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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-10-08

erages with a larger percentage OF
alcohol than prescribed or to prevent
adulteration after manufacture, and
the effect would be to nullify the Pro-
hibition Amendment
Even if the saloon itself were not
re-opened, light wines and beer would
be sold at every soda fountain, at
every lunch counter, and in every
restaurant and hotel. A large enough
chemical plant with a sufficient force
to analyze the alcoholic content of
these beverages could never be pro-
vided. 1t is a notorious fact that
drunkards begin by drinking light
wines and beer when young, and as
the appetite grows the desire for
stronger drink is developed. If we
turn loose upon the country light
wine and beer to be sold at every
drug store, soda fountain, lunch
counter, hotel and restaurant, we have
destroyed the Prohibition Amend
ment and brought back upon. human
ity a curse greater than war itself
The greatest victory ever achieved
for helpless women and children would
be thrown to the winds.
1T required two-thirds vote of
the Congress to submit the amend
ipent to the states 1t then required
three-fourths of the states to put the
amendment in the Con ii tu o H.
Forty-hve states have ratified the
amendment If Congress can, by a
mere majority, license beer and light
wines, then Prohibition, which re-
quired two-thirds vote and a presi-
dental approval plus the consent of
three fourths of the states, can be null
lifted by majority of Congress, with
the approval of the President.
"Thc breweries and the wineries
know this fact. They know that the
Prohibition Amendment will be a
dead letter once a beer and light wine
bill is passed. Every man and woman
voter who puts the welfare of chill
dren and humanity above the mere
qualification of harmful appetites
should see to it that the next Con-
gress does not destroy the Prohibi-
ton Amendment, restore the brew
cries and wineries to political power,
and re-establish the dcbasing and i'm
moral liquor traffic"
Christian people should understand
that one of their greatest political
duties this present year is to elect
dry Congressman and so to foil this
attempt at nullihcation.-The Baptist
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-10-08
England

DIR. {. w. Saleeby of England said
I'VE are necessarily and inevitably de-
pendent upon Prohibition here. Pro-
hibition in England depends upon
whether Prohibition will make good
in America. If Pussyfoots eye makes
England dry it will be because Amer
lean Prohibition has vindicated itself.
The English liquor interests are re-
sponsible for plot to prejudice Eng
land against America. They have
raised three billion pounds year to
fight Prohibition. They realize that
Prohibition in America must be dis
credited at all costs"
Theodore Neild, J. P, OF England,
said: The future of English Prohi-
bition depends in large measure on
the result of your experiment"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-10-08
ELECT DRY CONCRESSMEN

To permit the sale of light wines and
beer is to open a crack in the door of
prevention, and once the crack is open
the door is wide. 1t would be impos-
sible to administer beer and light
wine law in such a manner as to pre-
vent the gravest abuses.
Il know from experience as secre-
tary Of the treasury that no law which
provides for drink containing GER
tain percentage of alcohol can be sue
cessfully enforced. if the law should
permit thousands of breweries and
wineries to be re-opened throughout
the land and to manufacture beve-
RACES with specified alcoholic con-
tent, it would be impossible to pre-
vent the manufacture of those bev-
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-10-08
South Africa

Dir. a. H. Cook OF South Africa
said that the liquor interests in his
country are scared by the downfall of
the saloonkeepers in America. Every
one who speaks favorably of Prohibi-
ton in South Africa is called secret
agent of the Anti-Saloon League of
America. Speaking for the Prohibi-
ton forces Of his country, DIR. Cook
said: We want you to make good.
How we long to justify our hopesl
You must make your success so COM
plete and convincing that none can
doubt American Prohibition is the
greatest thing that has happened to
any country in the world"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-10-08

