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Show PROHIBITION SENTIMENT. . Beer used to beer. Whisky used to be whisky. I Now nobody but the brewer knows what beer is, iand nobody, not even the distiller, knows what is served in most of the liquor emporiums for whisky. These are a couple of reasons for the growth of the sentiment against the whole intoxicating; liquor business. But they are not the sole reasons, although al-though in themselves entirely suthVient to justify the rapidly spreading anti-saloon movement. Another An-other potent reason is the disregard for the general laws which were made to govern society. The disregard disre-gard became so flagrant that special laws applying only to the liquor business were very generally passed throughout the country. An equal disregard for this special legislation followed its enactment. Public sentiment as to closing saloons on Sunday and at night was disregarded, and interference in politics, in legislation and in general business ag-' ag-' gravated the offense. The whole record of the sa loon business from the adulteration of the drink there sold to ihe total disregard of the demands of society has crystallized the popular resentment. Only a few years ago. with their interests protected pro-tected by lobbyists and their fangs deeply struck 1 into the vital machinery of government, the sa- loonists insolently asked the people what they were going to do about it. If a public official insitcd on law observance, he, was not re-elected. It was ihe policy of the saloon men to sell drink lots of it. It made no difference about the law. Now.' after the public is awakening, we find barkeepers advocating advo-cating Sunday closing and here and there a saloon man insisting on law observance. This is well, but it is late. They might prolong their existence by this course, but it is only temporary. By their greed and disregard for law they have given vital ' force to the movement which a few years ago was supported only by a handful. The anti-saloon sentiment sen-timent has grown into one of the wonders of the age. But it is only getting ready for business in I ' hc west. |