New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-02-05
GEORGIA AND PROHIBITION.
Down South They Have IL Peculiar
TangIe OF Booze Laws
"P. J. z.

OdI d man nave a clear of
things when he is diseased mentally?
Prohibition is a mental disease caused
by a germ known as sporadic paresis
(softening Of the BRAIN water on the
brain, narrowness OF vision. etc., cpl
demic usually in times of war. Light
is known to have an injurious effect
on this germ. Common sense COM
pletely eradicates it. Therefore l
would suggest this form Of treatment.
1T is idle to reason with such fanat-
les. You might as we'll try to pinch
a cows horn. We are told in the
event of prohibition that taxes will be
reduced; such absurdity. It will take
billions Of dollars to force the issue
flfty per cent. of the population will
have to watch the other fifty. Our
jailS and other institutions will not be
large enough to accommodate the
crowds, hence further taxation. There
are persons who can make e vice Of
almost anything, and usually do some
thing equally if not more deleterious
to the community. Taking away fer
menting liquors will not give them
new brains. Through their insidious
system of grape vine publicity, they
are endeavorina to create the impress
sion that alcohol is responsible for
all crimes I consider the liquor bust
ness conducted properly JUS as legiti-
mate any other business.
Liquor is one OF Gods creatures
which the Creator has provided for
us, as Christ proved that at the we'd
ding feast. when He changes water
into wine and blessed it. Our Saviour
would never bless som ething that
would he a curse to the human race
as the prohibtonsts would have us
believe. Alcohol is a mental stimu-
liant proved so by eminent medical
authorities. Or. Lancet, the great
English scientist. says it is not only a
stimulant, but is undoubtedly a food
in the sense that its com bustion in the
body can supply a considerable part
Of the energy needed by the organ
ism. Those who abstain from its use
are never very much alive.
The whole question of prohibition
will never be settled right by the wave
now sweeping over the country, it
will be dashed to pieces on the rock
Of personal liberty innate in the
breast OF man. Upon clear headed
men of common sense the wild and
extravagant notions of fanatics of
prohibition make as much impression
as do the rawlings of a lunatic.
Prohibition has not helped to win
the war. it will not help in unifying
the people. This legislation is not a.
wal m easure now, as the war is over
It is a piece of fanaticism put over
on the country under the mask of pa
triotism. No such sweeping interfer-
ence with habits Of the people, no
such Wholesale cOnfscation Of proper
ties built up under state prot ectlon
and participating should be carried
out without the consent and APPROX
al Of the country as a whole. The l.
w. W. disturbers have operated sue
tessfuliy in prohibition states. Why?
Because Of the industrial unrest and
discomfort in those states. If the
mere enactment Of a statute will ma Ike
prohibition workable and successful
it should be in Georgia. The prohibit
tionists have had it all their own way
with the legisla turc of that state now
for good many years, and at each
succeeding session have brought about
the enactment of further prohibition
measures Yet prohibition in Georgia
does not prohibit and is therefore
failure And all the ,Georgians know
to do about it is to holler for more
prohibition enactments to be piled on
top Of those already crowding the
statute books. The Augusta Herald re-
Gently said: 'Ihere is an increasing
demand for more stringent laws
against liquor dealers in Georgia, and
it seems that the legisla ture will not
only be asked to pass more restTic-
tive measures in regard to prohibiting
the sale of whiskey in Georgia, but
they will also be asked to provide
means for enforcing the law" This
j is rich Pass more m easures against
the ''liquor dealers in Georgia. Who
are the liquor dealers in Georgia,
where absolute prohibition is repre-
scented as having been in effect for all
these years? And then the legisIa-
ture is to provide means for enforc-
ing the law. What about all the other
prohibition laws? Haven't the means
been provided for their enforcement?
TT looks as though what is now asked
for is a law to enforce the enforce
naent Of another law to enforce the
enforcement of some other prohibi-
ton laws, and as long as the citizens
of Georgia by their thirst and demand
keen supporting some form Of Illicit
LIQUOR traffic, we suppose the game of
adding these laws will go on ad in
fnitum These Georgians certainly do
want their "likker," and so there is
very little hope for prohibition ever
| TO be other than failure in Georgia
| for after all the real whskey in the
country is gone, they will be Just as
keen for moonshine, The Monroe Ad-
vertiser tells us: The partial failure
! Of prohibition is due to three main
cause.-the nature Of the prohibition
law, the failure to carry out the law.
and most Of all, the thirst of the Of
! fender"
After all Georgia's attempts to thus
| belittle the efforts Of the Georgia pro-