The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-07-10
BY EDWARD W. PIcKARD.

The United States has launched the
great experiment Just after the
treaty was signed that nominally
brought the war to an end, our war
time emergency prohibition act went
into effect and the entire country be.
came officially bone dry" Presuma-
bly, rehabilitation will be completed
within two months or so, and there
will be a wet spell" at least in some
states until the constitutional amend
ment goes into effect on January TO.
Al present there is considerable con
fusion concerning the scope and the
enforcement of the emergency law. a
federal court has ruled In favor Of
beer ana wine containing not to eX,
coed "a per cent Of alcohol and In
many localities the dealers are taking
a chance and dispensing those drinks.
in most states the old and new laws
on prohibition prevent even this In
any case the manufacture ana sale of
ali drinks with the greater alcoholic
+'Ai'hl dif bhI VI hub All'lH IVY 'i'H.
,eral Palmer has ordered rigid enforce
nent Of The law relating to them.
The 'Wets' have been making
game but losing fight and the "drys"
have refused to yield at any point
The forces Of the latter IN congress
are planning TO pass measures 10 pre-
vent the country from going Oh a
whisky basis between the
time Of disqualification and January lG
ana to put a stop to The sale OF weak
beer and light wines at once, regard
less Of court rulings.
Though the United States is now the
only dry" country, there may be an.
other before very long, for the United
Kingdom alliance, encouraged by the
success Of the American prohibitionists,
has opened campaign to put Great
Britain on The same basis. American
methods will be followed and Amerl
can speakers imported London CORE
spoudents predict that to deprive the
Britisher Of his ale. porter ana beer
would almost precipitHte revolution.
British labor Is against prohibition.
but so is American labor; and it may
be that John Bull win in the not dis.
tant future be reduced To drinking
'lemon squashes" ana minerals" The
world viii watch the American expert
ment, one Of the greatest ever made
IN economics, with intense interest.
His great task abroad completed so
far as might be, President Wilson has
returned 10 his domestic duties. on
the homeward trip be- signed bills and
read documents and otherwise pre-.
pared himself for the contest that con.
fronts him ia the United States. The
goal he has set for himself is the rnti
ficatioa by the senate Of the peace
treaty including the covenant of the
League Of Nations. Victory win not
come easily. though II probably viii
come, maybe after the covenant has
been amended to meet the objections
now made by q considerable number
OF senators. Those who are against
the league IN any form are very few.
nut stubborn. q Mr. Wilson Is equal
~ stubborn. the whole matter Is likely
10 become a partisan issue despite the
efforts Of many party leaders 10 pre-.
vent this. II is intImated that, If the
senate makes evident It's intention Ia
refuse TO ratify, the president viii
withhold the treaty for the time being
and that would al once make It an out
&nd-out party question. There is pre-
cedent for such course.
If the issue is put up to the people