The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-24
PROBLEMS IN PROHIBITION.

Cedar Rapids Republican. Now
that prohibition is u The constitution
of the United SIates-where some
hare not believed IN putting il for
IL is a mere police measure-fhe next
thing VIII be 10 have II enforced IN
all states And that, they begin TO
see is going 10 be a mans task, II
moi an zrmy's task There are al
ready demands that the borders
everywhere shall be patrolled, by
someone. presumably they VIII have
10 be armed guards They make and
sen intoxicants N Mexico, powerful
ones, and ON the north the British
line is still mostly open Every ship
from every sea viii have to- be
searched for the stuff that ineoTl-
ates and sometimes makes glad Will
come lurking and hiding in all places
Nor are all the dangers from with
out We shall have them within too.
II is not hard to make alcohol 1t
has been suggested that if a. rabbit
had sense enough TO squeeze some OF
the sap out of an apple into folded
cabbage leaf, and then sit down and
wait a while, it would soon have
distiIlation powerful enough to give
erea a rabbit courage enough to I'M
dertake 10 kick a lion in the eye
The thing that is called alcohol IS
concealed in nearly all of natures
products. In one form or another. II
can be made out OF the grains OF the
fields and out of the fruits OF the
trees and the corn that is packed into
siios tends 10 alcohol so that cattle
are often partially intoxicated Ii
has been said that God did not make
aacChol, but that ii is conu1yance
OF man 10 make evil out of what Is
good. But nature has at least seen
% II rrat the basic materials are
stored In almost everything that
gruEg Ii is only when men collect
il IN large quantities and gulp
down that il harms them In its nat
v-si form, alcohol, We must believe,
is enc Of the life principles in
nature
The task Of the government, it can
readily be seen, IS going to be huge
ooe for every silo and every orchard
VIII have TO be watched The apple
rails viii be started and how IS the
goTerlnent going to tell whether Inc
Juices are intended for vinegar or
for something that is more cheerful
II rs outlook? The land viii have
70 be flied with spies and informers
until such time as all of US get
he grace 70 obey the laws and when
7tzf day viii dawn. who can fell7
BIT We shall have DESTROYED the
sfrtslle-y and the brewery. the saloon
ana the aiehcusas OF the land. Those
VIII flourish 70 more and no longer
wf1I hey tempt the weak-nlinded TO
4aesr own destruction. That much
wiz be accomplished and It is pos
sfb7e that those things which viii be
dane n secret places win not be one
teeth as detrimental to human
morals
The changes that have been
wrought are many and they are great
zrd i Is still impossible 10 make an
estimate OF the extent OF the fnflu-
e-ses on our national life. II is the
greatest experiment in human regu-
ia-Aons All morals that has ever been
undertaken IN the history OF the
world There has been nothing Ike
and ether nations viii watch the
experiment not without interest II
we make good with il here the final
reru-- Of the world viii be Wei
uu5er WAY And we have done il in
he 5ig American way, which Is
characteristic of Us