The purpose of the vets in asking
for congressional action to allow the
sale of light wine and beers is to null
lily the Eighteenth Amendment.
Most of the speakers try, for purposes
of deception, to hide this fact, but
others of them are outspoken. They
want to repeal the amendment and to
bring back the old days. In fact the
Iegalizing of the sale of beer and wine
will so far accomplish their purpose
that succeeding steps would not have
to be numerous. Seldom has this
been put in clearer statement than
that recently made by William G.
McAdoo, who said:
Prohibition means prevention. 1t
does not mean license in any form.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-10-08
Not Prohibition Congress; Primary Purpose to Impartay
Study Alcoholism
EVERYONE IMPRESSED BY The FACT THAT The
NATIONS OF The EARTH ARE WATCHING DRY U. S:
Congress Selects Lausanne Switzerland Meeting Place of Sixteenth
Congress in 1921
NOTES ON ADDRESSES BY DELEGATES FROM AND OTHER LANDS

II American Issue correspondent asked
impression received from deliberations the
Against Mcooh he unhesitangy reply
that the the world watching
of the the National Prohibition policy probably
the delegates Scarcely speaker repre-
nng foreign OF country
refer the fact that the the antrop the
industries, and the OF his watching invariably
termed Americas experiment"
This fact the remarkable purpose
aspects primarily 10
methods for dealing with the alcohol problem heard
Undoubtedly the this policy
Prohibition Congress
held in bone dry
The Congress made record also in that wholly financed
ftis
which opened with hymns prayers This
delegates that
religious
number OF the delegates countries will the
for themselves the results of Prohibition The
dry under such scrutiny
good citizen cooperating with the
the
inevitably
similar policy ultimately bring
Prohibition
Congress
The following
Appeals for Help From Foreign Delegates
England in the United States, Dr. Yamaguchi
DR. W. saeev of England said: said: With splendid
and hearty will
pdenuD prOhit here Prof.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-10-08
Switzerland

DIR. r. Hercod of Switzerland,
speaking OF the situation in Europe in
general, declared that rigid enforce
ment of Prohibition in America will
do much to bring Prohibition to
European nations. "The whole world
is watching enforcement of American
Prohibition he said, "and wet or
ganizations are ready to proclaim
American Prohibition a failure if the
law is not enforced" This, in the
opinion of DIR. Hercod, who is con-
sidered one of the leading authorities
on Temperance in Europe, would de-
lay Prohibition in Europe for thirty
years.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-10-08
BEER AS a CAUSE OF
ALCOHOLISM
BY DR.. A. Holitscher, of Karls-
bad

Some old fashioned people
believe that, encouraging the
consumption of beer as sub
stitute of spirits one contrib
utes to the fight against alco-
holism. This notion is erro-
neous.
statistics show that an in
crease OF beer consumption
has never seriously reduced
the consumption of spirits.
But, even if it were true, it is
not advisable to encourage
beer as a substitute for spirits,
because beer, being an alcohol
ic liquor, is responsible for
great part of the alcoholism
under which the European ma
tions are suffering.
The countries with the high
est consumption of liquor, re-
duced to absolute alcohol. are
not the spirits countries, but
the wine and beer countries,
such as, France, Italy, Switzer-
land, Germany, where the con-
sumption of spirits is compara-
lively small.
But one might perhaps sup
pose that alcohol taken in he
form of beer is less harmful
than taken in the form of dis
titled liquors. Not at all. Al
cohol remains alcohol under
whatever form it is introduced
into the organism. The great
dlution of alcohol in the beer
may make it little less harm
full for the mucous membranes
OF the throat or of the stomach,
but, as soon as alcohol is abb
sorbed into the blood, it is the
quantity of liquor which has
been taken and not its form
which matters. Not only ma
tons but individuals are in
many countries bringing more
absolute alcohol into their
organism, through beer than
F.. through spirits drinking.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-10-08
France

DR.. Legrain of Paris said: France
is looking to America. We fear the
adoption of 275 per cent beer law in
the United States. We fear it will be
used as a justification of the use of
fermented liquors in France. All the
Latin countries, if beer is permitted in
the United States, will say, Look at
America.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-10-08
SWITZERLAND MOVES TO
PROHIBIT STRONG DRINKS

