Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-28
GO7HAM|TES IRE.
PREPARING FOR
LONG DRY SPELL
New Workers Are Nerving
Themselves for Prohibition
Ban, Which Is 10 Become
Effective in Five Months.

! lsEEcINL CORRESPONDENCE MORNING JOURNAL
| New York, Jan. 27.-Bracing itself
for the most profound change in all
its history. Greater New York is to-
day discounting in every field the fin
al effect of the prohibition ban, that
must begin in five more months and
may last forever, Not only are the
makers and marketers of strong
drink charting a complete metamor-
phosis in their business but every cit
izen and taxpayer in town is making
ready to meet the deep disturbance
that the new order will bring to all
affairs here. This metropolis has
been through draft riots, hard times,
explosions crime wavesN and strike
struggles, over and over again in its
history; but its people now believe
that the placing OF their community
under prohibition will work more
widespread upheaval than all of these
put together.
Food Fights.
That the beef trust, the grocery
ring and the sugar combine must be
broken up in order to ward off the
threat of food famine from the town
within this year, is now declared by
city officials, who have completed a
study of the prohibitire post war
prices that are already cramping the
larder of the poorer people all over
town. With monopolies matchmaking
to press prices up to the highest pos
sible level, no means of reconstruct
ing local traffic. sale or distribution
can avail to bring proper provision
ing within reach of everyone here,
the experts declare. Though much
may be done to cut the middleman' $
rake-off and convey foodstuffs more
directly from the farm to the door
step, it is believed that these three
trusts will still hold the key to the
cost of living.
Timely Task
Posting thousands of trained men
and women workers at social centers
throughout town where the reactions
of reconstruction are bearing hard
est. leaders in the National Catholic
War Council are now setting well un-
derway the local end of their nation
al postwar work. Deep down in the
heart of the districts of this cosmo-
politan community, where the indus
trial shifts are least understood and
America nization has never progressed
very far, the helping and teaching
touch of this body is already being
felt from scores of newly set-up CEN
ters. Devoting millions after mil
lions of dollars ia the tasks of re-
facilitating wounded and well fight
ers from France and helping the war
workers at home TO solve their re-
construction problems, these Catholic
forces are counted upon to do much
to hold things together here during
the coming trying times.
Honoring Heroes.
Following the news that the bows
of the nth Division are turning to-
ward home from the trenches, all
Gotham is now planning the warmest
welcome of all for this crowd Of
fighters who lived and trained here.
With one boy from almost every To-
cal block now in the ranks of this
old Camp Upton division, all New
York may be expected to be scan
ming the seas for their return from
now on. That this crowd of city boys
has acquitted itself as we'll as the
best of the regular troops, is an add
ed source of pride to its home folk,
who number many thousands herea-
bouts.
Many Marriages.
More marriages than have graced
the record books down at City Hall
for years are now being chronicled by
the authorities here. Whether this
wedding rush is caused by the return
of the thousands of fighters from
France. is question that the vital
statisticians appear unable to ans
wer.. though the records show that n
goodly proportion of the bride
grooms have recent service records.