The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-10-04
pirFIsE raoM PABsr.

GustaNe Pabst. whose product is a.
legged to have put Milwaukee on the
map, speaking before the brewers
meeting al Atlantic city yesterday.
charged the prohibitionists with try
ing to mislead the public by falsif-
cations, by taking advantage Of war
conditions and industrial emergencies.
lie also called upon dealers to unite
in The national fight for existence and
urged the brewers throughout the ma
ton to leave no stone unturned to
secure the rigid enforcement OF all
prohibitory and regulatory laws re-
garding the shipment and sale OF beer.
The first part Of Mr.. Pabst's speech
reads like II vas the produc, Of a
isenile brain. while the latter part
/ sounds like the utterances OF a man
who. after practicing all kinds Of law
evasion for years had at last awakened
to the fact that the American people
may tolerate Il nuisance for a long
time but eventually they will arise and
put the skids under II.
We snail not attempt to defend the
prohibitionisss. Maybe they have been
trying to mislead the public. But IL
they rave done this, here appears to
be no good reason for such deception.
as there Is enough honest-to-goodness
Itrutbfnl audience as,aE1s, ,t. b,aurn,u
and distilsers 10 conyic them before
the cour OF the American people
without %resnrting 20 the use Of manu-
featured and questionable testimony.
The war may hasten prohibition.
but the wave that was sweeping over
the country before the United States
became embroiled In the European
holocaust spelled the death knell OF
the booze traffic within a very few
years. With more than half u the
nation entirely dry. or drastic regula-
tive measures in existence prior 20
the breaking n of the European EN-
brogliO, II did not require a very
keen brain 60 perceive what the result
would be in a very short time. The
United States was marching slowly bu.
surely toward prohibition when II was
engulfed In the war regardless Of the
fact that the brewers may have closed
their eyes TO the situation and hoped
that there would be a recession Of the
sentiment which was destined 20 pu,
them out OF business.
Had the brewers I'm the years gone
by shown a disposition 10 look upon
the laws With tina, respect which
every decent citizen ~ expected to
regard uhom. they might have dcI1vr :
the dawuinR Of the day when Amer
lean people viii awake o. behold 20
land in which there b. not an oper
saloon But they have carried ni
Their open DISREGARD u tho law tuu
long Tho people have come 20 renllz'
that no good "a como from traffic a
booze ma that many OF those who
sre engaged in the business are Grim
inals and ought 10 boz serving long
sentence behind prison bars.
The booze Interests have corrupt-
public officials and used fabulous
sums 20 Influence legislation in then
favor
They have wrecked homes and
filled our iails asylums and aim
T houses.
b They have haen responsible foi
m%ainniniug dons Of vice where crime
were Matched.
They have been guilty ~ stufnu,
ballot boxes. thus ,hwar,ing the vii
81 the voters.
Millions ~ dollars have been wrur'
from the poor. which should ha
been expended Cor bread. shoes ans
clothing and the brewers mover raise
"a hand "a alleviate The misery H.
! which they were responsible.
, They never made q concession whlc0