The Cyclopedia of Temperance and Prohibition

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Excerpt from The Cyclopedia of Temperance and Prohibition: A Reference Book of Facts, Statistics and General Information on All Phases of the Drink Question, the Temperance Movement and the Prohibition AgitationThe growing prominence of the drink question is one of the undoubted, indeed, one of the most conspicuous, facts of our time. Both the observer of affairs and the student of tendencies must testify to this, and the understanding of it is strengthened by comprehensiveness and dispassionateness of view. Throughout Continental Europe the ablest writers are discussing the evils of alcoholism and devising remedies. Organized effort is being developed, even in these most con servative nations. The International Conferences against the abuse of alcoholic liquors attract many of the leaders of thought and reform. The Brussels Anti Slavery Conference, representing countries in which the liquor traffic is practically unrestricted, has taken American legislation as a pattern and incorporated in its general act for Africa a chapter prohibiting the furnishing of spirits to native races. And this action is not without Continental precedents: for five years the fishermen of the North Sea have been forbidden to purchase or carry distilled drink, and for a longer time Prohibition of the entire liquor business has been the normal policy of the Swedish and Norwegian rural communities. In England and all English speaking countries total abstinence is no longer a fad but a mark of discretion and intelligence, the Prohibitory doctrine is no longer a preposterous creed but an economic programme that begins to fairly divide public sentiment, parties, Legisla tures and constituencies. Organizations having annual incomes of tens of thou sands of pounds are urging advanced measures in the United Kingdom. The people of Scotland, voting by the plebiscite system, have declared by overwhelming majorities in favor of clothing the citizens with power to outlaw public houses at the ballot-box. Twice the yeomanry of Great Britain, with signal earnestness and enthusiasm, have rejected the proposition to bestow compensation for cancelled licenses, giving the weight of popular indorsement to the decree of the highest Courts of England, that there exists no such thing as a vested right in the liquor trade - a significant repetition of those solemn words of our own Supreme Court.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.