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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-03-04
SUGAR TARIFF NO
AID To FARMERS
Consumers Taxed for Benefit OF
Factories, Not Beet Growers.
WOOL BENEFITS QUESTIONED
Fair Tariff League Head Says Beets
Are Not important American
Crop.
BY n. &. MILES,
Chairman of the Fair Tariff Leaeu

Chairman of the Fair Tariff League.
Sugar in the beet, the product of
the farm, is given a protection of so
ad valorem in the Fordney Tariff BIZ
now before Congress.
Refined sugar, the product of the
beet sugar factory, is protected with
a specific rate equivalent to from 500
to 1000 ad valorem on the basis of
present prices.
For example, the Michigan sugar
factory receives a prohibitive protec-
ton against the importation of the
product of the Canadian sugar factory,
but the Michigan sugar beet farmer
receives practically no protection
against the Canadian sugar beet.
In view of this farmers are asking
If the 600 increase in the tariff on
Fordney Tariff Bill Is an effort to pro-
tect the farmer or an effort to pay a
further bonus TO an already sufficient
ly protected beet sugar industry.
All farmers use sugar. They usually
buy it in 100 pound sacks. Every time
a farmer buys a sack Of sugar he pays
$500 as the result of the tariff on
sugar. Half of this goes to the Gov
rnmen and half of 1t to the beet
sugar manufacturer.
This is true because>we consume In
this country twice as much sugar as
we make, but the price of sugar to the
farmer is the Cuban price plus the
tariff. But the farmer pays this price
on both the domestic sugar and the
foreign sugar. Therefore the farmer
pays half of this tax to the Govern
ment and half TO the manufactures of
beet sugar in this country.
Sugar Beets a Minor Product
The farmer might feel that he was
getting some benefit out of this If he
raising of sugar beets was actually an
important American agricultural pur-
suit. This, however, is not the case.
The crop acreage of sugar beets for
1920 was 692,455. The crop acreage
for peanuts was 1.256,O00, almost dou-
BILE the acreage devoted to the cultiva-
ton Of sugar beets.
The following table indicates the
importance Of the acreage devoted to
sugar beets as compared with certain
atbor ornps.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-03-04


wilLpower, but the cigars had II
greater.
Mrs. Bowser's window was up and
she smelled the smoke and looked out.
There sat Mr.. Bowser enjoying him
self to the uttermost. He smoked two
cigars. while she watched him. and as
she then went to bed perhaps his great
Will-power made him smoke a third
one
She was still awake when he came
in, and he brought an odor with him
like a club smoking-room. but she
didn't say anything. She only smiled
TO herself.
Next morning the box of cigars was
on the piano again Mr.. Bowser, on
departing TO go to the office. took and
lighted a smoker. and nothing was
said about il. Doctor Guffengall would
have been Mortified. but Mrs. Bowser
didn't even hold up her hands. FOR
30 long years she had seen Mr.. B0wser
smoke. For at least five times A year
he had resolved to quit. and it had
always resulted in this way. Why
get up a family row over such a sim
pie thing as Mr.. Bowser's Gibraltar
will-power? Mrs. Rowser is a very
sensible
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-03-04
Took a Chance.

Rub-"What caused the motor acct
dent?"
Dub-"A short skirt and a windy
day."-New York Sun.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-03-04
Juvenile Edition Wanted.

Mamma" said little Fred, this
catechism is awfully hard. Can't you
get me a kittychism ?"-Baptist Boys
and Girls.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-03-04

passed it, and. as he passed, he Rugged
the box tighter than ever.
Then he went into. a grocery and
bought a box of matches and carefully
put them away in his pocket. Then
he took a walk around the block, and
in time arrived in front of his house.
Mrs. Bowser had gone upstairs, as
the light showed. Mr.. BOwser was
glad of il. He tip-toed into the yard
and took a seat on the steps. How
nice it would be to sit there and smoke
.his ciQnr and cnnnt tho S1nrS If the
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-12-29
PROHIBITION PROGRESS AND PROFITS DURING 1922
A Christmas Story by Wayne B. VIII,

