Excerpt from Improvement Era, Vol. 19: May, 1916
A great moral wave is sweeping over the nations of the world, including not only our own country, but the leading pow ers of Europe. One of the main forces instrumental in bringing on this movement is the attempted elimination of the liquor traffic. Prohibition first took form in what was known as local option, but this 15 too local and too optional and has already proven a failure. On the other hand, where there has been state wide prohibition.
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