New-York tribune., 1919-04-20
Press Wonders How
Wet Prohibition
Will Be

operation Of local officials. Next January.
when the nationwide bone-dry law takes
effect, this cooperation will become oblfs-
atory, but even then it is likely to be per-
1unctory unless the pressure of law-abid-
ing sentiment in the community is brought
to bear on these officials"
The Birmingham Age Times" from
its aloof position in Alabama has ref
creed the dispute between William H.
Anderson, superintendent of the Anti
Saloon League, and "The New York
World" In 3 speech before the Lotus
Club, Mr.. Anderson quoted the paper
as saying:
"These hackers of the prohibition amend
ment spent fabulous sums Of money. the
source of which is mystery, and they kept
no books nor did they ever render an
accounting."
And in reply he wrote:
THE statement above, so far as the Anti
Saloon League is concerned, is an Infamous
lie, and if you made the statement as
quoted, intending it to apply to the Anti
Saloon League, you are either silly, stupid,
reckless liar, or you are a wilful, malicious.
criminal liar, you have not given me
the opportunity to prove conclusively BY
documentary evidence, as will herein an
pear"
Wherefore, "The Age Times" con-
cIudes:
at all sounds like some of the campaign
speeches and documents in Alabama ten
or twelve years ago. But even at that New
York is supposed to be leader in culture
for the rest of the nation and it is dis
turbing to the rest Of us to have leading
figures in our greatest city talking this
way about each other. Those who DO not
know the tricks and wiles of politics will
be expecting shooting affair"
According to James H. Collins, writ
ing in "The Saturday Evening Post" the
whole thing, as far as light wine and
beer is concerned, is the fault of the
brewer. Long ago he had his chance.
and
"Had the brewery industry organized
ten years ago to improve it's retail distri-
button the fight might have ended in very
different way. Beer and light wines could
have been retailed in places where distilled
liquors %ere not sold, and restaurant
and social facilities could have
been added to transform the saloon into AN
institution like the European cafe To yet
an imaginative picture of what might have
been done to save King Gambrinus through
better distribution, just speculate upon a
chaln OF cafes selling beer and light wines.
with good food at reasonable prices. rood
music and good company, organized ana
like certain chain restaurants .rx
tobacco stores"
Now he sees nothing for it but for the
brewery to line up behind the soda foun.
tain and turn, of all things, to the man.
u1acture of ice cream. Besides, this in
dustry is now growing to surprisingly
arge and scientific proportions.
The cold storage business is an attrxe.
i've held for breweries, and investigztors
1eciare that despite it's great expansion in
me preservation of foods in this country
lurlng the past few years it is still onlv
n us infancy. The butter substitute busi-
ness is another promising new line: and
''lli another is the preservation Of milk and
ream by turning them into powder and
ondensed liquid forms
Among the new uses for treweries re-
'ofted recently are: Cold storage for eeea.
meats, fruit, dairy products and furs fer.
aented milk beverages, soft drinks. mann
acture OF prepared feeds, fruit and ver.-
able canning, vinegar making from mo-
asses' dehydrated fruits and vegetables.
east oleomargarine, malt syrup and malt
ugar."