The Washington times., 1919-01-16
NATION WILL
|. Be BONE DRY
! WITHIN YEAR
FROM TO-DAY
JEFFERSON CITY. No. J,A
1s.-Missouri today rstifed ths
prohibition amendment

One year from today the United
States goes dry"
Prohibition has become part Of the
basic Law Of the nation.
Ratification today Of the Federsl
dry amendment by the legislature 81
Nehraska uskes that measure sthe
eishteeuth amendment to the Fea
ez@4 Sonstitution.
An but half . dozen Of the forty.
eight States are expected TO adopt
the amendment in the next few
weeks. but the action Of Nehraxls
today gives the ratification Of three
fourths of the States, the number
necessary to administer John Bar
ieycorn the knockout punch.
War Prohibition July 1.
One year from today every szloeu.
brewery. distilery and wine press I'm
the land must close its doors, unless
as now seems likely-they are already
closed at that time by war prohfbi-
ton, which goes into effect next July
1, and stays until completion OF de-
mobolization.
Ratification in the Nebraska IeFss-
lsture was complete at 1925 a. m,
when the senate concurred in a house
resolution passed earlier in the DAY
The senate, two days ago, ratified
the amendment. but the ratifying
resolution as passed by the house this
morning was amended and was re-
turned to the senate for concurrenes
The amendment at one stroke wipes
out 236 distilleries, s92 breweries. ana
over 100000 saloons and wholesale
liquor establishments.
1t cuts from employees OF these In
stitutions an annual income OF mere
than $4,000 900 in pre-wsr times.
$1,000. .ooo. 600 Reveaae Lest.
1t cuts OF from the United states
$1,000 Ooo. 900 in revenue proposed un-
der the new revenue bill
II removes the liquor questsss
from national. State. and city poll
tics and helps decrease city. State.
and Federal expense by decreasing
law violations.
The fight on liquor. triumphant to-
day. is an old one.
Ii raised its head early in the rfine-
teenth century and was looked upos
as another crank notion" But n
gathered strength. Churches took 20
up. doctors followed. and then came
the organization OF antiliauor socs-
eties. the w. c. T. L.. the Anti
Saloon League. and others.
In the middle OF the nineteenth CEN
tury. Maine went dry. Kansas foi-
lowed
Carrie Nation Arises.
The militant Carrie Nation. OF Kas-
sas. rose up in 1900. and proved %
be one or the most picturesque fig-
ures the fight has developed.
Ten years later the movement swept
the country. Another constitutional
amendment was offered-the eight
eenth addition to the Constitution.
Distillers propose q night on the
amendment in the courts on the
grounds that IL was not adopted By
two-thirds OF the whole Congress, and
that the seven-year limitation invAli-
dated the measure.
DRY" leaders say they are conf
dent that neither Of these contentious
will hold. an don their aide are pre-
pairing legislation carrying heavy
penalties for violation OF prohibition
A special agency in the Internal revs-
nue. bureau probably will be asked.
The first thirty-six states rstifytng
the amendment. In order are: Missile
sippi, Virginia. kentucky. North Ds-
kota, South Carolina. Maryland, Men
tana, Texas, Delaware, South Dakota.
MASSACHUSETTS, Arizona. Georgia, Lou
isiana, Florida. Michigan. Ohio, Okls-
homa, Maine. Idaho. West Virginia,
Washington, Tennessee. California
Arkansas. Illinois, IndisnS.
Carolina, Alabama. Kansas. Nebraska,
Colorado. Oregon, Utah. Iosa and
New Hampshire.
The prohibition amendment was
ratified today" Senator sheppard an
nouneeds ''one dsy iess than thirtssa