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Show trlbunul, docs not affect tlio tare right of regulating or prohibiting the sale of liqitortt within Its own boundaries.. bound-aries.. The result ,of this ruling, however, how-ever, will be to weaken prohibition and to strengthen the seutimcnt in favor of high license, which, has been demonstrated demon-strated to be a practical and businesslike business-like method of handliug the liquor question. j The original package decision of the supreme court of the United States is regarded as a black cyo to state prohibition pro-hibition laws. The decision, which was rendered in an appeal case from the prohibition state of Iowa, is to the effect ef-fect that liquor, liko other articles of merchandise, Is a subject of interstate comniereo, aud that any state law which prohibits the transportation of merchandise from one state to another, or the receipt of the same by the person to whom the consignment is made, is in conflict with the laws of the general government aud therefore unconstitutional. unconstitu-tional. This decision of the supreme . I . ... . . ; .; . ' |