Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-05-26 | Page 8 | The Canadian Rush

V j t The Cana Canadian han Rush I Itt tt DEMOCRACIES to endure must be liberal v Generally speaking they are the result of ol restrictions against which a large number of ol f people J rebel For this reason more than any tny r other will never be an V prohibition V success in the United States It is the V underlying difficulty in law enforcement The V laws ar are written They are enacted to be berio rio r. r enforced but the fact remains that the prohibitory pro- pro l law lw is offensive to many of of our ur people V J They think it interferes with their personal p r nal nalI and the drys tell them it is for their I wn good Religious oppression brought the first firt t settlers to America and we f fancy c w we hear r the oppressors saying that the restrictions were for their own good Narrowness breeds coni cont con- con t i and contempt defiance Religious j liberty made America a haven for oppressed people In other words a spirit of tolerance va a more liberal philosophy made this a de- de r S Prohibition is restrictive legislation of another another an- an S other sort Nevertheless it is subject to the same measurements The right of the individual individual indi indi- V vidual to drink beer or wine may not be a aV V Wright r at all It may not fall under the category cate- cate gory nOry of personal liberty But in spite of this Ja fat t there are a great number of people who thi think k it does Ri Right ht or wrong prohibition thus U s becomes restrictive legislation which is V oppressive in certain circles and which invites rebellion of some sort This rebellion is expressed expressed ex ex- ex- ex pressed today in contempt for laws and its evils go further than those laws which just concern themselves with drinking f iv 42 Witness the last few days in Canada with our point beer bee on tap Hundreds of thousands thousands thousands thou- thou V sands of Americans have gone there What for To get a glass of beer Possibly but butS S there ther is something deeper than that in the 4 present migration It is a 13 human desire to b be temporarily rid of restrictions which are rare re repulsive repulsive re- re to the individual a pandering to what he considers his personal liberty It It is is but a aS astep S V step from transient to permanent residence and unless the cranks in America are careful V they will drive m many people across the border V V for good goad and all To which they no o doubt will will reply It will be a good thing for the 5 country V They however should remember that it itis V is but a ra step from legislation of this kind to legislation creating the old religious oppressions J which resulted in the first settlements of America merica If the present policy is continued sooner doner or later a good many of our reformers v will find themselves bound and tied by other r tads fads and fancies of other individuals to which cannot subscribe so freely Narrowness r is the most destructive agency in a ra democracy ij