Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-16


Missouri, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nevada,
New Mexico, Vermont, New York and
Pennsylvania.
Acting Secretary Of State Frank l..
Polk proclaimed the amendment ms part
OF the constitution under date of January
20. 1919, but it goes into effect one year
from the date of atIScation by the thirty
sixth State. As that took place on
January 16, 1919. the amendment is
operative, according to the bureau oi
internal revenue. at midnight OF tonight.
RESTRICTIONS MOST DRASTIC
To enforce constitutional prohibition,
Congress enacted bill so drastic that n
man can be fined or put IN jail for even
displaying a picture of a brewery or n
keg. Right to store liquor IN one s
own home for personal use stood up,
however, against vigorous attacks m
both Senate and House.
Alcoholic beverages still may be pro
duced for medicinal and sacramental
uses, and alcohol will continue to be
made for scientific and industrial pur-
poses, but many safeguards a"o providcd 4
that the law shall not be violated. The
home manufacture and consumption OF
notwithstanding cider and fruit Juices
is permitted by law. Ia the manu-
iacture OF cereal drinks, commonly re-
ferred to IA near beer, 1T WAS provided
that other names shall bc used than beer,
ole or porter.
f'inccs where Intoxicating liquors are
sold con be declared nuisance and
abatcd as such, and the persons guilty
of maintaining them are punishable under
the criminal sections of the enforcement
In aahr for nj hn
law way. according 10 the nature of the
violation and whether it is 8 first or sub
seqllent otFcnsa. the penalties running
as high as 1000 fine and two vars i'm
prisonmcnt. Advertising OF bs ''s 3 by
a.-y means or method n prohibited.
Search for cnntraband liquor is per
mitted under warrants, except that prI-
vatc dwellings may not be searched unless
used for illegal sale or in part for business
purposes Seized whisky and property
used in Illegal sale or transportation are
10 be destroyed, the owner having no
property nights in it,
EARt.Y TEMPERANCE FFpoHr=
The anti liquor war IN the United
States began in I642 when the Maryland
Colony passed 3 law Furnishing drunken
moss nv a fine ~ in0 pounds Of tobacco
1 nc tpuE anu IEtFltu UEiA " EHufu+ olip
is the only State that has In tts constitu-
ton provision that the Legislature must
submit 10 a referendum ratification oi
any amendment 10 tho Federal consti-
tuition. Even If the ''wets" win in Ohio
that will not affect the other States in
two Of which tho Supreme courts have
decided against referendum
Asked as O. how tho prohlhitionists
succeeded IN g ting New York stat,
ono Of thc wctts,t commonwealths IN
the Inlon. INTO the dry" column. the
autl-saloon head said Che "mlraclc was
accomplished unwntlnEly hy tho liquor
interests and Tammany. Tic went ON.
fammanv pIt INTO itq platform II
1918 an anti prohibition plank and tried
to carry the legislature. The Republican
candidates, generally declared for ratl~
tication and were elected Because Tam
many had made i party matter the
Republicans did likewise lammanv
chiefly was interested IN elected n gov
ernor and did elect 2 governor bus the
drvs won the Legislature because they
knew ratification would bc up tn the
Assembly and Senate and that IL would
not so 90 thC governor for signature
The election gave us four-hfths of the
representatives in both Houses committed
to prohibition, We simply heat the
Tammany 'wcts at their own game
Two-thir,is Of New York State already
WAS dry by local option.
POINTS To RE ATTACKED.
Two main PORTS of attack upon the
eighteenth or prohibition amendment
st.1 remain to be made by the anti
prohibition forces according q Hugh Fox.
sccrt tary 81 the United States Brewers
ASSOCIATION here The United States
supreme Court. he SAYS, viii adiudicate
them. They arc. IrSt whether Con
gross has the right e. define an 'intoxicat-
ing beverage. and. second, q decision
IS e. The scope and III, anng az the pro-
VISION inst Congress ard the several
States shall have concurrent power to
p.lss appropriate lcgislations for enforce
InCnt
II the Supreme Court he said
''shou'd finally uphold the right of Con-
gTtss Il establish definition al one-half
Of one Iscr ccbt for the purpose of eaforc-
lnc national prohib.t .tion. and that the
states have no power in the matter
tn effect would ne 70 put CIDER and many