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Debate on prohibiting manufacture and traffic in ardent spirits
S P Johnson argues that banning the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors as a beverage is constitutional and necessary. He contends moral suasion alone fails to curb intemperance and urges Pennsylvania to lead in prohibition, citing social, economic and legal harms caused by rum taxation and crime.
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Court House
Warren
Smethport
S. P. Johnson
Sons of Temperance
Howard
Rhode Island
United States
House of Correction
Hardihood
Teason
Law
Friends of Prohibition
Rmoen
Penn
Federal Arch
Pennsylvania
Lord
Gideon