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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (March 13, 1920)
i',oi:'iniu:i'. THE EVENING HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON 8ATURDAV, MARCH 1.1, 10BO. SHALL WINE .BEER BE in TB i Kluill prohibition ln linn (if tli'i in f 1 1 ii Imsiich III tlic mining campaign imil shtill (lie mmiufiirturu (if Hghl win en mill liooi play mi Important pint In it discussion of u iiilimtlnii Hint Ih dully becoming ii widely talk I'll of (inn, In view of I lie controversy precipitated liy WIIIIiiiii Jmjnltigs Ilryiin? nro iiiiHtloiiH Hint aro nl triirtlni; wider mill wlilur uttontlon ivory day. In view of thli, the fol lowltiK from the Sim r'rnnclHCj Ar gonaut Ih lutorostlug an It cilliml.cs tlio views of tlioHu who fuvur u rliaiiRo In existing conditions. Prohibition. In tlio ordering of liuinnn society first cousldorntlnn, iih nil will ngrcit, tmiHt Im for tlio needs mill propmil tli'it of tlm miriiuil man. In every community tlmru Ih ii percentage of nbnormnllty nml nnotliur pnrcontngo of ndnlnscnnce. Infirmity ami child hood am proporly subject to n guar (IIiiiihIiIp not cssontlnl to thu wlfarc nml not consistent with tho rlghlB of normnl men and women. It followH that In establishing ROiiornl rules In nthnr words milking Ijwk- for tho regulation of society thoro need ho special provision for thoso mom bors of th community In nny man ner disqualified for llfo under Itn working '" conditions, nisquullflcn- MEAT B NT Take HaltM to fluih KIiIiiojh If Hack hurt or Kindlier bother It you must havo your meat ovury day, cnt It, but IIiirIi your kldnuys with Halts ocniKlonnlly, miyn a noted authority who tolls iih that meat forms uric acid which almost paral yzes tho kidneys In tholr offorU to cxpol It from tho blood. Thoy bo como alugglsh nml weaken,, then you Hllffur with ii dull mlHorv In tho kid ney region, Hharp pains In tho back j or hick ucaiiaciio, uixzincss, your stomach sours, tonguo Is coated and when tho weather 1.4 bnd you havo rheumatic twinges, Tho urlno Rots cloudy, full of Kiidlmout, tho chun iioIh often fut soro mid Irritated, obliging yon- to sook rollof two or tliroo times during tho night. To' noutrallzo Hiobo Irritating nclds, to, cleanse tbo kldnoys nnd flush off (ho body's urinous wasto get four ounces of Jnd Salts Jfr6m any pharmacy horo; tnko'a tnhlo spoonful In a Rlass of wntor beforo breakfast for n tow days and your kldnoys vlll then net lino. This fa mous salts Is mndo from tho acid of grnpos nnd lomon Julco, combined with llthln, nnd has boon used for goiiorntlons to (lush and stlmulnte hIurrIsIi kldnoys, alHO to noutrnllze tho nrldR In urlno. so It no lonRor Irritates, thus ending bladder weak ness. Jnd Salts Is Inoxpenslvo; cannot Injure, nnd makes n dollRhtful of forvoscont llthla-wator drink. AAMWVWMWVMMVWMMVVMWWWWV J. H. Garrett & Son Automobile Experts 522-538 S. Sixth St. When at last Spring arrives, you will wish that you had fixed your car sooner; .so we are suggesting that you bring it in to us to-day and let our expert me chanics start to work on it. We have a modern and complete repair shop and can assure you of service and depend able work. VvVWWMWWWWMMMAAAMMAMMl BUSINESS MEN'S MEETING s Tho Klamath Falls Business Men's association will hold a mooting nnd dinner at tho Whlto Pollcan hotol, Friday evonlng, March 12, at 0:30 o'clock. A full attondanco Is urged as thoro aro sovoral Important mat ters for consideration. By ordor of Leslie Rogers, Pros. lion Is a broml turm; It Includes ninny forms of Incapacity, among thnm Insufficient powers of self-re-utraliit. Hut nobody, wo think, will contend that In Urn. limiting of laws tlm parnmont consideration should ho for tho lurnpnhlrH of tho body so cial. Nollody mindful of Us hearings nnd Implications will contend for a pilnrlplu In legislation that would siibordlnntn and u-ntrlct tho privi leges of tlm normnl nnd the efficient to llmllnlli.nH proper and necessary In iclatlon lo the abnormal and inef llclont Vet the rule of prohibition as It has now boon Imposed upon the liaiilr law of the I'llltod Htates Is In direct and absolute illsregnrd of this fundamental principle. The Ingle of prohibition Is basical ly unsound In that It Imposes upon the efllclont and self-controlled rulos applicable In eiiulty and common huiiho only to tbo weaklings of socie ty. Prohibition denies to A that which ho may use legitimately ho cmiso I) may make It a subject of iibuso. Thus A Is penalized In re spect oi tho dollclencles