interests of our State than
| Incense in any form.-R w Lord
| Irvine Mgr. Kennebunk July L.. 1911.
| To leealize tne saloon makes the
state a partner in a traffic which pau
perizes and criminalizes its citizens.
| IL places the State under wrongful
obligations to the traffic 1t puts the
| liquor business into politics" in
worse shape than prohibition does. It
makes the liquor traffic more attrac-
| tive and greatly increases the sale
and consumption Of its goods.-Geo. l..
Crosraan, Mgr. Box Shocks. Portland.
Slavery, prostitution and drunken
ness are all the crimes that have ever
been licensed in the United States. All
other crimes are, and always have
been, wholly prohibited Maine is one
of the few states that totally prohibits
all crimes and ii would be a discredit
to our good nan e if our people ever
vote 20 license any criminality.-C. 6
Griffin. Sec. Board of Health, LAWYER
kingman. July Is, 1911
Compiled by H. N Pringle)