Show ERADICATING AN EVIL The people of the state have reason to congratulate themselves that the leg lslature has passed a b 11 forb dd ng the shipment of 1 quor from wet into dry territory Th s was a genu ne abuse that cried out for remedy and we be eve that much of the agitat on in fa or of statewi le proh b t on resulted from the lust wrath of the electo ate in local opt on counties who saw the r will constantly set at naught by the brewers and wholesale liquor dealers Deep te the fact that various coun ties had declared aga nst the saloon they found themselves face to fa e w th an ill c t traffic in liquor wh ch made local opt on a travesty an 1 introduced evils mmeasnreably worse than those they had abandoned The only way to cope with th s abuse was the enactment of a state law penalizing the sh pment of ntox cants into dry terr tory Such a law has now been provided by the leg slature It is a subst tute for t) e house b II which made illegal sh pments of Hqnor a felony and its penalt es are less severe but we presume that the leg slators made the obango adv sedly an J that the law which they have passed s as effect e as any which eould be de vised The people of the state there fore may look forward to a regulat on of the 1 quor traffic wh ch w II erad cate tho most onsr an ab bp an ab fie aga nst wh Ph al rghtniud cople of the s af battle 1 a omj on I Ingly Th law w I 1 r a most I alio a 1 d t on Jo the if lat ons alrcaly rro v ded for the hand ng of the liquor p oblem It has beh nd t a publ c sen t ment wh ch w 11 not tolerate ts vio lat on. Those dealers who ha e been so 11 adv sed and so defiant in the face of pubbc d sappro al w 11 find short shrift f n their folly they attempt to e ade the prov s ons of the statute They will br ng disaster not only upon themselves but even upon those engaged n the 1 quor business who seek to ab de by the laws |