of II. Es tablish tho rtilo that one may not en Joy that which another may nhuso, nnd the result would bo universal demoralization, There aro thoso who drive motor-cars recklessly, rlsklnR their own lives nnd menac ing tho lives of qthors. Under tbo logic of prohibition nobody should be allowed to drlvn a motor-car. In- cldontnl to navigation of tho seus ships nro lost and men, women nnd children nro drowned to tho loss and distress of socloty. I'ndor tho logic of prohibition navigation of the sens should bo prohibited. Thoro Is no nctlvlty, no development In tho field of Industry, which has not Its vic tims. I'ndor tho fnlso logic of pro hibition Industry should cease. Thus rognrded ns n principle, prohibition under closo analysis runs quickly In tc absurdity. Tho cornerstone of our system Is tho principle of Individual liberty. It wns worked out by n moral people through generations of restricted llfo tindor subjection to nn old-world mastery. It wns In a sense tho dis covery of our forefnthors nnd It wns by them declared nnd fixed In our national charter guaranteeing to nil tbo "Inallcnnblo rights" of "liberty and tbo pursuit of hnpplncss." For n contury and a hnlf It has stood ns tho basic prlnclplo In American life. It has been the stimuli of Incompar nblo achievements in materia! and moral development. It Is our prldo nnd otmboast. It Is a mngnet which hns drawn to us tho youth," tbo en orgy, tho hnpo of'other lands. What becomes of this principle a prlncl plo which hns lod vastly to tho en lightenment and progress of man kind and which remains tho hopo of tho world under a rule which denies thauso of thnt which tho vast mnjorlty'mny use without hnrm and ovon holpfmly? What becomes of liberty and tho rlghtR of proporty when thnt which has lyon produced legitimately nnd mny bo used dis creetly Is subject to sclzuro nnd des truction by ngentR of government? What becomes of tho principle of In dividual llborty when n cltlzen-mny not press a bunch of grapes or squcczo tho Julco' from an opple oxcopt forsclontlflc" nnd, Clod snvo ub, "sacramontnl" purposes without bringing down upon himself penalties comparablo with thoso duo to theft or .arson? ,, was the argument thnt brought many who doubted tbo wisdom of cfifng ' reludant consent It has lie.'ii dis regarded In the crusndo for proh'hl Mijii To viis'ly many of our J o'lplo prohibition como in a slap In lh face It Incites to contempt of nuth orlt; It Incites further to contempt or law It calls for slight Insight In to the spirit and temper of our peo ple to comprehension of tho fact thnt prohibition Is a demoralizing and dis integrating rule Thousands oven millions normally patriotic and ha bitually ii'spoclfiil of law hold tlio rulo oi prohibition In resentment, j Thoso who hitherto havo stood as ardent supporters of government j nnd law become undor prohibition haters of government nnd violators, of law. Molding this particular law lli contempt and feeling no scruples of conscience In evading It, some thing Is lost of respect for Inw In ' general. Is It possible that prohlbl-' tlon can yield In the wny of moral , effects anything comparablo to the moral loss under Its nutocratlc pros-' crlptlons nnd Its meddling enforce-j ments? It Is a serious question, a very serious question Indeed, If gov ernment of tlio people, by the people enn permanently enduro under n rule which puts upon vast numbers of the people assuredly n majority re strictions In disregard of their pro pensities, their habits, their Judg ment? Consent of tho governed logi cally menns cheerful consent; and there Is no cheorful consent where multitudes nro resentful nnd rebel lious, when ovnulon Is practiced widely nnd with no sense of turpi tude. Prohibition makes a crlmo of thnt which tho average man and woman does not deem a crlmo. It creates Inevitably In tho body social a vast mass of discentent: nnd upon the basis of discontent millions au tomatically become, If not nctual violators of tho law, traitors to the law In spirit. TRADE MARK lit' i ji I 1 m 1 ; fr"jl Systoms established by autocratic powor and sustained by force may rldo rough-shod ovor tho opinions, tho propensities, tho liberties of tholr subjects. Hut it Is nn essential condition of government of tho peo ple, by tho pooplo, that nil worthy olemonts shnll respect and support tho laws. Is thoro anybody so deaf nnd blind to tho propensities of hu man nnturo ns not to know thnt this may not bo when government im plngos upon Individual llborty, whon it bocomes n meddling