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Very accurately describes state-wide prohibition. Be riot de
ceived. The claim that the proposed prohibition amendment will
make Nebraska "dry" is a fraud.
Those who propose a law that is to be submitted to a vote of the
people are expected to file with the Secretary of State an explana
tion of what the law undertakes to accomplish.
The Nebraska "Dry" Federation has complied with this require
ment. Oyer its signature in the official pamphlet of the Secretary
of State appears this explanation: - ( - ,
"Tfie Proposed Amendment does not attempt to
deal with the habits and appetites of our citizens"
This is the naked fraud that is put before the unsuspecting
voters of Nebraska.
In plain language, addressed to the drunkard, the bootlegger, to
the boy vand to the young man, the actual promise of the amend
ment is: - , ; rrr--y..y. , - t, , -.
fBuy a money order. Order any quantity of beverage from Chicago, St. Joseph,
or Kansas City. Our so-called prohibition law permits yoa to be as intemperate
as yoa like so long as you purchase outside of your own state." .
There can be no denial of the fact that these are the conditions
offered Nebraska under the fraudulent prohibition law on which
we are to vote. ,
Tho Mo of IProhibttion Is Heavy
For if this amendment is adopted, it will fasten on Nebraska the demoralizing condi
tions now prevailing in other prohibition states. v
In Kansas this fraudulent brand of prohibition has prevailed for thirty-five years, and
has made the vile unspeakable alley-joint a fixture in nearly every community. In
the past two years Kansas sent 85 murderers to prison; Nebraska, in comparison, send
ing only 29 in the same' period. On June 30, 1916, the number of convicted felons
confined in.the state prisons in Kansas was three times the number imprisoned in
Nebraska. It cost Kansas taxpayers over $701,000 in the two years to guard and
maintain her convicted felons, as against a cost of $325,000 in Nebraska.
This is what the fraudulent prohibitory amendment is offering Nebraska, instead of a
Nebraska "dry." Look these facts squarely in the face and decide if you want these
conditions to prevail in Nebraska. Think it over!
r ' THE NEBRASKA . PROSPERITY LEAGUE.
HOW TO VOTE AGAINST PROHIBITION
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The squares shown below will appear at the TOP of the
ballot An X marked in square 301 is a vote AGAINST
PROHIBITION.
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Shall the above and foregoing amend-
" . No ment to the Constitution be adopted?
