The St. Joseph observer., 1922-11-25

put the liquor question before the
people OF tho country with stress be-
ing laid upon tho effect Of prohibition
upon the nations revenue, leaders
declared. b q.
Stress will be laid ,ihon statistics.
they said. which show thai the United
States this year would be richer by
more than S1,OOO,OOO.0O0 a year in
liquor taxes If the Volstead act was
modified to permit the manufacture
and sale Of light wines and beers as
is allowed in Canadian provinces.
A fight against the Anti-Saloon
League Of America also was launched
in the executive committees state
ment, the organization being declared
an obstructive force"
Federal enforcement Of the Vol
stead act has proved a gigantic fall
ure. according TO w. II. Stayton OF
Baltimore, general director Of the as
ISOLATION He said that crime had in
creased since the prohibition enforce
ment measure had become effective
and advocated regulation Of the liquor
trade by the various states.
"Drys Tied Up With Wall Street"
Charges that the Anu-Saloon
I League OF America Is tied up with
Wall street" and that the organiza-
/ tion is an obstructive force" were
contained in the statement issued
which advocated unequivocal oppOsi-
/ tion to the eighteenth amendment,
regulation OF the liquor traffic trade
! by the states instead OF the federal
! government, and determination Of the
| intoxicating contents Of beverages by
| juries.
The Association Against the Pro-
hibition Amendment must make fits
work hereafter to fight the Anti
| Saloon League" the statement con-
/ tinued. I'VE are not fighting people
| who stand for Temperance and mod
GRAFTON, but we are going to fight
what has become an obstructive
force, for the Antl-Saloon League is
obstructive.
THE Anti-Saloon League has tied
| itself up with Wall street, it has rails
ed it's money from some employers
who believe that by doing away with
beer they could keep the employees at
work more hours"
Emphasizing that the association is
lopposed TO the saloon, the statement
added that "in the worst days of the
saloon it was the rarest thing to hear
or read of a young gif1 or young boy
drunk by liquor. Now in every Sec
tien of the country tens OF thousands
Fof young boys apd girls have become
addicted to the use OF liquor. This
boy in knee breeches feeds the girl in
her teens with an adulterated liquor
carried in the hip pocket.
Wave OF Bootlegginc
| The statement declares the confer.
ence showed that many farmers have
become bootleggers and their wives
and children consumers. The time
has arrived when the red blooded
men Of America. backed by the pure
womanhood of America must put &
stop to these conditions" the state
ment continued.
THE bootleggers and their hangers
on are robbing the federal treasury
Of more than :1OO,OOO,OOO a year
They bribe and corrupt enforcement
officials"
The statement declared the associa
ton proposes to tear the masks from
these political criminals" who accep
bribes.
The association will make a stud!
of the liquor problems in other cOun
tries with a view TO recommending I
system Of liquor distribution in tn,
United States. which will not permi
the return Of the saloon, it was stated
II was announced that thirteei
states have been decided on definitel,
in which to conduct an intensive cam
paign prior to the 1924 elections
They are Massachusetts, Rhode Island
Connecticut, New York. New Jersey
Maryland. Delaware. Ohio Illinois
Wisconsin. Minnesota, Indiana an
Missouri These states are regarie
as pivotal ones, it was said and tn
association believes it can carry a we
program In them.
LET AL EE TIA AIKEIu