busybody In tlio sphoro of privnto' nnd domestic llfo, whon it ponnllzos that which multitudes of Intolligont nnd worthy porsons rognrd ns innocent and as within tho limits of tholr natural rights? Tho wlsost of our publicists and statesmen havo always main tnlnod thnt tlio Integrity of our sys tom a systom resting ns upon its cornorstono. on tho will of tho pooplo will bo lost whon any considerable and worthy olomont shall find in govornmont a thwnrtor of its pur posos, not a frlond and supporter, but nn nrbltrary master. Decl'ne of rospoct for and cheorful obodionco to law Is n cortaln fororunnor of tho docllno of patriotic spirit. The prln clplo ombodlod in this theory hui en forced many changes, recently t.nd notably tho enfranchisement of womon. Many womou, good womon, wlshod to partlclpato In tho nffalrs of govornmont, thorofora In denial of tho franchise thoro wns grave dnn gor to tho fabric of govornmont in thoso United Statos. This wni tho most practical nnd most effective of nil tho nrgumonts by which appoil for suftrago was supported; and it Prohibition, In tho minds of nil who havo observed tho mean by which It was brought about, is tin Im position upon tho majority oy a min ority. Further, n'Miough iinpofed In tho name of morality. It has be n nchlevcd by a campaign of falsehood, of frnud, of pollticnl ni.UpractJco, of propaganda backed by t-neor force of money. It was Impost'! as a wir m ensure nnd it wns maintained as a wnr mousurQ for many months when thoro wns no war. Constitutions! prohibition was dovetailed with a fraudulent war prohibition and "put ovor" adroitly at a tlmo when mora than two millions of voters were fighting In alien lands. Thero Is no trick of dirty politics, from Intimida tion to bribery, from a cheap sharp practlco to n, coarse swinging of tho political bludgeon, thnt wns not em ployed In Its promotion. Incidentally constitutional prohibition violates tho first prlnclplo in social organi zation, tho rights of proporty. Tako our own state, for example" For more thnn hnlf n contury California hns officially promoted tho wlno in dustry. Tho legislation by definite enactments hns Invited investment of capital nnd labor in vineyards. Thru its State University it has in structed nnd fostered this industry. No other factor in tho Industrial llfo of tho stitto has been so specifically sanctioned by official invitntion and suggestion. Thus tho energies nnd tho cnpltnl of vnst numbors of per sons hnvo been Invested In a business which by tho world, around and 'or ninny conturles has been hold both legitimate and worthy. Again nnd again, under usgoncy of mlndors-of-othor-peoplo'8 business, tho Judg ment and sentiment of tho stnto has boon tested by popular vote with re sults known to all mon. Yet now by imposition of law this vnst Invest ment is nullified. Tho wealth creat ed by it hns been destroyed without compensation. That which Is no crlmo has boon by nn Impertinent and vicious law nominated a crime. All this by methods which would shamo a ward boss In tho lowest fir v 7fsMT rtilmgmrWh 11, III mil Cmfilll I Mi lin w WlBnijlfl av,Iu lit f IDlulB M"" 't'' I fell 9 "S.1V- rll If tiki 9 uw ;j AIDS TO HEALTH AND BEAUTY When your cough and tickling throat keep you awake When you have that uncomfortable feeling of wanting to clear your throat constantly to no avail when you are hoarse and sore from continual coughing thea you vrillt find ' ' POROU tuns MACS White Pine Compound oothing and- effective. PUROLA White Pine Compound contains White Pine nark. Tar, Wild Cherry Bark. Balm of Cilcad. Menthol and other remedial ingredients valuable for certain disorders of the throat and lungs. GUARANTEE rVROLA WUU Pint Compemtd to c3TtMttd to be owe and it ym art not tatUIUd n(4 it. your dnf fUt tefll rtfund tor wane. AT ALL DRUG STORES Pirtf aad GMnateadl ByUM HuaawFrsnk UbormteriM ii wwm..wSS..iS it Si....H..i STOP CATARRH! OPEN NOSTRILS AND HEAD Says Cream Applied In Nostrils ltelieres Head-Colds at Once. t InlJ litHltlt t t t If your nostrils are clogged and your head is stuffed and you can't breatho freoly becauso of a cold or catarrh, -just got a small dottle ef Ely's Cream Balm at any drug store. Apply a llttlo of this fragrant, anti septic cream into your nostrils and lot It penotrnto through every air passage of your head, soothing and healing tho Inflamed, swollen muc ous membrane and you get instant rolief. Ah! how good it fools. Your nos trils are opon, your head Is clear, no more hawking, snuffling, blow ing; no more