Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-02-03
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At'i'lh ~ Aalh'Ait 'hNAA't VI wv
hihltlun for Delaware. snitcs the
snius rhllls,lnss who insist that boot
isrrcr. shall become millionaircs by
contributing 60 their wcli-lr.nG In
return Cor boore ~ unknown origin,
a. other words, hcotlexsing 10 thriv-
Na because some half sober. Undue
piuua, and otherwise honest citizens
insist on having their "morning's !
nlnrnlns" Mr.. Elliott Gays 40. Fur-
thofmorc, Ne declares
"1Ns people who patronisc boot |
iorrors to-day arc not tho poor and
,No ignorant. ~ tho men OF means
who ray hleh nriccs for liquor should
r,tuse % buy q. bco,logeing would
csNse n viii n0vcr coasc. however,
-hlla rich men and women continue
g. encourage boouosgins. rum run
nina smuggling and tho violation ~
the law
Now Every Eyonlng believes that
enu law should be enforced az quickly
a. another. Ana q believes tina; tbs
nun ~ means should - nmoasolc
g. me law tho same as the man IN re-
rfrlctod circumstances. Furthermore,
n we are TO enforce the law against
murder lc, w also enforce tho Law
against hootlersing. However, lot Va
annlyfo tins statement &C .ur. FL
ncvs. Tor q is an extremely interest
irg one from several viewpoints.
10 lays tho blame Tor hcouegsine
mainly at The door OF rich men and
women" Perhaps hs u right in do
ing 80. II he IL correct wouldn't It
h. en awful thing " those same ''rich
men and women" should declare u
buyers striker There Ia . popular he
NJ that the bootleseer, are pronteor-
mr cutrascously. Now n our rich
men and women" quit buying the
nasty stuff. wouls no, Tho nootles1ers
hive 90 reduce their prices SO as 20
avoid sllins their Rolls Royces7 In
that case bcore would eel very
Shsaply. An old law % economics
would como into play. Perhaps more
pccp. would become drunk than ever
tsfors
Now NC gran, that there is nc ar
ference between n rich man or woman
toins drunk. aue poor man or
woman being filled 20 the guards
Moth sro equally loathsomo. But W,
f.ar that ~ tho hootexEers had &c
declare rack clearing sale" or sc
ptt cent of sale" or "pro-inventory
male" that All tho booze now IN hic.
don caches would suddenly TOW; and
horrible would he the orgy. Perhaps
the rich mcn and wonon' render .
loft.hahdcd n,r,loo TO their countr,
b, kceping tho country from golns
bose mad.
We wonder. though, n 1, only th'
rich men ana women who are buyini
the atunr Seldom indeed does one hea
NJ wealthy man being hailed into cour
for violation u the liquor laws w
don't Imply that az n class they hay'
pull. either. The plain truth. a. ~
-, n, lr That = great many wealth.
pstson' who love continuous drink
ms are taAins tho trains FOR otho
yafta ~huro tho rtur IL sold with IN
eontsu, ~ tho government; cuba
Canada and England. for example
ssno may have a littlo store lal
asido. w0li. meny a man Of restricts
m.ana has a similar cache.
We believe that most OF tho boot
iessors' hcotch M BEING sold 90 Nj
AyoraGo Man. who goes & the III
Town ter an annual banquet, or mel
chandlso buyinx uiy. or the like. II
fe.ls that hs Ia far removed frol
the MARITAL harness. aud can AFTER
o. celebrate. And tho younss,sr frol
college, ON loot, and the clerk VII
ven,a 10 mako a weekend o; II an
inAzins himself a duke out OF s,or
took---lt sccms that they drink q !,
az n. according 10 reports.
We don't nay that tho 'rich ms
and women" don't do their share, u
W. have the impression that 9TH
tolk sfs do.nx their share. too. Al
since here sro thousands OF men
sv.rsxe means to ohe rich man--we
who DC you think IN keeplns thu boo
ioggof in his fur cdat' We don't >
Howe that there arc quite enough III
mon a. 90 around. Yet Afr. L
lot, should know Of what he spaGl
sunebods Ia .uilis--somcwhcfe.