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Show ( PROHIBITION. 'fl (""the "..president sign si the measure' nw before 'him, .prohibition, will become or'l'ctive--iil the-United -States on the i iiocf-next .July, to continue until demobilization de-mobilization is an accomplished fact. There is some, dispute between, the 'wet ' . aud dry ' ' senators regarding i he working out oC -the law,. but. as tile 't mend men t to the federal constitution -- will undoubtedly be rat if ied by the nC'''0 3t?ary number of state legislatures before the next presidential election, .inferences of opinion regarding1 the law o become effective next July arc hard-lv hard-lv worth' consideration at this. lime. There are a number of states which n ould never go dry if they were allowed ro decide' the question for. themselves, ind the old cry- of slate's rights has een raised in the cast. 1 n t lie early ays of the prohibition movement those ivho were against it insisted that the t oters of each town or cjy should de-ide de-ide wh oilier .or no t)iey wiiujed .the nloen; then tiicre ':'e nuniorous fights - over country option, the prohibitionists making steady gains as the years rolled by. -Now that the final battle is on, the members of .John Barleycorn's army want to leave the whole matter to the individual states. When this 'trench is taken there will be an end of subterfuge subter-fuge and the people of the whole country coun-try will be going forward under the emblem em-blem of sobriety, arid there will be no turning back. Strong drink has killed more people than war, pestilence and famine, and, if we arc to have peace in the world in the years to come, we should keep sober in order to fully enjoy en-joy the blessings. |