St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-06-06

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useless manufacture of alcohol,
back into the marts 4 necessary
trade and food prediction. with
which to supply the people saved
from alcoholic deaths; employ
the 1000, 900 who were unem-
ployed, but would then be en-
ployed to help supply the extra
demand Of all these, besides that
of the IS, 900, 900 drinkers who
then would spend their whole
earnings for more substantial
things pretending d life, health
and pursuit Of happiness; turn
all Of these brewerAs, distilleries
and vintages back into lines OF
of useful production and their
operators into producers instead
of destroyers; and at the same
time get over ST., 600, 600, 900
more tax than we now receive at
one half of present assess
ment; / do not believe in light OF
these facts that we have any
cause for worry about the out
come of a problem that is caus-
ing so many nightmares amoung
our overanxious statesmen. DO
you?
THE N IN SIGHT.
Now a word as to how near
we are to the end of the fight
and I will close. On Jan. LIST,
1913 we had over 70 per cent OF
Of the total area of the nation
under prohibitory law, and over
S. per cent of our population liv-
ing therein; over 60 per cent OF
our voters in favor of prohibition
anyway they can get it, (only
some have not moral courage to
assert themselves on account OF
their business) while so per cent
of those who vote for ope saloon
are disguised with the business
and will vote for its extirmina-
ton; they only vote for the
saloon because they feel they are
losers through operation Of
blind tigers who pay no
license.
You can readily see by this
dear friends that it only depends
upon how soon we induce Con-
gress to pass the Shepard-Hob-
son bill on to us to vote on, for
our country to be free from the
carnival Of misery and debauch-
cry, and to assist you to see that
we are close to the end I quote
an excerpt from the National
Liquor Dealers Journal which
says:
1.-THE arguement that prohi-
bition does not prohibit is merely
one of expendiency; it is neither
moral nor ethical. If no better
reason can be presented by the
friends of the alcoholic liquor
trade, their discontinue is sure"
The same organ seeks to rally
the liquor forces to renewed
battle by disclosing a situation
they admit means certain death
to them if victory goes to
the temperance people, It says:
The united forces of the op-
position will strive to write pro-
hibition Of the manufacture, i'm
portation, and sale of alcoholic
liquors into the federal Consti-
tuition. IF they succeed, it is
the death-knell Of the liquor
business as a recognized in
dustry.
Can they succeed?
To amend the Constitution re-
quires the ratification of three
fouths of the States, or thirty-six
of our fourty-eight common
wealths. Nine of these are now
entirely in the prohibition col
umn, and eighteen more are
in major area and policy under 10
cal prohibition laws; it will not be
difficult to swing these eighteen
into line if the question of ma
tional prohibition is raised, but
irritation aroused by inefficiency
of local or even State prohibition
turns the mind and purpose
of its friends to a national policy
with the strength of the whole
government behind; thus we
may safely count on twenty
seven States as sure to ratify
the national amendment; nine
more are needed, and judging
from recent experience, especial
" the West Virginia case, the
possibility TO get them is not a
s,1nnrhrman task