The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-16

WHAT DUES lul WIZ '''N''f''''
The result Of the pol being made Of tho couu-
try by the Literary digest IL exciting the Will
est possible Interest, Tho Digest propoundcd
four questions. to-wit;
/. DO you favor continued enforcement Of
the Volstead act2
g. DO you favor a modification OF the Vol
stead act, so that wines and beer may be legally
sold and consumed?
g. DO you favor repeal OF tho prohibition
law?
4. DO you favor soldier bonus?
The publication announced It's intention OF
securing the opinion OF 100000 voters on
these two vital public questions First the ele-
phone directories OF the country were drawn
on for names OF voters running into tho mill
lions. 1t was also announced that varlnls in
Iustrlni establishments would be polled
with each hundred thousand votes received
and counted the Digest makes public report,
From the first the vote has been surprise
tor from tho frat the opponents OF the Vol
stead act have outnumbored its friends by al
most two to ono. Thus find with 6l7,S3S
ballots counted that 236,32o voters favor a con
linued strict enforcement OF the prohIbitory law
900 favor It's modification no that wines and
beer may be manufactured and consumed legal
ly, while l2s.bOo favor n repeal of the prohi-
billion amendment
And we discover that white a decided ma
jority OF those voting are apparently opposed to
outright repeal Of the constitutional amend
ment. SSl500 are opposed TO ita enforcement
along Volsteadlan lines, while only 236, S29 favor
juch enforcement. This result Is largely from
the mail-order vote which, has been
planned. came from those having names in the
various telephone directories OF the various
owns and cities OF the various states.
The first result OF plant" voting Is even
more astonishing. 1t Is explained that u ballot
box is placed ut the entrance to the plants
about to he pollcd. The manager issues cir
oular bulletin announcing the purpose OF tho
poll and explaining that the company has no in
terest whatever In It nut is willing that the em-
ployes may vote their honest sentiments. and
assuring them that none but themselves will
know how they vote The blnots are issued by
the foreman and the employees place their
marked ballots In the box as they enter or leave
tho plant,
II must be admitted that greater care couh
not be exercised to secure a fair honest and
sincere pol Of any group OF people on any pub
lie matter The first plant vote taken OF
he Campbell Soup company in New Jersey. and
resulted az follows:
For enforcement .,...,,,.-.,..,,.,.162
For modification ................,.,72
For repeal OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Thirty per cent OF the workers in this plant
are women. Yet the ratio against the present
law is . TO /. In the Park Davis X Co, plant,
of Detroit, the ratio against the present law
was 6 to J. while IN the Edison works In New
Jersey supposed to be conducted by the high
est class OF mechanics ana experts in American
Industry. the ratio against the present law
mounted 70 20 to :. The three Industrial plants
combined showed The following results;
For enforcement '',.,.'..t.''''.''''f ''fF3
For modification ,.................2,77
For repeal .....,,...,,,.,,,,,, 1927
IN this combined vote the sentiment against
strict enforcement ls 10 TO !, while the sent-
ment against absolute repeal or a return to sa-
loon days Is equally Impressive.
While no one has been able TO pick flaw IN
the impartial and honest method employed by
the Digest, prohibition advocates and the Anti
Saloon League leaders have squirmed COM
plainlngly one Of the most prominent even go
ing far 10 state that It Is reasonable to
even suggest changing the prohlbhory law and
Is mschcvious in the extreme TO even conduct
such poll
The Digest s,il insists that It viii get an ex-
preston from fully 100000 people. or ap-
pFoxlmateIy ohe-tth'h or the total population
Of the republic. Tho vote IS coming from every
city and state In the union proportonate TO
population,
The vote on the bonus matter Is not nearly 40
conclusive From the first 1t has been a neck
and neck race between those favoring and those
opposing the score standing at the present tune
with Gl7,s3S ballots counted for 3Ol,S72.
against sO96
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THE ANNUAL DISGRACE