Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-05-23
A NUISANCE THAT CALLS FOR
ABATEMENT.

The flooding of the mails with
booze circulars is nuisance that will
ere long be sternly dealt with by the
Federal government.
1t may be lawful to conduct lotter-
les in the state of Louisiana, but lot
teries cannot use the United States
ner.
In it's power for evil the lottery is
not at all comparable with the liquor
business. The lottery goes no further
than to rob men of their money. The
dispensers of booze do that and a
good deal more. They rob men of
their health as well as their money
From Manchester Democrat Deem
Der 9th, 1916. Ss,d
When we made the above predic-
ton we felt morally certain that the
days Of the booze circulars and liquor
advertisements in Iowa were number
ed, but our most ardent expectations
have been exceeded by the legislation,
both Federal and State, that has been
enacted since the quoted editorial was
written.
On the 18th inst Postmaster General
Burleson issued the following
"LiquOr Bulletin" No. /.
May IA, 1917.
Section of the Act of Congress
approved March 8, 1917, effective
July I, 1917, is as follows: II .5, u
THAT no letter, postal card, .circu-
lar, newspaper, pamphlet, or publ
cation of any kind containing any
advertisements of spirituous, vinous,
matted, fermented, or other intoxi-
eating liquors Of any kind, or con-
tanning solicitation of an order or
orders for said liquors, or any OF
them, shall be deposited in or car
ried by the mails of the United
States, or be delivered by any post
master or letter carrier when ad-
dressed or directed to any person,
firm, corporation, or association, or
other addressed, at any place or
point in any State or Territory of the
United States at which it is by the
law in force in the State or Terri
tory at that time unlawful to adver-
tise or solicit orders for such liquors,
or any of them, respectively.
If the publisher of any newspaper
or other publication or the agent of
such publisher, or if any dealer in
such liquors or his agent, shall know
ingly deposit or cause to be deposited,
or shall knowingly send or cause to
be sent, anything to be conveyed or
delivered by mail In violation of the
provisions of this section, shall be
fined not more than $1,000 or impris-
oned not more than six months, or
both; and for any subsequent offense
shall be imprisoned not more than one
year. Any person violating any pro-
vision Of this section may be tried and
punished, either in the district in
which the unlawful matter or publ
cation was mailed or to which it was
carried by mail for delivery, accord
ing to direction thereon, or in which
it was caused to be delivered by mail
to the person to whom it was ad-
dressed. Whoever shall order, pur-
chase, or cause intoxicating liquors
to be transported in, Interstate COM
merce, except for scientific, sacrament
tai, medicinal and mechanical pur-
poses, into any State or Territory the
laws of which State or Territory pro-
hibit the manufacture or sale therein
of Intoxicating liquors for beverage
purposes shall be punished as afore-
said: Provided, That nothing herein
shall authorize the shipment of liquor
into any State contrary to the laws of
such State: Provided further, That
the Postmaster General is hereby
authorized and directed to make pub
lie from time to time in suitable bull
letins or public notices the names of
States in which it is unlawful to adj
vertise or solicit orders for liquors."
This Act is construed to bar from
the mails matter of the character de-
scribed when addressed to States or
portions thereof in which it is by
State or local law forbidden either to
advertise such liquors or to solicit,
personally or otherwise, orders there
for.