Evening journal., 1917-10-22

TO illustrate the folly, faIlacy and In
evitable failure of prohibition when APP
Piled either to the appetites or the nat
ural rights of man.
Had God been Prohibitionist He
would have built fence around the tree.
Had God been Prohibltionist He would
have prohibited the snake
/ VIII some Dry please explain how
man happened TO fall when there was
not a single saloon in the Garden Of
Edeni Drys endepvor TO prove that
prohibition is not contrary to nature by
pointing out the evils OF intemperance
IL would be just as reasonable to at
tempt to justify infdellty, by proving the
existence of hypocrisy He will tell
you that the devil Is opposed TO prohi-
bition. This is not True Prohibition
gave the devil his first opportunity. o.
Menace to Manhood.
Prohibition is not only contrary to
reason and opposed to nature, but Il is
a menace TO the development of true
manhood. Il is only by exercising free
dom OF choice that one can develop the
faculty of self-control. Prohibition is
designed to rob man Of this freedom,
hence IL would prevent the development
of manhood's highest faculty.
You can no more develop moral force
without exercising personal liberty than
you can develop physical strength with
out exercising your muscles. You can
not more develop the faculty of self
control without freedom of choice than
you can develop mental power without
exercising your brain.
If you want to make your boy a
weakling, tie him to your prohibition
apron string. Having prevented by lack
sof exercise the proper development of the
faculty of self-control your boy is liable
TO be wrecked in the first storm that
overtakes him at sea. It may not be the
rock of incompetence upon which his
ship is wrecked, but some other He
may be driven upon the shoals and reefs
of greed, jealousy, lust or revenge, and
you may some day hear his helpless
cries that rise above the roar of the
angry pillows that engulf his hopes for
ever
The time must come in the life of each
and every boy when he must enter the
arena and single-handed and alone do
battle with the wild beasts of tempta-
ton and passion. Train him for this
fray. Build up within him a will power
that will save him in the crisis of his
life, when no fond father or loving
mother or policeman is near.
The faculty of self -contrOl-will power
which prohibition weabens-can do
more to save your boy in the battles of
life than all the muzzles and legal
straight jackets the ingenuity Of fanat-
icism can invent
We condemn prohibition-we reject it
not because we want to sell liquor,
but because prohibition in practice is u
menace TO the development of real man
hood. OF course our opponents viii at
tempt TO refute my arguments by paint
ing pitiful picture of some poor drunk
ard But it is far more important to de-
, velop real manhood in the masses than
3 "a saerihee their development in a futile
E enort TO save few weaklings.
based Upon a False Premise.
s a. S'uuiuon Is not only a menace to
1 sle development of true manhood Int
Il 80, Pnliosophy and contentious rest
I sr 49, lslse foundation When Won
rom false premise YOU NAV
}. cL,sie wise as solomon, but vour con-
l. Two ne, Eli oe erroneous. There are
|, - ~ men ~ IA the liquor business. One in
'front.' OF the bar the other botf,,a ny "a
III one OF these men Is resr.o,,N;,, "a " men
,, liquor traffic. One is tie aus a ,oi t tn
"a other the effect If the man bebinS S s .he
m bar is the cause, the liquor bnsinoss sne
ie be destroyed by voting him out III h' "a
ness. But on the other hand II NV us 4.
is' the effect and the man in front Of 49,
n bar the cause, voting him out OF b1s.ucs'
l. viii only change the channel throngl
which the demand is to be supplied.
is admit that you can vote the man be