Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-06-16

competition would be, from a profit
operating standpoint, very heavily
against the American ship"
In other words, Mr.. Lasker would
bait the American public to ride on
his ships with shot of hootch occa-
sionally. Why not adopt the consis-
tent attitude of keeping folks at home
by dosing them with booze? They
can get it in Europe, and if they pre-
fer Europe with hootch to America
without it, our present prohibition
laws certainly make no provision to
offset the lure that Europe holds
out.
Mr.. Lasker further says: 81 do
believe | speak inadvisedly when |
state that so long as foreign ships
can enter America serving liquor the
lack Of that privilege might be the
very determining factor in the life
or death of the American merchant
marine, and so long as foreign ships
are allowed the privilege of entering
and departing from American ports
serving liquor that same privilege
must be allowed our merchant ships.
Most extraordinary in the face OF
the fact that the government is main
tanning several fleets of fast boats
along the coast lines to prevent pri,
vate ships doing the very same thing
that Mr.. Lasker declares he must dc
for the government. 1t places the
government in the position Of sub
sidized criminality. And before h
finishes Mr.. Lasker becomes person
al, and sets his rod for applause from
, the street by attacking the rights O
5 citizenship of the Busch family, clear
, Ilv an admission of the weakness o
} his contentious:
Il believe you to be thorough,
= selfish and that you are acting in tn
hope of creating public revol
against prohibition SO that you ma,
= again revive the sale of your liquors
. utterly regardless of how you nigh
0 hurt the American merchant marin
= in your effort to create situation t
r benefit your brewery.
f at is, of course, notorious that tn
Adolphus Busch who founded you
d brewery was possibly the kaiser
n closest friend in America, and tina
d your family for many years has mair
O tanned castle in Germany; your &C
It ton in any event will not displeas
ii YOUR German friends whose creates
e hope of restored German merchar
h marine is in hurt to Americas new
is born merchant marine"
e The News believes that prohibitio
e enforcement is Intellectual; that til
e sum total of accomplishment so IA
le has been to increase the cost and d.
crease the quality of whisky, but tn
J. holds out no brief for governmel
lie officials to openly violate the law
J. which are enforced to, apparently,
/ great a degree as the government
l. able to enforce them Mr.. Daughe
id ty and the 00,00-a-year consultir
ell counsel of the shipping board may
,e able to find a technicality by Whit
4 LIQUOR can be sold in one part
,e America and not in another, but tho
e. who suffer some inconvenience al
lie unusual expense to crafty the
tastes will not accept this as ju
Itice.
Some men never know what it
he to have a master, and some mar
ry for money.
=, The man who has nothing to r
.. greet probably has very little fun
nc remember.
In The wor.d is getting better all t
he while. Very few people now say ''
ne it were"
a
or And another reason why groce
We bills remain unpaid is because boz
I'M Ileggers won't charge it.
zee Democracy is a wonderful instit
H. ton. but you don't hear anybody We
ut ing: Long live a senator"
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