Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1915 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

His Brother’s Keeper

By James C. Kelly

A friend who keeps liquors in his home remarked that, while he drank moderately without injury to himself, he believed he would vote for prohibition in order to save the poor fellow who could not control his appetite. A friend of the friend expressed a similar opinion, frankly admitting at the same time the ownership of an ice box, well stocked with the beverage which brought him and his friends much innocent pleasure. Thus we have A voting drj to save B and B voting “dry” to save C and so on down the alphabet and then back again. Each of these liberal gentlemen proposes to vote “dry” to save the “other fellow” and they have a vague conception of the “other fellow” as being either the police court inebriate or some friend whose self-control they fancy is unequal to their own. Just how prohibition is going to benefit the “other fellow” is a matter which they have not paused to investigate. There is a curious phenomenon in connection with prohibition. It seems that where the licensed liquor trade is voted out the amount of intoxication is not decreased but often increased. Also it is noted that prohibition has the effect of substituting stronger liquors for the mild and bulky beverages. These facts have been well established by official investigations and official reports. The professional prohibitionist explains that the liquor used in so-called “dry” territory is consumed by the inebriate and intimates that ho can do nothing for this unfortunate individual. Prohibition, by its own admission, offers no assistance to the “other fellow” whom our altruistic and temperate drinkers would save. Instead, it places in his hands the vile, strong booze such *®s is to be found in the dark alleys of a “dry” community where the sale of mild beverages is impossible. If you sincerely believe yourself your brother’s keeper, look well before you intrust him to the mercy of prohibition.—Adv.

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