The Press., 1922-02-16
PROHIBITION POINTERS
ITEMS FROM THE W0MAN'sCHRTs- THAN TEMPERANCE UNIONEDIToR
 SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION

SUPPORF THE CONSTITUTION
 I wish that we might have in Amer ica a revival of regard for the sanctity and majesty of the law, wish that it might fe preached by the parents in the home as we'll as by the teacher in the school; by the preacher in the nuIpit: the writer and the cartoonist; through the press; the actor on the stage: by every good citizen and agency.
 The good citizen is under ohliga- tions to assist in the enforcement Of the prohibition law and is in a sense, a guardian of all our laws. To me there is great invisible government back of all of the institutions of gov ernment. It is the spirit of America, that reaches each citizen and makes him a defender of all those laws which have to do with the welfare of our country-Federal Prohibition Commissioner Roy A. Haynes. EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT A.
 SACRED OBLIGATION
 ''rhe Eighteenth Amendment is just as much a part of the Constitution as any of the original articles" says Bishop Brent in the Worlds Work "I am not concerned with the charac- ter of this amendment. l am viewing it solely as an integral part of the most sacred and binding obligation governing American citizenship. The only possit Ie excuse for disobeying il is self-indulgence. Unless my reason | ing is wholly wrong, the man who disregards it is as disloyal citiZer as if he were a slave owner, and he is sowing the seeds of revolution. Ht is putting himself in a position il which he has no right to condemn or proceed against those who may bt plotting against other portions of thu | constitution. The more entrencheC such criminals are by privilege anC position, the deeper their guilt ant ) the more provocative of danger tt the commonwealth.
 \ SOLEMN WARNING
 The judicial section of the Americal Bar Association is composed solely O judges. At it's meeting in Cincinnati EO., August 31, 1921, it unanimousl adopted the following resolution:
 ''The judicial section of the Ameri can Bar Association, venturing t speak for all the judges, wishes t express this warning to the America IpeopIe: Reverence for law and en forcement of law depend mainly upO
 the ideals and customs of those wh lOccupy the vantage ground of life i
 business and society. The people (
 the United States, by solemn constitU
 tionaI and statutory enactment, hay
 undertaken to suppress the ,age-lon
 evil of the liquor traffic.
 When, for the eradication of the appetites, or the qualification of the interests, lawyers, bankers, great mel
 chants, and manufacturers, and soci;
 leaders, both men and women, disobe
 and scoff at this law, or any otht
 law, they are aiding the cause of al
 archy and promoting mob violenc
 rOI cry, and hOmocide; they are SOY ing dragons teeth; and they need n be surprised when they find no judi
 Gal or police authority can save oV country or humanity from reaping u harvest"
 UNDERMINING RESPECT FOR LA . Criticising the spirit of joculari eing excited against the law, Zion Herald declares:
 The situation indicates a plain d ty for every Christian. Instead calmly enduring these floods of Mis- { statement, abuse, and ridicule of t s temperance reform, which stands the highest welfare of the race, ca
 nest, thinking men and women shou
 protest against the propaganda in t name of responsibility and righteoJ : ness. Editors of newspapers ought - be challenged to reveal the source . their information when manifest
 misleading statements appear in tn A journals. Cartoons slandering preaC !, CTS and temperance refOrmers shot :. tring letters of rebuke from dece N people, with the warning that !. guilty journal must not repeat su v presentations. A little robust re; 8 ton from the readers of publicatio l. that have become channels for the
 trit ution of propaganda created
 the liquor forces will speedily or
 the eyes of easy-going editors 8
 pull fishers to the folly of lendi 1- themselves to the nefarious busin l. of espousing the cause of intemp
 ance.
 d. "Ridiculing prohibition, howev a has a wider implications than tn, n. involved in the attempt to nullify te "a perance legislation. Let Newspa] ~ writers, cartoonists, vaudeville pl A. CTS, and moving picture actors, 70 league with the actual breakers of ld VOlstead Law, continue their attem |. to make joke out of prohibition { I'd they will succeed in undermining I H. pect for all law.
 le Loyalty To Our Country ReQui as Obedience To It's Laws e. The Prohibition Amendment ' e, made part of the fundamental ad of the land by the regularly constit at ed process. It took several years 9,, accomplish it. The Supreme Go .u has sustained it-and the Stars VI Stripes float over the Supreme Co -H Disaffected folks who have not D CT dered their defiance of the law
 best begin the new year by taking h ng to their conduct.
 he Our laws can be changed, but t is- cannot be flouted and any mans hc ,lv or store, factory or bank, remain s ,La Despite shown the Prohibition Anne
 ment is disloyalty to government ,4o the people, says ''The Congregat 'te alist."
 Warfare is not over; sound the
 gan, near and far; Work For Enfo
 ment Where You Are.