hoadacho, drynoss or struggling for broatn. Ely's Cream Dalm Is just what sufferers from head colds and catarrh need. It's a delight. , levels of ''practical politics." And in tho face of these sinister achieve ninnts there are those among us. familiar with nil tho facts, professed ly loyal to majority rule, who ralso tholr voices In nnnroval nnd in ec static acclaim to the glory of Gad. What,1 let us ask, becomes of our traditional boast of America as tho land of liberty, the home of the free, when the country swarms with med dling inspectors and pestiferous spies? And what becomes of our boasted equality of right oniFprlvi. lege when men of means with spa cious cellars and attics are amply provided and may thus ignore the law, while the man lacking theso facilities must perforce and how ever resentfully endure tho restric tions of tho law? There is a familiar name for a rulo which imposes rules or obligations upon ono sort of man and from which another sort mny find exemption. It Is styled class le gislation, and it finds In tho present situation a complete nnd irritntlng Illustration. Will tho mnny whose' liberties nro restrained by prohibi tion view with equanimity the con tinued privilege of those whoso means now enablo them to smile, ovon as they regard contemptuously, the impertinent activities of a horde of official spies? Will our people suV mlt to tho humiliations of the spy systom; nnd, further, will thoy sub mit to bo taxed In support of that system? Verily, they will not! Ver ily they will find, within tho law or In contempt of it, ways and means of ridding themselves of a rulo which Insults Intelligence and offends a self-respecting. and proper pride. that prohibition will fail practically. It will fail because it is fouvded- in a false principle and supported by a false logic, because It Is destructive of patriotic sentiment and tends to destruction of loyalty to govern ment, because It Imposes upon the majority the will of a minority, be cause it makes a crime of that whieh is no crime, because It robs industry and enterprise of that which they have legitimately acquired, beoaupe inpractice the man of means is still privileged while the poor man is restrained, because it creates an army of spies busy in a hateful cen sorship of individual conduct, be cause it was Imposed by shameful practice in political management, be cause Its claims of moral reforma tion of society can not possibly ba sustained, becauso it creates new costs of government and, involves largely Increased charges of tnxa tlon. A self-respecting people, valu ing its liberties, resentful of inter ference in Its private affairs, will rise in the might of righteous wrath, and undo or nullify in resentment and anger that which has been dona In the spirit of tyranny and by the methods of chicane. Let no man believe that the Ar gonaut Is resentful of prohibition through motives founded in appetite, still less of sympathy with the Tlcl ouspbasesot the liquor traffic; and amonE4Pgvicipus phases ot the liq uor traffic we classify the hotel bar room and the be-gllt and be-mlrror-ed ''palace" with the dives of the Barbary Coast. There is no such, thing, there never has been such a thing, as a respectable saloon. Iong before any other journal in this community dared raise voice in pro- test the Argonaut was an open en- (Contlnued on page 7) There aro things that enactments ovon fundamental laws mny not do. Laws, however "fixed," become of non-effect whon lacking tho sanc tion of public approval and respect. Tho Constitution provides specifi cally a method of selecting tho Presi dent ot the ropubllc. In practlco wo choose President upon another prln clplo and by wholly different means. It Is fixed in tho Constitution thnt tho black man shall have equality of political prlvllego with the whlto man. In practice tho black man Is disfranchised throughout the South ern States. ' No wny has yet been found permanently to Impose upon tho American pooplo that which falls to colncidewlth nnd find continuing support in tho popular will. It was Edmund Burko, wo hellove, who de clared tho impracticability of lndlct Inr a wholo community, as Irul, may '. Lo said that tbore is to means by which millions of ran trained in il o precopts of liberty and accustom ed to freedom of private Judgment In tholr personal affairs m.iy be den led tho exorclso of that which Is as sociated with their propensities, their habits, their sonse ot rlglitful privi lege. 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