Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-17
NATION RAT|F|ES
DRY AMENDMENT
Nebraska Has Honor of Being
Thirty-Sixth State to
Approve.
WYOMING AND MISSOURI, TOO
Distilling Interests Will Spend
Much Money Attacking Va
lidity of Prohibition.
WYOMING AND MISSOURI, toe

Just thirteen months lacking one day
alter the Joint resolution by Congress
waI n,S;.inn SSuGniit'Hd to the state. national
;.ene became an accomplished fact. fact.
Nebraska. at 1928 y. VI. 10 day. rati-
Ssnrt three-quarters OF the American
Suites t. take favorab BILE action.
Shoruy thereafter wyoming. by
tr'native action. increasing the mum
eer OF rotiiying Commonwealths TO
thirty eight.
WARTIME PROHIRITIOS
IN EFFECT JULY
Under the terms Of the amendment
the manufacture. sale and Importation
OF intoxicating liquors must cease one
EGnr after ratification. but prohibition
VIII be fact in. every State much
iorbtdding the manufacture and sale
Of alcoholic beverages after June 30.
Under the war time measure exporta-
tion is permitted. but the great stocks
now held in bonded warehouses will
have to be disposed of before the Fed
eral amendment becomes effective
Discussing as to whether the new
amendment becomes I part OF the Con-
stitution. now that tho thirty six States
have ratified il. or whether it becomes
each State has certified its action TO
the Secretary Of State. led to-day to
anowed sssdeh tha Gr ,ne dny mssa
ratified in the last half ccntury-pro-
viding for income taxes and direct cleo
effective imncdiately the thirty sixth
State had taken affirmative action.
ONLY FounTElsN STATES
HAVE CERTIFIED ACTION
Only fourteen of the States have
rhe eon Vote 20 Of the ssaS sss2pn Psgir1
Legislature. the first TO act, has not
been received q the State Department.
Ths 1as eddy n ssfEen na, Of STATE
tihcation had been mailed to Wash
inE.on Immediately after the Legis-
Would be sent III Il the % origina, had'iea had Seen
lost
More than half the territory of tho
State action or local option elections.
Until recently the movement of linn
itcd quantities of liquor for personal
Court ruled Monday that tho Reed
"homc-dry'' amendment made such
traffic illegal,
THE leod in prohibition. In tho west,
only Gnliforn.s, 'NevedaAand Wyopltng
still license The sale OF IntoXicants 5. and
IN the South only Louisiana.
,,IEST t.Hy:AT NATION I'd
ENACT PERMANENT LAW
The United States is tho first great
naticn 10 "rats permanent prohi-
bitory measure. With the outbreak or
toN!cprts Lv imperial order; Francs
adopted a stringent regulatory policy.
nd other countries did likewise, but
none OF them tool; legislative actioa
10 stop the sale OF liquors forever. The
war i:avc the prohibition movement
o:srwhc Inning impetus. and its leaders
Congress the resolution submitting the
constitutions! amendment as we'll as
various temporary restrictions. BY
facturc of all malt beverages, inchd-
ing so-callcd ncar-hoerS, was stopped
AT the beginning OF this year to con-
Enormous revenues derived BY the
Federal government from taHes on
manufacture and sale of alcoholic
1t is planned to raise $3.50 OoO001 this
year by beverage taxes. In peace times.
the amount was less. but still ran into
Congress na ssed the resolution sub
mitting the amendment to the various
State Legislatures In the midst of the
seething preparations for war in lal7.
The Senate adopted the resolution
August by a vote of 65 to 20, and
the lower House on December II. by
Every resource OF the distillers. with
$1,000. 10000 available. will be en-
ploNed in tho supreme effort to save
their businesses, it is said. An i'm
DO, ,tant meeting OF the distilicrs' COM
mittee will he held at New York OF
January IS when it is planned to adopt
~ ttAsS.itN
DRY LEADERS SAY
CONTENTION aIER PrI.ESS
Dry leaders assert the distillcrs' at
tack was forcseen and that Il is with
out merit Next Sundtb. committee
from the suburb OF Evanston. long the
home and Headquarters OF the lats
Frances T.. Willard. for many years
head of the Women'S Christian Tenn
pcrancc Union, will go 10 Rose Hill
Cemetery 10 lay a wreath on the snow
covered mound Under which Miss VIII
!ard'S bod rcposes.
Senator Sheppard said to-day he soon
would introduce bill to make the
amendment effective after consultation
with senate and House leaders and
prohibition organizations.
proclamation by the President and
state Department. the Senator said,
was not necessary TO make the amend
mcnt effective on January IL. 1920, but
oE- probably would no issued as q
forlnnlity. He said he was not dis
turbed cyei reports that liquor inter
c:s:s intended to test the validity Of
the amendments. adoption. and de-
clarcd no looDholes to invalidate the
law would be found.
The bill TO make tho amendment
operative. Senator Sheppard said. prob
ably would be drawn for the adnlinis-
tra'ion by the Treasury Department In
ternal Revenue Bureau, and would pro-
vide heavy fines and imp isonment for
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