The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-06-01
Friends Of Dry Cause VIII Demand
That Their Measures He Taken
Up BY Congress.
OBSTACLES RESET LEGISLATION
However. Situation With Respect To
Measures Affecting Temperance
Reform In Very Encouraging To
Those Close To II At Capital.

vigorous effort to obtain favorable
consideration of the national prohi-
bition resolution at the hands of tho
judiciary committee. The tendency
OF the BrandeIs matter before the
committee has acted in a legislative
way to estop consid GRAFTON OF other
matters before'that committee. includ-
ing the nation-w wide resolution.
From now on, however. the back
ers OF prohibition will exert every
proper effort to secure favora BILE con-
sideration for several dry measures
in which they are interested. The
general situation In both branches
Of Congress 10 regarded as undoubt-
eddy favorable to the submission to
the States OF an amendment which
would make the nation dry, and It
only remains, II possible. TO get this
measure before the two houses for
vote. Naturally. the opposition to-
prohibition will continue to go TO
great lengths in an effort to defeat
any dry measures but this has been
expe&ed and has been prepared for.
The big administration measures
especially the appropriation bills, are
now either out of the way or are we'll
on the way TO, being disposed of The
situation in legislative way follow
ing the national conventions in June.
points TO rushing OF bills already on
the calendar, and the disposal of
which la on the administration pro-
gram. This means, however. that
different dry measures which have
never been lost sight OF by their
friends. and which have been slowly
but certainly advanced. will be in
position to demand recognition either
late in this ression or early in the
next
Many Obstacles Reset.
Persons living at a distance from
Washington and necessarily unfa-
miliar with legislative procedure.
naturally cannot appreciate the OBJ
stacles which heset the path of any
important bill or resolution. even
those which have the backing OF the
party which happens TO be in power.
Therefore, g. careful survey OF tho
situation shows that the league, and
other prohibition workers here. have
been quietly working hard for the
nation wide resolution, although on
the surface il might seem to those
who have been eagerly and anxiously
awaiting favorable news that the
progress of dry legislation was very
slow
The situation with respect to the
national prohibition resolution. es-
concerned. Is encouraging. The pro-
hibltion forces have powerful friends
on both the Senate and the House
committees on judiciary.
Other measures which are to be
given prompt attention are those
which provide for prohibition In
Hawaii and to eliminate from mails
going into prohibition States. news
papers. magazines and other printed
matter carrying advertisements for
liquor.
DR. John II. wadman. superin-
tendent OF the Anti-Saloon League OF
Hawaii. Is here continuing his eff
forts in behalf OF the Hawaiian bill,
and Senator Bankhead and Repre-
sentative Abercrombie, who have in
troduced bills to prevent advertising
being sent through the mails into dry
territory are hopeful OF getting IA
vorable action on these measures.
For Incorporation.
Senator Oscar Underwood. OF Ala
bama, has introduced a bill provid-
eral Council of the Churches of
Christ in America. which bill has
gone to the Senate Committee on
judiciary. The bill state. the purpose
of the incorporation to be the pro-
noting of the spirit OF fellowship.
services and cooperation among the
churches constituting said Federal
council, securing larger efficiency In
their work, preventing duplication OF
effort and expenditure. and increas-
ing their influence by united action
Provision is made that the total
value OF the property owned at any
time by this cooperation shall not
exceed 100000. and that all real
property OF the cooperation in the
District OF Columbia. which shall be
used for the religious or phiIanthropic
purpose of the cooperation shall be
exempt from taxation.
Senate bill ss04. which has to do
With regulations concerning the ex-
port of alcohol and other distilled
spirits, has passed the Senate and is
now before the House Ways and
Means Committee. This bill provides
that under such regulations as the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
with the approval OF the Secretary Of
the Treasury, may prescribe, alcohol
or other distilled spirits of a proof
strength of not less than lss degrees
intended for export free Of tax may
be drawn from receiving cisterns at
any distl1lery or from storage tanks
In any disttllery warehouse. for trans-
fer to tanks or tank cars for exp0rta-
ton from the United States. and all
provisions of existing law relating
TO the expectation of distilled spirits
not inconsistent herewith shall apply
to spirits removed for export under
the provisions Of this act.
The searching investigation now
being made by q Federal grand jury
at Pittsburg into the operations of
big brewers and the national organi-
ration Of brewers, which investiga-
ton has furnished some Of The most
interesting developments of the char
acter in question shown up In many
years. and which promises TO expose
conditions OF long standing. II now
develops was made possible ~ . re-
suit of discoveries made by income
tax aGsnts while making general in
vestigations 10 discover possible
frauds and evasions Of the income
tar.
Also. It was through this general
investigation that the Internal Reeve
nue Department was enabled to show
UP income tag frauds and svahons
during the ffst nine months Of the
current fiscal year amounting TO
%. Sos. les.
Inquiry at ths office Of the Com