Evening journal., 1912-08-16
PLEA FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

PLEA FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. I
Editor of THE EVENING JOUR- |
NAL:
Sir: Will you please allow me space
in your valuable paper. thank you
for past fayors ! saw in Tuesdays
EVENING JOURNAL the article by
William G. Moeller, in reply would
say have no fault TO find with the
Prohibition party. He says the Pro-
hbition party has made wonderful
progress in the last eight years, and
what puzzles him is that the sale Of
malt liquors in the United states has
increased. That is not the fault Of
prohibition. When the laws are made
then it is the duty of the officers OF
! the law to see that the law is car
ried out, but when the officers of the
! law do not enforce the law, then the
! speakeasies open, and il Is no Won
/ der the sale of malt liquors increases.
But If the law was enforced in the
prohibition and local option states
and towns, there would be quite
difference For Illustration, the pro-
hibition island OF Iceland, has no iails,
no penitentiary, there is no court and
only one policeman. Not drop OF
alcoholic liquor is made on the is
land. It's $4,000 people are total alb
stainers, since they will not permit
any liquor to be imported There is
not an illiterate person on the island,
not child ten years old unable to
read; the system of public schools
is practically perfect Most Of the
improvements are due to the abolition
of the liquor traffic and prohibition
of all alcoholic beverages, in their
compact little island Of the North.
No Increase Of the sale of malt Ii
auors in this island has occurred be-
cause the law was enforced. They
had officers who saw that the law
was enforced, and prohibition is all
right. think | have showed you
where the wrong is. l never read
where the Great Physician, Jesus,
said that the drinking of water in
excess was extremely more harmful
than beer, and till / did | would not
believe II, and no other Christian
would believe it,
I never heard of men drinking wa
ter to such an excess that it turned
them crazy, robbing them Of their
intellect and all that was good, pure
and holy, that God gave them. But
have Of malt liquors. have read
of other eminent physicians ana
trained nurses who said, If people
would drink more water they would
not be so nervous. Nearly all doc
tors will recommend one who Is sur
fering from nervous prostration or
nervous exhaustion to drink lots ot
water between meals. Those who
need not come under the care of a
physician would look and feel bet
ter II they would drink at least a
quart of water during the day. Those
who know say that water is a nerve
food and that it has a distinctly
soothing effect when slipped gradually
Water drunk slowly and gradually
has somewhat the same quality as
deep breathing. / never read oil
heard where a physician recommend
cd drinking beer or any other intox.
icating liquors for nervous prostra-
tion. Instead of beer or any intOx-
icating liquors being good for the
nerves. in thousansd of cases il has
deprived some of or best merchants
and others OF their nerves and made
them physical wrecks. I never read
or heard of water doing this for any.
body. II men drank more water and
no intoxicating liquors. there would
be no broken-hearted mothers and
fathers, no broken-hearted wives ano
no half-starved children, but on the
other hand their homes would b'
homes of happiness, the wives and
children would be we'll fed and
clothed. Water never made mel
stagger along the streets drunk or
Sunday. and blaspheme the name o.
the Holy God on Sunday, the day
above all other days, that ought tC
be kept holy. But malt liquor does.
Why should these speakeasies be al
lowed to dispose OF malt liquor oil
Sunday ! have never been able Z
understand. Men have six days II
, the week to booze in II they want to
When the saloons have to close OF
Sunday, why not the speakeasies
There ought to be Law to compe
! them to keep closed on Sunday. an,
J every other day. and If they did not
none Of the punishments you speal
Of would be severe enough. hop