The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-09
INHIBITION ISSUE
I||OnG IN PUBLIC
InD THIS AUTUMN
hing Question Before Peo-
= and Deciding Factor in
Ational Campaign.
l(Y STATES ARE GO
lG TO VOTE THIS FALL
livery Interests, Seeing Pro
tbation Ahead, Are Casting
bout For Other Lines in
/ 0hich to Engage Soon.

eaton. Mass. Oct. s.---As the fall /
et4cns draw near It becomes APP +.
1T to thoughtful men that some |
s&Ae issues which are IN the fore |
MMd are not the ones which will he |
I've In many campaigns. While /
&1mAn newspapers and political cam
unsrs are ringing the change on |
Aame political clap-trap and bun |
49, which is kept in stock for pre- |
&1on purposes. those who have |
: small knowledge Of practical |
4ktcs realize that most elections are /
Med by considerations far different
n those advanced in campaigning,
Aofy few people In Massachusetts,
to have not Travelled recently In the
N West. have an idea Of the ex-
IT TO which the prohibition issue
~ become deciding factor In ma
mM4l politics. In many congressional
mexaCte where campaigns are seem
~ fought on entirely other issues.
f4Ko ID a strong undercurrent of feel
= 3mong the voters on this question
3cA will result in the defeat of can
n40S who are opposed To national
<o&lbition of the liquor traffic
larger Majority Expected
nile the congressional resolution
l1ng for an amendment to the CON
feton prohibiting the sale. mnnu-
11fe for sale. Importation, expor-
an and transportation FOR sale OF
qx1cAting liquors for beverage pur-
~ achieved only a majority vote
ongress in 1914. much larger
or1ty is expected when this ques-
~ 0omes TO vote again In the next
13on of the present Congress, and
III ne resolution Is not then passed
the two-thirds vote necessary In
.4h branches, the new Congress elect
This fall will undoubtedly add many
w9rasamen to the ranks of those
- fAvor national prohibition,
M addition to the nineteen States
yAa4y in the prohibition column. the
1ofion OF Statewide prohibition is
&NDo submitted to popular vote in
~ States next November and to
EAgisIatures Of other States in
winter and spring. The present
neck indicates that within another
HAars practically all the territory
of the Mississippi and south Of
Mason and Dixon line VIII he un-
Dtatewide prohibition. II will
~ only a matter of time when
Atuuor stronghoids Of the North
11lI have TO succumb to the ad-
1n9 tide OF public opinion sweep
sxA from the West and South.
- In Investigating the Candy
Business.
great brewertes Of tho Middle
lave already begun TO throw out
anchors to windward, One In St
IN now advertising and market
3Aely a non alcoholic substitute
oof. Another great brewery In
nlkee IL Investigating the candy
~ liquor advertising agents con-
10 fool some of the people by
&QrY that Prohibition does not
No. Mr.. Holster. of the Holster
~ Company Of Ohio, which went
ankruptcy recently. when asked
United States Court the reason
4aiiure of his brewery. answered.
thing was West Virginia when
tent dry. It cost Ms .boo.o 900
~ certainly looks as fY prohibi-
ohibited little In West vfr-
- much perhaps, as the laws
murder, theft and other crimes
society prohibit
1nssachusetts the time is not yet
~ Statewide prohibition. 1t is
robable. in fact. that national
NON of the liquor traffic win
n4kore Massachusetts ribs her
this great liability. Nor does
IAN that national prohibition
ne before the people OF Mas
TITS are ready for IT.