Evening star., 1922-10-08

Opera atorss- Association. which declares
that, "even with its inclusion OF for.
eign ships entering our waters, it
adds a further handicap. to American
passSnger steamers in the foreign
trade The statement continues:
American steamers Operating to
South America, to the orient and else
where carry passengers between Tor
eisn ports, but they will be unable to
serve liquors. while foreign vessels VIII
suit the merchants Of foreign countries.
with whom we must build our foreign
trade IL wS are to have any. will travel
on the ships of our competitors. to our
growing disadvantage.
Expect Passenger slump.
ITO many of these people light wines
are as foods and as they will not be
able to obtain wines on board American
ships or to bring their wines with them,
it is inevitable that they will forego
patronizing American steamers when
foreign ships are available. This is sure
to have a detrimental effect upon the
development Of foreign trade and thus
upon American cargo carrying steamers.
N Moreover, the enforcement Of pro-
hibition along the line advised by the
Attorney General will doubtless agouse
widespread resentment against Ameri-
can passenger ships everywhere. thus
making it still more difficult for our flag
to maintain itself in general overseas
competition. II the Interpretation Of
will be obeyed, like all other laws. by the
merchant ships Of the United States.
But the hard fact must be faced
that 1t imposes another grave disad-
vantage on American ships. particularly
on the largest and swiftest steamers.
the most valuable in our merchant ship
ping and our national naval reserve
The action Of the Attorney General
makes it all the more imperative that
Congress should lose no time in the
enactment Of vigorous national aid or
the greatest of our American %teamship
lines will most certainly disappear from
the ocean,"
Ruling PIeases Vets.
Carl G. Stunning, general director
sailed today on the America. de-
clared the ruling would without
doubt work great damage to Amer
lean passenger ships" Before pre-
dieting the probable effect on his
line, he said. he would await Su-
erty's pronouncement-
Enforcement OF the prohibition
amendment on sea as well as on
land was hailed tonight by individual
and organized foes Of the Volstead
act as a measure which would speed
the Ie2dHZC0 return "a oCCi dhu ~
wines.
The Association Against the Pro-
hibition Amendment issued from its
national headquarters a statement
giving its emphatic. approval to the
ruling of Attorney General Daugh-
erty that all ships. whether foreign
or domestic, should be bone dry" 1t
then proceeded to ''go the Attorney
General one better
Pointing out that the third plank
in the associations platform held
that so long as the prohibition
anne ndment and the Nolstead act are
the law OF the land. they should be
obeyed," the statement continued:
"in pursuance of this viewpoint
we would urge that under the pro
visions of the Volstead law nothing
remains for the United States gov
ernment to do but to issue blanket
search warrants empowering federal
officials to search every home in the
country. that all intoxicating liquor
contained therein should be seized,
except where householder can
prove that it was acquired prior to
the time the eighteenth amendment
became effective"