The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-22

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1t to twenty-five or thirty men"
The prohibition forces outlined the
''r!ry" drive they will make at The bill.
One amendment. by Representative
Webb of North Carolina. proposes. 10
empower the President 10. Comman-
deer all stocks Of liquor SO as to rX-
tract from it such properties as may
be needed for. war purposes. or TO u.s..
it in hospitals, or as otherwise need
ed. e..
Another proposal. fathered b. Rep
rrsrntalivc Randall, is 10 deny the use
Of grain for beverage purposes. and
also 10 commander liquor now in
bond.
a picture Of England reduced TO
submission by starvation. Germany
taking over the English fleet as her
first peace demand, the United States
fleet swept from the sea"in week by
the combined navy, and this country
defending invaders from Canada and
the sea was drawn by Representative
FesS. OF Ohio, in supporting the bill.
He insisted that feeding England was
the greatest problem confronting this
country, and that it could only be &C
Complished by defeating the subma-
rine and keeping ship lane open be-
tween the United States and England.
Eve are in Il long war" he said.
Don't make the mistake OF thinking
This war Is going TO be a summer e&-
cursiun. Germany is not in 4 state OF
revolution, nor is she on the verge or
starvation. She has taken over rich
fields, with. 50,000,000 more population
and has three million prisoners work
ing in the factories, mines and helds
lC aid production"
In the Senate.
WASHINGTON. June 2l.--Whcn
the senate took up the food bill today
no senator seemed ready 10 debate 1t
so Sraator Chamberlain in charge or
the measure moved for vote. Sena'
tor Sherman then led off in opposition
10 the bill. Senator Sherman charged
that the bill is especially aimed at
farmers. City jewellers and labor
unions, he declared are its principal
advocates.
The senate and house will pass amy
thing that any labor union Endorses
and endeavorS 10 thrust upon them,
right or wrong" be shouted.
"Organized labor controls legislation
in this administration and the last. II
dictates to senators while the farmers
are uuFeCOSnlLSu.
Senator Sherman said he would vote
for legislation to ,prohobit manufac-
lure Of foodssuffs into intoxicating
beverages but would vote against the
bill unless its blanket" powers are
eliminated.
] With flomelv metaphor and caustic
tongue, the senator aSsailed the admin
isrration. Referring to the, bills pro:
vision TO go ordinate activities Of
production Senator Sherman said:
That's what is the matter With the
man with the st. Vitus dance: he
can't. That's what is the matter with
this administration. 1t has slumbered
for four or five years, 1t was asleep
when my neighbors were slaughtered
in Mexico, when Belgium's women
were driven into exile or worse, when
treaties were held 10 be scraps OF
paper when our men and women by
hundreds were sent TO the bottom OF
the seas, when our neutrality was
shamelessly violated by our present ar
lies--still the slumber proceeded, with
International outrages unrebuked ana
unchecked. Why, this administration
reminds. mo of balky horse. lazy,
apathetic, Indifferent and unsympathe-
tic with murder unspeakable and out
rage infinite. When it wakes up 1t is
worse scared and doesn't have equine
sense. We've now passed from apathy
10 hysteria, from individual liberty to
food Dictatorship