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The Argument Against Prohibition

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jun 3, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 21.

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The Argument Against Prohibition

ONE argument (?) used against prohibition is that such laws are violated. In this line the Alta says: "Iowa is a prohibition State, but of five murderers on trial there now, four are proved to have committed the crime while drunk." Taking another and more sensible view of the matter, the Pacific Union retorts: "Which only shows that two prohibitory laws have been violated—one against the use of liquor, and the other against murder. Would the Alta have them both repealed?"