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Show H A CABINET OF FACTS AND FIGURES COMPILED FROM H OFFICIAL SOURCES. M Through th!s dopartmont wo aro M trying to present the views of men M of national roputatlon who have giv H en the subject of "Prohibition" much consideration and thought. Wo aro careful In presenting stat- H istics. Wo challeuge anv one to prove H their incorrectness, for they are oh- H talned from authentic sources. Thero H is no wish on our part to misropre- H sent. H Wo havo no time nor space nor de- H slro to devote to personalities, sneers H or sarcasm. The subject Is too lm- H portant to be treated in a light, weak, M " frivolous manner, and cannot bo put H aside without meeting the issue in H all Its phases squarely. This wo pro- H pose to do, respecting the views of H our opponents, b.it trying to con- H vince them of the impotence of thoir M position. H BRAND WHITLOCK, MAYOR OF 1 TOLEDO, OHIO, WHOSE METH-H METH-H ODS OF "LAW ENFORCEMENT" H HAS ATTRACTED THE ATTENDS ATTEN-DS TION OF MUNICIPAL AUTHORI-H AUTHORI-H TIES THROUGHOUT THE UNITES UNIT-ES ED STATES, HAS THIS TO SAY: m "Men aro not made good by legal H declaration, or by official action; they H are not good because of the fear of H policemen or of tho pains and penal-H penal-H ties of the laws. They are good when H they follow JJie best ,and highest lm-M lm-M pulses of their souls; goodness is de-H de-H velopcd from within, and thero is no M other way by which anyone can be-H be-H como good. Thero are, I think,, after H all, very few If any really bad per-H per-H sons in tho world. There are those H who do bad things at times, and, In H common with all of us. commit many H human blunders, follies and mistakes." H Mr. Whltlock Quotes from Cortez's H Great Work "Law; Its Origin, H Growth and Function." H "I do not hesitate to say that any H legislation which bears tho character-H character-H istics of tyranny is vicious in theory H and has never yet succeeded, and nev-H nev-H er wlllsucceed, in gaining its avowed H end, or In having any other than an H Injurious effect; and I venture to add H that If the zeal and labor which has H been employed by what are called H the better classes of society In efforts H to enact and enforce laws repressive H of liberty, had been expended In klnd-H klnd-H ly and sympathetic efforts to change H and elevate the thoughts and desires H of those less fortunate than them-H them-H selves, a benefit would have been H reapod in the diminution of misery H and crime which compulsory laws H could never accomplish. Moral ends H can never be gained except by mornl H means. All tho advances In clvillza-H clvillza-H tion and morality which society has H thus far made are due to the cultlva-H cultlva-H tlon and development of those moral H sympathies which find their activity H In co-operation and mutual aid " |