South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-12
WHAT OF THE FUTURE"


There is much being said now
pro and con on the subject Of the
liquor traffic. and we'll there might
be, for no question has ever agitat-
ed the minds Of the American peo-
pie that means so much for the
veal or woe of the nation as this all
important matter. And while the
prohibitiOnists are rejoicing and the
calamity bowler Is bowling we must
not be too optimistic and think the
battle is over. The ratifying Of the
amendment is a great victory, almost
/ beyond our greatest comprehension,
but only stirs the enemy to greater
\ diligence and starts all the combined
I powers of the slums, thugs. piugug
i lies and riff-raff from q bootlegger
/ to hell and Germany TO arms. 20
break the law and, because of their
own violations, would. if possible,
make both the law and the admin
I istration that would enforce the law
/ appear disreputabie in the eyes Of
/ the general public. But we who are
must use good horse sense (that
means good stable thinking) and
+, continue TO make these outlaws
dance TO the music Of our outraged
/ statutes
We must consider some of these
essential facts which give life and
! vitality 10 all laws and forms of gov
eminent that the mere passing of
a law viii not stop these or any
other class of outlaws for the sim
| pie reason that the law is not a stop
per. though it may be beautifully
| praised and nicely bound up in
| sheep skin; it is powerless unless
there are other sheep skins, TO prac-
I tice it IL is then that we may hope
for relief, for about the only law
this aggregation has ever been
| known TO respect is that which comes
/ 10 him in the form of a sheriff or
/ policeman with club in one hand
and a commitment to the county Jail
/ in the other, (and not the suspend
! ed sentences which cur local courts
seem to take such a great delight in
showing to this favored class of out
/ laws).
Ii is the violators of the law and
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! prohibition does not prohibit, bu.
only breeds blind pigs and tigers
There is not a shadow of truth in
such statements, but is as near as
| they are ever known to tell the
| truth Every student of this liquor
! question well knows there are per
haps no more blind pigs in South
! Bend today than there were before
| the law went into effect. for it is a
we'll known fact that perhaps most
every, if not all, the saloons in South
| Kend and elsewhere had its blind
pig annex, and the difference now
we have just the annex less the sa-
/ loon Another falsehood equally as
great is that there is as much liquor
| drunk now as when we had the open
saloon Any intelligent man knows
| that when beer was manufactured
here in South Bend, and liquor was
shipped in in carloads, there were
| barrels of it drank TO gallons now,
since IL must be smugsled in auto
mobiles. suitcases and cork legs.
/ Another grave misrepresentation by
| this clique is that the laboring men
are pleading for booze. such a re-
| Election upon the laboring class is
an insult and cannot be resented in
/ too strong language, for among the
/ laboring class will be found q very
strong percent of our very best and
| law abiding citizens, who are large
| l. responsible for giving old John
| BARLEY Corn his black eye. The
same plea is also being made for
/
! trader if they are robbed of their
booze in which they may debauch
/ themselves and disgrace their fam
lilies. A fine compliment, indeed, to
our boys who have gone, many of
/ of them from our best homes, col
J leges and churches. II has always
/ been a matter of much concern 10
the writer how men with any human
I sympathy or compassion can plead
! for the perpetuation OF a business
Nhich has left nothing in it's wake.
but ruined homes and debauched
manhood.
A business that has never had a
standing in morals and that has
been condemned by conferences and
synods. a business that has been
constantly in court and always on
| the defense, and never pleads guilty,
a business that no legislature and no
court has ever said is beneficial in
the slightest degree. a business that
is too vile and too cowardly TO be
| transacted in the open as any non
/ orable business should be done. bat
| is done behind stained windows and
| screen doors. a business that the SUI
preme court of the United States has
declared that it is not a constItu-
/ tional right, that 1t is not an inhe-
rent right. that II is not an in
alienable right, and il is not a nat
ural right, and that it is not priv
ilege OF "A citizen of a state nor OF
the United States TO sell Intoxicating
| liquors as a beverage a business
that boasts that it is bigger than
| the government. and Will not be
subdued, a business that is antago-
nistic TO every institution of our land
and defies all Jaw and authority.
who wants the saloon? J. VI. J..
Only One "BRONTO QUININE"
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