Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-07-02
The Reed Amendment

The Reed amendment to the postoffice approprla-
ton bill which became effective yesterday VIII ana III
the prohibition law in dry territory
so that charged with introducing may be prose-
by authorities and when convicted IN
federal court the penalty imposed will be something to
be remembered. 1t will carry with it the certain
promise of something severer the next time one
bringing in intoxicating liquor for personal use would
probably not be subject to prosecution under the
amendment. His case, would come under
the state law. But the strict enforcement of the
amendment would be such effectual bar to the
introduction of liquor that business of the boot
logger would be brought vanishing point. This
amendment together with the high price OF whisky
and all spirits which will follow the enactment of
the food will leave dry territory practically
bone dry. Thus it will be proved that prohibition
does prohibit when the right kind of force is put
behind
We have come a long way in a comparatively
short time The greater part of progress in pro-
hibition has been made in unexpectedly long jump
No one could have foreseen two years ago where we
should be now, but here, by whatever means
we may have come Some of US deluding
selves with a belief that only at the further
most swing of the pendulum which must swing back
some time. But the reach made by prohibition, like
many other reforms is pendulum swing 1t is
the occupation of ground that never be surren-
dered. There never be successful reaction
against it,
The most immediate visible effect of the amend
ment will be the exclusion from considerably more
half the territory of the United States though
much less than half the population. of large num-
Der of periodicals of nationwide circulation. This
been discounted in part locally blythe
alton of the ONei passed by the legislature
which became effective nearly month ago when it
was made unlawful to print distribute publications
of liquor advertisements.
The ONeill law however affected only the distri-
button of such publications by the stands and
other means than the United States mail. The state
law could not prevent the distribution of any matter
through that medium. But it eliminated from news
stands many monthly magazines, such well known
weekly publications Puck, Judge and Life, and
scores of metropolitan newspapers. Nearly all the
publications affected eastern, published in the ter
ritory between St Louis the Atlantic
If their circulation in only two a very
few states were affected by the Reed amendment,
they would only withdraw from those states and make
no change in of their advertising. But
since they barred from twenty-three states,
is probable that of the weekly and monthly
publications will discontinue liquor advertising while
others will dry" editions for circulation in
dry" territory.
The newspapers will probably follow the example
set by many leading newspapers of the country
within the last five years and discontinue all liquor
advertising. Every respectable newspaper would have
shortly come to that if there prohibiting
it. Decency slowly forcing liquor. patent med
icine and other offensive advertising the daily
newspapers.