Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-10
For Sunday Reading
III Sorts Of Obinions
California on Prohisi.ion.

After forty years OF agitation ard
education in favor of prohibition, says
a writer in The National Advocate
CProhibition). California is at last
lined up in "A statewide campaigns
The campaign has been on for nearly
q year. and the result Will be revealed
by the vote on election day. Nov. 5.
Victory in that state is no easy matter,
thinks this prohibition supporter. be-
cause California, with It's extensive
wine interests. including immense
vineyards large number OF high class
tourist hotels scattered turnout the
state, and the statewide interest in
the world fairs OF 1915 al both San
Francisco and San Diego. presents a
peculiar and interesting field for the
study of this problem with its
special difficulties" The key TO the
situation. in his opinion. will rest
with the women, who. having the RICH:
OF suffrage. should vote TO protect
their boys and girls from the pitfalls
and temptation OF the open saloon.
In the same journal we read an "amaz-
ing warning to the brewerIes, win
cries. and liquor dealers OF the state,
which is taken from the Sacramento
Bee. According 10 The Bee the liquor
interests face a crisis "of their own
creation, and can blame its being and
its strength on none other than them
selves" They fashioned the Frank
enstein The Bee continues, which
may pursue them to their undoing, and
they fed il until 1t grew into the mon
ster from which they run affrlghted.
Consequently in the view of this jour
nal. IF the brewery, wine, and liquor
interests OF California expect the yot-
ers TO go their way next November
they must approach them with clean
hands-clean hands which they intend
TO keep clean" and ii adds;
The Bee has no use for prohibition.
1t does not believe in it, either as Il
principle or as a policy. Ii considers
it unjust in its essence.
As u matter of equity. of democratic
and inherent right, the majority have
no more righteous authority to prevent
the minority from drinking wine or
beer-always provided it be done with
sobriety. in moderation and without
disorder-than they would have to or
der the same minority not TO smoke
cigars or TO eat pork.
But If prohibition be unjust in its
very kxrnel, it is less unjust than the
rank injustice which has so strength
eleQ 1.-THE CDInDl1d Llon Oh VINE anu
beer with boyish crime and girlish
RIGHTEOUSNESS.
IF these hellish evils are not to be
remedied-if the dive, the deadfall. the
low saloon, the wedding of liquor ant;
lus, are not TO be cast out of the traf-
fic--if it is still to continue menace
TO our boys and a lure to our girls. then
the state of California had better en-
brace prohibition as the least offending
and offensive of two evils, the milder
| injustice of two injustices.
And If the beer. wine, and liquor
interests should elect not to repent and
| reform, and still prohibition should not
win this year; or. If promising to re-
| pent and reform, they should go back
! to their evil ways, that result would be
the Dead Seas fruit of victory that
would turn to ashes on the lips, for the
battle would be renewed at the next
general election. and prohibition then
would sweep the state of California
like prairie fire.