Show prohibition IN THE TRE ARENA through the kindness of 0 sir A C emerson we have before us no 2 vol loathe 1 of the arena the number ie peculiarly culi arly apropos at this time timo because of an eejay which it contains on the rum power from the pen of henry george mr geerges a doctrines on this burning question are quite qu ito as unorthodox as his labor theories but quite unlike them in being distinguished for the temperate logic and good sense with which be maintains bis his unpopular position which briefly stated is absolute abo lute freedom in the liquor traffic he ile would have both internal revenue and tariff removed entirely and the traffic exempted from taxation of every sot so t this be he suggests aa as a heroic experiment for the amel oration of eo bety in regard to the alcoholic evil in support of this startling paradox be he cites the effect of the two dollar per gallon tax which is famous for the corruption which it engendered in in new york politics the law was not and could not be enforced and andina instead of lessening the sale of int intoci axi cants it stimulated the rum element to a power for evil that for a long time menaced the peace of the state whisky merchants and their paid confederates practically seized the city government alcohol in all of its interests consolidated into the monster of corruption called tammany and for yeara years tammany was the sovereign A striking picture of the tile situation wai was drawn by hon lion L E 11 II crosby in the may 1 rum speaking with epenial ep ecial reference ree rence to the brewers he says their immense wealth gives them tuni unities ties tor for m wholesale hole sale bribery they raise enormous funds for me use in all c anvren in is which aich the temperance issue Is g raised but B lit the brewers have a greater power thau mere riches fach each brewery baa has a lar urea number of beer shops under III montrola con control trola they select inen men o of ethaw provide th the 0 money to establish blish them la in bubil business sifoa at and d ta take k e back chattel on oil the saloon fixtures they thui kali absolute possession ol 01 the mortgage or body and soul and tie lie follows follos their directions lu ill politics Imp implicitly nemy one firm of brea bre A ers in a leading city bolda fix six hundred chattel mor mortgages trages of this klinl kind aggregating 1 in val value e another haa ha awu hundred rodana and eight valued at we e can see in a the of power which u b tell uch such a n system item affords the saloons in order to rule mu must t com combine bine and liere berel IB a ilan of combination already pro aided one example will all chow 0 w hew r w t 1 t two year years I 1 ago ag a b r e w e r s in lit a wrong strong democratic dmitri district jact eter milked rosend to feud an attorney of theirs I 1 mra ama P fitch to congress Cong they secured the republican nomination for him the democratic bar booma ns were ordered to support him and ho he wail w u elected while serving hl his terra term luconi it fown g r esa the milla bill alioe toward free e trade came up for the brew er were in amor of reducing the surp lusin way a they desired the internal rev ene to remain untouched mr fitch left his hl party and voted voto lor for the mills bill the brewers turned to obtained the nomination tor for him and elected him again la ju the same district this is truly a dark picture but there is no reason to believe it has been overdrawn the giant whisky dt dial al ere ers v revenue removed from their traffic it ia lit the tariff and the revenue that makes them a power ia in politics without these incitements incitement fl the government would have no interest in them nor they in the go govern eminent either I 1 bocal nor national rr a I 1 az la 14 j 11 they would not emp lythe str enath of their wealth and numbus numb is in the manipulation of elections and the tile cor car of 0 officials because there would bo be no profit fir their pains mr george therit aks s up the question of alcoholic consumption under the licence system and aska asks if there was ever a man forb re taking his first drink of intoxicating liquor be can cabie it was dear dd adver t ver a liquor restrain his appetite because of a thousand d dollar tax on the lieh lish ment that furnished him the liquor was there ever a man whose propensities would lead him to beastly drunkenness with at five cents a drink that would bo be less a beast with whisky at fifteen cents a drinka drink again ia is it in iq the nature of thing things for men given 0 t complimenting their friends with whisky treats to indulge ina in a morer extensive complimenting when whisky is cheap than when whisky is dear on the contrary would not the force of the compliment rise in a ratio with the price of lie the beverage beve rape and is not the tax therefore an incitement to the complimenting vice rather than 1 a d discouragement ai coura gement in support rt of t this hi a premise promise he asks who th thinks inks of ing another to water or feels the refusal of another to deml em ty a glass of water into his stomach a slight or imagines that because one ma man n offers a glass of water to each of a party that each oneff one of the party mustin must in his turn offer a glass of water to all the others taking up the prohibition branch of the question be requests an example of a town in which the sale of intoxicants has been to any len length ath of time prohibited by law or a town where for any length of tim timp the consumption of liquor has been relatively less because of legal restrictions restrict fons it is a current argument is which aich it would put prohibitionists greatly about to refute that the consumption of intoxicants in iowa kansas and elsewhere under prohibition laws has liss increased instead of decreasing and as an evidence of the truth of this theory those states are now working back to the license doctrine presuming g that pro prohibition cannot place liquor IL b yond the reach of those inclined to the use of it mr george wants to know of a case eme where a man in the habit of using wine at his table or treating his friends with it or drinking it himself on the sly hag has refrained rear a ired from doing so because of a law against the liquor traffic these queries though not entirely original with mr george are significant in the settlement of this embar assing problem and to ignore them means always to be grasping at a phantom that will vanish at the moment we consider it most secure and lest lie the argument of the foregoing m might ight be misconstrued as STANDARD doctrine we will ill set the minds of our out readers for ever at rest on an that point that prohibition up to the present time has not succeeded in prohibiting t or an anything like it is true that men inclined to the nse use of liquor no matter who or of what profession will not sacrifice their appetites to legal rat restraints mint Is true that an in of cost resulting from taxation wil wi 1 effect practically nothing in lessening the consumption of liquor is true bet but that free whisky would bo be a desirable coial attachment we disbelieve most emphatically nor do we concede that thai legal means may not be invented whereby prohibition or at least an improvement on the present presen t order of things may be effected but this we not only believe but know that society if it would might correct the evil with very ro much uch leaa less effort than the law and for the law to be brought into the problem at all is the worst possible commentary enri on ali e self respect of the age it 11 people of established reputation in 11 society would for one year withdraw their association absolutely from whisky takers and whisky makers the tile effect 1 won would id be more potent in the tile bottling settling of the alcohol problem that all the I 1 lans band and law officers in christendom let them bo be a as vigilant may it if the day shall ever come that thit good society docs does not take its dram and make it an occasion of ceremony then will this detestable question that is now obtruding itself into every corner of human concerns have so thoroughly subsided from public attention that even the country parson would not burn his lis reputation with euch such a chestnut A connecticut man was seized by the tile grip with such violence that when lie sneezed he be broke three ribs for the purposes of this diagnosis it may not ba necess necessary iry to say that he had previously cracked them by falling off a train ll ISSUE of the commer ciol cial was of sixteen pages and an all round daisy it is 18 well printed on tinted bok b ak paper and is generously illustrated the keynote of the whole hole range of articles ia Is OGDEN and it is sounded clear and strong from every page and in every picture the various attractions and advant ages of the tile junction city a resume of her history a glance at her tier prospects tor for the future and a comprehensive mention of her business men and institutions all go to constitute an attractive number at and d one which will be productive of good the of a campaign document written fr the silt lake trib we une is perhaps the only marring fea fes ture the work of he file editors ahm selves is far better for or their am win hag has been to present aa as attractively as pos sible ethlea a solid business anaw to all in 0 qu fries iee in tle now years cial ogden ogi len has bas an enthusiastic aavo cate |