Arizona state miner., 1925-10-17
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A NEW FAD

A NEW FAD
A new style appears to be coming
into vogue, but this time Paris can
not be either credited or charged
with originating this latest fad, viz:
Prohibition Investigations. One OF
the recent proposals of this kind is
made by John M Glenn one of the
most prominent men in the ranks OF
the influential Illinois Manufacturers
Association. His sincerity is, how
ever, very apparent, as he suggests
the appointment of an impartial COM
mission (even if we do not know how
it is to be done) of high character
to investigate the whole subject, and
expresses grave doubt as to the ad-
visibility of enforcing a law which
has proven so disastrous in it's results
and the most productive cause of
crime and physical, moral and men
tai destruction of any one agency in
our land today.
The prevailing idea of many of
those who at last are beginning to
think is, whether this oppressive, un-
popular, fanatical hypocritical law is
worth the price that we as people
are paying. If given an opportunity
to cast popular vote tomorrow, the
great majority of the people would
quickly eliminate all further trouble,
expense and anxiety by an overwhel-
ming vote of NO-and if they were
given the authority to repeal the
18th Amendment, also the sponsors
of this vile handiWOrk would have a
busy time to gather up and inter the
remains.
GRAND, GRACIOUS GRATITUDE
'Tis so strange how rapidly times
change and gratitude fades. The
dOmineeering methods of the w. c.
T. U. Of Omaha in their treatment
of the American Legion serves as a
recent example. We would wager
that when these legionnaires turned
their faces France-ward that none
were more clamorOus in their fare
wells and Godspeeds than these same
w. G. T. U. women, yet scarcely
had the boys time to reach the shores
of Europe until these same women
CD by cOnspiring with the Anti
Saloon League and other fanatics to
aid in forcing through legislation
which resulted in the bought and
paid for" and utterly despicable 18Th
Amendment, which was in readiness
to greet the Legion upon their return
home, when they were calmly ad-
vised that anything and everything
above one half of one per cent al
cOhOlic content was taboo-not even
excepting their harmless beer. These
w. c.. T. U. women never flinched
when they urged the boys to face
the perils Of war and nearby dangers
Of wine and women" but after years
had flown and their attendant events
passed into history, these same wo-
men have the braZen effrontery to
serve notice on the Legion that pos
ters which revive the French scenes
of wine and women would not be
tolerated but considered as LIQUOR
advertisements and a violation of the
sacred Volstead Act
The narrow minded fanatical mag
nations of such people will do more
to aid in securing modification of the
prohibition laws than any other of
the many reasons which can be ad-
duced, because the public will even
tually become so disgusted with so
much fO0lishness and excessive fan
at1cism that they will simply be driv-
en- into the ranks of the Association
Against the Prohibition Amendment
by the score, and the cumulative eff
feet will rapidly show results as cleo
tion days dawn. AS to the members
of the American Legion, if there is
any Of them who fail to cast their lot
with our association and vote only
for such candidates as have our offic-
ial endorsement, then they richly de-
serve to be dictated to by the fanatics
and should receive no sympathy what
ever.