The Nevada County picayune., 1922-02-09

per pound Such laws would properly be classed as "Sumptuary laws and
 would justly arouse the opposition ot 1 all right thinking people, for the sim ple reason that they have no founda- tion of moral necessity, and that they needlessly interfere with the private rights and liberties of the citizens. On the other hand, our prohibition laws are based upon the well established l fact that the manufacture and sale of | liquor is hurtful to the moral and
 physical well being of the citizen dangerous 10 the peace and welfare
 of the community: dem0ralizlng to all | legitimate industry and business, and l inimical to the welfare of the state
 and nation. The prohibition laws are | i'll the same class with laws which
 protect the public health; and which guard the public peace and safety.
 Such laws prohibit the sale, or giving away of narcotics and habit forming I drugs the practice of white slavery. and countless other things which are contrary to the well being of the indi- vidual and of society at large. These things have been shown over and over again and still the whiskcy crowd continues 10 talk and write about sumptuarv laws.
 Again, Mir "Tweezer" insists that
 the Eighteenth amendment was sad died on the people by the Anti-Saloon League. am quite sure that the representatives of that very efficient and worthy organization would be willing to bear all the blame which Mr. Twcezer and his associates care to heap.upon them for this result but as matter of truth and justice We should observe the principle of Honor t0 whom honor is due and when this k done we will find that back of the Anti-Sa}oeH League and working hand
 in hard with it there is an organiza- tion known IS the Womans Christian Tempcg4aee Union which is composed of seyneal hundred thousand women who aae among the best of the wives, mothers sisters and sWeethcarts of this great nation. But of course tt X hara faa AH TWeezer to say any thing aa-5lHd aboat these good women land so he ignores them altogether and places Ill the blame on that much ahuscd organization the Anti=Saloon League tEe W. C r L. and all of the GfGe9 reform forces of the land in their efforts 10 abolish the liquor
 traffic k great leader said on notable occasion, There is glory enough 10 go around" and Mr. Twcezer must not be so exclusive with his cen sures
 The adoption of national prohibition is a matter of very recent history
 Every nan# of even ordinary intelli- gcncc knows that il was not the result of any sudden squirt of enthusiasm. hut that 1T came after many years ot continaous effort on the part of the forces of reform The eighteenth amendment was adopted by every state in the Union save three and hy ma
 iogity which was simply overwhelming. The vote in the legislatures of the first thirty six states te ratity this amend ment was 3,976 for and only SD against. And yet the advocates of the iiauor traffic are forever trying to create the false impression that pro hihition was saddlcd on the country by a few fanatics whe managed some how to place this law in=our national constitution against the wishes of the majority of the people. Surely men who talk and write this way must think that the people have very short memories
 Again. Mr. Tweczcr tells us that