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Show DRASTIC LIQUOR LEGISLATION BY THE GOVERNMENT , The Webb bill prohibiting the Interstate In-terstate shipment 01 liquor Into "dry' states for purpose of sale or "in anv manner used, which has passed the house and senate of the I'nlted Btatel the most drastic prohibition legislation legis-lation ever enacted In this country With the changing of the uumber on the bill, the measure will be ready for the President's signature, which, affixed, win give to this countrj . federal statute that promises to disorganize dis-organize the liquor traffic In two-thirds two-thirds of the states of the Cnlon. This Is enlarging on state rights. If a community is opposed to the sale of liquor, the protests of that com munity should be respected, and so with a state. This we say, although not in favor of sumptuary lows. e are not convinced tli3t this federal legislation will promote the cause of temperance. Nearly all states now dry" are dry In name only When the obtaining of strong drink is finally made almost impossible, impos-sible, there may be a rcsulslon in public sentiment, with a return to the wet column Prohibition Is sub-mine,! sub-mine,! lo in many places today because be-cause it is only a fiction With actual actu-al prohibition, those who have not felt their personal libortv seriously abridged under the loose enforcement of the liquor laws, might rebel and I turn the tide In favor of the wet? |