The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-12-12
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polan newspaper in the United States. At any rate it
has closer ad, coating notification OF the Eight
eenth Amendment, by influence, than any newspaper
with which acquainted The Tribune only
opposes prohibition policy but vehementy
condemns the Nosead law designed enforce tie pol
icy There is probably single subject that receives
much attention the hands of Tribune editor as
does prohibition and It's enforcement The Tribune is
constant III season and of season in its denuncaton
OF the constitutional amendment and the law that has
closed the brewcries dsteries and saloons
With these facts in mind it is therefore a matter of
the friends of prohibition and prohbi-
ton enforcement know that six days week and Sun
day more than 100000 fribunes go readers cut of
Chicago This information is given in an editorial III
the Tribune OF December in supper of the editorials
contention tina. "the Chicago Tribune is a country news
paper. What the circulation totals, daily and Sunday,
within Chicago is not stated
Stop and think what tremendous opposition 10 pro-
mbiton enforcement is put into force in those almost
million Tribunes which are circulated throughout
the country outside OF Chicago every week! 1t : prob
ably true that there is week goes by that the Trb-
remains silent the subject OF prohibition and it
always speaks against the policy and its enforcement
Whoever grasps the significance OF such opposition to
law aid order as represented in these million Trb-
that broad the territory in Illinois
and neighboring states, will certainly be thoroughly
awakened the fact that the organizations of the tent
forces must still continue function. The edi-
ora i'll question says that p 600 daily and 900 Sun
day 1rbunes went every week for the year 1923 into
Wisconsin, $4,000 daily and 81 600 Sunday Trbuncs into
Michigan, 1000 daily and $4,000 Sunday into Iowa.
10000 daily and 10000 Sunday Irbunes into Indiana
and concludes:
The daily thump OF the Tribuncs on Americas
front porch has become regular function of the
morning like the sunrise and brushing of the teeth.
1t is the midde-western mode and the Tribune re-
mains rural and pioneer at heart as all middle
westerncrs Tempcramentaly tie Tribu: is
western and that is merit. The Tribune is proud
OF that
And this is true if the Chicago Tribune is western and
tune with the western rural communities on the ques-
ton of prohibition Will it succeed i'll converting these
western rural communities TO its notification idea2 The
Brewers Magazine few weeks ago made impas-
stoned appeal for the their efforts
in the rural communities which the editor termed the
enemy's country"
The power of printers ink is almost beyond estimate
What will be the effect upon the people in these rural
communities who read these rabd anti prohibition en-
orcement Tribune editorials week after week, and who
never see the other side of the question? Unless these
falaces set forth in the Tribune editorials are reuted
unless the readers given the facts effect BODIES
good for the dry The attack ought o be met
in the of printers ink There is better medium
than American Issue The Anti Saloon League i'll
each OF the mentioned i'll the Tribune editorial
publishes a state edition OF the American Issue.
Wouldn't be good plan for the friends OF prohibition
enforcement i'll those to worl, with a view to in
creasing the circulation OF these American Issues
the point where friends OF prohibition and law
forcemen might be better informed?
The rural sections for prohibition. The liquor
acknowledge this and will make the rural sections
their battle-ground Constant dripping OF water on the
l,arIe ,,i1I E,-on tho