The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-02-21

We praise God for the prohibition
victories rising Phoenixlike from wars
awful gloom and Overwhelming anxi-
ETY.. Listen to the patriotic prohibi-
ton roll OF 1917:
Prohibition for the District or Co
lumbia prohibition for Indiana prohi-
bition for Utah; prohibition for New
Hampshire prohibition for New Mex
leo prohibition for Alaska prohibition
for Porto Rico.
A decade ngo four white prohibition
states cleaned on our map of the Unit
ed States; today there are q. and tho
District of Columbia. Alaska and Porto
Rico. At the 1918 general ell tion we
expect Minnesota, Missouri, Florida,
wyoming, Kentucky, California, Texas
and Nevada to bring US within one OF
the 80 whose legislatures should be
safely counted upon to ratify the pro-
hibition amendment to the national
Constitution.
The stock arguments OF the liquor
trade have no value today. Great
cities have adopted prohibition with no
disturbance to banks, groceries, real
estate or hotels. except on the right
side of the ledger. Unprecedented
prosperity has silenced the liquor
mems prophecy of 'miles of empty
stores and decreased bank deposits"
Increased population and additional
throngs Of summer tourists have for
ever quieted the liquor mems groan
that "summer travellers and prospec-
tive home seekers avoid prohibition
centers." Even the circus performers
prefer dry to liquor localities-oD the
plain proposition OF larger profits. The
nation today needs the able-bodied
men who make and sell liquor. Use
full and constructive Jobs are awaiting
those who by the coming Of prohibition
would be "thrown out of employment"
Hundreds of avenues Of urgent work
beckon the seller Of distilled liquors
and the men engaged In the brewing
and vinOus trades.
To the liquor dealers the defeat OF
suffrage always means . victory for
their interests. The trade expends
thousands Of dollars each year In pro-
noting publicity against votes for
women. "Woman suffrage In New
York state" predicted one widely dis
trIbuted circular OF the liquor trade.
"would kill the matted industry Of the
United States" Woman suffrage In
the Empire state has arrived The
matted industry must 60!
The pathway Of prohibition for many
years has run parallel with the path
way Of woman suffrage. Today brave
women who have blaxed the way for
suffrage or prohibition are jubilant as
together they press forward on the
broad highway OF Christian citizenship
! and exalted patriotism.
Total abstinence and prohibition can
both be recommended to the American
people as articles not "made In Ger
, many" 1t IL true that In the years
agone the kaiser, desiring to maintain
. autocracy and conquer the world. nd.
vised his naval cadets to abstain from
. alcohol. But the chapter OF horrors
familiar to readers Of war news proves
: that German officers aud men demor'
) allied by drink have committed un
: speakable crimes against womanh0od
. and childhood-the blackest page In
the worlds history of inhumanity. The
! kaiser ought to have long and serious
: thoughts concerning his prophecy tha
: "the nation which takes the smalles
I quantity of alcohol will win the battles
/; Of the future" AutocrAcy and alcoho
8 will both be overthrown. Democrac!
4 and sobriety will win.
The liquor men are establishing !
new battle line Of defense In the "bee
! and wine to be substituted for brand,
and whisky" Let us keep the issu'
= clear. "Camoufiage" Is well understood
by the w. G. T. U. For years tn
liquor men obscured the issue an
, deceived the very elect. Today, how
Q ever. the American people have no illu
sions about alcohol. The light of Sc
. entific truth Is shining. Alcohol is
2 poison, beer IL an alcoholic drink. 1t
! manufacture destroys valuable grair
u Patriotism--the safeguarding OF thi
r and other nations-demands prohlb
= ton Of the manufacture and sale G
, beer.
y The man who INDUCES In whisk
= has a 'rye" face, and all his action
'. turn awry.
~ During the war prohibition agitatio
'' In congress working men Of the ccur
try were grossly misrepresented b
the antiprohibitlon petition signed b
100000 men presented to Presiden
Wilson. In many prohibition state
= federations of labor declare they neve
y wish to return to the saloon system
An analysis Of the signatures to tn
petition would doubtless show til