Iditarod pioneer., 1914-11-14
THE PROHIBITION MOVEMENT

The wave of prohibition sentiment which has just cunnated the addition several those already prohibiting law the uactre and sale of alcoholic beverages but the of what gradually being accepted by those who keep touch with current events as nevtabea when the liquor traffic will be ouda"ed throughout the length and breadth of the land
 The crusade against the liquor traffic old the rafc itself Ancient and modern literature filled with the admontons ot the sages against the of mtoxcant In spite ot these teachings IS noteworthy that only those lands where the o alcoholic smuans religious doctrine the of alcoholism absent or least negligible has been often sad that the seeming sane
 of the of the rites of the Christian churches has worked the encouragement of the of noxcan to extent and the fact that Biblical showed its the followers o Christ and his disciples served to nuly the teaching o abstinence the most devou On the other hand the n hbon of the of noxcan by the Mohammedan regon has been the of making of the Turks and their corgonss markably abstemlou people,
 In the United States the crusade against the liquor traffic has under several phases prior present apparently victorious onrh Generations ago the temperance lecturer with fantastic eoqence and by the aid of horrible sometimes mpersonated by the lecturer himself appealed the emotions o certain e and these furnished rule the anaca element of the movement The Womens Christian Temperance Unon by its persistent against the evil and because of the bright minds responsible tor enstng the crusade may claim large share o the credit for the of the The Good lears seldom heard o large factor in the fight because nsted the minds of the young mpreonabe the evil results following the incorporate of alcohol Another factor the the Demon Rum the liquor themselves Their arrogant of political machinery theng schemes tor the advancement o he opened the eyes thousands to the proh from the people, and their corruption of legislative bodies and cleo aroused But of these the dominant of the accepted defeat of the liquor interests What will the battle eventually reasoning from which the dedu
 ton has been gradually drawn that the liquor evil must be destroyed by the evil will Tn a measure destroy humanity.
 When the stacan appeared advocate not of temperance on but of total prohibitions when shown that startling cenage of the and alarming of the insanity lent the civilized world to the effects ot acoho
 when demonstrated that mans usefulness decreased portion the manufacture and sale of smuans of alcoholic ure when impressed upon the minds of the people that the of $2 l6o356695 spent single the United States for spirits malt liquors and without beneficial unhen and until then awakened the knowledge that the liquor problem economic we'll moral The houses and correctional institutions largely for the of of the traffic alcoholic stmuants and the fact that alcohol gadu ally undermining the of the aoke the minds of think ing people realization that too high tor the
 rights of the people.
 Many men there who will regret the private rights by government and will epoe condition which makes impossible the enjoyment of social glass whenever inclined But when all