Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1915 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Prohibition and Temperance By James C. Kelly The failure of prohibition to decrease either intemperance or the quantity of alcoholic liquor consumed is shown by official government and state reports. This fact, often used by the liberals assn argument against the “dry” propaganda, has caused the prohibitionists to ask: “If prohibition decreases neither intemperance nor the quantity of liquor consumed, why do those interested in the liquor business oppose prohibition?” On the surface this question is a poser, but like many prohibition arguments, it is all on the surface. Prohibition by its own admission, aims only at the licensed and legitimate dealer or manufacturer of alcoholic beverages. It worries not over the intemperance of man or the manufacture and consumption of strong drinks by the individual. Its one purpose is to wipe out the legal and licensed industry, and quite naturally that industry fights back. Yes, it has been demonstrated that prohibition does not promote temperance, and no proof is needed to show that legitimate liquor industry is fighting prohibition. Recently my attention was called to the case of a man who, ordinarily liberal, was assisting a prohibition movement in his town. An investigation disclosed the fact that this man was selling flavoring extract which, if added to raw alcohol, would produce “real liquor”. - That is one reason why the legitimate manufacturer opposes prohibition. Again the legitimate trade does not relish the prospect of being forced out of business only to have the local demand supplied by mail order houses which operate without interruption. The heavy shipment of strong and, in many cases, adulterated liquor into prohibition territory is a matter of common knowledge. The legitimate liquor trade is not fighting temperance for it realizes that intemperance is it worst enemy. It is fighting prohibition as a matter of self-preservation. The opposition of legitimate manufacturers and licensed dealers in liquors to prohibition measures which do not decrease drinking is not so strange as the professional “drys” would have us believe. —Adv.

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