THE
McCarthy weekly news
Entered as second class matter, tjeptem
ber 17th, 1918. at the l ost Office, a
McCarthy. Alaska, under the Act o
March 3. 1879.
C. O. Marwood Editor
U. Marwood Circulation Manager
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Saturday December, 0, 1024
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THE EIGHTEENTH
AMENDMENT
(continued from last week)
It is not the first time that
the apostles of law and order have
been faced with the task of enfo
rciwg a law which is not backed
by public favor. Usually, in such
a case, the statute is soon repea
led or else no attempt is made to
enforce it whence it dies a natur
al death. Net so, however, with
the Prohibition measure. There
is an element, a minority elome
nt. in the country which is figh
ting to the last ditch to preserve
this measure from annihilation;
iti tact they are fighting much
harder than their opponents wh
use attitude is usually passive
and lacks the initiative to force
a show down. So the forces of 1 i\v
and oroei eowiinue the attempt,
often very feeble, to bring the
penalty of the law upon offenders
and the govern men t conliiiuesio
spend millions upon a Lore. of
men, boats and other costly pai a
phernalia in trying ti> stamp out
tne lit g ■ I tr.ifilc in liquor, wnich
instead of being stamped out is
is J’louri.-lnng and thriving hue
a noxious ween and ail because
the attitude of the bulk of the
people is against the ordinance.
Jt is to be understood that
public sentiment does not favor
bootlegging but is so antagonist
ic to the Prohibition measure
that they will not get behind the
authorities in any attempt to per
secute offenders against it. The
attitude is that the country brou
gilt, this state of affairs upon its
elf and can get out of it the best
way possible.
In Canada when things got
to this stage a referendum was
demanded and obtained with the
result that British Columbia. Alb
erta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and
Quebec brought bade John Harle
ycorn with overwhelming majori
ties, lint the old sajuoii and open
bar had given way to gover*ment
control and the people had what,
they wanted in a clean and effec
tive manner while* the revenue
shifted from the pocket of ihe
bootlegger to the coffers of the
goxernment. The bootlegger and
moonshiner meanwhile look' to
the Cm ted States to supply his
meal ticket, which it does hands
umely /
The liquor question is nor
merely a moral issue but is one
of the world's greatest economic
factors. Alcohol as a beverage' is
not a necessity. It is the most
expensive luxury on the market
but a majority of the people want
it and are getting it and will con
tin tie to get it., li they can’t get
’good' stufi at a reasonable price
they will gel poison at an exiior
biiaut price. More mone.v is spent
a iutta.iy on alcoholic beverages
m tlie Lulled States at the prese
ill Lane than before prohibition
ana instead oi getting this reveu
lie toe government is spending
another lorlune m an attempt to
cope with the situation. Two loll
lines are being lost to uie tax
pay el s.
Tuere seems always to be a
certain amount oi ‘badness in
man unit must come out—block
its egress lu one place and it wiil
urean out in another. il you do
not want a man to go a certain
p ace never hang upa ’forbidden’
Sign foi that is juso where he will
go. loti cannot legislate a man
into being good.
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