The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-10-27

mat II America WOULD allow inc
sale OF light wines and beer, our
people would be much better off.
| have no hesitation in stating my
position in the Congressional fight in
this district. | will not. under any
circumstances, vote 10 repeal the
Nolstead Law, which is law enforce
ment measure, nor will vote for any
measure which will one jot or title
tend to make the Eighteenth Amend
ment TO the Constitution a dead let
ter. That is the purpose OF your
organization, and of your referendum.
II you were sincere III your posi-
ton you would have had referendum
directly upon the question as to
whether or not the Eighteenth
Amendment should or should not be
repealed. 1t does not require a great
degree OF intelligence to understand
that the Eighteenth Amendment for
bids the manufacture. sale or trans
portation of Intoxicating liquor.
Every man and woman in the State
of Illinois. even those belonging TO
your association, knows that light
wine usually contains ten TO twelve
per cent alcoholic content. and is in
toxicating. Likewise every man and
woman OF intelligence in the State of
Illinois knows that beer with 500 per
cent alcoholic content is Intoxicating
in fact. You know. and every one else
knows that the brewers will manu-
facture beer with the extreme alco-
holic content allowed
Black for Eighteentn Amendment
Ny position, therefore. is that il |
am elected to Congress | propose to
stand strictly by the provisions OF the
Constitution, which includes the
Eighteenth Amendment, and | will
never vote for the modification of any
law, the effect of witch will permit
the sale or manufacture of intoxicants
for beverage purposes i'll this coun-
try.
The pledge which you have sub
mitted to me recites that the manu-
facture, sale and transportation Of
beer containing less than four per
cent by volume of alcohol and light
wines is for home consumption. Since
when were the breweries of this coun-
try so interested in the American
homes? Your organization does not
explain how you propose to get the
beer and light wines into the Amer
lean homes. Certainly there are but
two methods. One is for the govern
manufacture, sale and distribution of
your beer aud light wine. The gov
eminent OF the United States has
enough difficulties on its hands at the
present time without going into the
saloon business, and am opposed to
the government of Washington and
Lincoln assuming the role of dis
penser of alcoholic drinks, even for
home consumption. The only other
method is for the various merchants
in the communities to establish de-
partments in their stores for the dis
pensng of7slc6holic drinks IN pack
ages and this no seIt respecting mer-
chant would do.
Brewers Would Control Again
There is only one other recourse
left. The dispensing of beer and light
wines for home consumption which
you are SO deeply concerned about
will be from the soft drink parlors,
and then you will have in effect the
saloon which the Eighteenth Amend
rent abolished, and you will again
have the brewers attempting to con-
troll the politics of the Nation as they
did before.
Very recently | saw one of the
posters of your organization on bill
board i'll this district. 1t stated that
as result Of Prohibition taxation,
lawlessness. divorce. and crime had
been increased in this country. You
and your organization certainly know
if you have investigated the facts, that
those assertions are gross m;s-state-
ments and untrue. and you are alb
solutely unable to establish their
truth by the records.
Beer and Wine Intoxicating
II you were sincere in your posi-
ton, and i'll your representations you
would tell the people that the Eight
eenth Amendment was adopted in
precisely the same method that every
other amendment was adopted since
the adoption of the original Con-
stitution. and that referendum upon
the question of manufacture, sale and
distribution of intoxicating liquor is
only part and parcel OF a scheme OF
your organization to break down the
Eighteenth Amendment, and make il
a dead letter. The referendum vote