The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-10-12
BOOZE CLOSE ALLY
Of GERMAN KAISER
Wheeler Insists That If America
Is To Be Made Safe for DEM
ocracy Liquor Autocracy
Must Go
Loyalty to Bacchus Rather Than to
Their Country Is Logic of
These Friends OF Kultur-
Kaiserism


forces in Providence, X. l., October
Wayne B. Wheeler, General Counse
Anti-Saloon League of Americ;
the brewers and liquor intel
ests with being disloyal to the Go,
eminent and the chief factor whic
Democracy. He said:
II this country is to be made
safe for democracy, kaiserism
abroad and booze autocracy at
home must go. The liquor traffic
is undermining and menacing the
two essentials for a safe demo-
cracy, namely, patriotism and
clean politics. Liquor is menace
to patriotism because il puts beer
before country.
The majority of the House and
Senate, and the overwhelming ma
jority of the country favor the
provision of the food bill to pro-
hibit the use of grain for making
liquor during the war. The brew
cry advocates in the Senate threat
ened to talk the bill to death I'M
less beer was saved. The welfare
OF the nation demanded the saving
of the 600,000,000 bushels of grain
wasted to- make beer, but when
beer and patriotism conficted,
beer had to come first with the
liquor crowd. Loyalty to Bacchus
rather than country is liquor logic.
Liquor Always Allied With Law
less and Disloyal Forces
The saloon and brewery infu-
ences are always found linked up
with the lawless and corrupt
forces in the community, the gam
bier, the houses of prostitution
and even in time OF war with the
disloyal forces in the Government.
The documentary evidence against
the brewers was uncovered in
Pittsburgh in an investigation as
outlined in the indianapolis News
of May 81. 1t shows that DR..
Hexamer of Philadelphia was the
president Of the National German
American Alliance; that Percy
Andrcae, president of the Ma
tional, Association of Commerce
and Labor, an institution financed
by the United States Brewers As
ISOLATION, and National Liquor
Dealers Association, paid money
to the treasurer of the German
American Alliance, and he in turn
paid it to the agents who were
managing the fights to elect Sena-
tors and Congressman and to con-
troll elections in the states. A part
of this same German Alliance has
for years been endeavoring to line
up the Germans of this country to
stand solidly for German pro-
gram. The two dominant features
of that program are to promote
German kultur-politik and to pro-
tect the liquor traffic from rcstric-
tons and prohibitions.
Gustave Ohlinger, in his recent
book entitled Their True Faith
and Allegiance" proves clearly
that the whole purpose of the
Gcrman-American Alliance is in
consistent with loyalty to the
Government at this time.
A Corrupter of Politics
The brewery and liquor inter-
ests are equally menace to clean
politics, an essential to sue
cessful democracy. The liquor in
terests, especially the brewers, un-
dcrmine and destroy this funda-
mental. The recent Investigations
OF brewery and liquor lawlessness
and corruption in politics should
arouse every patriot The United
States District Attorney at Pitts
burgh made the following state
ment to the court to aid the court
in determining the amount OF the
penalty to be placed on the 10
brewers who pleaded nolo contend
ere to the charge filed against
them. The District Attorney said:
"The Government had informa-
ton that brewery corporations for
many years past had been making
illegal money contributions in
connection with national elections
and also In order to cover up their
crime, had been deducting from
their tax returns sums equivalent
to the amounts thus criminally ex-
pended In connection with cleo
tons. thereby adding crime to
crime and cheating the Govern
ment out of large amount Of
revenue"
The organization which carries
on this political work was also re-
ferred to by United States Dis
trict Attorney. The organization
Is known as the National Associa-
ton OF Commerce and Labor. The