Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-10-06

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BOTH ARE IGNORED IN THE FRAMING OF STATEWIDE PROHIBITION LAWS.
ST st ts , cs of G~.n i a s2a n, delivered a Sunday, January s"% Shb 1915 in Central Church.
u. Until Until we 1 are a people who an have some such consideration for the rights and
self interest is touehedv e have absolutely no ground Of security for business ad PROF.
t9 of o Others 6 $: SOL. long" .n as i d does n t ts%sh their W materials sfintsrs s,i The n idea %s
property and cuisines. rights 0 a group Of their fenovmsn ad next y~r nun around
an eS sadsnss of inds corruption I'm the minds Of The pubic that nus dAres~ds the
"A recent act of the Iowa LEGISLATURE will or the first of next January destroy ut
Ses d n sps2 b%t VI p" de eS' business 0b h sss' conducting %%a m Siif s eaS s1 ud %F { ne. sn "t%@' of
e% tn h "a in pSay to- Of s% Ms @i n pu %n%y spirit Sr 's s sa as"es ss %S in Pt as adeH fy %d happiness n%p eS
Of '" sThs aei s n %'e oasr eVHed Of s s% ns pfi n Ge WY %fG ni s ~o%d c di thus with its
sthen nn5 here here declare are til THAT 1.-THE there 81 is s no reason ion for for the m fonas sah %s of property pro- 10Th of these
public feeling at an moment or political intrigue SHAH give my group Of our people
any time turn against the minority and do to them what we please
% %ss :s% sss. S s;% ss5 s%s:s $; ;T S: %s%;:s ,: am :; . N; a ;ss: T 5s1 s:s;;: :S that S
mmts for the saloon have no weight with me: But thu conascadon of property which
to ow institutions than dunReness ! Know perfectly well that any legislative act may
fuent matter from the ruthless and wholesale destruction Of property ad Occupations
society what it costs then let society prove the sincerity of its faith by sharing with
Strangely enough. the people who framed and aherdd the prohibition law which,
is low being sought to infictu upon Montana though prOhsedy actmted by a desire to
smss to hys snd rstrs oyP1oehs' u the p% TAI R%,s sion s%attatasnn1tt federal d: as and state eonsd"r
In almost identical language the constitutions of the United States ad of the State
ot MGnt1 nroe ps%d ia 1a THAT n he ,Pes oon sM4 bs deprived deprived Sr of hso Liberty s, PIP property Dy with
~y shall be taken OF damaged for public or private ua without just compensation"
The prohibition law nov submitted in this state absolutely ignores these plain pro-
power of thu state, shall constitute a Judicial proceeding wherein the owner % =" of Prps
s t%r is nc a Offered d" an e, opportunity unit c to- defend fedd his m1 rights d before ia, a "t and impartial
the contrary
Investment aggegahng ten millions of dollars in legal and legitimate enterprises all
over this state will ere rendered absolutely vduekSst through the operation of the "dy'
law, and the fact that n provision has enm made giving any compensation whatever for
the damages sustained through their action brands the prohhhoniss as the only class
of people n this country who advocate destruction of property without making some sort
of restitution therefor
In strong and striking conhaSt with tsa attitude of Indifference and inihreh Nv fn
omoters of this vicious measure is the achon of the French vernme which at me
beginning of the pr@ent European war; prohibited the manufactured or sale of absinfhe
the natonh drink in that country yet as these manufactures had been estbihed and
maintained under governmental authority, that government very promptly and propnlv
proc@dedto render jutc compensation fora Ill losses sustained as a rsuH of its probIbi
tive faction. and thereby furnished anotbe example O the integrity ad tairlnindednss
of the French people. Even warning nations compensated the citizens of neutral countries
frp property destroyed Why lot peaceful states?
At the time the idqitous dry" law went into effect in Washington state there
we're our large brewenes in Spokane, which costa approximately s2OOOOOO and all #
which were conducted strictly within the provisions of the statutes then in force inchd-
ms the payment of substantial revenues into the state teasury. Today those meatp prom
rites are practically vaIueess Their extensive pvenuesa md payroDs are inos0 te
past and every person formerly connededw with them is a heavy oar.
Do YOU suppose the baterkit ant professional parasites o are rsnonsIJa for
tse conditions in every city in the state aref lied with even a hn regrets at the appau-
ing losa nd .rMk injustice their folly and fanactcsn have brought upon reputable ci-
zens all overt the state wo DIN good faith invested their money in what were pefecHv
lawful enterprises giving employment to large amounts of capital md Ibor?
And what have tse people gained through all the wreck ad ruin they have
wrought other peoples busness? Not thing OIL earth except fat saaresn fol the law
of graft They have moi stopped drinking They have stopped the spending of local
money in their w states and diverted it intoc channels that benefit other states. Thew
have simply exchanged the T fol teb ootegger and left the industries of the state
poor and PROSTATE They have 10 judgmentc conscience 10 sense of ushce. NJ broad
liberal gasp of social or economic conditions: n 70 PROPERTY to be txed NJ huInesso Of