Show MAKE IT e the fol following loing letter has been received att his office and it contains some things which are right to the point and are arc endorsed by us W we give it editorial space and endorsement richfield oct 20 1908 editor reaper rr fur some borne considerable time past I 1 have been of the many thousands reading the richfield reaper which papi r I 1 consider is the best paper published in utah I 1 have noted with consi considerable drable interest inter cst the stand taken by the reaper on the question of prohibition the course of the paper is to be commended as far as 33 it has gone but it gone quite far enough the que is handled very much like it was a hot potato and too much like feelings would be hurt if you called it by the right name and so as a mild substitute subs titue for prohibition iou ou break of temperance reform and local option now mr editor in the c canion pi uon 0 of yur ur correspondent local n and nd temperance reform is all hogwash h there is nothing definite plain or tangible about them in fact the ahik vh ikei e interests welcome these questions and utilize them as a decoy to draw the attention fron from fro n the real isue issue h is prohibition temperance reform means anything that i h 3 bette betic than former conditions it mansa a ce la a little less than former it means one drink less thin abin last years ye ars drinks lt it means the turning over of one new icae when in fact the bhole book ought to be cit caa into the fiery furnace temperance reform means nothing its a misnomer we want something better let us change the motto on our banner and make it read prohibition lt let us be honest and ask for what we w want ant local option means a little more than temperance reform it help but mean more if it meant anything at all but to the people of utah local option in lieu 0 of tion is like selling our birthright loa foa pot lottiee lott taZe aee local option means an indeli ite c nution of ane battle against whiskey hiskey it as like knocking an enemy down and then il lowing hin im to get up beffie putting an end to 0 the fight when ve me ask for local loca I 1 option it looks very much as if we me IN ere afraid of working ou ourselves reles out of a job too soon it is like the scientific advice to always stop eating cating while yet hungry and just so local are always fighting king alcohol but never willing to put him entirely out of business so let use hange the motto on the banner and make it read prohibition let it le ie advertised over this entire state as a fight to the finish a fight that mears tle tie death funeral services and burial of eiery saloon in utah and let every drug store mer chandie ch indie store shoe store millinery shop cafe and commercial club know that the cannot and ahill not sell whiskey or any of its cousins uncle or aunts or anything that claims blood relationship to it prohibition is the one great question overshadowing utah today winkey win Wh ikey key or no whiskey is the question local option means wals whiskey no moreon reir less with the odds in faor of more prohibition means no whiskey there should be no doubt as aa to which side of this question we should look to find the vast majority of people this is a question to be settled by legislation legislation is done by legislators legislators are chosen at the then it is at the polls where the people make their lam laws s on this question no political party can compromise its candidate for as a man liveth so will he be wor keth the temperate man will work for prohibition the intemperate man IN fiill I 1 I 1 I 1 IN work ork for local option or the present license the people of utah want prohibition it is highhanded high handed foolishness to talk of local option to a people like the majority oz ol inhabitants let us change our motto and make our banner read prohibition Prohibit io n 11 teetotaler in the language of the street that looks good to us and we me endorse endor e the sentiments expressed |