Putnam patriot., 1927-01-07
HE PATRIOT PRESS. INC.
AS TO PUBLIC POISONING

TN regard to interpretations of Prohibition Law it is ev-
 dent that in this land Of ours two clearly denea parties "wes and the edys The dry class numbers ho who are utterly opposed the slightest change m the exag laws regarding the sale Of alcoholic liquors The wet czeh are boe who would have abolished utterly and com lete Between classes there s great body o peo a who believe the present form ridiculous and un noreeab the members of this class hold the Ia" in sucb contempt that their eyes t is simply an unfortunate e of contemporary of em0tonalsm not to be con dered as law much interference and therefore mere K hampernq of personal liberty Surely even the most ar dent dry who has witnessed the effect oi the unfortunate
 t during the past five years will grant that o the three classes mentioned middle class the greatest and the most powerful.
 However the scales of the law for the moment weight d heavily the siae ef tbe dy They are in power Fms tber They have passed by he National Congress they nave naBoru4ered as er che enforcement o ther amend
 Ht which have wasted millions a he taxpayers money The existence and depnrable class Of society the fragrant breaking of the a# and the general undermining 2 social e
 hiz country rceHg from 5her efforts they have ignored More and more small ea of dry have ignored their fe tow citizens in desperate effort impose their ii upon the majority More and daring have become their efforts 10 impress aDaca reform upon nation educated o the zprt of liberty and enjoying few if of it's privileges
 Finally one comes 10 the last and oHense of this ab u and reorm-erazcd minority Into the alcohol which the of civilization sl make fl necessary to produce they pour M If murderous poison resulting the death of of
 zr af th beased free country of To the lay mind
 ,as Hery puzzng If one citizen of these United States
 aua4 CT citizen within the walls of bis home and offered .. a4= prohibited by the law. and the police suddenly .ter would be arrested for possession of the for Eaarf Eat fhis u0t enough in the present argument 5uppa. 5s5scn asked bsneighbor into his house. prof fered qIas aa forbidden beverage and mo | eoTerty poured a q8a5 aa9ais poison His guest apon eoesum- ing lhe drink a nd dies The host is arrested and .nargtd Qt Ha =55 nan murder Ihis is. of course ample aHd 41 a view coming from the average lay man 0ho decsIug .Ae present prohibition la@ and all its agents interpreters hitherto considered n as ignorant yay administration of deadly poison with deadly results as ese worthy of q charge 9f first degree murder.
 Imagine then the puzzled mental stae o this ssne efdde Itizen engaged m drinking hs harmless morning coffee has taken he position The aforementioned hos and entered no the field private poisoning of citizens whose guilt as a" breakers has hitherto confined such mild punshmens m fine and imprisonment Where asks this poor voter Tor the holders of Government office there authority for this homledal action Since did this Prohibition law, mat Ter 6 moral reform entirely become suddenly the righteous pos sesor of he most immoral all weapons deliberate destruc lon lite Here and there thls average eihze whether he be an opponent the oaled Dry Law or not will
 be He Will cry out against absurd tyranny and deliher ate fracture very structure of liberty which from the early ~ inf a nubie school training has held in his intelligence as uythica bu sacred.
 Meanwhle and most deplorabe of all one will find in the defenders of this the nation history the pous eformers still a work Ministers Of the Gospel blind to
 existing social conditions fanacal of purpose will continue o spo forth then oraorca law that has no basis in common foundation the usual course ot ethea and moral progress zeao blind with the power given hem by edc will continue their ignorant and inn po offensive nothing has revealed 10 the plan thnk ng man and America the desperation of this tanaa class so much as bow base and criminal resort o an en- forcemen of the law through which has been held m openp in the history of mankind since the human being has been considered thinking and responsible creature