Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-08


Mr.. Haynes said Il know that there is
no form of laWleSSnesS, no matter how
deeply intrenched, financially. politically,
or socially, that can stand III our cOun
try, against the awakened public con
science; that there is no modified power
on this continent since Appomattox that
dares attempt to nuilify our laws or fling
aside allegiance to our Constitution or
our American Government when once our
American spirit is aroused to the source
OF danger
SMUGGLING AND
BREWERY PROBLEMS.
While it IS true that We also have our
smuggling problems. we have our brew
cry problems, our warehouse problems,
our distillcry problems, vet in my Judg-
ment the most serious task we have right
now is to arouse this apathetic citizen
and to disillusiOn a lot of perfectly good
people, who have been inoculated with
great mass Of popular miscOnceptfon and
transformation. In other words, they
have been accepting. IN toto, the clever
wet. unpatrintic false propaganda that
has as its object the delusion of the
American people into the belief that the
prohibition law is a failure; that it is
HnpOpuIar-that it was slipped over on
them-that it is not being enforced, and
that il cannot be enforced. And today,
there are In actual existence. my friends,
thirty paid organizations striving night
and day not only to accomplish the i'm
possible feat of causing the repeal of the
eighteen amendment, but striving to ac-
complish these things that l have been
telling you abOut-tO inStin into the
minds Of Americans these false doctrines
striving to accomplish the amendments
notification. trying TO stabilize q cOndi-
ton Of notification. and TO cause the
American people to lower their standard
Of regard for the sancity and majesty Of
law.
"A year ago a large proportion Of the
so-called best citizens of many Of our
cities were 50 violently preJudlced that
they were IN fact accessories to crime.
Today the best citizenship, even in these
great cities, is coming to recognize that
any law must be enforced and that any
policy adopted by the American nation is
entitled to a fair trial on its merits.
'Al that prohibition law enforcement
needs is a fair chance and it is begin
observance Of the law more easily be-
comes a custom than the breaking Of
the law.
HOW LONG
LAWLESS$ESS LASTS.
''Lawlessness III any community will
last just as long as the community will
stand for it. The saloon brought on its
own DOOM so will b0otegging and other
mo decent American community long
tolerates a nuisance definite nuisance
soon spells its own doom.
1.-THE yiolatOrs of the prohibition law
INTO the classes the faddist drinkers,
which is a temporary class, and those
who have an appetite established through
years Of indulgence, Most Of the latter
class may be expected to use liquor as
long as they live, either through sup
plies Of liquor acquired before the pro-
hibitiOn law became effective or through
Illegal means.
"One authority announced some weeks
ago that 1t was estimated that the pro-
hihlfl0n being
cent enforced. If that be true 1t does not
require any prophet to know that In
comparatively short time the law will be
as successfully enforced as any other
law on the statute books.
THE talk that one hears of drinking
among young people and in society, etc,
of home brewing and home distilling, has
no doubt some basis of truth, but if this
deplOrable condition does exist to some
extent it must be regarded as a national
fad and craze, and not permanently in
trenched custom. 1t Is pathetic thing
even if only fad-to hear of women who
go about their homes shaking a cocktail
mixer, thereby setting reprehensible ex-
ample to their households; as it IS to hear
of the business, professional or the club
man who technically, and often IN
thoughtedly violates the law, fOrgetful
Of the fact that the example he is setting
is IN reality dangerous to the very fOhn
datiOn of Government itself As for the
home manufacturers, it is reported that
results secured are so much lacking in
SdtiSIdCLlGu that III ulOSl cases LUey are
already saying: Never again
Everything that is worth while in
America rests upon the basis Of law and
order. Your family, your property, your
home, your bonds, your business, your
bank, your peace of mind our entire Sc
curity, all depend upon the law for pro-
lection. One can not nullify. one can
not ridicule and oppose the enforcement
of the prohibition law without striking
directly at the safety of his wife. his
children, and the stability of all his
property interests. Prohibition is a part
of the basic law of the United States and
to be gotten out of the foundation of which
it is part, without breaking the whole
structure, it would have to be removed
by. the due processes of repeal. Only one
safeguard stands between governmental
security and anarchy-the Constitution
and the law.
The fact remains that, in spite of
every hindrance. the prohibition law has
produced and is producing enormous
benefits, even where least successfully en-.
forced. 1t has proven much to be pre-
ferred TO the old system of license under
which not only was the appetite of the
people served, but tempted by every de-
vice Of advertising, display and trade
Director Haynes praised the work of
Bert Morgan, prohibition director for In