Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1914-06-24
PROHIBITION DOES
NOT CURE EVILS OF
OUR LIQUOR TRAFFIC

ton and Administration are
the Only Effective Methods.
Editor Review am being asked
why I don't believe In law or Prohibi-
ton as methods to destroy the liquor
traffic. Let me ask. Did law ever de-
stroy anything? 10 Is the successful
enforcement Of law that accomplishes
the fact My contention Is that you
can not successfully enforce a law
against a traffic that is so interviewer
into all the walks OF life as this traf-
flc is without thorough preparation
and organization; last is the last thing
we want instead of the first thing
When the liquor traffic is dead ]
would be willing to attempt to kin
IL by law-Law is one per cent Of gov
eminent, but the administration and
Interpretation is So per cent Of gov
eminent ] hold that so long as the
80 per cent Of government is In the
hands Of those who want the liquor
traffic to live and so long as they are
in supreme control that It is as fool
ish for us to ignore this fact and go
on with a fierce battle to obtain a
law in this state under present condl.
tions, as it would be for Carranza's
army to march ON the City of MericO
without thorough preparation and or
ganization II any one thinks that the
| liquor traffic is going to lay down and
die just because we want it to. they
are mistaken-It win put up a battle
before the election and after the cleo
ton equal to the best that man can
| devise and it can only be defeated
/ by methods Of the same kind
A few years ago the church set out
to destroy the liquor traffic and close
the saloons and have read the glow
/ ing accounts Of success, but did it
ever occur to you haw many churches
have been closed by the saloons and
how many might as well be as their
life is gone?
How did the saloons close those
churches? Not by a Prohibition law
They did it by most effective admin
! istration and educational campaign
and / am I'm favor Of adopting their
methods Leave the church, but
take the heart out" was their slogan.
| My slogan is Leave the Saloon but
take its heart out" When the saloon
has lost its hold on humanity and
! government and has more influence
than the churches have today. it will
be time enough to talk Prohibition
Let us not waste any time on prohi-
bition. Let us build our house before
we shingle f. What we want now is
an educational campaign and give
men the facts about the effect of this
/ traffic on prosperity. wages health.
insanity, Christianity and life, and by
this education followed by az friendly
administration of government the sa-
loon and liquor traffic would go back
the same road they came, but on
double quick time
How many men know that one-hfth
lof all the labor performed In produc-
ing wealth is worse than thrown away
on this traffic?
How many men know that one mill
lion men are employed In this traf
fic, and an other million are employed
filling up the holes they make and
Irighting the wrongs they do. and that
three million men are out OF work
| because the above two million men
are unproducUve labor?
How many men know that the
above five million men could De given
employment if we could induce men
to pay their money over the counter
instead Of her bar?
Men who Kick about the high cost
OF living and labor conditions and
spend their money over the bar with
fun knowledge Of the above facts
Cand we know the above facts are not
generally known ought not to pose
as a friend of better conditions.
We want administration and edu
cation along these lines nd men free
10 administer and educate and when
10 is an over, no one win object TO a
law, not even the ex.saloon men.
r. HICKMAN