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The Failure of the Raines Liquor Law

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA · Sep 26, 1900

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 26, No. 39.

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The Failure of the Raines Liquor Law

At the time the Raines Liquor Law was enacted in New York the temperance people thought they had won a great victory. But its operation has been anything but satisfactory. The Christian Work says, "The fact is, the Raines Law is the veriest fraud ever imposed upon the statute-books of the State." Temperance advocates always make a mistake when they attempt to curb the liquor traffic by taxing it. Its great political strength lies in its boast of how much it does to support the government. The masses are thus made to believe that the public could not do without its assistance.