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IS PROHIBITION GOOD
FOR. THE STATE?
Experience of Many States and Com
munities to the Contrary.
Editor Des Morgen Journal:
Tou have proposed to us the ques
tion. "Is prohibition good for the
atate?"
In the light of common sense and
human experience there can be but
one answer: No.
Someone has defined history as
pnuosopny eacning uy cumiiio.
Surely there has been no lack of such
teaching as to the effects and conse
quences of prohibition wherever tried
in this country.
.Among the states which have made
a. more or less disastorus trial of pro
hibition and have abandoned It for
license, I may name Vermont. Con
necticut, Rhode Island, New Hamp
shire, Michigan. Iowa, Illinois, Ne
braska, Pennsylvania and South Da
kota. These members of our common
wait h have, at (Hrferent times bui
villi almost equal emphasK answered
tlx- question propounded above: They
have replied that prohibition wad not
good for them.
But why was prohibition not good
for them? I turn the question this
way in order, within the narrow 11m
is affodred me, to throw some light
on the problem.
Prohibition did not benefit the
states named, and cannot benefit any
state, for certain moral and material
reasons. On the contrary, it did them
great and positive harm.
L-t us first barely glance at the
moral evils wrought by prohibition
evils which it must always produce, as
the tree beareth fruit according to its
kind.
Prohibition refuses to recognize nat
ural laws, and it has therefore failed
even where every condition and cir
cumstance seemed to favor .It.
Prohibition is the parent of illicit
traffic, which enormously aggravates
the drink evil. It is a violation of the
Amercan spirit and a contradiction of
.our theory of government.
Jt Is an axiom that laws which are
not founded in right and reason can
never be enforced. The habitual dis
regard for prohibitory statutes wher
ever they are presumed to be In force,
tends to create and foBter disrespect
for all law.
On this very point the committee of
fifty -(haded by such men as Presi
dent Eliot of Harvard, Bishop Potter,
Setn Low, Hon. Carroll D. Wright,
Hon. Chas. J. Bonaparte, Dr. Felix
Adler, Prof. W. O. Atwater and Rich
ard Watson Gilder) has made i
searching report In which they say:
"There lias been concurrent evil of
prohibitory Icgldndon. , Tlie efforts to
enforce It during forty years have had
some unlooked for efforts on public
respect for courts, judicial proceed
bign, ontlifl and laws in general, and
for offli-rn of tlie law, legislators and
pahllc nerrantt"
The committee goes on to point out
that "the public has seen law defied,
a whole generation of habitual lav-
breakers schooled in evasion and
hamelessness, courts Ineffective
through fluctuations of policy, delays,
perjuries, negligences and other mis
carriages of justice, officers of the law
double. faced and mercenary, legisla
tors timid and Insincere, candidates
for office hypocritical and truckling.
and officeholders unfaithful to pledges
and reasonable public expectation,
Through an agitation which has al
ways had a moral end, these Immor
alities have been developed and made
conspicuous."
Finally this eminent and - unim
peachable committee reaches these
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conclusions which would seem to set
tle decisively .the moral side of the
question:
. ."Almost every sort of liquor legis
lation creates mine specific evil in
polities."
"Iieslslntlon to secure tlie ends of
proltibltion Intensifies political dlssen
hIoils, incites to social strfe and
abridges the public sense of self-respecting
liberty'.'
"It cannot be positively affirmed
that any one kind of liquor legisla
tion has been more successful than
any otlier in pormotlng real temper
ance." So much for the greater moral
evils that attend prohibition end tes
tify significantly that it is by no
means "good for the state." I have
said nothing of the secret drinking,
the addiction to baneful drugs, the
crime-breeding pseakies- and similar
nameless dives, the special crop of
evils for the individual and the home,
which are equally chargeable to pro
hibition. These are indeed known
of all men and ask no commentary.
Now as to the material side of the
question, "Is prohibition good for the
state?" This in truth is even easier
to answer and claims a more emphat
ic negative. A very few facts and
figures will suffice to establish our
position.
It is of course, to be taken for
granted that the state is not Indiffer
ent to Is material prosperity or to any
conditions injuriously affecting the
same. Such a condition is brought
about speedily and Infallibly under
prohibition. The ."North .American
Review," a conservative authority,
says on this point:
"The states of the union, without
exception, which have adopted pro
hibitory laws, either In whole or in
part, have either experienced a ma
terial decrease in their populutlon, or
have fullen very far behind tlie other
states In their growth.
"In nine hundred and six towns lo
cated in 33 different states, six hun
dred and fortyfour of them under,
prohibition or local option laws and,
of course, legally permlttin no li
quor to be sold In them, the average
tax rate on each $100 of valuation In
1902 was $2.43 in the prohibition
towns, and $1.59 In the towns where
liquor Is permitted. The average,
therefore, was 59 per cent higher In
the prohibition than In the licensed
towns. A similar investigation gives
like results as to rents and real es
tate values In such localities."
North, south, east and west, wher
ever prohibition gets a foothold, the
immediate, and certain results are In
creased taxes, stagnation of business
and decline of local prosperity. In
crease of population Is conceded to be
"good for the state." Well, Maine is
the oldest, the banner prohibition
state. Her population In 1860 was
21.2 to the square mile; 30 years later
It was 21.7. How Is that for prohi
bition? Is pauperism good for the state?"
