The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-02
FINAL VICTORY OVER
l|QU0b IS ASSURED
Generni Counsel For Anti Saloon
League Declares That Overthrow
of Traffic In Near.

w H. Wheeler, general counsel of
Anti-Saloon League of America. spoke
at the Newark laymens conference.
March 80. of the progress being made
by prohibition forces. He said:
The victories won give assurance
that the final overthrow of the liquor
traffic is near at hand. over s. per
cent of the population now lives in
prohibition territory. Biewern dis
tillers and liquor dealers generally are
digging storm cellars and are preparing
for the dry cleaning which is near IT
hand
The Anheuser- Busch Brewing Conn
pany, of st. Louis. are now making a
big drive to advertise their new soft
drink called 'Bevo. Loganberry juice
IL rapidly taking the place of wines
and stronger liquors. Bar fixture com
panies have quit making saloon furni-
ture and some of them have a good
business Judgment to go into the MANN
featuring of church fixtures Last
year church was built in the United
states about every three hours and n
saloon closed or. given notice TO leave
~ NV htppNitH VI pIph'bAtOiN ia w .
about every thirty minutes. Any bust
ness man can sec which way the tide
is going. The whole nation will be IN
dry dock in the near future.
Mr. Wheeler then read extracts from
letter by Charles II. Stoli. attorney
for the Distillers securities corporation.
This corporation seems to be the hold
ing company for the Disabling Com
pany of America. Mr. Stoll then calls
attention to injunction suits brought
b. the Alcohol and cuba company
against the Bistilling Company OF
America and in giving further facts
sets forth an extract from the affidavit
of Mr.. kessler. president of the Dis
tillers' Securities corporation which
reads as follows:
The fact is that the assets OF the
DistiIlng Company of America in my
opinion are worth only fraction Of
the par value of the outstanding pre-
ferred stock.
"Twenty-eisht states have gone dry.
Two states have within the last few
weeks voted to go dry. The United
states senate has voted that the Dis
trict of Columbia shall go dry, There
is strong agitation and danger that
the United states viii GO dry under
constitutional amendment which is
no" ptlHk pressed
If the nation goes dry tand about
two-thirds of it's territory is already
dry under legislation already enacted,
the plants and properties of the cor
porations VIII be worth their value only
as junk. and what the assets OF all
of the group OF corporations would
realize, presents q problem uPon whis
refrain from hazarding even guess "
Mr.. Wheeler advised members OF the
conference to sell their stock quick {
they had any as the whole beverage
traffic in liquor would soon be de-
stroyed
The day of victory coming. in fact
It's almost here;
Twenty-Five states Of the union bar
whiskey gin and beer
Ten more states are mobiliztns. hear
their batue-cry'
Booze and beer are has beens,' the
nations going dry"
Uncle Sam Is getting Drawer, he sure
will aid the right,
All loyal men and women are on TIP
toe for the fight
John Barleycorn, you're on the rui..
your reign is almost Ger.
Your drunkard- making work il done,
you're = dead one" evermorc