, 1923-08-08
PROHIBITION MA KING NATION
OF D|SP|CAB[E HYPOCR|TES,
SAYS P|ONEER WYO. SHEEPMAN
People of Every Class Violate This Law And In
tend To Continue To Do So, Is Plain Truth
After Four Years of Prohibition

Another man came to my house to
sell me some Canadian whiskey at
$4,000 per case, John Walker, Black
and White OIL Canadian Club. l ask
ed him where he made it. He said
from Canada. / asked him if he did
not take big chances. mo-" he re-
piled, 81 pay the assessment"
"But people do get caught" l told
him, "for Tread about it."
Oh, yes" he answered, some
one gets smart and thinks he can get
away without a license and of course
he is caught and the fact is published
in every newspaper in the country,
but l pay my assessment and have
made eighteen trips without any
trouble"
l did not buy any of his whiskey so
don't know, but l believe it is all
true. The surest way, if one can es-
tablish his identity, so that all danger
is eliminated, to approach the marshal
or sheriff. One cannot get it from
them, but one CT nmake their wants
known through that channel, and US
ually he will be taken care of within
a short time, thanks to the cache.
Some more of the effects of prohibi-
ton oil the American people.
Do you remember what a howl Cali
fornia put up owe prohibition when
it started? Now it is one of
the dryest states. Why? Grapes
that sold at about $4,000 per ton be-
fore prohibition now sell for from
$50 to SITS per ton. Dried figs
that ~retailed three pounds for 25c
now bring around 40c wholesale
dried apricots, peaches and prunes
the same way and hops have doubled
in price several times. Aside from
oil, prohibition is the best asset Cali
fornia now has. In theory she is as
dry as the Sahara dsert. In practice
as wet as a drowned cat. More eff
fects of prohibition.
There are many thousands of the
very best people, men and women, in
the United States who drink whiskey
They are not hypocrites. They take
whiskey in moderation, the same as
tea and coffee, or beefsteak. They do
so because they honestly believe that
they have the moral right, and that
their personal liberties count for more
than an obnoxious law. Some
of them violate the law. They do SO
willingly and Intentionally, and in
tend to continue to do so. So much
for the effects of prohibition.
One can commence at Washington
d.. c., and come right on down the
line and take in every branch of
society clear to the most humble
sheepherder in the sagebrush and he
will say without hesitation, if he is
unprecedented, that of all the evils
that have happened to the American
people since the landing of the Pill
grims, that prohibition has had the
most dire effects on their manhood,
and it has bred more hypocrites, more
liars and sneaks, more four-flushers,
more dirty curs and rascals than all
other causes put together.
Almost everyone rejoices over the
passing of the old time saloons, but
many of the best thinkers
to doubt that the evil effects of the
saloon anywhere nea approached
those of prohibition.
But there won't be- any change
soon. There is toe much money in it
just as it is. There is not only mon
ey and graft, almost without limit,
but there is politics and power be-
hind it. 1t is used in too many why's.
and while there is no doubt but that
prohibition has a great many honest
and conscientious supporters they r
greatly o~utnumbered by those who
support it in theory only.
Respectfully
J, ID, WOODBURY..