The Detroit times., 1914-04-27

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/ in that it says that men must be muz-
zled 70 prevent them from making
swine of themselves. But the prom
I bitionists might as we'll say that they
can tell you what you must drink, as
, 20 tell you what you cannot drink
They would make monkeys OF you,
| The great American tenet that an
! men are equal does not-refer 10 physl.
I cal. mental or moral equality. put 10
| equal right TO life, and you can nave
/ life without liberty. and you can nave
I prohibition and liberty Liberty PET
sonal liberty, means progress snow
me something of the great m9rch OF
| progress, the flying machine, the NOV .
| ing picture, and-l will show. YOU a sllllu
oS freedom. but mention'prohiotleh'
and ypu hear the clank.of chains tue
&@tEs5 sS polioe sticks, s.s-ts
"Tte whole pHhibItien e9nient'oA
| is aimed at the wrong man, the man
behind the bar, Suppose nobody cam.
| to the bar. the bar would 90 out OF
business, but you can't put the man
| I'm front out OF business when he can
erect a still in his own kitchen and
can bootleg among his neighoors II
there are no saloons
prohibition is an immoral PROPOSE
ton" the speaker continued. II you
take purse, it's theft. IN you take
my life, it's homicide II you take my
INTERMEDIATES prohibition And you
can't pray loud enough. or pile up olE
enough majorities TO make right the
J eontiscation of saloon property undei
| prohibition. The Socialists would con
fscate the property Of capital. ano
they are nearer right than the Prom
| bitionsts.
! you can't be moral. in Gods eyes
and take my property, or that when
| prize. personal liberty. Prohibition
/ carries a dagger for the heart or per
sonal liberty. the basis OF all morality
| And prohibition Is a failure. ~ II
| powerless to prevent intemperance
II man wants a drink, and there II
no saloon, he will get mail order
| liquor. or Is bootleggets will be Oh
mis- trail 10 give him drink You car
take liquor away from man, but yol
can't take man away from liquor
Close the saloon, and you convert inc
heer.drinker TO the whisky-drinker
/ You stop him from buying liquor II
hye-cent and ten-cent doses, and NJ
! will buy IL wholesale, and drink I
Wholesale"
Then the speaker marshalled an ar
ray OF figures. He said that oefor'
! 1850. when prohibition FIRST became
an issue, the per capita consumption
OF LIQUOR was two gallons. II rose eact
! 10 years by leaps and bounds until. II
! 500, Il was Is gallons per capita, anC
now is almost % gallons per capita
He declared that prohibition cru
sades had forced Pensioners from
church and designated prohibition al
] a menace 10 the churches. To sup
| port that contention he said that II
dry Kansas. 2S per cent OF the popuia
! ton are church members, and In we
New York, As per cent are churct
members He said that ministers wht
ordered their parishioners 10 vote
| dry. or resign from the church, are
driving away worshipers. To supper
his contention tnat prohibition Is un
Christian n speaker referred u
many pass in the Bible wher'
wine was not only condoned, but rec
commended.
Yea cant be Christian and try e
prohibit something that the Lord did.
was one OF his picturesque statements
In his address, Mr.. Brubaker said
Prohibition doesn't mean local op
] ton, or license. or segregation. or an,
OF those things. IL is a great politica
question. and to make the liquor cusi
ness not a business, but crime, We
must put a party In political power q
make Il so"
He congratulated Mr.. Windle for hii
courage In defending the liquor traffic
which is not popular, and is gettinl
more and more unpopular every day
The liquor traffic" he continued
is responsible for a vast amount o
poverty. AFFECT poverty such as 4
CAUSED BY drink, Is ruin, and becomes
not only burden to the country, bu