New Ulm review., 1922-01-18
School District No. IA, Mills 2s.7.
The New Fight for Liberty and
Against the Many Expressions

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The, citizens who are organizing the
Association Opposed to Prohibition
are not ''''wets'' . in the sense that word
has been Jusedyal They are for the per
mite ednusesof wine and beer but are
topposehrto 1.-The saloon iand ito that
extent traffic in iqpor ,l They are; not
sdistillersg onBbrewerss and stheir Il effort
issto keep the associat ton clear of such
Influences. $ ,2sdaId1C.. baa EA@J,@.qg
be "a Freedom Endangered. II
They are liberals and they recognize,
what a majority Of American citizens
do not recognize, that a serious change
is being made in American principles,
and that it affects the freedom, and the
intelligence Of the people.
It requires some courage for .reput-
able men and women to set themselves
against these tendencies, 1t is a
serious fault of the American people
not to care by what means they reach
an end which they consider good. They,
are grossly inconsistent in that they
make more laws and pay less attention
to them than any other people in the
world. They are gluttons for legislIa-.
ton. They try to correct laws OF
nature @and laws Of human nature by
statute. r.. 3,.:.E
Bureaucracy Rampant. i.
Statutes create officials. Bureaus
and bureaucrats multiply and extend
their power. Inspection, regulation,
restraint, and prohibition wiegh down
the individual and collective activities
J Of American citizens and now, with the
tendency growing, the people OF this
country have less lawful freedom than
any other white people of the world,
with the possible exception Of the
Russians, and they are the most law
less. " hi. =. v.<.. :, ~ sa> l.. .,a..ss4...,
In this spreading scheme Of oppres-
sion, the prohibition of Intoxicating
liquors is the one outstanding phase
which everybody sees, but it is only
"a part Of the autocracy which is deny
ing the principles Of liberty to American
life. :, ...r... /, .-:e,:<
: We believe that, great as the curse OF
liquor may be and terrible as it is to
have a sodden people, it is, not less
terrible to put free people under the
dominion of bureaucracy. This re-
public rests upon the decisions Of it's
people and the new tyranny rests upon
a denial of intelligence, Of decision, Of
choice. .7-e ID,
-..E Courage Required.
There are some very black pages in
the early records of this nation and no
reflective citizen can obsenyeSthe mani
fest symptoms ofnthisoage without dis
nay and faar!Q adt gniHa bna III Es,ls,ISf4
It requires :icourag for citizens to
come out tint the open and denounce the
destruetion3 3of sAmerican2 liberty. They
are greeted with the tcryf Of rum
hounds"h and pictured as debauched
and degraded persons. The. danger got
such headway, because, in it's earlier
stages, q reputable man or woman
found that championship Of free prin7.
ciples meant exposure to association
with .detestable liquor interests. There
also was the corruption Of American
politicalif by. the liquor interests and
an abomination Of denominations which.
prompted the people to sweep the
traffic and traffickers out Of the coun-.
try. sf
A Repungant System. b..
Z Now we find that we have. estab-
lished another system repungant to.
freedom and it maintains it's dangerous
power becauseit appeals to the humane,
and moral instincts Of the people and
has deadened their instinct or,freedoms
and liberty. .Sl.# {.ss 81 81;
In the war twas necessary to make
surrenders of~indiXid dual rights to the.
government. The American people
accepted i military sa7ctatorship, which,
was the wonder Of the British, ,eswho=
could not establish kit, although their
peril was greater. We. knew there was.
danger in this, but thought that there
would be recovery Of rights when the
intensified national effort was over.
There has not been. When govern