A Christmas Story by Wayne B. Wheeler
Uncle put Christmas stockings
a hundred million people this Christmas
from 9S5172s2 gallons 1914 gallons 1922
importation all kinds reduced 100000 gallons
1914 to 280000 gallons in 1922 (estimatedl.
Tax paid spirits withdrawn excluding alcohol but including
gallons gallons
1922, and this beverage
Spirits Reduced Greatly
Spirits in bond including brandy but alcohol reduced from
28440o6oo gallons in 1914 to 38924,246 gallons 1922
Alcoho withdrawn paid reduced 5S775333 gallons
1914 to 1639l,4S9 gallons in 1922
Beverage spirits including alcohol used for
poses, reduced from 05O000O gallons in 1914
Beer produced imported reduced 2057OOoo0o gal
Ions in 1914 nil in
1922 referendum elections showed for Prohibition. Ohio
rejected 5 beer amendment by 100000 majority Calo
turned o5000 majority of $4,000
majority The wets failed majority of all the
Illinois for beer and and Massachusetts,
before, without a enforcement code.
Congress Is For Prohibition
Congress the newly elected
and against any beer and amendment
The United States, which the liquor
nation to reduce its debt
policies decrease mortality
OF nondrnkers decrease
"The health wealth happiness
and the evils the liquor gradually vanishing"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-12-29
January Fourteen will be Prohibition
Enforcement Sunday. Plan the appro-
pirate observance of this Sunday i'm your
Church and Sunday School
PRES. HARDING ON PROHIBITION ENFORCEMENT

(From Presidents message delivered December 1929
There call make the alien
Our hospitality. Let who nding the moral
they think personal liberty
they example and breed which
mately destroy the republic.
Constitutional Prohibition has been adopted by the
the law the land In plain speaking there conditions
relating enforcement which
the most demoralizng factor public life.
Most of people
Amendment the elimination of the from politics.
On the has been So nsihed that
disposed make all polcaI decisions with
question 1t dsracing the public mind preudcng
the electorate.
The day is unlikely when the Eighteenth Amendment
be repealed The fact well be recognized
adapted accordingly If the
deliberate public opinion, which do believe
literal will public
requisite modification
Such conforms humiliation
Of the the humiliation
and challenges the destructive widespread violation
official corruption and individual Generalization.
The Eighteenth Amendment involves authority
lack of defnten through responsibility
thus introduced In order bring about full understanding of
duties and responsibilities thus distributed invite the
of the early opportunity
conference with the federal authority Out the full
considerations which will be possible confidently
evcd will the whole prob
em and definite policies national and admins
tering the laws
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-12-29
United States Supreme Court
Hold Dry Law Violation
Offense Against Both
DOES NOT CONSTITUTE
DOUBLE JEOPARDY CASE
Bars Booze Criminals From Rushing
to State Courts to Avoid
Federal Justice
CONCURRENTPOWER TO ENFORCE

Bootleggers and moonshiners were
Nagain brought face to face with the
stern reality of the hazardous charac-
ter of their calling in an opinion
handed down by the United States
supreme court December IL.
This decision holds that both the
Federal and state governments can
osecutc and punish the same un-
lawful act in the manufacture, sale or
transportation of Intoxicating liquors.
It is severe blow to those liquor
criminals who would attempt to es-
cape Federal prosecution by going into
state court and pleading guilty or who
would even pursue this course in the
expectation of receiving lighter pen
atty at the hands OF the state.
The case came up from the state of
Washington where the United States
District Court for the western dis
trict dismissed a Federal indictment
charging Vito LAMA, Dick Barto and
others with manufacturing transport
ing and possessing Intoxicating liq-
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-12-29
SHERIFF NEEDS HELP
at Toronto

Beginning his term as sheriff of Henry
county, George Brown makes a state
ment that will be approved by all law
abiding people of the county. 1t may
be true that no statement was demand
ed, yet in view of the deep public in
terest and the wide discussion on the
liquor law enforcement, not only in
Henry county, but in every other coun-
ty in the United States, it is most
appropriate that sheriff, on taking
office, should let the public know his
attitude.
Sheriff Brown makes no bones about
the matter The liquor laws and all
other laws look alike to him. All of
them are on the statute books for en-
forcement. He recognizes that he has
been elected by the people of the coun-
ty as their law enforcing officer. He
accepts the responsibility and proposes
to do his best to enforce the laws.
He will need help.
In this period of change when boot
leggers are seeing an opportunity to
run their poison factories because the
law has not yet reached out to cover
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-12-29
AURORA SAVING is
MONEY
(By George McGinnis)

