Arizona state miner., 1925-11-14
WITH OUR PIONEER coRRESPoN-
DENT

DENT
Well friends, how did you stand
| the poison gas" that the editor
gave you in the last issue? Wonder
if any of you were overcome with
grief?) when you were given an op-
pOrtunity to examine a truthful re-
| port of conditions as they actually
exist and decide for yourselves We
| are referring to the article which
detailed the real facts concerning
! how Quebec is solving the liquor
problem, the liberal dissemination OF
which SO aroused the ire of "Boss"
| Wheeler that he felt it incumbent
| upon him to call meeting of the
Anti-Saloon League directors to for
mulate a statement for their propa-
| ganda organs in an effort to Offset
| the influence which he feared the
TRUTH would have. They found it
quite hard job to originate a scheme
| to combat the truth, but eventually
selected the term poison gas" propa-
ganda, which was to apply to all in
formation given out concerning the
situation as it actually exists in Can
ada today.
The statement issued said in part
that foreign liquor dealers are organ
izing to (counteract the circulation
of falsehOodS probably check the
spread of dry sentiment in their own
lands and also these men, notably
the wine growers of France, are aid
ing the 'wet" fight in America. Fur
termOre, it states, that all of this
information concerning Canada's sue
cessful solution of this gigantic prob
lem, which is now appearing in such
United States papers as still care to
give their readers real news instead
OF censored brand, are only "poi-
| son ga" propaganda intended to con
ceal the failure (from the dry view
pO1nt) of legitimatiZed beer and the
Canadian government sale system.
We will admit that the news is of
really discourag;ng nature for
BOSS" Wheeler; however, he should
take heart, as the worst is yet tc
come-as he will be obliged to face
lot of hard work when the "Wet
and Dry" investigation committee
holds a months session in Washing
ton during the next Congress. From
now on until the end of his reign.
he will think that an ever-increasing
amount of work will be entailed upon
him in order to earn that fat salary
which he receives, as the Associa-
tiOn Against the Prohibition Amend
ment has really just gotten into
good, working form, and has certain
ly reached it's present sphere of in
fiuence in much shorter period than
it required for the hypocritical and
oppressive dry movement to reach
the same point in it's progression,
which serves to show that no matter
how you may attempt to deceive by
means of the liberal use of money,
and censored publicity, yet will truth
always prove the mightier and though
many hard struggles be entailed, yet
will ultimately prevail.
When the Arizona Pharmaceutical
Association was in session at Yuma
recently, the daily papers reported
that some of the old "stand pat
members still favored the use of the
soft pedap on any plan looking to
ward the restoration of the rights of
Arizona druggists TO use alcohol for
their requirements. Long years of
this foolish pussy-footing has never
gotten them any place except to make
the State of Arizona the laughing
stock of all the other states because
OF their fanatical rabidness on any
thing pertaining to liquor. But when
our energetic organizers, Mr.. Martin
and Mr.. Deuberry, got into action
the backbone of the organization was
stiffened, the pussyfooters and soft
pedalists dispersed, and the members
once more spoke out in meetin'
showing some good sense and judg-
ment, and even drew an editorial
from the Arizona Republican which
was more commendatory than con
demnatOry. The old shopworn plan
of compromising. submitting to die
tation while maintaining silence like
whipped ours was marked for doom
on the day that our organizers enter
ed Arizona-and from now on various
things will be doing which will send
cold chills down many a fanatical
spine
Common sense would plainly indi-
cate that if we are to have a National
Prohibition law, then states which
had any law of such a character pre-
viOusly should so amend or repeal
as to make it nOn-cOncurrent with the
national act, thus saving much unnec-
essary confusion when the said act is
modified as it ultimately will be-
Thus it would not be necessary to
fight second and separate battle in