Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-03-01
BENEFITS TO COME
FROM PROHIBITION
v before Realized to Fullest,
Saws Iohn F. Kramer, Who
Confcrs With Ofilciais.

That this is no time for the forces that
have fought for prohlnltion 10 reifI tneir
vigilance, and that u would probably be
$3.50 of a century before the country
',,J reaIize to the full all the benefits
a. ,,rr,,c from the Punishment of John
~. rl.,,rorn. were some OF the statements
~ Iohn +. Kramer, national prohIhi-
.;o,, director, TO q large audience yester-
,av afternoon at West Presbyterian
Church. He appealed to the people to
co-onerate in the enforcement Of the law,
saving that there could be no real en-
forcement without the aid of the public.
Referring to the contention of the liquor
ueople that there should be referendum
and that the amendment was put over
ON them when they were not looking, Mr..
Kramer said it WAS enacted In the only
way possible for the constitution TO be
amended. The procedure has been the
same since the constitution was framed.
No LAWYER has ever been able to point
out any other method of accomplishing
this result. Ii is rs legal as any other
amendment to the constitution.
mot only did the law receive the
Endorsement of the necessary three
fourths OF the States, but was approved
nv the Legislatures of 40 ol the 4S states
IN the country" Mr.. Kramer declared.
.'Thev talk Of q referendum. You could
not have a referendum on this or any
other question. There is no law permitting
such a procedure. And the liquor interests
have fought the referendum proposal IN
every state where it has been suggest ted
during the past fifty years. Local option
Was in every sense q referendum. Did the
liquor interests and their political allies
sanction local option anywhere :,
"They talk as though someone sneaked
this amendment through and surprised
the country by the announcement that
If was law. There never was greater
fallacy. The liquor question has been
PARAMOUNT one in the country tor nearly
= half century Elections have been waged
over II: men have been made and broken
!. cities and States have been the scene
ri bitter fights over it and the voters
Of practically every State In the Union
have been called on one or more times TO
vote on some issue involving the trafhc.
'.The great thing about our democ-
racv Is that when the majority wins
through The processes OF the law the
minority always submits. We could not
have a democracy If this were not SO. | ne
attitude of some of the friends OF the liquor
interests reminds me of man who was
in a fight, gets knocked out and then
claims he wasn't in scrap: They are
1naportsmanlike. Before this measure
became law. every citizen, every IN
terc~t had perfect freedom TO oppose u
as bitterly as they wished.
Now il Is law and appeal 10 you' 10
oil Christian people and TO good citizens
everywhere To support 1t. II will need your
Md II is a big task that confronts us.
R,,t II will not take longer than gen
Grafton. And the results will not only
benefit America but the world. The law
rs the greatest forward move IN the civiii-
cation of the world. Without fanaticism,
in q lAw-ahidding manner, ] ask you TO
Aid in the enforcement Of the law.
Mr.. Kramer, in discussing conditions
elsewhere, said he would recommend q
prnhibition director for the enforcement OF
The law in New Jersey. This viii probably
he done TODAY. Because of the tight being
made in New Jersey against the araend-
ment and its enforcement, and OF the
shirt that seems to be SO rampant there,
he said unusual care would he gwen IN
the selection He promised vigorous prose
cution of all yiolators of the federal statutes
and will ignore the law passed by the New
Jersey legislature. -
The meeting was presided over by W.
Truxton Royce, prohibition director Tor
Delaware. Mr.. Boyce IN opening the meet
ing. said he eyrected To do his duty fully.
III is a big task. but there viii he no let
M in the search for violators in Delaware.
I ask your support Put in our hands the
names of persons you know who are break
ing this law and the rest will be attended
10. Delaware is dry-bone dry-and Is
going to be kept so. | ask all law-abiding
citizens to help me accomplish this task.
George ". Crabb, secretary OF the
DEMONSTRATING Anti-SaloOn League,
reviewed the work OF the organization
in it's fight for nationwide prohibition.
He said there is along fight ahead, and
that it would not be over until the world
Is dry.
MIR. Crsbb said there was s hard fight
being waged now for the notification OF
the law by state legislatures. But the
sober manhood of the nation Is back OF
the law, he said, and viii see that 1t IS
enforced
He told OF 8 conversation with physi-
clan here, in which the latter criticised
the law because, he SAID, 1t made It hard
for his patients to- get whisky on his
prescription. The law was not passed, he
said, in order to make it easy 10 get
whisky, but TO make it q hard proposition.
While in the city Mr.. Kramer had
or OF Internal Revenue, and ". Trux-
ton .Boyco, prohibition director Delaware
in reference TO the enforcement OF the
law here, through cooperation of all
agencies. While the work is entirely in the
hands of Mr.. Boyce, MIR. Graham's de-
partment will cooperate IN every possible
way.
Mr.. Kramer also had a conference
with William b. Megear, wholesale
grocer and police commissioner. MIR.
Neeear conferred with Mr.. Kramer both
in reference TO the enforcement OF the
law and as to the handling of extracts
with an alcoholic content.
In conversation with friend from his
home town, Mansfield, Ohio, who was III
the audience and went up TO shake hands
with him after the speaking, MI. Kramer
said that on account of the scarcity OF
in " ashington atsthe present |
time be would not move his family there. |
He will have his Office In Washington and |
will go home as opportunity offers.
Before the beginning OF the speaking, /
Irving easier. of the Community Service, /
lad /, he s,,d;e,,cs in the singing of & number /