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Prohibition of Alcoholic Liquors

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jan 15, 1902

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 28, No. 3.

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Prohibition of Alcoholic Liquors

A movement is on foot to prohibit the traffic in alcoholic liquors with aboriginal races. It is a good move, and is indorsed by the President. But if prohibition is good for the aboriginals, why would it not be good for the people at home—the white race and the American negroes? The movement, which is receiving considerable attention, is a logical acknowledgment of the propriety of prohibition; and it is an admission that this one prominent feature of "civilization" is bad, at least for the aboriginal. Or shall we assume that the use of alcoholic poison is one of the boon privileges of civilization, and an inducement for the barbarian to become "civilized"—for the heathen to become "Christian"?