Prohibition rose, like a great wave; it is falling back now. The tide comes in, but it goes out again. And one can begin to hear the surge of a mighty people. They will speak at the polls, in every election; for Prohibition, until it is modified, will never be taken out of national politics. A sane compromise would clear up the situation almost overnight. And when the people speak, the Government must heed their voice. Transcriber’s Notes Simple typographical errors were corrected. Punctuation, hyphenation, and spelling were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in the original book; otherwise they were not changed. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Rise and Fall of Prohibition, by Charles Hanson Towne