The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-06-18
Vox Populi
Editor Pensacola Journal:

Editor Pensacola Journal:
l gloried in y:sar editorial on Avoid
ance of Accidents and regarding your
editorial of the It'll instant. "A Boom
erang," would like to say lay on, Nc
Duff. and damned De he who first
cries, hold, enough" Speaker Clark
is surprised" at the disgraceful ..evi-
dence' OF drinking prohibitionists, but
why. when consistency is SO rare a
jewel, and men were deceivers ever,
one foot on sea. and one on shore. to
one thing consistent never" Wonder
IL he remembers a certain episode at
Detroit? We notice Oscar Underwood
is silent, and well he may be. riding to
and championing still the cause of the
brewer, regardless of the damnation to
humanity it brings.
Not many cycles ago a congressman
was buried and all the notice of it
was, he is dead" No comment or
eulogy whatsoever. Right recently i
commission has been taken from a
military officer, and that is not the
only case when we have been told the.
government would exchange fifty pri-
Yates for one leader" When will the
time come when we can "expel from
the congress of the United States
such members? Is 1t possible that
America Is such as they repdesent?
1t must be so, as they pass for the
pick OF the people," And why can't
our brains comprehend the reason for
the administration Of America giving
a full stroke to dope" and still let
alcohol go on wrecking the nation
with the food situation SO intense. We
have had every other kind of day
forced on us, but a "smokeless" and
"drinkless" day. Better the sots of to-
day drop out, or into asylums-hospit-
ais are full of them now-than con-
tinue to manufacture the same kind
for succeeding generations.
Brewing is a German industry and
alien capital. keeping America drunk
to her undoing and degeneracy. 1t
should be the first alien property
seized, then we could have enough to
eat and 100000 cars to haul IL in.
Seventy per cent of Americans of
military age are turned down unfit"
What does il mean? Cigarettes and
liquor, No wonder Germany laughed
at our ineff1ciency-and does misery
Tlove company"
King Alcohol has had the world by
the throat. Dethrone him and wars
will end, for the kaiser is drunk too.
1t is desperate fighting our thirty
per cent of "fit" men are having to do,
for this army of culls left behind.
What can be the secret reason of our
God-given president for refusing To
sign the veto of drink to give us bread,
when Lloyd-George is watching and
waiting" to see the result of total
prohibition. So also is Japan, while
China is pleading to America not TO
send a new evil' in drink upon her,
as she forced the opium trade In years
gone by. An admiral Of England has
stated that the accuracy in shooting
fell off 80 per cent after ration of
beer" and America has commandeered
the output of a tremendous factory
making cigarettes-coffin tacks-for
the soldiers.
have two sons In the service, and
another Just about to be. / have
fought as a lioness for her cubs, doing
not only my "bit'' but my dead level
best" to kill John Barleycorn before
there was a possibility of them falling
victims to his wiles. They are safe
so far. The youngest has imbibed his
mothers adherence of tobacco and
liquor, and is in the navy. where he Is
afe from liquor at least, thanks to
Josephus Daniels (may his tribe in
creaseD If the others get to France
and wine is thrust upon them" no
telling.
/ may be an old fogy crank" hut I
rejoice to see your editorial express
ing so emphatically the same ideas of
plain country woman"
MRS. H. W. THOMPSON.
Bagdad, Fla.