The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-04-21
WHY IS PROHIBITION?
BY Harry NJ. Chalfant.

Toronto. Aprl ta.--Tn one respect at
least. hutterrnilk and grape juice are
complete failure They have neither
uurch nor kick. and lack even the in
clination This "a the testimony cf the
officials in charge Of the court of do
nestle relations in This lively Canadian
city
These gentlemen assert that in the
oIden DAVIS when the bar ]ourtshed and
booze was cheap, and easily obtained
they were very busy men, and their
chief occupation was dealing out justice
( 70 husbands who had gotten SO jolly
run Of old red eve. that they had to 60
home and properly celebrate by beat :
ing pq their wives. The coming ~
wartime prohibition in September
1917. has literally annihlatcd this line
! Of business. according TO the records Of
the court, and neither buttermilk nor
i tho unfermented fruit Of the vine seem
rarable Of reviving the old time bust
ness.
+ Moreover these gentlemen Of tho
morals court have found that prohiht-
tlor has practically wiped ont another
line Of work which kept them very
busy under the old system. Hubby
used To get his pay check cashed at the
bar and 20 home broke. WHEY came
AVN 10 "a court with the Riddles a
fr~ days later. begging the court IN
eat Nov the court Is q biy-hearted,
broaderuiuded Canadian, whose verr
name and speech make YOU think OF
the Heather and the Highland, Tie
meet the trouble tho court often
reached down In us pocket or got in
touch with hubby's employer and pro
Toured advance pay
Huhhy's Habits Change.
But these days OF glorious days o
Z 40 tn
wives and hungry children are all II
, the past The only hope Of brinGin'
them back is in the restoration Of tn
bar on this score tt must he salt
again that buttermilk and grape 1utc'
| are worthless.
| In these days hubby takes his pa
! envelope home, and in the evening
I brings his family down TO visit TIN
small shops. and the small stores tina
keep open nights claim they ara get
ting stocks OF coin that formerly wen
over to the bar. But they are not get
ting ali of II. For I saw a letter writ
ten by gentleman who has TO dea
with the accounts Of three Of tn
largest movies IN the city and he state
that after prohibition came the attend
iance al these movies averaged abou
three times what It had been in tn
days when the barroom was the work
: ting mans iuaGng place
10 SDfe IT.
Prohibition in the province Of Onta
, rio OF which Toronto is the larEes
CITY was a wartime measure. Tn
I legislature now in session has referre'
the question back to the people for
decision from them as to whether pres
To- cut conditions shall be continued Tn
vote viii be taken in the fall. Their
! seems To he little doubt in the mind
tof business men aud public official
as To the pulse Of the people and tn
! result Of the vote
The Voice of Industry.
Ben spence. the genial and enter
e IrisiuE editor OF THE Pioneer" re
Gently addressed letter Of inaur
70 the members of the board OF trad
- soliciting an expression from them O
the effects Of the prohibition expert
ment. Replies came from nearly fou
: hundred or them representing tn
great bulk Of the Industrial and corn
2 Werciai interests not only OF the city
but of all Canada He permitted IN
TO inspect and study these letter.
{ They constitute in many respects tn
most powerful and convincing exhibit
on this question. OF which / have an
knowledge,
Out Of a total OF 500 replies 34f de
} Iclsred emphatically for continuan c
or the dry policy. One Of the strikin
things about the whole business liz tn
= large percentage OF the 34t who admi
that they formerly opposed the dry pol
icy. and many declare that they hav
been personal users Of liquor. TWEEN
ty-Ive were moderately favorable t
, prohibition, and twenty two neutra
Only nine Of the whole list want tn
bar TO come back and several of Their
arc very moderate in their desires