The Swiss Socialist party, accord
ing to a Berne dispatch of Septem-
Der J, is drafting a bill, which it in
tends to place before the Swiss par
lament, proposing a referendum for
the purpose of prohibiting the sale OF
brandy and liquor in Switzerland.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-10-08

Prohb andD Notification
LAST REGISTRATION DAY

The last registration day is TUESDAY Oct l. m to p m
Every years the Congressional Elections the old
raion books destroyed and all citizens living i'll cities which
register in the
registration the General Election November
you register Saturday October you regis
Tuesday, October II you November
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-10-08

According to estimates the amount
of liquor consumed in the United
States in 1919 was the lowest since
1870 and it must also be remembered
that the first six months of 1919 were
wet.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-10-08
Recommendations of the AntiSaloon League for
Candidates for the General Assembly TO be
Voted on at the Election Nov. z


Saloon Illinois candidates for the General Assembly to be voted
at election 0 November D.
These Endorsements made by the AntSaoon League which the
official of the churches OF Illinois after the most careful consea
o the situa n each district
but solely in the interest of the Prohibition cause
igations carefully They show the just
how mark their ballots for legislative candidates that their votes will
protect Prohibition enforcement legislation
You Vote 2--You Representatives Vote Later
in your November 2 will for at
Springfield when the roll called bills involving Prohibition Ii your
Eighteenth Amendment the Constitution If your district
will Springfield favor of legislation to make Pro-
November is the last day FOR which
effectively Prohibition enforcement laws If voters fail to
so the polls they chance until the next
speak question and dry legislation
Dangerous to Straight Legislative Ticket
To straight party many would of
candidates You should avoid this by marking
legislative ticket with before the OF each ndorsed legislative
any legislative candidates the in the
circle legislative VOTE but only those marked
but for each indorsed
numbered districts
the Fifth and Thiy-hth where there vacancies
strictly of the Prohibition
(Rep) m) after the of each candidate
merely find ballot
THIS is a PARTIAL LIST OF LEGISLATIVE ENDORSEMENTS
THE COMPLETE AND FINAL LIST WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE
NEXT NUMBER OF THE ISSUE
EIGHTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT
Boone, Mceny counties
For State senate-Rodncy Swift (Rep9
For Representative AssembWam
II Francis (2ep)
TENTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT
(Oge and Wnnebago counies)
ForS State H. $ Hicks (Rep).
Representative AssembyChas w Baker 2ep); Harlan
aufm (3ep); Charles W. Ferguson (Dem).
EIGHTEENTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT
peoria county,
AssemblyChes w. Lapor (Rep)
THIRTY-sIxTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT
adams, Calhoun Pike and Scott countes)
For Srubnger William s. Gray (Rep)
General AssembIIenry Bowers QDem) H. Pax
(Dm); A. Otis Arnold Q2ep)
B. Mcclure who defeated
Mr. Mcclure making his campaign
nominated the hgh-ass
of those interested good egslaton)
FoRTIETH SENATORIAL DISTRICT
christian, Cumberland Fayette and Shelby counties)
Vending Dem) James H. Forester 2ep)
General Assemblon Rchadop Q0em) Mrs
Rogers Parr Qnd); Lincoln Bancroft (Rep).
" FoRTY-FIFTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT
(Morgan and Sagamon counies)
General AssembEar Searcy (Rep l. Barber
(Dem)
FoRTY-NINTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT
(St Clair county,
ForR Short Rep)
FIFTIETH SENATORIAL DISTRICT
Pulaski Union Williamson countes)
Assmbyam P monaghan (Rp) l.
Hammond (Dem).
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-10-08
Czecho- -Slovakia

Prof. Zmrhal of Czecho-S -Slovakia.
said: I'VE need inspiration and help
from America, the one country that
has made a great success in dealing
with the alcohol problem. With US
victory is matter of time because
science is on our side and because
America is on our side"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-10-08
How to Vote For Legislative Candidates
Under the Accumulative Voting System

