Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-12
SAYS DEMAND IS
PROHIBITION CHECK
Head of National Wholesale
Dealers Association Sub
mits Views. j
OPENS ANNUAL SESSION
AT NEW WILLARD TODAY
Says in Review of Years Work That
Real Fight Of the Anti Forces Is
Against the Consumers.

That the fight OF the prohibition
forces OF the United States IS nor
against the manufacturers of or the
dealers In liquors. but against the com
sumers. was the declaration of Henry
J. Kaltenbach. president Of the Nation
al Wholesale Liquor Dealers Associa
ton. at the opening session Of the or
ganization's nineteenth convention at
the New Willard Hotel today
80 long as the demand for liauor
exists" said President kaltenhach.
"the struggle for nation vide prohibit
ton can result only in failure. As soon
as the demand ceases. rs soon as I"so-
pie quit drinking liquor. il will ceas"
to be made or sold, and not until then
President kaltenhachs remarks wcf"
made i'll the course of his annual address
in which he reviewed the work Of the
association during the past year ana
outlined in brief the progress az the
| local option and prohibition movement
| throughout the country.
Welcomed by Commissioner Siddons
The opening session Of the convention
was addressed by Frederick T.. Siddons.
District Commissioner. who welcomed
| THE National Capital" sad Commis
| sioner Siddons. lis each year coming 10
be more favorablv considered by orGani-
! cations such this. which have a ma
| tional scope. Especially is this true ~
| such organizations as have real ana
vital interest in legislation which may
be pending in Congress.
| I'm Washington YOU have not only the
sights of the capital. but YOU are in close
touch with the men who. sitting in tue
| halls of Congress. make the laws hS
| which this land OF yours and mine Is gov
erned And after all the personal touch
| means a great deal in bringing about the
| defeat of Objectionable legislation or and
| ing in the enactment of measures that
| are not Objectionable
| The feature of the opening session Was
talk on The Water Wagon. 10y VII
| liam Nisscher Lightfoot. Col. Light
| foot is A veteran newspaper man OF I hi
| cago who is now on the lecture platform.
| His address. couched in humorous VEIN
| voyage on the good ship Water Nag-
| on, and the loneliness of those NoN-
| ayers who manage to stick it out be-
yond the first week or 50 Of the trip.
Address by Hugh F. Harvey.
At this afternoons session Hugh r.
Harvey. representing the National Re-
tai! Liquor Dealers Association. spoke
on the problems with which retail
liquor dealers are confronted in all
parts of the country. and particularly
lin the sections where local-option
laws are in force. That the increase IN
| dry" territory mas not resulted in
any great curtailment of the sale OF
liquors and beer. but on the contrary
has brought about the establishment OF
innumerable .speakeasies' and blind
tigers" was the declaration of MIR.
Harvey, who stated that the unreGu-
lated sale of liquor, such as exists in
much of the so-caled dry territory is
an unmiXed evil alike to the public
and the liquor trade.
/ George F. Dieterle. chairman OF the
executive committee of the associa-
ton, presented that committees re-
port this afternoon.
Adolph Neurad, president Of the Fam
lily Wine and Liquor Dealers Protective
Association of New York. addressed this
afternoons session Liquor licenses in
New York. he said. divided into
two classes one of which permits liquor
to be sold and drank on the premises.
while the other permits the sale of liquor
only, not allowing the purchaser to drink
1t on the premises. The latter class
of liquor stores. he said. are known in
New York as family liquor stores.
Improving Trade Conditions.
I'VE direct our efforts toward improv-
ing conditions within the trade ITSELF
said Mr.. Neurad. We have instituted a
campaign to eradicate the sale of liquo,
without license, and our organization has
been instrumental in obtaining evidence
against such illegal sellers of liquor and
placing such evidence in the hands of the
| state excise commissioner. Recently We
have formulated a plan whereby this
| work is to be carried on even more az
gressively than in the past, and we have
every reason to believe that the results
of our efforts will be substantial improve
ments in conditions of the liquor trade in
New York
Tomorrow's sessions are to be devoted
to reports of national officers and ad-
dresses by l.. c. Johnson, solicitor of the
internal revenue bureau; 7. NJ. Gilmore.
president of the Model License League.
and others. A luncheon for delegates is
to be the only entertainment feature
Representatives. of four cities are after
next years convention, the CITIES being
Cincinnati, Chicago. Baltimore and New
Orleans. Cincinnati's delegation arrived
last night. coming in a special train If
six Pullmans over the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad.