Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-10-14
HARDING TO SEEK
DRY LAW CHANGES
Would Amend Aci Relating to
Americas Foreign
Possessions.
DISASTROUS TO ISLANDS
Assert Porto Rico Shipping
Would Halt if Unable to
Carry Liquor.
DISASTROUS ID TO ISLANDS
fBy Universal s,rviccl

t'>F 'Af'TSHI S.ENlCc,l
W NASHINiTON. oct l3-Pr4siba,.
Harding will ask Congress 10 ,,sts
M"d'hcn'io's In the voistead act. {,
was !carn"d today Ti.s. ch.rz.s
"ii concern The Philippine Islands
ana Port" Rico II not foreign shin,
1t "as said
u - SAID that. w!thou; such moJi
h'ati"n. Porto Rico Will I've unuhl.
v" secure ships ior its coffee croo
m" 'he Philippines vii! lac n.ad..
n"'. cry against the Will OF their
Legislature.
decision {" DO this was tentatively
"hched a. the Cablnct meeting To-
'HF. ~ which tho recent hone d-v
sHi9 opinion OF ->,iorncy-,;cuaraI
i'"HHhertE MAS the exclusive tonic of
!!sCUssipu
WIN !et EARLY Ruling,
- 'he same time II was decided
max Att"rncy-Genersi 1auEhcr.y
should Immediately throw s,ye-al
provisions of his ruling before ,hn
supreme Court; These provisions
are independent of the injunction Oh
tai""d by shipownrrs in New York
1t was said ~
secretary OF the Treasury Mellon
IN formal order, stayed the work .
'hS OF tn" pauEherty decision. SO fa,
rs carrying liquor is concerned. un
'SN"EtF - instead OF October a.
the "ate originally decided upon. lie
rNPlains that nothing would DC
gained ny making the opinion opera
I'VE nnt:l after the Injunction hear
sns In New York
Regulations Not Yct Approxei
The regulations drawn up ~ ,ba
prohibition department and Iaid he
rore Secretary Mellon for his sig
nature mad not been approved. and
II was said they would not he un,ii
every clause has been carefully OK.
arn:ned
The Presidra; called on prohi5i-
,i"n Commissioners Haynes for en-
hdnstiTe data on the question prior
!" inc cabinet meeting. Following
IN" session. Mr.. Haynes was called
into conference with Secretary Mel
lon.
The temporary halt in enforcin.
tbs dry cdict Will In no wav ar,c,
ships operated hy the government,
chairman Laster SAID in formal
state nent. Shipments under c.n,ro;
or the hoard will remain dry until
,heir status is changed by Congress.
he Said
Developments which could no. IL.
/. .eS"eH at tine time the drastic dry
opinion was rendered have caused no
tnd OF A muddic and friction be.
tween government departments. n
nigh official said.
Philippines SIN Wet.
Tho principal obstacle concerns
the philippine Islands. as stated ex
ciusiveIy In these dispatches. Nhii.
the dry amendment 10 the t.onsti,u.
ton applies TO the Philippines. II has
never been made operative under the
Nolstead act The islands have beon
AS wet as any other Asiatic territory
and 1t vas said the regulations .s
recommended by Attorney
Daugherty would make the islands
bone dry without any reference Ia
tho N"lstcad act. The Department
at Justice holds that this can i,e done
by application o: the "transDortatior
clause of the constitutional amend
nont Thus. BY prohibiting ships of
any flag entering the islands with
liquor aboard, the supply would be
automatically cut "ff.
In the case %! Porto Rico. /; was
said that III. people arc dcpcntie1
on their coffee cror. They are ahin
10 90, il 10 market ia Cuba and
spain In SPANISH lotions. the only
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