Legislative Candidates Under the Aumulatve Voting System
Each Legislative District three House members.
Suppose the three candidates Smith, Brown If
wish your support Smith, mark your ballot thus
tNI oHal.rn This gives Smith three and
ZONES nothing 10 Brown Jones'
XXI SMITH gives Smith and Brown
Xxi BROWN and half each, and nothing
JONES Jones'
If wish divide equally between all three candi
dates before matter under what column
the candidates Mark legislative ticket this
whether have circle not
NOTE THE ENDORSEMENTS OF THE ANTISALOON
LEAGUE FOR YOUR DISTRICT AND MARK AN tx" ON THE
BALLOT OF REPRESENTATIVES BEFORE THE NAME OF
EACH CANDIDATE INDORSED
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-10-08
Japan

Prohibition in the United States is
a popular topic in the papers and
magazines of Japan. According to DIR.
Yamaguchi of Tokyo, everyone is
anxious to know why and how Prohi-
bition was introduced in the United
States. The Japanese people are be-
ginning to think and are seriously
considering the alcohol problem. The
great majority of the Japanese news
paper writer's, according to DIR. Yama-
guchi, are drinking men. Their eyes
catch eagerly the news against Pro-
hibition. Wet articles from the United
States are circulated and printed
broadcast. Referring to Prohibition
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-10-08
England

'In England the liquor trade is
booming" said DR.. c. w. Saleeby.
Brewery stocks are higher than ever.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-10-08
Situation in Other Countries

The liquor trade controls the govern
ment. We are not an inch nearer the
solution of the liquor problem than
we were in 1918. The liquor trade
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-10-08

in the United States, DR.. Yamaguchi
said: with your splendid example
and hearty cooperation We will win
the victory
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-22
GERMANY IN THE LEAGUE.

Hard on the heels of Lord Robert
Cecirs plea at Geneva for spirit OF
reconciliation comes the appeal OF George
Nicoll Barnes, British delegate TO the
Assembly, urgEg immediate admission OF
Germany and other enemy states TO the
League.
1t will be argued that Germany Is
guilty Of crime against civilization and
should be made 70 pay the penalty Of her
wrong doing The wages of sin Is death
and Germany will be fortunate to have
her sentence commuted to decade OF
solitary oonfiHemenBt within her own
borders. She must make good the damage
she has wrought and she must be kept on
probation, beyond the pale until she
brings forth fruits meet for repentance.
There is 20 lack Of logic in this presenta-
tion of the case; but life Is deeper than
logic.
II the League is to succeed, and it must
succeed if the nations are not TO be drawn
into the maelstrom of Bolshevism, then
calm wisdom must displaee impassioned
sentiment Never before has 1t been pos
sible to bring the representatives OF so
many nations around one common eoun-
ell table. Never before have so many
nations been driven by despair or drawn
by desire to send war.
The reasons why the League must be
universal are not far to seek. First, be-
cause it must be puissant. When It speaks
it must speak as one having authority.
Its moral and material force must be
sufficient TO paralyze the will OF the male
factor. Second, because its covenant
establishes new standards Of International
morality and its Permanent Court will FIX
higher standards Of international law No
nation claiming to be above or outside the
law can have It's claims allowed. Third
because the world must not be allowed to
return to the international normslcy of
1914, with counter-allianoes and the
balance of power.
Germany belongs to the League of
Nations along with every other country
that is ready to accept the obligations of
the covenant-New York World
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-22
PICKS ROOT FOR CABINET.

