Evening star., 1920-02-26
How LAW IL Violated.

I How Law IL Violated.
I He said, in part:
! ANY farmer who has cider containing
IN excess OF one-half of ! per cent of
alcohol and which acquired this excess
either naturally or artificiaIly since
January Il. 1920. is guilty.
Any farmer who has cider in excess
Of one-half of l per cent of alcohol in
any place other than his home. even
though acq Tired prior to January H.
and which he has not reported to the
commissioner. is guilty
Any housewife who has made any
kind of beverage since January :
containing more than one half of l per
cent is guilty
( Any one who makes beer in his home
/ containing one-half of l per cent of
alcohol or more is guilty
Right here let me say that there are
/ thousands of people here in the District
who arc making beer in unconscious vio-
latIon of the law. ! am told that the
demand for Yeast is hard to supply.
raIslnS are unObtainablc and that patent
shoppers and capping machines for bot
ties are being purchased as fast as they
can be- suppliec.
! 'Any one who has an intoxicating
I beverage anywhere save in his hom.
and has not reported it to the COM
/ missioner is guilty.
! Any one who has in his possession
/ aug io' fu w substance GtS1SHeH
! or intended for use III making beer
| or wine or brandy is guilty
| ANY one who carries Il drink. even
; from his home and from = supply
! he may lawfully have is guilty.
HOt-Wnter Bottles "in Bad.
| Il read yesterday that a man in
Virginia WAS arrested for having on
his person a hot-water bottle full of
whisky. ! suppose the inspectors
W Ill now have TO all he. bnt
water bottles in the country This
dangerous perversion of the use of
the hot-water bottles must stop. Per-
! hapS it might be well to make ii
where except in ones home | shall
have to talk to my friend from Min
nesota tNr. Nolstead) about this
ANY one who gives anothe, a drink
; except in the home of the giver is
guilty.
Amy one who buys a drink is as
guilty as the seller
Il ask whether ii is necessary in
the enforcement of prohibition to
brand as criminals millions of farm
ers laborers and citizens in every
walk of life who have done nothing
in itself harmful to themselves or
to others and whose only offense con-
siSts in following the customs and
practices of a lifetime?
; Surely it was not in the minds
VI tHt ITdEleTS VI lHe dInenU1nSHI
/ that this Congress would make a
fe!on OF a farmer who made cider
! for his family and friends. or a
housewife who made wine in the
home. or the workingman who would
drink a glass of beer.
Il venture to say that if the Vol
stead act could have been presented
TO the legislatures of the various
states at the time they were called
upon to ratify the constitutional
amendmen not a state in the Union
! would have ratified the amendment
There are so many more of these
, drastic and unreasonable provisions
that l think I am safe in saying that
since this law Went into effect it
has been violated to such an eX-
| tent that if the law was strictly en-
forced there would be more of the
adult populat :on of the United States
in Jail than out of Jail.
Il believe this law should be re-
| pealed and sensible constitutional
enforcement measure passed"