Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-06-23

one in the afternoon and the other III
the evening.
In his afternoon talk, he spoke Of
how to enforce the prohibition law.
He said that it was necessary to
know how it is being violated before
we can know how to enforce it.
There are three ways in which it is
violated. First by the sale of goods
released from bonded warehouses,
which are of course whiskey, wines,
ale, beer and other well made liqu-
ors; secondly. by the making OF
moonshine for sale, and lastly, by the
making of home brew.
An authority on the subject has
said that if the sale of bonded goods
was discounted it would reduce the
troubles to a very small size as COM
parable to now. There was enough
liquor in the warehouses July 1st,
1919, to last, at the rate it would be
used if only used for lawful needs,
so years. This would mean that af-
ter seven years the owners would
have to pay storage upon their prop
erty and they would also be losing
the interest on their money. Natur-
ally, rather than pay storage on the
liquor for a period ranging from one
to % years they would prefer to
move it.
He told of an investigation which
he had conducted in conjunction with
several others interested in prohibi-
ton, in which he had found that of
about 100 cases of men convicted of
maintaing still, only four or five
had been really guilty of that alone;
the others had been using that as a
bluff for the sale of whiskey which
had been procured from bonded
warehouses.
He also said that If an officer
would not do his duty and enforce
| the law he should be removed from
office and sent to prison He said
tthat only about 10 per cent of the
shcriffs today are doing their duty as
| it should be done.
How to Hold Prohibition Law
| In the evening. he spoke on how to
hold the law. He stated that the
! 18th amendment was worth nothing
unless backed by law designed to
enforce il. TO determine the effec-
! tiveness of legislation. we must know
1.-THE power Of congress which made
the law. Congress can modify,
amend, change or repeal the law. A
quorum in Congress is 80 per cent.
| or the membership. Two-thir1s of
thls ~ per cent. and one vote is
enough 70 maintain the law Public
sentiment control congress in two
ways elective franchise and nv peti-
tons. The first is an absolute pow
CT the other is not.
! Tie wet forces are trying to get the
law changed t. allow light wines and
beers. Later they Will cause a further
| lowering Of the bars until we are back
where we started. TO further this.
there is a great organization which
mas 33 branches or sub organizations
rms organization is endeayoring TO
| hulld political machine. To this end
it has three r'@nbcrs in every voting
ward in the couLtry. Two members of
this committee are men and one is
! woman.
a thing that startled most of those
/ present at the meeting last night was
I the declaration of the SPEAKER that lie
had positive proof that the State head
| quarters OF this national organization
| opposed to proh tition was in Augusta.
The organization is wtll built, it is
wei! financed and it has definite aim
N view, and they must be fought
.arlous dr. organizations ~r na1
or harder than ever before.
Or. D. Leigh Colvin Speaks
Or. -. Leigh Colyin, who is at the
| present time writing a history of pro-
/ hilition, SPOKE both in the afternoon
/ and evening, giving some very inter
tstinG data regarding the founding and
! the growth of prohibition. or the
! Maine law as it is known in many
! places. He toid Of the r.en Of our own
! state who ha worked hard for the
cause of pro l'b.tion and OF the fact
! fhat, despite the claim that prohibition
was forced upon the people when mrnv
Of the men w2rc overseas, it had real
ly started oyer a century ago. that
! thcre were temperance societies as
early as 1908, and that the first tenn
perancc law was enacted in 1851 In
the State of Maine
| Program for Today
The local campaign of the Flying
Squadron will be closed today with
meetings at $50 p. NJ. and $ T.. =. t
the Green Street Methodist church.
The messages will be brought by Hon.
oliver ". Stewart, former member
the lllil-ois Legislature and an orator
of renown; Rev Norma G. Brawn. the
only woman speaker of the Squadron;
ana Hon CHRISTOPHER p. Conneny.