Evening star., 1914-02-05
LIQUOR FORCES URGE
FIGHT ON PROHIBITION
Dealers Must Stand Together, De-
clare Speakers at Banquet-Con-
ference Comes to Close.
All the LIQUOR forces. brewers. whole

All the liquor forces, brewers, whole
salers and retailers, must stand together
| to prevent the spread of prohibition. it
was urged last night in speeches at the
banquet at the National Hotel by the
Federated Liquor Dealers Association of
this city to the National Retail Liquor
Dealers Association of the United States
as closing feature of the annual con-
ference. Among the speakers were NJ. F.
Farley of New York, Representative Sa-
bath of Illinois, Hugh F. Fox Of New
York, secretary of the National Brewers
Association: Representative Leonard
Dyer of Missouri, Rev. DR.. L. A. Nasson
of New Jersey and Representative Conry
of New York. Hugh Harvey of this city
acted toastnastcr.
There must be a unonizing of the forces
of the brewers, wholesalers and retailers.
to protect the liquor industry in the
United States. declared President FARLEY
1t must be done to save the industry, 1t
was stated, and to check the present pro-
hibition wave which is rushing swiftly
over the country. He told his audience
that if the various liquor interests had
stood together in the past as they now
seem to be there would not be as many
states recorded In the prohibition column
as there are today.
He pointed out to his listeners that they
must always abide by the law, whatever
| 1t is. No LIQUOR dealer. he continued
wants drunkard on his premises. He is
really a detriment to his business. No
one deplores drunkenness any more than
a dealer in liquors, he said.
H. J. kullenbach of New York, pres-
dent Of the National Wholesale Liquor
| Dealers Association. called attention to
! the large amount of dry territory IN the
| United States and declared that the pro-
hibitionists must be working twenty-five
hours day. The great trouble with
| u.s." he said. is that We have been
! lulled to sleep by legislatures which have
| told US that the prohi bition laws will look
| nice on the statute books. but will never
be enforced. But they are on the statute
books and they have been enforced. We
! have got to stop the work of the prohibi-
tionists." He urged that the legislatures
| be Informed that public sentiment does
not demand prohibitio
| Representative Conry of New York told
| the liquor men that .-.eir business was a
| business established by law with certain
| limitations THE only way that you can
| command public respect he said. lis to
! conscientiouSly observe the laws of na-
ton and state and see that they are
will be able to stop any of the forces of
prohibition with which you meet
Woman Suffrage Is Solution.
Woman suffrage is the solution Of the
liquor problem. declared Representative
Dyer. ''If get a chance, will vote for
woman suffrage. II suffrage Is obtained
I will stop you fellows worrying about
prohibition. He told the liquor men
to obey the laws and leave alone the agi-
tators and You will soon wear them
out"
The committee having charge Of the
banquet was composed of Gus W. Brah-
Ter, ". E. Engel. f. c: Rupert, Fred
Geyer, V. Castelii, w. A. Hettinger, Lewis
Hodges and s. Anlan.
The result of the election Of officers of
the national sassociation for the ensuing
year was announced last night, as fol-
lows: President. NJ. +. Farley. New
York: first vice president. Neil Bonner.
Philadelphia: second rice president,
Thomas ]. Burke, Springfield. Mass: sec
retary, Robert ]. Halle Chicago; treas
urer, Thomas c. Hayes. Newark. n. j:
chairman congressional committee, Hugh
F. Harvey, Washington, D. c.