Show I 1 r 9 11 M CHARLES E HUGHES prohibition in rural districts it is 13 well known throughout the nation that the prohibition movement really originated in the rural districts though thew the so called leaders usually live in the cities the country districts simply dont want liquor in the neighborhood from the country districts the campaign against king alcohol spread to county units in many states and from that vantage point to state prohibition and now the cry is nationwide nation wide prohibition the history of the prohibition movement shows the strength and tenacity of rural sections when loyalty to a principle is involved except in a few states the prohibition hibi tion movement for decades was never taken seriously by the liquor interests and city residents meanwhile however sentiment in favor of it was constantly gaining ground in the country districts until at last the tidal wave arrived |