Sparsely populated Maine, "all dry,"
at least In theory, haV 163 out of
every 100,000 of its people living In
almshouses, while thickly populated
license New Jersey has only 94 in the
same proportion.
So we begin to see that tlie tangible,
material fruits of prohibition are loss
of population, economic ruin and mis
ery, iMuperism, discontent and crime.
None of these things Is, however,
"good for the state," and In all of
them the prohibition states have
achieved the head of the column.
Finally, prohibition deprives the
state of enormous revenue by which
many public institutions of social,
charitable and educational utility are
maintained. This revenue cannot oth
erwise be supplied without worklnt
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great hardship to the people and In
viting a train of economic disorders.
Perhaps the fathers of our country
knew what was "good for tbe state."
It Is certain, at any rate, that Jef
ferson, Madison and Hamilton, with
the mnjorlty of our early lawmakers.
favored and sought by legislation to
foster the native wine and brewing
lliidustries. And it may be pointed
out that In more than one crisis of
our history the public revenue de
rived from these has proved exceed
ingly "good for the State." Central
Committee. C
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VOTE AGAIXST SALOONS
MORE THAN TWO TO ONE.
Ministers Were Active In CiimWilgn
IIumIihvs Men Took Xo Part Fact
Hint Pullman Is Dry Wus Illg Im
petus to Ami Agltutlon Advantages
of College Towns Discussed,
, Moscow, Idaho, May 21. By a vote
of 814 to 392 Moscow decided yester
day to become a dry town. The total
vote of 1206 wag larger than that ever
polled at an election held here dealing
with city affairs In the post and this
Illustrates the greUt Interest that was
displayed In the question. The
fight of the "dry" advocates today
was largely directed by the ministers
of the churches In the city, while the
saloon men handled their own cam
paign. The business men took no In
terest In the contest, other than to
vote.
The election was called as the result
of a resolution passed recently by the
city council which stated that If It was
shown by a vote of the people called
for the purpose of determining wheth
er saloons should be permitted to run
here, a majority favored such a step,
the council would nt the next meeting
following such election take steps to
close the saloons. At the time the
counell passed the resolution, peti
tions had been presented to that body
asking that Moscow be made a closed
town. The question was raised that
petitions did not necessarily express
the sentiment of the citizens and so
the election plan was decided upon.
Just how the council will proceed
to close the saloons Is problematical
at this time. There are now five sa
loons In the city and they have county
licenses extending to next April, while
each holds a city license extending In
to the early fall or about August 1.
Attorneys generally appear to hold the
view that pending the expiration of
the licenses the city cannot put the
saloons out of business unless the li
cense be revoked for some Infraction
of the law. However, upon the expi
ration of the licenses, the city council
can refuse to grant a new license,
which power, according to a recent
decision of the supreme court In a case
from Pocatello, the council possesses.
Pending the expiration of the li
censes, there will be no new snloons
opened, and the opinion Is now gen
eral here that today's election clearly
shows that Moscow Is destined to be
come a dry town In a comparatively
brief time.
The agitation for the closing of the
saloons received a strong Impetus from
the fact that Pullman, the seat of the
Washington state college, Is a dry
town, and It was argued by the "dry"
advocates that unless the Moscow sn
loons were closed Pullman would have
an advantage over Moscow as a col
lege town In the matter of not afford
ing temptations to students.
t'OTTOXWOODS HARBOR PESTS.
Yakima Inspector Orders All Cotton
wood Trees Destroyed.
Because they are guilty of harbor
ing orchard pests, all cottonwood trees
In the city and In the orchard sections
of the valley have, bee nordered to be
uprooted and destroyed by by Horti
cultural Inspector J. M. Brown, says
the Yakima Republic. The flat has
gone forth and the various canal com
panies operating In the valley have
taken steps to enforce the order along
their right of ways, from three weeks
to one month's notice being given for
the destruction of the cottonwood trees
along the ditches.
The cottonwood trees are popular
for shado and ornamental purnoses
and quite a number of them have,
been planted In the city, but they will
have to be replaced with some less
harmful variety. It is said that cot
tonwood trees naturally ore "dirty"
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G. J. Sterers, Crown City, Ohio.
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locust trees, also popular locally, are
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Berry Season is On.
The strawberry season Is now on In
full blast, and berry raisers are having
some trouble In getting pickers, says
the Walla Walla Union. With a few
warm days and plenty of people to
handle the berries a they ripen the
local produce houses will begin to
make heavy shipments. The goose
berry crop Is unusually heavy this year
and the quality was never better. The
codlin moth Is attracting the attention
of the farmer Just at the present and
every effort Is being made to save the
fruit crop from utter ruin. In some
parts of the country the cottonwood
trees are condemned as harbors for
orchard pests and ordered dug out.
Strango Disease Kills Sheep.
The Cheyenne Tribune says of a
strange sheep disease In Wyoming:
State Veterinarian Pflaeglng and
Misso Hlneg have just completed the
destruction In Natrona county of sev
eral hundred head of sheep, Including
ewes, bucks and lambs, belonging to
W. A. Blackmore, and affected with
a loathsome and Incurable disease.
The carcasses were burled. This If
the first case of the kind reported In
tills state for a great many years,
Report Is Denied.
Sheriff Deggeller of Chehalls,
Wash., denies the highly sensational
report sent out two or three days ago
from Centralis that a plot had Just
been discovered to blow up the bunk
house at the mill of the Chehalls Lum
ber company at Llttell.
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