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districts, a director IN each, state
and a mobile force which can be
shifted from place TO place as con-
dftions demand. y
Mr., Roper has made plain, how
ever. that enforcemeht OF prohibition
depends largely on local sentiment,
and has appealed to citizens tof the
United States to give their CO.
operation to upholdins the law OF
the country, Federal forces. ne
said, would be used to REINFORCE lccs,
efforts. and where any state officer
failed in his duty his, constituents
would be, informed. ~I 9n
4 approximately s500. 100000 in
taxes have been collected annually
on alcoholic beverages, which now
will have to be obtained by the gov
eminent in some other way. 80
End Of Century's Work -
Prohibition sentiment. eliminating
in the epoch-making amendment to
the constitution. has been growing
steadily in this country since 1SoS.
according to records compiled by the
board OF temperance Of the Meth
.odist Episcopal church. At that
time demand for moderation in the
use of ardent spirits arose, followed
ten years later by an even broader
movement for abstinence ftom ar
dent spirits and for moderation in
the use of malt liquors. This in turn
gave way, in 1870, to sentiment for
abstinence from all alcoholic bever-
ages
Agitation for abolition of the prac-
tice Of licensing the sale OF liquors
did not come until ie47 resulting
four years later in the enactment o.
prohibition laws in Meine, the first
state to put prohibition into effect.
Kansas was second In, 1880, and
North Dakota third ia 1889. Mean
while, the movement had grown to
such proportions that h national pro-
hibition party was formed at con-
vention in Chicago, September l.,
1868. ~
Women, always in the forefront OF
the activity to stop the sale Of al
coholic drinks, organized f,r q con-
certed fight after the famous wo-
mems crusade, 1s73-1S7l. Their
association was later to become
known throughout the world by the
name of the wonen's Christian
Temperance union. with a little
white ribbon, aa,n.>aqt ~ i, :, -
Another, powerful influence in the
fight for prohibition came into eAts-
tence in 1898. in the formation OF
the Anti-saloon league. 1t is note
worthy that both these denominations
had their inception in ohio!s
The modern wave OF, prohibition
legislation began With Georgia in
1907 Since that time the move
ment gained strength more rapijiy
than any other reform in the History
of the world, SO that 33 states al
ready have prohibition by state ac-
tion,. in 21 adopted by popular vote.
and in the others by legislative .eea-
sures. At the time the constitution.
was submitted, "a of the
4S states and considerably more
than half of the territorial United
States, had prohibition, In states
where prohibition was, not statewide
it had been adopted under local op-
tlon laws by many communities.
War Restrictions Help
In addition to state laws, there
have been in effect stringent mea-
sures adopted by Congress as aids
toward winning the war, which gave
a tremendous impetus to the prohi-
bition movement. Studying the 'ex-
amples of foreign countries, law
was passed making it unlawful to
provide any man in uniform with
alcoholic beverages. Making of
beer and whiskey was stopped under
the food control act, and the sale of
drinks was terminated at midnight,
last June 80. Shipment, Of liquor
into any states was prohibited by the
bone-dry law.
The constitutional amendment
was finally adopted by Congress on
December IS, 1917, with restric-
tive clause, hitherto unknown in
legislative procedure, that it would
be imperative unless ratified within
seven years. 1t required only IL
months. The vote in the house was
2S1 to 12S and in the senate 65
to 20.
Submission Of the amendment to
the states came at a time when
many legislatures were assembling.