(By George McGinnis)
In the old days of wassail the
vets claimed that the Punishment
Of the saloon would cause grass to
grow in the streets and business
would 60 on the rocks and cities
would go into bankruptcy, for the
saloon license money was absolute
ly necessary to keep the city out
of debt. But citizens discovered
that the saloon created more debts
than it paid and the more saloons
they had the bigger the debt.
A man can keep out of debt not
by swilling booze but by hard work
and economy and likewise city.
Aurora, Illinois, had forty-three
saloons paying $4,000 into the
city treasury every year when
Uncle Sam climbed on the water
wagon. 1t was q scheme of the
vets to keep the city in debt SO
that it could be impressd upon the
average citizen that the salvation
Of city from the morass of finan-
cial difficulty was the license
money, When the present admin
istration took charge under com
mission form of government, it
was met with $4,000 in anticipa-
tion warrants which had to be
paid out of current revenues, but
with this handicap and not
penny of saloon license money, it
will close the year with balance
of over $4,000 in the treasury.
This was accomplished by business
methods.
There never was any surplus in
the old saloon days when the city
received $4,000 license money
each year. Is it not about time to
tell the noisy and discredited vets
to go away back and sit down?
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-12-29

every neighborhood, no one man can
hope to keep an entire county free of
this violation. The sheriff must have
full support of the county board Of
supervisors so that needed assistance in
moral and financial backing is avail
able. He must have the closest CO.
operation of city and village officials
all through the county for upon them
devolves the initial effort He must have
the help of the federal officials when
necessary.
Sheriff Brown does well to recognize
right at the start that one of his chief
responsibilities to the public is in con-
nection with this important subject.
Mems lives are being ruined and wrecked
by the illicit traffic. Travel on high
ways is being made unsafe for all the
people because dens of iniquity pour out
their poison to men who think that
gasoline and moonshine will mix. The
sale of moonshine will not be tolerated
long by an aroused public. No time is
too early to stop it.
The sheriff has spoken promptly and
effectively. The warning he has sound
ed means much.--Kewanee Star Courier.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-12-29
HOTEL MEN CAN HOLD
HEADS HIGHER NOW

81 am by nature an optimist.
have always believed in the hotel
business as being one of continual
growth and influence. | believe it
all the more thoroughly now since
Prohibition has come to be of such
marked influence in lifting our
profession from the taint of the
saloon and putting it on the same
high plane and level with any
other industry in the United
States. The hotel business has
made many steps forward since the
Eighteenth Amendment was
adopted and it cannot but help
to be better in the future, since
every man can hold his head high
er and maintain dignity and an
ambition such as he could not do
before. Tracy Drake, of Black
stone and Drake Hotels of Chicago.
The above is from the December,
1922, number of the Hotel Bull
letin. The correspondent who sent
the above item to the Issue made
the following comment:
'Mr. brakes father was owner
of the Grand Pacific Hotel, Chi
cago, in its day the best hotel west
of New York. And his bar was
run as high as it could be. Tracy
Drake grew up in his fathers
hotel. / know of no one who has
had a broader experience and who
is more competent to speak on
that subject than Mr.. Tracy
Drake"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-12-29

uors on the ground that they had been
Z tried and convicted i'll the state courts
for the same offense.
State Prosecution Not Bar to Fed
eral Prosecution
In reversing this action United
States Supreme Court held that 'n
the absence of special provision by
Congress conviction and punishment
in state court under a state law for
making, Transporting and selling in
toxicating liquors is not bar to pros
ecution in a court of the United States
under the Federal law for the same
acts"
Establishes Prohibition In Every Part
of United States
The opinion written by Chief JUS
tice Taft further sta,cs that the effect
of the Prohibition Amendment was
to establish Prohibition in every part
of the United States and affecting
transactions which ;,lr essentially To-
cal or intra-state as well as those per-
tanning to interstate or foreign COM
merce.
Concurrent Power to Enforce Upheld
The power to take legislative action
TO make the measures effective existed
in Congress, says the opinion and
continues:
The respect of the territorial
limits of the United States and at
the same time the IKE power of
the several states within their ter
ritorial limits SHAH not cease to
exist.
Each state as also Congress,
may exercise an independent judg-
ment in selecting and shaping
measures to enforce Prohibition.
Such as are adoptcu by Congress
become laws of the United States
and such as are adopted by state
become laws of that state They
may vary in many particulars in
sluding the penalties prescribed
but, this is an inseparable incident
of independent Legislative action
in distinct jurisdictions.
y The declaration that the state
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-12-29
E N F o r c E M E N T
ADVANCES

DO not be deceived. nor be
dismayed by a nationwide pro-
gram of misrepresentation, con-
stituting, as 1t does, the most
pretentious, most pernicious
propaganda to undermine en-
forcement since the enactment
OF the amendment.
Admitting, of course, that
there are violations of the Vol
stead act-unfortunately by
some who hold themselves
above the law-the fact cannot
conscientiously be denied that
the last year has been marked
with rapid strides toward the
same degree of enforcement of
this law as obtains in respect to
all other laws. none of which
are enforced 100 per cent"
Roy A. Haynes.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-12-29
ODE TO A PIG

AS near as | remembers,
1t was late i'll last December,
| was strolling down the
street iii nlaudlin pride.
With my heart all in hutter,
| lay down in the gutter,
And a pig tame up and lay
down by my side.
While | lay there in the gutter,
With my heart all in a futter,
A lady passing by was heard
to say:
You can tell d man that boozcs
By the company he chooses"
And the pig got up and slowly
walked away.
c. OIL.
in Wake of the News,
Lnlcago Tribune.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-12-29
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE ILLINOIS LEAGUE
OF WOMEN VOTERS

The United States through the Department of
hall This without
In the Voead followed this
before national Prohibition wa adopted
Intoxicating be 1egaized under the
Repeal of the Votead would leave
o enforcing of the
Therefore, do
hereby remphaze loyalty the Constitution and thoroughly
all intended nufy
n the fundan aw of our land
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-12-29

In Ohio the referendum pro-
posal to put beer and wine in the
Constitution was voted down
by a majority of l8o,472.
The Illinois vote on the beer
and wine question of public
policy is announced by the
secretary of state as follows:
Yes No
Down State. .513,25o 374,002
Cook County. 552,005 1873, l0o
Total 49,. l,065, PAP 512,1ll
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-12-29

should have concurrent power"
was defined by the court as in
tended to negative any possible
inference that investing the ma
tional governments with the power
of countrywide Prohibition state
power would be excluded
State Can't Authorize What Amend
Inent Prohibits
Under the Eighteenth Amendment
state was left free, the court held,
ito enact Prohibition laws applying
to all transactions within her limits"
States could not, however, authorize
acts, the court added, which were pro-
hibited by the amendment, but all
prior state laws not inconsistent with
the amendment remained in full force.
Double Jeopardy Defined
Referring to the contention by the
defendants that they could not be
placed in double jeopardy. the court
explained that the meaning of the
term double jeopardy" as used in the
Fifth Amendment to the Constitution
referred to "a second prosecution -un-
der the authority of the Federal gov
ernment after first trial for the same
offense under the same authority. An
act denounced as a crime by both
national and state sovereignties is an
offense against the peace and dignity
of both and may be punished by
each"
If such a construction did not ap-
ply, the court stated, it would be easy
to imagine the rush of offenders to
state courts to plead guilty if by SO
doing they could obtain immunity
from Federal prosecution for the same
act.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-12-29
Onward March of Dry Cause Continued Despite Desperate
Attacks of Opposing Forces
LEGISLATION PROTECTED, COURTDECISIONS FAVORABLE
LOCAL ENFORCEMENT BETTER, FEDERAL IMPROVED
Vets Form Great Illinois Organization and Develop Vast Propaganda
Against Law
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE PROMISING AS A sign OF VICTORY

twenty-five year Prohibition There was
the Eighteenth Amendment adopted In
attack against dry legislation
April H.
general indifference the drys able gains
The nomination of Wm Peoria Clifford
Ireland dry Republican candidate was one OF the most serious results tho
primaries Early January Illinois branch
Against the Prohibition Amendment formed This Association together
with other wet forces circulated petition asking for vote under the l
nois Public Policy Act the question of legane
wines This petition puporng 100000
ballot
Drys Ignored Beer Ballot
proposition while the drys made no csmpaian and rec ndd
that disregard the beer and ballot dry
their efforts the campaign the election
a and Congress favorable to Prohibition enforcement The result was
the election OF dry Legislature number
than before from Illinois
dry opposed candidacy Anton Cermk wet
leader the presidency of the Cook County
Charles presidency
member together with enough other dry candidates the
the minority the Cook County Board OF
cent of the candidates for various Offices Cook recommended
by the Aoon League were elected Down the elect
Judge Jesse Black Democrat and dry, Republican
didate for Congress from the Sixteenth District however
during the closing days OF the campaign that he would
modification of the Volsad In the national elections
the House of
fead but his dry.
Following
the significant during 1922
in Enforcement
The election Of shef pledged enforcement
forcemn work by federal officials The
various counties through the aggressive action of states which
suited collections of
wealthy escape conviction by carrying their cases
the the United every sustained
Wet Propaganda
1872 launched
anything
field The leading Chicago
the
ional Prohibition throughout 1922
Eighteenth Amendment editorial
towards the when
AntSaoon
and unrind editorials with
House In addition Tribune
distributed and bill boards throughout campaign against
Sale Ships
of
Prohibition by popular Sweden and New
attached sale
ships the heemile
shipping board the sale United
ruling
enforced u ships attorney generals
by the The of liquor ships threem
limit also declared illegal by the The
December
lowed the
the the ultimate Prohibition
The chief the field of organized
AnSaloon
L. at
of the World League Alcoholism
Toronto.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-12-29
ELECTION RESULTS

Official returns on the refer
endum vote in California an
nounced December 10th show
that the state enforcement act
was adopted by a majority of
43,943. The vote was for, 445,-
07o; against, 4l1,133.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-01
Lord Portchcster 10 We'd
Miss Catherine Wendell
Daughter of Former New FORK
Family To BE Bride of Earl
of Carnasvou' Heir

A marriage has been arranged hc-
tween Miss Catherine T. Wendell
daughter of tAe late Mr Jacob Won
dell jr and Mrs Wendell. and Lord
Porchestcr. heir 20 the Ear'dom of
Cornorvon. The wedding VIII take
place shortly.
The Wendell fnmi'y Be- vci known
in New YORK. although since fnc death
Of Mr Wendell tho members have
lived abroad. making their home 20
Sandridge. SandrIdgchury, Hcr's. Eng
land.
Miss Wendell's father died in Ncw
York In 1911. BE- WAS tha son of ine
late Mr. Jacob Wendell. well known
commission merchant OF New York,
and brother ~ the late Professor
Barrett Wendell. of Harvard, ol the
late Dir. Evert Jansen Wendell and n
the late Mr. Gordon Wendell. Jacob
Wendell jr. was graduated from liar
ward, and while a. college took palt
In the dramatic productions ~ the
Hasty Pudding Club. When be re-
turned 20 New York boz became q mem
Der Of the Comedy Club nnd was con
sidercd by many the he.t amateur
actor in tho United states. Later ne
entered the professional ranks ana was
a member Of the New Thcater Com
pany when be died.
Lord Porehesier, of The 7th queens
own Hussars. is the only son of the
fifth Earl Of Carnarvon.
Two years ago the engagement NJ Mss
Wendell TO Mr. Francis co..ingwood
Drake. son Of Mr. and Mrs. John Ram
sey Drake. of Rntchwocd Hail. ST. Al
hans. England. was announced
New-York tribune., 1922-06-01

ner hostess. her guests including ten
OF the officers
The Vice President and Mrs. Cool
idge were guests Of honor at the Mas.
sachusetts State Society reception and
dance tonight at the City Club.
The Secretary Of State. Mr. Hughes,
attended the luncheon given to-day by
DR.. Leo 6. Rowe. director general OF
the Pan-American Union. at tho Annex
Of the Pan American Union. IN honor
Of the delegates from Chile and Peru
10 the Taena africa conference.
The Minister Of Sweden and Nine
Wallenberg, accompanied by their
daughter. Miss lngegerd Wallenberg
left Washington to-day for Newport
where they will be the guests Of Mr
and Mrs. John Aspegren IN their sum
mer home there. The minister and his
family will sail from New York Satur-
day. June 10, FOR their home IN sweden,
Mrs. Robert r. Mackenzie entertained
eighteen guests AZ luncheon to-day ~
the Spruce Log Cabin.