Show PROHIBITION AND RESULTS OF REPEAL Editor Record The Prohibition Constitutional Amendment was repealed on th the of December 1933 1933 w when Utah as the state acted for Cor repeal re repeal repeal re- re i peal In a convention called for tor that purpose So far as Utah Is concerned we can all s see sec e for ourselves that thai repeal repeal re re- re p peal al has b been en a l benefit in morals moral law enforcement and in business On a recent trip to the west coast from San Diego to Seattle I had an opportunity to quiz about about about a- a bout the effect of rep repeal al The younger set both bolh and single are banning drinking to toa toa a large extent both public and private Before r repeal peal the share I Set the smart alec set and a great I Ilot lot of people who resented d prohibition prohibition prohibition by law as Henry Ward Vard Beecher once said If U any man manor manor manor or any community ty were to say to tome tome to me mc You shant shan't drink wine when you think it best I would say I 1 will with no other reason but to show him I am a fr fro free man all ail joined together made it impossible impossible impossible sible to fore prohibition because public opinion was against it That Is and was a practical lesson of the thc Free Ag Agency ncy doctrine which is the soundest of all oIl doc doc- trines That Free Agency became a constant and powerful antagonist antagonist antagonist to enforce the morals of a minority against the freedom orthe or ot the majority by law The young folks middle aged and the old folks rebelled against it Now the younger people as well as the older folks are placed upon upon upon up up- on their own common sense wi with witha th tha a personal responsibility and desire desire de de- sire to have the law lacy enforced While passing through Oregon a few days ago ogo I was struck by bythe bythe bythe the following statement in large bold capital letters emblazoned emblazon d on big sign boards above and across the highway at many places to- to wit IF YOU DRINK DONT DOW DRIVE DRIVE That was an expression of public opinion Every man an who wh ever saw that statement across the thc highway wether he was a I drinker or not wOl would d instantly agree agre with it It is no longer popular to drink at private parties parties parties par par- ties as it was during prohibition days Law La enforcement is comparatively comparatively com com- easy where public opinion opinion opinion ion is back of I it t. t And the younger people by set setting ling the example and drawing the line on private drinking as is becoming th the tha general general general gen gen- eral tendency is having more power for sane and sensible s conduct conduct conduct con con- duct than any prohibition lave v ever will have I L. L A. A HOLLENBECK |