The New York herald., 1920-01-15
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the United States Supreme Court but il
isn't safe to- count upon them
Admitting, therefore, the possibility OF
an ultimate resurrection in the case of the
corpus delicti the fact remains that on
this present day of grace 1t looks as
though John Barleycorn's eyes are "sot.
So while the paourners are lining up FOR
the usual privilege OF viewing the re-
mains" the moment seems opportune for
a little inquest upon the progressive forces
that have put the conviyial old rascal out
of business.
To the Anti-Salcon League and kindred
forces no charge is more repugnant tnah
the assertion so frequently heard that the
prohibition movement, culminatinS IN d
nrohibition amendment to the consutu-
lion of the United States, was the product
of hysteria the quick growth OF warm
euotionalisn They contend, on the con-
trary. that it was Nothing OF the kind'
that IL was not put over by legislative
delegates at the dictation of movement
developed slowly and by orderly stages IN
response to the Dictates Of popular con-
x,iction. II is the climatic triumph. they
tell YOU. of organized effort, cxerteo over
half a century or more, or nation Wlue
education an organized effort that mas m
creased in intensity and widened In scope
from year to year and from decade 10
decade.
Cite Long Years OF Effort.
The act OF Congress In submitting tne
eighteenth Amendment and its ratiilca-
tion latec by forty-five OF the Iorty-elsh'
states say the champions who bear upon
.hoir cuirass and buckier the bone dry de-
,,ca is only the natural result OF years
of careful. patient organization ana the
.,rodual growth of public sentiment II 10
tbe harvest that has crowned with irui-
ion those long years of plowing ana
narrowing, of fertilizing ana SOWING inc
seed In an all too STUBBORN SOIL
EsnecialIy sensitive are the totai aosIi-
,a,,ca Iegions 10 that bitter sarcasm
,,oicad so often by the boys in olive drap
as ,hev came home from oversess'- we
went 10 France to fight the Hun ana TO
s.,o America and civilization, and wnile
we were l.one you handed us pronipilion.
-rba soldiers and Sailors Counch lot va
tioral Prohibition has sought 10 meet lls Una.
Indictment by issuing special circular
which sayss- - -,.,,,o,,
.,,hr,itted the national prohibition amend
wont 10 the states for ratification were
.,scted largely on this very measure long
before a state of war eSisted oelWee"
,hc United states and Germany.
-. The national prohibition sinenu'ne,e' ,e ,e
was submitted by Congress December To-
,a,- ,,Sher only a few scattering regular
units had been sent overseas.
s.s Before the United states entered tie
w,r tventy-five States had gone dry ana
,yere nIedged 20 national prohibiton' ana
,os-;sla+ors i'm enough others TO carry the
.n,endment through had been elected 10
office.
SIS Per Cent Area Dry In i"i''
"a before the war was declared in April
,e,7 there were 26l4,071 square miles. or
81 3 nsr cent Of the total area OF the
I,ni,ed states under prohibition laws.
There were 55, $50 sos people, or 6o1 per cent
20 ~ nonulat'ou of tho THitoN 80
,,y,nr in prohibition territory and voting
for prohibition - -,
"5 Before war was declared the area
under license was 359.Sl9 square miles. or
,riy 70 . per cent of the area of the United
states There were 26Ol5,26S people, or
ae3 per cent OF tho population living In
wet territory.
"s In other words, there were fifty per
cent more people living in dry territory
than in license territory before a state OF
war existed between the United states
and Germany.
n Fifty-five million people stood ar
raved against thirty-six million in the
direct issue Of prohibition before the war
This illustrates the great principle OF de-
nocracy Tor which our men crossed the
sere 20 battle"
While considering this question OF the
relative wet" and dry" areas In the