The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-02-22
papers, from which / will quote a

papers, from which l will quote
few items.
The chief organ of the distillers,
published in Chicago, says: ''We
must get together and fight as one,
if we don't we are lost, and our
business will perish in the great
American desert of prohibition"
And this outcry is echoed in such
other organs as the American
Wine Journal" ''The Western
Brewers" ''The Brewers Jour-
nal'' makes this remark: I'VE
must pay more attention to the
young boys and create their appe-
tite early, if we do not want to see
our ruin" The wine and Spirit
Journal" in Boston, sends out
this appeal to their helpers: ''Try
and induce the mothers to mix
wine in the milk that they give
their children so as to create an
appetite early" After all this
going on. is there a wonder that
people want this business abolished?
If any one can find solid comfort
in the state elections, it is surely
the prohibitionists and the anti
saloon groups. As a result of
their efforts four more states have
been made dry" by constitutional
amendment; and two states will no
doubt be added to the dry COL
umn during this year by legislative
enactment.
Michigan went dry" by a ma
jority of over $4,000, if I remem-
ber right; and the city of Detroit
itself seemed to vote against liquor.
In Michigan also local option
amendment to the constitution ad-
vocated by the liquor interests
was defeated by over 100000.
Montana went dry by over 10000;
Nebraska went dry by over rs, 900.
South Dakota likewise joined the
dry column with a large majority.
The two states that are expected to
60 dry by legislative enactment
during this year are Utah and
Florida, both of which will have
dry legislatures and dry governors.
All this points to the fact that the
time is not far distant when it is
wholly abolished. There are 2,543
counties in the United States, and
of these 2,543 counties, 2,O47 were
voted dry before the 7th of Novem-
ber last, when 191 counties we're
added to the dry column; this gives
us only 3O5 wet counties in the
whole country. Half of the states
of the Union are now prohibition
states. That is to say, they have
adopted state wide prohibition
laws. The purpose of these laws
are not only to abolish the sale of
liquor within the states that have
outlawed the traffic, but to stop
the consumption of liquor as far as
that is possible.
] will name the states that have
adopted constitutional and state
wide prohibition:
Alabama-Pr Prohibition laws we're
made January %, 1915; went into
effect July 1, 1915.
Arizona Constitutional prohibi-
tion was made November 3, 1914;
went into effect January 1, 1915.
Arkansas State wide prohibi-
ton was made February 5, 1915;
went into effect January 1, 1916.
Colorado Constitutional prohi-
bition was made November 3, 1914;
went into effect January 1, 1916.
Georgia-State wide prohibition
was made on August 5, 1907, and
went into effect on January 1,
1908.
Idaho-State wide prohibition
was made February 25, 1915. and
went into effect January 1, 1915.
Iowa-State wide prohibition
was made February 25, 1915; went
into effect January l 1916.
Kansas Constitutional prohibi-
tion since 1880.
Continued next week.