The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-14

largely by appeal and education. We
all prefer to lead the intending viola
tor of the law TO see the error OF his
way. before he becomes a yiolator.
rather b to prosecute him as a vio-
lator. All of us would rather see the
intending purchaser come TO know
that he can do without strong drink.
and be better off without it-that he
can save his money. conserve his
health-than TO see him an alder and
abettor to crime. or an unwilling wit
ness against the man who, in viola
uon OF law, sold the liquor.
A Warning.
However. IL men will not listen to
appeals, then they must suffer the
penalties of the law. Moreover. any
man who patronizes the bootlegger. or
encourages the bootlegger. is in the
same river. IL o the same boat. with
the b~ootlegger. There are those who
express the e hat the strict en-
torcement OF the prohibitory laws will
cause he state again TO be wet"
doubtless some are and sin
cere In such expressions: but many
al not most of them were formerly
saloon-keepers. bar-tenders, or voted
wet in the election OF 1912. But the
law must be enforced. not because IL
is a prohibition law. but because it is
the Law.
An Understanding.
Let us all understand one another
me people OF this state. when they
voted Tor statewide prohibition. meant
that prohibition should apply to an citt-
zens alike-good as well as bad. rich as
WI as poor. Now A. behooVes all citi-
hens' IN particular. to help enforce the
ne Is. or his good faith in tho premises.
goes TO an outside liquor dealer and pur-
Shases liquor. let him remember that he
= POSSESSED OF an article that the boot
legger and dive-keeper. under pretense
81 having Tor personal use. Is likewise
Dilnsing INTO the state, II the good cit
oy OFFICERS OF the law. for a bootlegrer-
~ Is because the citizen has in his pos
session the same article that the boot
get into the state.
Products Left the state.
~ recognized. OF course. that there
; predlsposiuon 10 strong drink on the
part OF the offspring OF the tnebrfate.
II Is recognized that the man addicted 10
strong drink may become. and does be-
come. It's slave. and unless he arouses
himself and strikes for freedom before
700 late. Will die the slave Of the Master
slave to escape before the Master has
pound him hand and foot-and Indeed in
the last fifteen months hundreds of for
mer slaves OF she Master Drink In Nest
virginia, have been freed from their
shackles-and better yet. young men
coming on IN the state have been spared
Master Drink.
While the prohibition amendment
ana laws in support thereof rid the
state or the saloon. they did not i'm
medlately relieve the state OF the pro-
ducts OF the saloon-crirninals. degener-
ates. grafters. Indifferent public ofi-
Gals. bhnd police. mayors. either With
Wet convictions and connections. or IL
not wet. without courage to enforce the
law. and morally stunted cfttzens-uro-
ducts created and left by the outlawed
saloon. II will take time. patience. per
lseverence and determination 10 relieve
the state Of such products. For nfty
years this fair state surrendered its
men. young and old. to the saloon IN
exchange for the sO-cailed revenue OF
the saloon-and the state has the pro-
duct OF the saloon-she reaps that she
soWed. And nov the state cannot