Prohibiition

This newspaper article was published on May 17, 1922 by the Clarence Courier, a newspaper from Shelby County, Missouri. The article takes a stance on prohibition in context of an economic and moral standpoint. The article starts off by saying that the majority (90%) of the population is in favor of prohibition in the enforcement of prohibition laws. From an economic standpoint, prohibition is beneficial as there is more food and clothes for women and children, as the money which would formally go to saloons is being put to better use. From a moral standpoint, there is less drunkenness and unhappiness.

Although this article in the Clarence Courier, the article “World War 1 Played Key Role In passage of Prohibition” (https://themobmuseum.org/blog/world-war-played-key-role-passage-prohibition/) makes a claim that many military veterans didn’t like the Prohibition amendment, even going as far as writing “The Alcoholic Blues” in 1919. This even goes as far as saying, “I wouldn’t mind to live forever in a trench, if my daily thirst only let me quench. But not with Bevo or ginger ale, I want the real stuff by the pail,” which isn’t the same as what the newspaper article said.

Another article, How World War II Saved American Beer Brewing, by Toni M. Kiser and Kristen D. Burton (https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/how-world-war-ii-saved-american-beer-brewing), argued that prohibition and brewers were intentionally wasting important resources, like grain, coal, and gasoline, in an effort to hurt the US war effort, which means that prohabition was an economic choice, similar to what the Clarence Courier also claims.