The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-12-27
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FIGHT FOR
LIQUOR

American Ierel1a11t.
Marine ()fie dii esiials Go.
into Cour to Secure q
Right to Serve 81
quef
Washington Dee a brief
filed in the supreme court today by
the International Mercantile Ma
rine in support of its appeal from
the Interpretation given the
Daugherty bone dry ruling by
Judge Handan New orl the com
pany contends that American ships
cam not Justly be prevented from
serving liquor on the Ugh seas un-
der the prob hibition laws and that
1T. is not unlawful for vessels to
bring their ships stores of HGuora
into American territorial waters. 4
Tfies position IS siinliIar te that set
forth recently BY foreign ship piping
IA ,,;.ss iir1s II,rlef filed with
the same court
Declaring also that should the
aacasinn az and.be s.lstain-
ca WllT be mpossfbIe CONNER
g;3,I5 ~ 5 IS, arate American flag
! slaaIn,a4sl N he messenger trade OF
! q s,rarIss,ss f1e & BRIEF points ont
ss,ss fhe greaf foreig1, rasssAt-
aantic liners VIVA always be able to;
sell .iduor on their west bennd
voyages. and against such compe-;
tition the American lines win sbe:
seriously hanaieapped becaase, It
1,sp,S ;saSts E,froneans will not travel by:
american STEAMERS when they can
s, ,n5ne M ,,v faraie shins and enjoy
ss,,5a;;r: ,fsi.af; wine
ssinai En- eondi ons,sit adds, will;
1,,,,rasva flls.in the South iamerieanI
trade ION the i north bound voyage;
While vessels asosNh bound in: t hat
trade can stock up with liquors at;
serious competition will come, it;
asserfs OH the Pacific where in the.
Far Eastern trade ships sailing;
from canadian ports wonld have.
diverted to them practically all the.
passenger business.
seems ineonceivable that con-
gress would have intended TO sex-.
tend prehi ibition I to ships, the
brief asserts, when the result of
so doing would be to snullify the
national policy Of the United;
States with resneet tos shipping so
Far as passenger traffic is concern
ed s3s
Whateser ones personal views
may be On the sub b5ect Of sprohibi-s
ton must be admitted that It
IS not possible for Inerican pas
sengers vessels which are dry = the
brief confines. 30 seek in foreign
ports the patronage OF subjects OF.
those foreign nations whose customs
and DIET prescribe wines and other
6auora.,.ss b. !;
The lia,ier VIII hich it IS prop posed to
exclude from a nerican ships was
not lnan,ifa etured. sold or trans
ported Within the territorial slim-
its of the United States. the brief.
stated ard none OF it is imported
into or exported from the United.
States. 5rhe liquor, embodied lin.
the ship as part Of It's sea stores,
never le:!9as the ship; the brief
states, but Isl consumed wholly up-ii
on on the hIgn seas or n s. lorelsn:
ports. 81. 4
Unless the supreme court re-;
verses the action OF Judge Hand
steamship owners believe, he brief,
declares, hat a ma jorlty of the;
stewards and other minor em-..
;pIoyees of American vessels will
become hootleggers .
y IS :laWfi 3. IT. adds, TO pur-s
chase liquor in foreign ports: To
ssiaaggle Il on board a ship and
hide here would be easy and:
practIcall lly imp possible of detection.
Stewards and other minor ems
:pIoyees OF American hips, tempted
by large gains, would und oubtedly.
Of liauor Ior any of the passengers
the crews Of American vessels, so
soon as a ship touched at a for