Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1912-12-20
TT Ne Liquor Question

at must be controlled by law in other words it is
b every state recognized an outlaw, cause
hat. If left uncontrolled, would send the country
md all the people to predition in a surprisingly
short time so~,e willingly, others forcibly
Just at tLss time the question is being discus
scd quite generally by the papers throughout the
state. and is the result of the evident unsuccess
sful operation of the recently-created state law
(which isssupposed TO control the traffic in intox
Giants but which has far resulted in almost total
failure. and, in many ways, has made conditions
worse than they formerly were before the law was
passed.
Speaking Of the matter, the Juab County
Times Of Neph. says that more liquor is sold in
Nephi and more DRINKS are TO be seen on the
streets now than before the law went into effect.
II suggests that the law be repealed the officers
take more determined steps to enforce It.
The Times infers the lax enforcement of the
laws and the leniency shown by the courts of the
county, having reference doubtless to the city
courts, before which most Of the liquor cases are
tried, is the prime cause of most of the illicit
liquor selling and crime in that county and says
that consequence Juab county lis an easy place
Tor criminals" We sympathize with the Times in
It's efforts TO improve conditions and trust that
betterresults may follow its campaign for more
rigid enforcement of the laws. IL is bad thing
being an easy place for criminals and we trust Juab
county may remove this unenkious distinction.
The papers OF Kanab are greatly exercised
oyer the liquor siasEsion and hpths are taking the
Is he officers. and Incidentally the people of
= RIie county to task for the conditions as they
1vebecome at the present time. In recent issue
the independent stated that ir one shipment
single individual received fifty gRllons of whisIey
but because sthe city marsha confcated the
liquor. objection was wade TO the procedure itlbe-
ing declared unlawful.
The News in its last i sue refers TO the matter
of the amountsf liquor being receiRed by indvsa-
uals of Kanab and states that ~ the general
election two yeass ago bat three votes were cast
in opposition TO une proposed measure. and sug-a
gests thai ''severAl of the sry voters must have
pretty wet throats," ind finds cause far alarm i'll
il requires enough liquor fer three wet votes TO
intoxicate band Of mules" The News is quite
right There is something wrong when all the |
citizens of community excepting only three de.
clare in favor of thehw. and following its enact
ment. liquor should be consumer in such sarprs-
ingly large quantities.
Cedar City Is in condition similar to thu of
other towns We are advised that at the time ahe 4
voters of this city were given an opportunity to e
press themselves all but tsAirty-four opposed the
sale of liquor. AT this time several months after{
the law went into effect the surreptihous sale Off
liquor in Cedar City has reached poim where it
is positively disgraeefrL Only a few days since
business man said that the sale of liquor had be-
come so general that at the present time there
are at least thirty-four who are selling liqSor in
violation Of the law, or as many in the busisIess
of illicit selling rs there votes cast in fSSor
of regulated sale,
The national liquor dealers association is maxi
ing desperate efforts to destroy the effect of the
law, whatever they may have been, by flooding
the country with liquor advertising. In this city
business men who never touch liquor young men
and even bishops, are constantly ANNOYED with of
fers to sell liquor at special rates and ship il by
express in any quantity desired The Record is
being besejged with offers to run liquor advertis-
ing but so far have ignored all propositions of
tais nature. although the compensation would be
liberal and sure, So long as local concerns mani
fest proper interest in the work We are doing \
we shall neyeF permit liquor dealers to use these