Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-07-27 | Page 26 | Prohibition in Mexico

PROHIBITION IN MEXICO. A prediction was made in New York ; last Tveck that Mexico will, at no distant dis-tant date, be "drier" than the "United States. The prophet who gave this opinion was General Candido Aguilar, commander-in-chief of President Car-ranza Car-ranza 's military forces. He was on his way to France on a mission for his government. gov-ernment. General Ag'.:ilar said he was convinced con-vinced that prohibition would be a ' ' fine thing ' ' for Mexico. He mentioned men-tioned that while he was governor of Vera Cruz he instituted many liquor prohibitive measures which proved highly successful. "There is no doubt in my mind,'? he said, " thr.t my country will go 'dry,' as vou say here. Many of our most prominent men think it would be a good thing and that it would lead to greater industry and deyeluVment.''