The Mena weekly star., 1920-01-22
LIQUOR BANNED
 IN UNITED STATES
Amcrica Takes It's Place in World As First Nation to Go Bone Dry Millions of Gallons Caught in the
 Bonded Warehouses.

Washington Jan. 16 Constitution al prohibition. becomes effective at midnight tonight
 From l2:0l a. m. the manufacture, sale or transportation of intoxicating liquors within. the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof rom the United states and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes" is prohibited by the 18th amendment to the constitu- ton and the United States becomes the first nauon of the world to make such a provision part of ifs basic law Congress has defined an intoxicating liquor as any beverage containing one half of one percent or more, of al cohol
 Actually. the advent of constitution. | al prohibition will make little differ- ence in the daily life of the people of ths country, as they have been living under the nation -wide-war- time ban | on alcoholic drinks since last July
 Thousands of gallons Of whIsKey re main in bonded warehouses with no 1 chance to be sold at prevailing high [ prices The liquor can be taken out | only for medicinal and scientific uses | with the bureau of internal revenue l exerting extreme precautions to see | that none of 1t is used in violation Of | the law During the last two months. | many owners of alcoholic liquors, fore | seeing no opportunity for sale in this | country, have endeavored to rush the | surplus to other countries Lack of | shipping space prevented more than | fraction being exported Cuba and the | Bahamas have received most of what | was sen aboard. There were 70.000,- | 900 gallons on hand when wartime | prohibition went into effect The i amount exported Is not known, but Is | probably less than 20000,0O0 gallons. |
 Attacks on constitutional prohibit | tion, began in several states. apparent | ly are not viewed with alarm by the | reform forces.
 Approximately $500, 900 in taxes has been collected annually on alcohol ic beverages, which now will have to | be obtained by the government in | some other way.
 Prohibition sentiment, eliminating | in the epoch-making amendment to the constitution, has been growing | steadily in this country since 1S0S ac- cording to records compiled by the | board of temperance of the Methodist | Episcopal church. At that time de | mand in moderation in the use of ar dent spirits arose, followed ten years | later by an even broader movement for abstinence from ardent spirits and | for moderation in the use of malt li- | quors. This in turn gave way, in 1S40 | to sentiment for abstinence from all | alcoholic beverages.
 Agitation for abolition of the prac- tiee of licensing the sale of liquors did | not come until 1S47, resulting four years later in the enactment of prohi- 1 bition laws in Maine, the first state to put prohibition into effect Kansas was second in 1SS0 and North Dakota third in 1889 Meanwhile, the move ment had grown to such proportions that a national prohibition party was formed at a convention in Chicago. September i 1869.
 Women. always in the forefront of the activity to stop the sale of alco- holic drinks, organized for concerted fight after the famous woman's cru sade, aS7S-4. Their association was later to become known throughout the | world by the name of the women's | Christian Temperance Union. with little white ribbon.
 Another powerful influence in the fight for prohibition came into exist | ence in 1893 In the formation of the Anti-Saloon League. It Is noteworthy that both these organizations had their inception in Ohio
 The modern wave of prohibition leg fsiation began with Georgia in 1907. Since that time, the movement gained strength more rapidly than any other reform in the history of the world, so that 8 states already have prohibition by state action, in 2l adopted by popu- lar vote and in the others by legisla- tive measures. At the time the consti- tutional amendment was submitted 24 nf the 4s states and considerably more than half of the territorial United States had prohibition, In states where prohibition was not statewide 1t had been adopted under local option laws by many communities.
 
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