28 Oct 1909
Page 1
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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Oct 28, 1909
Page
1
A new street sheet titled The Searchlight or The Blind Pig Advocate appears in Cranbrook accusing liquor interests of moral danger. The editor is described as a fanatic, promoting local option with frenzy. The piece argues Prohibition as a national economic and moral issue needing reason over passion.
A lengthy critique by Reverend William A Wasson Cleverman argues that Prohibition failed nationally and in Maine Georgia and New York. It claims prohibition worsened crime fostered hypocrisy and provided no real temperance reform. The author condemns local option and warns against banning liquor by law without substitute institutions.
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