Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-08-28
W CT. u. COLUMN
(1tems furnished by the Press Re.
preventative OF the local Woman's
Christian Temperance Union.)
Reasons for Raflfvlnn

preventative OF the local Woman's
Christian Temperance Union.)
Reasons for RatlfyIna.
u, Among seven reasons given by
" wy q. Wheeler, counsel for thu
Aat!.oa!oon league, why states should
these: uAe"' are
"A national evil requires q nationa,
remedy Our interstate relations and
tne inherent, vicious character NJ Tia
tramc make it national evil. The al.
coeol1c may drink liquor in one state
ana commit crime or become a nnhlic
cnarse IN another. The remedy must
pe as rar-reaching as the evil. State
boundaries are not adequate barriers
20 moral contagion and no state. care
less IN such matters, should be- mar.
mltted to dump its DRINKS and other
oeiencts over the border line for a
nelgnDor1ng state to care for.
II VIII result In team work between
Tue state and nation in dealing with
me aquor traffic. The dry states are
nandlcapped In their effort to enforce
pron1o1tlon as long as the federal GOV.
ernment continues to collect revenue
from, and recognize the outlawed-traf.
nc In, such states, National prohibi-
ZION un1tes the state and federal gov.
eminent In common policy for the
public good.
The purposes of the federal govern
ment can be more easily consummated
under national prohibition. One Of the
fundamental purposes of the federal
constitution is ito promote the general
welfare" The courts tell us this means
to protect public health and public
morals. The liquor traffic undermines
or destroys both. We cannot carry ont
the fundamental purpose of our gov
eminent If we foster, protect and en-
courage cr1me-producing business, like
the beverage liquor traffic.
What Nationwide Prohibition Means.
From the noise that is made about it
among the vets, one might think pro-
h1b1t1on meant murder.
It doesn't.
1t simply means more food, and that
means lower food prices.
1t means more efficient labor. and
that means greater output, and that
means lower prices again.
1t means that the men who are. now
making beer and whisky will begin to
make the equivalent of what they con-
sumo, and that, again, means lower
prices for you.
1t means more car space for legiti.
mate commodities, and that means
faster handling of freight, and that
means lower prices.
It means more ship tonnage to be
used in transporting materials for our
boys in France and for our allies, and
that means not only lower prices for
our allies, but the lives of American
boys saved for America.
Incidentally, it means less crime,
and that means less taxes. It means
less pauperism, and that means less
taxes. It means less insanity, and
that means less taxes. It means less
disease and death, and that menas in
finite myriads of things for the good
old U. S. Aboard of Temperance,
Methodist Episcopal Church.
Compensation for the Brewers.
AS an example of how a brewery
plant may become a constructive in
stead of destructive agency-a "win-
the-war" aid-we mention the Belling.
ham (Wash.) brewery This is now
owned by the Royal Dairy Products
company and is equipped as a con.
densery and cold storage plant. Many
similar cases might be cited. In wet
states, also, brewers, seeing the sure
approach of prohibition, are remodel
ing their plants for better and bigger
business. The brewers are finding
compensation"
Incidentally it may be mentioned
that the glass works which formerly
made beer bottles may now turn it's at
tention to the manufacture of milk bot
ties. Ice cream may take the plact of
the schooner" and instead of the
"growler" for the workman's noontide
lunch will be used the thermos bottle
of milk.
Would Cut Prison Population In Two.
my experience on the state COM
mission of PRISONS" says Mr.. Richard
Hurd Of New York, las we'll as my
study of crime in other states, makes
me confident that if wartime prohibi-
ton should be adopted the population
Of our prisons and jails would be cut
men in prison in the United States
averages about 100000, this would re-
lease 250,000 men for useful tasks. l
would add that in making require.
ments for prison or jail accomoda.
lions in different counties the state
commission Of prisons takes official
cognizance of whether a county is wet
or dry, requiring only about half the
accommodation for dry county"
No Drunkenness.
In 119 drink-cure establishments in
Germany, according to the Press Cir
cular Of international Abstaining
Physicians, there are 26,316 drunk
ards receiving treatment-this in the
country of beer where the beer advo-
Gates claim there is no drunkeness
Drunkenness is so much a public
health question that over 200 govern
ment officials, u leading physicians and