Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-07
From Other Viewpoints
Just nj the i:hrc of rho Prohibition Fight
Hi ALFRED Is. WILLIAMS.

:S;l%n + jnst a, The edge % Is fight tor
servaiion OF lis Yrac;icai working, hu: :hc
other way do not ia!k ana :he.G Is no way OF
lsliMs how mani q ;hom there arc. Taking
'onG. ess ~ an jndeN 80 feeling through the
c"nnirE II i easy e. Sec evidences there Of
IL he ash tin ds F2 t5e Mas Ma VIII pd 10? b
Ions with about The conS:derItion the average
,he,S IS :; ie2dcnrs to look a INC billions, even
Mere eFops UP il the loaaS debates sone 'hG H
iui;cs as 10 what prohibition is TO and
i % ~e NJ in f TIN ,'' ,io % a Thare o"1 IS
@ 9rna o. rl i 'i;'" !" @J s9yHTnme nj. in in
q %eo@ami% c:94 sasSaason .. nc "0 li a1S
IS g: %."s@ and 4. n '.'ss $"s 'r"s II
t :. ,@i u" sHPn"'t nhH 'nt"rc" the n"
nmanoae in;s year The %tiicr DAY million
IONS now stored II bondal wareiiousSs. witch.
IL Is SnnpossH wi be d"lea on, sr"dGa,y for
vent /? nrotGGt iha Canadian frontier as@!nst
Go6So5G year IN loss - TevenHo % %rt I cn
Tnc fimo "f s sSs' vii q an "SEn
n@ @ Im a c@g9r;%n't% t? i09 e. I'D css TIC
change is mol,n THAT price ana whcn iho ,n.
derw"rld has nag c.nportinity ana experience
NJ c"Hntry aswG as in the cities aad SGT 50 far. r.
IN farm can make corn WHISKY al !, cost Of
$40 4 gallon or !e.s. YYrirHins his own iabor,
means proG to him Of $40 ;yocI, .''ti,ai cle.
i or or iyc months he ~ can aiio for rom WIS his
standpoint; to do his ninety days or SO in ;:il
ANA pay iimc and there is the Old trouble :llat
tho h"aVie" the renal' .ca are made ;ic harder
to secure convictions There are sections III
sad !" lie rotten vita none" Automobiles
and tucnhonos help the business. i:u; tho
cities win catch M. Presently III some Of theIn
word VIII around such .rUrds o GO
tnHt a certain man Il elected VIII MAKE thin ss
easy. In cCUntiCs already occupants of and as
rir"his for local Offices arc squcam!sh about
Offending lunches OF voters aud their friends
and Kin by masking themselves extensively ac-
tiv" in enforcing :hc law.
Ev"ryw mere IN this country the moral clc-
mcntS Of communities have tho hnbit of going
20 Sleep i'criutiicai wand leaving tho other
iu.uts :" ruu ihiues. In Richmond through
thirty years unt!l ah"u; twcuty years GO
cvarN saloon ia town Was open ana doing. bust
u, -. with just the frou, door closed. every
open and wclI known A. any in i!rcad
Sirr., ana nobody Took and special notice
When city county has OF those spells
oi s!uiubor, what wi!i become OF tho prohihi-
lion law"
il Is possible, That presently liquor making
aud dealing viii become infamous crimes as
thcr'. in the estimation OF the public we'll
IT, al" oyc Of the law. Then tho prohibition
victory Will he complete. Until then there viii
hr many fluctuations and nps and downs. The
law may disappear ii did in Iowa, where
tiu puN!shmcnt hwindicd down fines a, reg
uar Intervals, collected N lieu o! licenses, or
10 tho lows against prof.nc swearing now on
j, on whether Tho prohibition people SUI
Gcion'ly in earnest TO keep awake and whether
INC law su we'll that public sentiment
1 W'l So!'dify IN It's favor and tho ciiizcu will
: t""iiza chat the Dement'S IN better and happier
people, ARR worth what they VIII cost,