The Washington times., 1917-11-26

prohibition and those that advocate with fanatic zeal
Prohibition leaders treat important national ques
ton not in spirit Of calm discussion and investigation but
IN Of absolute intolerance worthy of the day when
witches were burned and when criminal not to howl
with the wolves"
The wsest move for temperance was made by the Pres
dent of the United States when his order stopped the
facte Of whsky the poison that drunkenness and
crime, and permitted the manufacture of light wines and
BEERS which worngmen demand, and which entire Euro
pean nations France Italy, and Germany and always
have used without injury.
might be taken for granted that in view Of the Pres
derts action in view of the admirable results which have
followed in New York State where drunkenness has dmi
ished already so per centwithout prohibothat proh
bon extremists would be willing to give fair trial to the
no whiskey experiment that initiated in the United
States following the Presidents wise order
Time viii be required to test the full value Of that wise
measure for real temperance.
When the manufacture of whiskey was forbidden hun
dreds Of millions Of gallons Of whskey in existence It
not felt In view Of the national financial condition that
this whskey could be wiped out Of existence its sale for
hidden, the indemnihed and the Government de-
pved Of many hundreds Of millions of in taxation
This newspaper advocated in spite Of the loss of rev.
enue that only the making Of whskey but also the
selling of whskey already made be the aco
hol used for killing Germans instead Of killing Americans.
The suggestion overruled for financial reasons and
do not question the wisdom that overruled it.
The country will not fully realize the great value Of the
Presidents action in this until the whskey accumula
ton still to be sold shall have been entirely wiped out and
no of it manufactured
The Presidents action ended the manufacture of wis
key Of which Jefferson said that it kills onethrd Of our
population and ruins their families
And the value of the law against whiskey will only be
realized when the whkey hand shall been consumed
and its manufacture sale and forever ended in this
try The nation will then appreciate the wisdom of the Pres
dent In choosing the middle course permitting the
factre of the light beer that woren use without injury
and of which Thomas Jefferson wrote in his letter to Charles
Yancsy: 49,, ,.,,.u. :. ,,..-, ,.oou,. ,ou.,,o.
ruins their families"
Already the fact that whiskey can no longer be
This fortunately has put beyond the reach of the poorer
classes excepting absolute victims OF the alconohc poison
that buy it. drug victims buy their drug whatever the
price.
In New York because of the increased price of whiske
drunkenness has diminished by half and certain institutions
maintained for the of alcoholic victims find the demand
upon their services cut In two.
This with the continued sale of light wine and beer
consumption of whiskey.
The extremists that now seek to force upon Congress
constitutional amendment that would disregard the Pres
dents decision and put all the workers of the United States
upon compulsory icewater basis acting unwsely
reckessy and with complete disregard of national
emergency the misguided female pckes that stand in
front of the White House and seek to force their will upon
the President.
These women threaten the President and demand instant
action regardless of his views utterly ungateful for the
ton extremists camor at the White House gate and swarm
about the Capitol demanding that THEY M SHALL BE
the Presidents wise action and absolutely ungraefu for the
magnificent service he rendered real temperance in stopping
the manuacCure OF great
Democrat Jefferson, advocated earnestly than
hundred years ago.
The successful conduct of the war depends upon THOR
OUCH EFFICIENCY OF WoRKMEN.
The millions of workers in States like New York Massa-
chusetts Illinois and New Jersey not drunkards that
need to be controlled or that will tolerate arbitrary control
at the hands of prohibition minority however sincere
The probtOnsts that seek to force prohibition con-
stitutiona amendment upon the country this time act in
disregard of the nations welfare threaten to spread dan
perous and justified dissatisfaction among millions Of work
r and what is far serious interfere with and
the wise step toward real temperance advocated by Jer
co and realized in the Presidential action that eliminated
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