Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-11-21
mo Prohibition ISSUE"

prohibition is making good enough
proeress without federal aid. And
the big foundation fact of state pro-
8 hibition-that the people VINO vote
for a. closing Of the saloons are not
voting for complete abolition OF the
liquor traffic such as would be torced
by national prohibition. National pro-
hibition means prohibition OF manu-
facture$ and hence real prohibition
The immense liquor consumption OF
so-called prohibition states and the
Il constant juggling of the laws IN
sorder to permit a moderate traffic in
:. liquor for private use testify to the
unwiilingness Of the people to give up
liquor entirely. A vote for state
prohibition is only vote against
the.public sale of intoxicants; it is not
a vote against the manufacture of
liquors. -
Prohibition, even as state issue,
is purely moral There never will be
a dearth Of economic and legal issues.
least of all in 1920, when the world will
be struggling to free itself from the
burdens Of this war.
ii A moral issue in national politics is
Il unthinkable. Prohibition is destined to
play a lone hand unless, in some ma
tional emergency, it should be accepted
a. q measure of economy.-Boston
Journal,
It E apparent that a typewriter or
y typesetting machine got away and went
q on a foot in the B. j. office, for there is
no evidence of brains having directed
a machine in the above.
What dooS na,r Iiu nj
3 Hlean by good enough progress" on an
sissue that is both moral and economic?
Was slavery a moral or an economic
issue?
WasHthe lottery evil a moraf or an
I, economic issueg
J. WAit.. 'unthinkable" that the Amer
icaft1e0ple should deal with either Of
! them:
nhs immense liquor consumption of
Oscail4 prohibition states and the con-
sstaRt juggling of the laws in order to per
III fnItf moderate traffic in liquor for pri-
vate use testify to the unNilingness of
~ thA people~tO give up liquor entirely"
he liquor interests and their mouth
ID have been saying that, ever since
writer learned to read r. NJ. Gill
more md his National Model License
j aehe are saying it today. Many
speo11e believe it; it serves its purpose
y TO increase the number who order pois-
oE 4FoN the liquor centers dixie Boston
m wet teEyitory; it prolongs the life
.soethe business.
.ss Our readers will note how these in
S1egests always refer to the element that
opposes any law that restricts person
al liberty,H any law that interferes with
! the profits of the makers and sellers of
- booze they ALWAYS say the
people,"
.. The people" don't want the laws
which somebody has made, enforced.
The people" are eyer fighting to undo
the good enough progress" which
moral forces haveHrought.
The people" are the booze interests,
those who share their filthy gain in
rent money, in advertising returns, in
money for paid editorials,-and the
poor fools who think they must have
the poison. All the rest are not OF
1.-The people"
If our big city friend has never had a
suggestion that prohibition is "a meas
ure Of economy. it should open its
eyes and view the enormous amounts
Of food grains that are being convert
ed into hell-flre, while the 1.-The people,
and all the rest Of us. are paying ST. a
meal.