The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-23

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posal Of whisky in warsho,... q
s-rangthening the .nforcement - y
ganization, and by Z camna;s, - :,
education against lawlessnes. % -
The man who breaks the la =.
= traitor and ought to be shot : - s
said. He added that tie lr,s.,. y
people could not hope to asma ~.
boishevisin and anarchy Is Ion, -, :
they tolerated the lawle.snsss =
those who break the prohis;.,s :.
amendment TheA Salon lss.s
he intimated. will devote msss az J:
it, educational effort to 49,. ~
home this idea. In o.he, -s
1t will try to make the man ~
breaks the prohibition lav ), !,
5ect OF social cdium. That 1, ~
doubtedly one thing which q ,,.s
ing. 1t is considered no dissrac. !. s
make your own The best psr.,s
do it. The methods are discns.ss
at the most fashionable and oth.s
wise respectable GATHERINGS
The prohibitionists recognize NJ,
as a lamentable state Of aas.,s
They realize that men do MOI -.
the punishment of the Law h.,f !,
much as they fear the bad oplp,s.
Of their fellows. They Nfono..
therefore to make the huuor.i,,
breaker a pariah, to put him h 4.
same class with the busy-ber1es
merchandising bolsheyist q Il.
cartoons.
This would be easy if he ver, !.
isolated figure. But it will be h,ra
! when there are large, solid bloct,
of such law-breakers, when vhols
communities and especially who'll
social classes feel the same wv
about it. ~
The Elusive Home.Brewer.
! Mr.. Wheeler was contincfne !,
his statement Of how prohibitioo
will be enforced. except in the mat.
ter Of home-brewing. There d.
deed is the difficult part of the ich
To restrict the sale Of malt IA
hops will hardly solve the problsn
for you can make a good beyer,se
out of almost any fruit or teeda.
BILE, and the ways Of doing Il -
multiplying and spreading. Uni1n
the right Of q mans home to h
free from search without warrant
is abolished, SO that prohiAaum
agents can ransack our houses 1t
regular intervals for the evideaeps
Of liquor making, the preventioat b
police power of home-brewine. "a
distilling seems hardly prictiA.
BILE.
This is admitted to certain q.
tent by the prohibitionists Who
say that they depend on their can.
paign against the spirit Of lav'
lessness to do the work. Mr
Wheeler adds to this another arsu
ment. !+r M
"The making OF various home
brews," he says, lis novelty nov
But the novelty will wear OF, AM
| it will be forgotten"
This is an interesting specula
ton. 1t is a bit confusing to- III,
unprejudiced inquirer, because
when the prohibition moyssaen
was in the propaganda stage, the
were told that drinking alcohM "a
an insidious and tenacious habit
/ | II once q man got in the habit 0
drinking liquor, we were told, b
| would do almost anything to gratf
the appetite SO acquired. Surel
. il this is true, the home-brever'
, love for his brew will grow Fathe
than dwindle with the time.
: We ventured to point out to Nj
: Wheeler that many who break u
prohibition law do so in the belle
that it is a violation Of their PEI
sonal liberty, and that they q
a therefore justified in lawlessnes
:. II was inquired what would be u
Q prohibition reply to this viewpcln
There is no such thing as pc
4 sonal liberty under a civilized 90
1 ernment,' said Mr.. Wheeler. &c
}, tsonal liberty ends where prol
3 wrong begins. There is only q.
8 liberty, which is liberty under u
8 ,law."
= This impromptu statement NY
evidently be taken as suggesn
. rather than complete. 1t iess
: one to puzzle out for himself y
!. mature OF a civil liberty which
. a not personal, and how pae,
! wrongs should spring from ~ \.
vidual rights. None the less =
III Wheeler makes the prohlpM'
. point Of view pretty clear =,
a Better law enforcement ~
laws, and the man who Oi"
4 them is a traitor and ought y
y shot"
'e Whatever else it means, II 9
j. IDENTIFY means business,