El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-12

ing. or off on a Journey or. perad-
venture, sleeping
Liquor Traffic Doomed.
and just here, anticipate, the
I brewers and liquor dealers will take
their stand and make their last fight.
| That the liquor traffic is doomed no
sensible man will question The brew =
ers know this: the saloon keepers
know it; those who are paid to advise
and advocate them, know 1t Just as
well as all other people know it.
So that, since the ultimate result is
certain. their fight will be directed
aonG at inducing the people to adopt
that method OF destruction which
will give them as long a time to live
as possible I anticipate that before
thes campaign is over, We will wit
ness the spectacle OF the brewers and
their candidates advocating submits
sion alone, or submission plus the
ratification OF the national amend
fight against ultimate prohibition IS
hopeless and the best they can do is
to defeat its immediate coming.
Prohibition by Statute.
"And the only way possible to ap-
ply the death blow Immediately is by
way OF statute, either expressly and
absolutely prohibiting the traffic in
this state or by effectually Grip
ping 1t.
ITO say that we are in favor Of do
ing everything possible TO win the
war and at the same time, expressly
or implicitly. to say that the imme-
date abolition OF the sale of liquor
may be postponed, is to stultify ones
self. Our commander in chief has
said that this is a war OF resources
no less than Of men. It must follow
that production must be stimulated
20 its utmost and conservation must
be practiced to its limit, in order that
the resources OF the nation may be
marshaled for the conflict. The
brewery, the distillery and the saloon
Of production and conservation.
Their operation impairs efficiency in
every line of production; the mate
rails used in their products. as well
as the unnumbered millions Of dollars
spent for their wares, constitute an
unbearable waste-a waste which is
not negative only, but Affirmative. in
that It directly destroys man power
and retards production We have re-
quired a sober soldiery; in simple
Justice, we ought TO produce a sober
cltizenry.
CT have no doubt but that the fed
eral government will. sooner or later,
decree the absolute destruction Of the
saloons and breWeries OF this state II
the state itself does not take this
necessary measure But this would
lnNOlNe grave reflection upon the
patriotism OF our own people; it
would be tantamount to saying that
Texas refused to do a thing necessary
to the winning of the war, and that it
was therefore necessary to override
the states authority and to do what
the state should have done and re-
fused TO do. II we are in earnest.
therefore, in our expressed desires to
do everything which will help the
nation in its supreme crisis-in other
words. II we desire to refuse aid and
comfort to the enemy, let US not
hesitate to pronounce the sentence OF
death upon these Institutions. Ger
tainly this should be done unless we
regard the liquor traffic as more
sacred than the safety of our country.
An Economical Administration.
The total appropriation made in
1903 for the support Of the govern
ment for two years. beginning Sept.
/. 1903. including Confederate PEN
sions. was s10.247. 900; the appropria-
ton in 1911 for the same purposes
for she next two years vas S1o,5s9,
0G0; the appropriation in 1913 for the
next two years for the same purposes
was s14.57s. 900; the appropriate in
1915 for the next two years for the
same purposes was SIS, 404, 900; and
the appropriation for 1917 for the
next two years for the same pur-I
poses was s25, 45s. 900. These figures
tell their own tale OF extravaganza.
The increase Of public expense is so
abnormal and out Of proportion to
the development OF the state and the
real needs Of the government that we