The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-09
They Declare That Pro-
hibition Is on the
w ane.
"REGULAI'ION" Is
THEIR SOLUTION
Point to States Where DRY
Laws Have Failed to Check
Selling of Liquor-President
Hoster Addresses Annual
Convention of Brew
ers in Washington.
ers in Washington.

Washington, d. c.. June S.-Proh!-
to prohibit. and hope for real temper
ance lies in the proper regulation Of
the liquor trade, according to state
ments made at the opening session OF
the annual convention OF the United
States Brewers Association at the New
willard Hotel to-day.
The brewers were supported in these
contentious by Representative Henry $.
Bouiell, OF Illinois. who addressed the
convention.
President Ho.ter Opens Convention.
Predicting the time when the brewer
will be found working with the real
and practical reformers in the interest
OF true temperance, President Carl Il.
Hosier opened the convention.
President Hoster declared that far
from apologizing for being q brewer,
he recognized In every one logical
promoter of true temperance He pre-
dicted speedy return to license OF
athoge States which had adopted proni-
bition or local option.
"The pendulum is slowly but surely
swinging the other way" declared
President Hos,er- 'It is becoming
more clearly and generally recognized
that the license system, which simply
spells regulation, can s6e made TO
bring about better results than any
thing else that has been tried
Bacchnnnls of Insects.
The prohibitionist is up against
hopeless fight on the natural law OF
fermentation the board OF trustees
believes. To quote the report made
IN the conventions:
''rhe whole vegetable world is in
conspiracy against the prohibitionis'.
The bees become intoxicated With the
d.stiIiat.on of the honeysrck!e; the
wasps grow dizzy in the dTowsy clover
match. and even the ants wobbie IN
their walk after they have feastea
upon the over-rtpe fruit fallen from
the tree. which mas starteo i.aeuiA a. o.
fermentation"
While the prohibition movement mas
been at high tide. the sale OF beer has
incre sed g0.00o,o00 gallons. and the
sale of spirits has bounded upward H.
000, 900 gallons, says the report. In
these ao.0OooO0 gallons of beer were
nearly 100000 gallons OF pure al
cohol.
More Drink, Less Drunkenness.
And all the increases In the Noiut1ie
Of the brewing industry have oeen
made in the face of that fact that A..
ono. 400 Inhabitants OF the united
sta,es are said to live in dry territory.
In these gains the brewers see Signs
of hope that the prohibition movement
has touched its highest spot, ana is
now on the wane.
zone cannot study the drink Gues-
,ion without being puzzled by 's
paradoxes," says the executive COM
mittee.s report. .It Is an unques-
ha nennla of the
Y'ni,ea states are steadily becoming
more temperate, and yet the consump-
,ion of alcohol increases just as
stsadilv as the growth OF temperance
Not only is the volume of the sale
Of alcoholic beverages becoming larger
but the per capita consumption is IN
creasing.
"what does this mean? Does 1t not
indicate that while such beverages are
coming into more common use, tne
neople are learning to use them more
t,,ta1l;pentlv? The old idea that tota
ehst,nence is the only road to safety
&c heing replaced by the new idea OF
moderation, both in eating and II
drinkine, by that of self-control.
wave OF Prohibition Receding
THE vigilance committee believe:
that the year Just ended marked the
heirht and the beginning OF the reces
sion Of the wave Of prohibition, ane
SO reported.
In Alabama's Reputation OF a pro
hibitton amendment to the States Con
.,ttu,ion the brewers see great hop
NJ the license principle being applle'
In territories now totally dry. IN
comrnfttee Views with satisfaction tn
districts which have swung out Q
the dry column. :,
resume of conditions through tn
states. presented to the convention b
the committee charges in effect tina
nrohiblion in many States prohlbite
nothing at all.
strong argument for the restoratio
of the army conteen was made IN Tn
report of it's publication committee.
.'PubIic opinion is Interpreted by tn
press OF the country and expressed !
many recent elections" the repol
said, sis crystallizing against proh1
bition. In spite Of the tremendou
forces of wealth, power and fanaticisl
arrayed In its support, prohibition ha
not the standing before the America
people which 1t had short year ago
Would Restore Cnnteen.
The restoration of the army conteel
the committee declared. was demande
louder than ever, not alone by tn
most intelligent organs of public opin
ion, but by army officers who ha
witnessed the results Of Its suppre'
sion,
"Apparently this swelling protes
falls on deaf ears so far as Congres
IS concerned" the report said. "Tl
threat of political retaliation cor
tinues to be more potent than the bic
ding OF manifest duty"
The last report of the Secretary G
War Is quoted as saying the abolitio
Of beer halls had not made for SO
8 briefly and religious observance
among the veterans. Bas1ng its state
ment upon the Secretary OF Wars re
port, the committee declared to tn
convention that In, 1900 there wer
se per cent. more trials for drunken
ness in the soldiers homes than
1905, when beer halls prevailed.
Care Of Workmen Advocated,
The report of the labor, coinlnttte
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