The point about the selection OF Ellht;
Root is that il would leave no one IN
doubt as TO Mr.. Harding attitude and
determination in league matters Even
Hiram johnson would instantly realize
that Amor is going IN. No other
name has the potential power that Eilhn
Root possesses to unite the best Thought
of America and the best thought of
Europe in ono supreme effort to do what
Woodrow Wilson failed to do, and 10 do
IL quickly. Mr. Roots selection would
have this Significance; no ore would
longer doubt that America WIS soon 70
take its place at the worlds council table
of peace.
The gossip thst Senator Harding be-
came pee we'd at MIR Root btcausc OF the
cable to Will Hays last August regarding
the League ia just backstairs gossip AR.
Root is. above all, a most ceretul man.
lie never intrudes lie responds 81 calls
for counsel, but he never offers couna' l.
At 75 be is not departing from the habit
of lifetime The views he cabled Hays
were sent with advance knowledge thht
they would reach Senator Harding End
would be welcomed by him, even though
he might nOt accept them. Ihey never
would have crossed the Atlantic on any
other understanding
Narrowing everything down, therefore,
YOU find that the preeident-elect feels.
first. that he must get the League OF
Nations out of the Senete in order to get
the rest Of his administration plans work
ing: second. the only man of decisive help
| TO him in doing this is Elihu Root.
To no man has Senator Hording lndi-
Gated by name his probable choice as
| Secretary OF Stste; to several men at
different times Senator Harding he's out
lined the tasks of the next President; the
above outline does not vary 10 essentials
from the Harding view. The name OF the
man whose abinty expt rio nce and repu-
tation best fit in with this outline Is, on a
guess. Elihu Root.-New York Evening
/ Mail.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-22
WANTED-STY GARYS.

In bis testimony before the Congress
sional committee investigating the opera
tion of the Shipping Board, Martin j.
Cillen a former employe of the Board,
made this interesting statement: There
is no fraud or evidence of fraud in the
Office of the treasurer of the Emergency
Fleet Corporation or the Shipping Board.
There has been a failure 10 pick a GREAT,
outstanding man. If you had had six
men like Judge Gary-not one, but
six-some strides might have been made
in six months after the armlstice III clean
ing up the muddle :
Judge Gary, chairman Of the Board
of Directors Of the United States Steel
Corporation, is currently reported TO
receive the highest salary paid IN Amerl-
ca, estimates of the amount ranging from
$1,000 to $500, 600. The figures seem large
but must be remembered that the Steel
Corporation Is generally understood to
be the giggest concern in the world under
private control and that its operations are
on a gigantic scale.
1t is needless TO say that Uncle Sam,
who is notoriously mean In com pensatlng
his servants, pays no such salaries. II
six GaIys were required TO run the Ship
ping Board in thoroughly buslnessllke
manner il is doubtful if they could have
been found in the whole country II they
had been they would not have entered
the nations service Tor the comparatively
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-22
Seven Million Hunters in Z. ,.

The Federal government estimates t'ia'
there are seven million hunters, nesr
hunters, and pot-hunters in the United
States. and perhaps, most OF them, are on
the game trails today. These hgures'
approximately accurate, are interesting
in showing there are about seven gunners
in every one hundred of our populations
And as there are about twenty million
males OF adult age in the country one
in every three Of these has the love oil the
hunt in his blood.
There are almost twice as many men
with guns in the hunting fields today as
were equipped and trained for war TWO
wears ago. and almost four times as many
SIS were hurried across the Atlannc 70
hvht the Hun. These figures would seem
incredible did not the official returns from
the State Of PENNSYLVANIA show that almost
three-ouarters of million licenses Tor
hunting had been issued in that State
alone, this year.
The love Of the hunt Is stronger by lar
than any Of the other desires for sport or
diversion among mankind. 1t has the
elements Of thrill, Of excitement, and It
measures mans intelligence against the
wonderful instincts of the wild things
about us, and proves that animals have
most remarkable capacity for set-pres-
ervation. But man can match their cum
ming, and it is this contest between hlnl ana
beast OF fowl that really makes the earth
pumpfaster, and adds zest TO the Halliday 6
in the wide, crisp outdoors. Many there
are who have nothing in sympathy with
man desire TO hunt and XIII, butit prevails
throughout the world, and most exten-
sively as official statistics prove.