The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-22
WHOLESALE MANUFACTURES OF LIQUOR

SINCE the stir Tor better law enforcement reached
this county many statement are being made con-
corning the manufacture OF whiskey IN this state.
The Ardmoreite does not vouch Tor any OF the
statements quoted below because we are not inform
ed except by hearsay but we do know that the peo-
pie who make tatements OF the wholesale manufac-
ture OF liquor are good reliable men.
One man SAYS he believes that over a large area
of country that almost one-fourth OF the people are
connected in some way with liquor manufacture,
Another one stated that he believed there were large
areas in this portion OF the state where a still could
be found on an average of every square mile of
territory.
Bosh Of these statements seem unreasonable. But
suppose there are only one fourth as much interest
being taken in the manufacture of liquor as these
reports indicate we have a state of affairs that is
appalling.
Blame it on the war, blame it on prohibition,
blame it on the officers, blame it on the courts,
blame it on the jurors that serve in the courts
blame it where you will it reveals a state of affairs
that is bound to result in more or less trouble.
These statements are not made concerning our
own county. There are many other counties just
as bad and possibly worse. These stills are not con-
fined to one state or to one section of a state. They
are everywhere. People in the towns make their
home brew and think nothing of exchanging recipes
or formulas for the manufacture of these drinks and
the people in the country turn more to white corn
liquor.
One is just as bad as the other. Each one vio-
lates the principle OF the prohibition law. The town
man manufactures his drinks for himself and his
friends for their enjoyment. The man in the coun-
try without cotton and without labor is turning his
corn into money to buy shoes for his children.
Before people are entitled to cry out against
liquor violations they should first empty out their
own home brew, they should destroy their formulas
for making it and they should resolve not to en-
courage liquor violations by making purchases.
Some writer in Florida says there is not a clump
of trees in that state where a distillery is not located
On the hill sides OF Georgia and in the mountains OF
Tennessee the same conditions prevail. Prohibition
the Volstead act are questions for a nation to wrestle
with.
Local conditions are just an infinitesimal part OF
the great disrespect for national prohibition.
When the men who are engaged i'll distilling are
placed in prison the greatest punishment comes to
women and children left Pennies at home and big
hearted Judges will be inclined to sympathize with
the helpless left at home in passing sentences.
There will never be any respect for prohibition
until men and women learn to make it an individual
matter. Total abstinence should be the rule of the
life of every person who is aroused TO the serious
ness of the situation. Distillers and bootleggers can
not live off OF one another. They must have patron
age from Others and as long as there is a wholesale
demand for liquor there will be some one to make
it and there will be some one to sell it.