The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-05-02

One of these came for the so-called American
White Cross with headquarters in Minneapolis
and was mailed from the office of the Evening
Huronite of Huron, S. D. It's purpose was evi
IDENTIFY to expose Senator Miller of South Da
kota and prohibition by force on moral question
as well as the republican machine in power" W.
quote briefly so that our readers may see th
nature of the vile propaganda presented.
"Proibition rests on force. The prohibi-
zionist is anti-Christ He is the old "pharisee,"
hypocrite and fanatic who cannot leave his
neighbor alone; even when he prayed, he
thanked God that he was not as bad as his
neighbor."
"Who dares say that the folly of prohib-
ton of moral liberty in. the use of the wine
has not contributed to the prevailing awful
immoral conditions. To solve these evil con-
ditions may we therefore suggest that the
South Dakota legislature lead in enacting
temperance law, as standardized merit sys-
tenn by way of proposal, for concurrent leg
islation, to Congress under the 18th amend
ment to supplant the Volstead Act: Provid-
ing for government distribution of the spirits
of wine, at cost, through state dispensaries,
vice, and under practical standard of re-
quirement for temperate use OF the wine, so
that the drunkard may eliminate himself as
an immoral, and that the moral temperate
citizen may be given back his, inherent indi
vidual right of self control, which is moral
liberty on merit by self control under law
and order. Thereby eliminate the waste OF
the saloon and the drunkard as well as the
Al of cio and
avoid thousands of crimes and save thousands
of lives and millions of dollars annually"
"Prohbtion creates i'll will, whereas good
will is the essence of morality, as morality
again is the essence of law. But the world
has builded on force up to date and so did
the sectarian prohibtionists hence our pre-
sent troubles and waste"
The other article is boldly headed "Press
Bulletin of the National Association Against the
Prohibition Amendment. While it is not so
rude in it's expression it is the more insidious
or that very reason, showing that it has back
f it men Of intelligence at least of intellec-
ual ability and therefore all the more power
ul to put across their propaganda. From the
nvelope in which it come to us we learned that
he Association Against the Prohibition Amend
nent Inc. is located at 511 Eleventh Street Wash
ngton, d. Can Incorporated institution located
ext door to the nations law-making body, for the
purpose of breaking the nations laws!
A part of the message" consisted of news
aper clippings showing items of juvenile and
emine misdeameanors more or less related to the
rink traffc-clippings taken from very evident
v "wet" papers. 1t would be interesting and
Illuminating to trace the finances of each of these
apers to their source!
The major part Of the message" however
S devoted to a dissertation on "The Effect OF
Prohibition upon Children, Girls and Women
is opening sentence is. Zone of the most lamen-
able effects of the many evils of the prohibition
ystem is the spread of drunkenness among class
f the open saloon.' And on this sentence is
lung an attempt to show the merits OF the old
aloon system over the present-day system.
While the Gazette editor bordering on
hese things she had the opportunity for a short
ak with prominent judge of this section. This
urist out of his thoughtful consideration of the
anne troublesome question, states that it has
ONE to his belief that the propaganda similar
the above is at last reacting, and that it hinders
he cause it is meant to help. He bases his belief
pon two things; the first that state legislatures
have turned cold shoulder to all
vet legislation, and second, that judges every
where are beginning to give and enforce severe
entences for crimes growing from the liquor
raffc and are given the support of public opinl-
n in these decisions. If he is right in his opinl
n, and we see no reason to doubt his judgment
n the matter, the victory of the prohibition rul-
ng seems more imminent than we had dared to
ope, and what has seemed hindrance may in
very sense prove helpful.