England, Ireland and Scotland." Therefore it pro- hibits effectually in Yineland. Now, for the very much talked of State of Maine, a State that has tried this as no other State has tried it. Here is the testimony of one of her Governors, who says that: 198 A Busy Life. "The declaration made by many persons that the Maine Law is inoperative, and that liquors are sold freely and in large quantities in this State, is not true. The liquor traffic has been greatly repressed and diminished here and throughout the State, and in many places has been entirely swept away. The law is as well executed generally in this State as other criminal laws are." Then we have the statement of another Governor, made in 1876: " Maine has a fixed conclusion on this subject. It is that the sale of intoxicating liquors is an evil of such magnitude that the well-being of the State de- mands, and the conditions of the social compact war- rant, its suppression." My friends, prohibitory laws may be enforced as well as other criminal laws, and they do protect as well as other laws for the preservation of the rights of the individual. There is one other objection. They say, " Use