Show SHOULD UTAH ADOPT PROHIBITION I That the question of some borne sort tort of control of or the liquor traffic in Utah will be an issue if it not for tor forthe forthe the next election eJection at any rote rate In state politics In the ver very near future Is the opinion held eld by br many who are lighting fighting the system of dispensing alcoholic drinks exemplified In tho American saloon In other wor words s. s they claim that Utah should take her place In the great movement loo looking to greater restriction on the liquor traffic that has been and now Is sweeping s whole the countr country Rev ne neP P P. A A. A Simpkin pastor of Phillips Congregational church believes local option should bo be the aim rather than state wide prohibition lIe He believes es the next legislature should act on this matter maller and further that tho the adoption of or a local option law Jow would mean within a n ner er very few months absolute c. c prohibition inI In Inthe Inthe I the greater part of the state Mr Ir Simpkin f First First local local option The development of temperance sentiment crystallizing into political action actton with unprecedented enthusiasm and celerity is the thc marvel of our time and it is but the the- the natural natural thing that 0 we in Utah should feel the stirrings stirring 0 You ask me about prohibition prohibition are are we ready for it I scarcely think we are The present objective tive Is 1 a n local option law which will permit every community to allow or unqualifiedly to prevent the 1 licensed or r unlicensed traffic in liquor among Its Us own citizens A thorough education In the value of prohibition pro moral moral and economic should precede Its practical adoption The sentim sentiment nt In favor of such a law seems to grow rapidly One finds few to take the defensive and they are either those whose material interests are wrapped about the traffic or those who do not seem to have studied even shallowly the economic side of the question II I do look for the next legislature to give us this law It is a long step yet to complete prohibition The Ideal thing now would seem to be that community regulation which local option supplies sup I plies and the educative influence it yields Of course a local option vote vate will mean that seven-eighths seven of r Utah's territory will wili become at ones one totally prohibitive S. S S B D. Tuttle believes that the question of oC dealing with whElm the liquor traffic Is a live one in Utah and that it is a question which should unite Mormon and Gentile on the si side e that fights the saloon I I believe the method of handling the liquor traffic is an Issue that i is b a thoroughly live one today all over the United States said Mr Tuttle I think the time is near at hand when it Is going to be bethe bethe bethe the great issue issue issue-an an Issue that will be talked ab abut ut as much as for example the thc currency question is now And if anything on or earth is needed prohibition is surely needed in Utah and everywhere When people In the numbers that now are arc doing so spend their all on drink It is time some one should take care of them Whether we v should have wide state-wide prohibition or some other form of law i Is largely a matter tobe to tobe tobe be settled by each state for itself In Utah we have a class of people who claim to be temperate from their religious views and prohibition ought to he be easier to attain in Utah than elsewhere Without a doubt those Gentiles who favor prohibition would espouse the cause no matter from what source the movement move move- movement I ment sprung If the Gentile element is so bigoted that it would not stand tand up for lis Its real real belief in this I matter then surely it were time to call a haltI halt I 1 dont don't believe there is any way to prevent the manufacture and sale of alcoholic drink for medicinal purposes But certainly the sale of liquor for drink in saloons should be regulated Preventing Its manufacture manufacture manufacture manu manu- facture would be going too teo far because I suppose nearly everyone believes that alcohol in some forms forma Is good as IS a stimulant when vital vitality ity Is lowI low I Ui do not believe that prohibition will cut much figure this year and in this campaign A question 0 like that needs an Immense amount cf Gf preparation that has not been given I do favor prohibition lon arid and would vote for it even though it were to harm the renting of or business property in which I was interested I do not know however that it would 1 |