The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-02-05
FACING TRIAL.

The following from The National Ii
quor Dealers Journal, the organ Of the
liquor interests of America, is one Of
the most remarkable arrangements Of
the liquor traffic, considering the
source, that has ever been made pub.
lie.
Says The National Liquor Dealers
Journal:
"A truthful statement Of how mat.
tiers stand publicly on the great liquor
question: look at things as they are
! 1T is alwas best for normal people
to hook at things as they are. Reality,
may be obscure to the sick or feeble.
minded in certain circumstances, but
deception is a poor evidence of friend.
ship Partnership with blinded eyes
only leads the way to ruin, and self.
deception is the worst of all.
LET us look at things as they are,
and in the face of the enemy dare to
consider and concede their strength.
Knowing his plan of battle we can
! better arrange our forces for his de-
feat; rightly estimating his strength
we can better provide to meet it.
"The prohibition fight henceforth
will be nationwide, and contemplates
writing into the national constitution
a prohibition Of the manufacture and
sale of all alcoholic beverages. To &C.
complish this result will acquire the
ratification Of thirty-six out Of the
forty-eight states in the union.
"Of these nine are already in line
through state prohibition - Maine
Kansas, North Dakota. Oklahoma,
Mississippi, Georgia, Tennessee, North
Carolina and West Virginia. The last
five have been added within period
of six years.
In addition to these there are
eighteen states in which a major part
of the people live In territory made
dry by local option, In which We may
be assured prohibition sentiment pre-.
dominates.
III the people In these states who
are opposed to the liquor traffic de-
mand it their legislatures viii un.
doubleday ratify a national amend
ment.
when the people decide that It
must go it will be banished.
1.-THE most Influential argument
against prohibition is that 1t is not ef-
fective; that prohibition don't prohib-
It.
This is not basic or moral; the fact
of failure to enforce is no argument
against even the expediency; much
less against the moral issue involved.
ultimately all questions must be
settled by moral standards; only in
this way can mankind be saved from
self effacement. The liquor traffic can
not save itself by declaring that gov
eminent is incapable Of coping with
its problem it presents; when the peo-
pie decide that It must go IT will be
Lanshed.
I'VE are not discussing the benefit
or Justice or prohibition, but it's pos
sibilitiy and its probability In present
circumstances.
ITO us there Is the handwriting on
the wall, and its Interpretation spells
doom. .n...
For this the liquor business is to
blame; it seems incapable Of learning
any lesson Of advancement or any mo-
tive but profit.
ITO perpetuate itself It has formed
alliance with the slums that repels' an
conscientious and patriotic citizens.
1T deliberately aids the most cor
rupt political powers and backs with
all of its resources the most unworthy
men, the most corrupt and recreant
officials. It does not aid the publfca-
ton of municipal, state or national
administration.
why?
Because It has to ask immunity for
its own lawlessness.
"That this condition is Inherently
and inevitably necessary we do not
believe but it has come to be fact,
and the public, which is to pass on the
matter in it's final analysis, believe
anything bad that anybody can tell it
of the liquor business.
why? Let the leaders of the traf-
f1c answer.
"Other lines Of business may be as
bad or even worse, but it is not so
plainly In evidence.
'The case Of the liquor traffic is
called for adjudication by the Ameri-
can people and must be ready for trial,