PROHIBITION AN UNEXAM
PLED, COLOSSAL FAILURE,
SAYS I)R. NICHOLAS BUTLER
London.—“A dead letter” and a
"“colossal failure” are the drastic de
clarations regarding prohibition made
by Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler since
his arrival in England.
“The effect of nation-wide prohibi
tion by constitutional amendment,”
says Dr. Butler, “has been that the
public drinking places, or saloons,
have been to all intents and purposes
abolished. So far so good.
“The liquor traffic, however,
flourishes on a scale of almost unex
ampled magnitude, untaxed, and with
immense profits, although carried on
secretly and in violation of law.
“In my judgment, .the evil effects of
the policy adopted by the United
t States, in morals, in politics and in
public order, far outweigh tthe ad
vantages.
“It has become plain to everybody
.‘-that nation-wide prohibition simply
ccannot.be enforced, for the simple
t reason .that it affronts the judgment
r. as wdli as the moral and political
i principles of the vast numbers of the
population, including a large propor
tion of the most intelligent and the
most cpright.
“Prohibition is a wrong method of
dealing with a real public evil. By
crossing the invisible line which s^p
aarates tin state of New York from
the province of Quebec, one may see
fan almost ideal method of dealing the
! public, aspects' of the liquor case.
•'In Quebec mere are no public
drinking places, no law-breaking and
butia minimum of crime traceable to
'the use of liquor.
“In the United States, on the other
hand, there is widespread stealthy
drinking, much drunkenness, -■ affd
plenty of evidence ot those crimes
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which are traceable to the abuse of
liquor.
“In addition, the nation-wide prohi
bition policy has brought in its train
a spirit of lawlessness, of political
cowardice and hypocrisy that are lit
tle short of appalling.
“It is a mistake to suppose that op
position to prohibitibn is confined to
New York and the other great states.
There are reported weekly hundreds
of violation of the liquor law in
Kansas, which is an interior and ag
‘ ricultural state and has had state
j prohibition for half a century, while
| Florida, in the far south, almost
i floats in liquor during the h:gh sea
J son in winter.
“We are told that, by reason of our
constitutional law, the 18th or pro
i l.ibition amendment can never be re
; p a'e:!. If so, it is certain to go by
way of the 15th amendment enacted
after the civil war to give political
rights to the colored man. In at
least 10 states of the 48, no attention
whatever is paid to this constitutional
provision, and no attempt has been
made to enforce it for more than 36
years.
“Moreover, the attempts at what is
called ‘law enforcement’ in the United
States—which phrase is always inter
preted to mean enforcement of prohi
bition—r-are frequently accompanied
by violations of far more fundamental
and far-reaching provisions of law,
including those 6f the bill of rights
itself.
“The situation is: very difficult
and painful one, but, wwh the ex
ample of Canada before us, it ought
not to he too much toexpect that the
intelligence and the morality of the
American people will shortly require
a change of policy in order to substi
| tuts a really effective public measure
' for the present unexampled and co
lossal failure.”
“Viscountess Astor,’ -5u.nl an editor,
“has had a terrifici facer from the
House of Commons. She gave the
House, you k now, a huge painting of
herself aa'-tne tirst woman M, P., and
the painting has been returned to her
with thanks.
“She’ll get back at that bunch
somehow. She always get hack at
people. T heard her making an elec
tion speech in Plymouth once.
“ ‘Don’t you wish you were a
man ?’ a young fellow ■ yelled.
“‘Don’t you?’ said she, and went
right on with her argument.
“The young fellow thought a while.
“Finally he thought up something
good, oh, very good.
“ ‘Hey,’ he yelled again, ‘don’t you
think mothers ought to stay home
with their children?’
“‘I think,’ said Lady Astor, ‘that
the children ought to stay home with
their mothers.” And she went right
on with her argument again.’’
W hat Did Dad Say?
Little Joe was in the yard the other
| evening catching lightning bugs.
; After catching one he held it in his
: hand for some time, turning it over
j and over. Finally he inquired of his
i father “Dad, where does this hug
I turn on?”—Indianapolis News.
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Science and Invention
The largest known electric globe is
a 40,000-watt giant.
A “radio knife,” the bloodless in
strument for use in surgical work, has
been invented.
The new type phonograph has a
frequency range of from 100 to 5,000
vibrations per second.
One of the newest musical instru
ments is the “mandolinarpa,” an Ital
ian creation. The instrument belongs
to the lute family.
A safety razor, mirror, soap and
space for extra blades, is the newest
hasving apparatus for men—all fitted
in the handle of a brush.
Eugene Iteinhold, a schoolboy of
St. Paul, Minn., built a quarter-ounce
electric motor mounted on. e fmgei
ring. It runs on two volts.
A sanitary mouth mask to guard
against contagion has been invented,
that is small enough to be folded and
carried in a vest pocket
Joseph Walski, of New York, is the
inventor of an anti-aircraft gun,
which he claims can be 90 degrees and
fire 7,500 shots a minute.
Matches which can be dipped in
water without spoiling have been pro
duced by putting rubber latex into the
tip material. The mixture is then vul
.cariLaed.
lo save space in storing, autamo
InU ), a tower has been designed into
wvhich they are run and raised or low
ered on a series of platforms canned
on an endless belt.
It is said that radio telephonic con
versations across the Atlantic ocean
with the same privacy as present
long-distance telephone connections
will be developed.
The cross-links of a new automobile
1 tit*:- chain are covered with sharp
. noints t hat grip, almost any kind of
road surface, while backs are smooth
to fit tires without injury.
An “autogyro," a firing machine, in
vented by Juan de la Ciervu, son of a
former Spanish minister of war, rises
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almost vertically and comes down to
earth again as lightly as a feather.
Professor H. M. Lefroy, a British
scientist, recently died in London frof
the effects of a new gas he discovered
and without leaving anything to pos
terity of his latest achievement, ex
cept bewilderrru-nt among scientists
and physicians. His hobby was to
produce gas which would destroy in
sects without being harmful to human
beings.
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Mrs. .Jean McLean
Notary Public
Tokotoa. Alaeka
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Large tank heater. Inquire sta
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FOR SALE.
Nine good traveling dogs. Fifty
dollars each. No trouble; fast. Also
light hickory basket sled, toe lines,
all complete, at a bargain.
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A Dredging or Hydraulicing
Proposition, Yankee Creek
About 7 miles long:, «xtending from No. i below discovery xo
the mouth of the creek.
Pay located, all along for a distance of about three miles from
upper end and pretty well prospected and cross-cut.
Average depth of ground is from 7 to 20 feet. Top is all black
muck,that can be scraped freely. No rock bigger than one's fist.
Ground will go from 15 cents to $1 per square foot of bedrock.
Ditch on the ground, S miles long, together with water rights.
Ground is pretty well cleared. There is also a drain, C miles long.
Also a water right on Ready Bullion creek, from which water can
be brought to Yankee creek with n, ditch less than a mile long
(4,900 feet), with a pressure of 120 feet, being 1600 feet to the
work from the ditch.
After doing away with muck there will be from 4 to C feet of
dirt to handle.
Only about $11,000 has been taken out.
Prospecting work during the past winter has resulted in finding
values that run up to $1 per (Square foot of bedrock.
I will either sell the ground or give a lease on it. If the prospect
is satisfactory to the buyer, a cash payment will be expected.
For further information, terms, etc, call en ground, or write *r
telegraph me.
ED NOLLETTE,
Tokotna, Alaska.