Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-10-19
DRY CONGRESS-
( ARRIES ON
LIQUOR FIGHT

Fer The purpose Of carrying en-
90 make America actually dry under
the eighteenth amendment, congress
ot dFy workers was convened late
las, week IN Washington chiefly for
the purpose of imntesslng the gusefns
u,ent IN general and President eeat-
ldge IN particular With the memen.
,ous task that Is before the drss in
making the eighteenth amendment
and the Nolsiead act effective.
Earnest appeals were made al The
opening session Of the congress Tor
the American people Il carry On the
Nght fer prohibition until the country
is actually dry. Appeals have been
made - President Coolidge tn fellow
In the footsteps Of the late President
Harding and uphold the eighteenth
amendment, which in all probability
the new president vii do. because be
Is sworn 10 uphold the constitution,
and it would be the nations paradox
To- have president who would not
advocate loyalty 10 the constitution,
whether he believes IN Il or not.
Mayer neysr. Of Chicago. l. be
tween the devil and the deep sea. 10
hear him tell Il te The German pepn.
tahen II his CITY lie declares that he
" in favor of beer, but that he l.
sworn u uphold the law With many
Of these patriots Of the Mayer neyef
type, the wofds af Shakespeare Ap-
ply, ut j. not that lsleved Caesar
less, but that loved Rome MORE"
II the truth were known many If tho
eountty's officials like their ioddy,
and probably have way Of getting
IL, but there has always been an IN
sisteat demand that Americans ahey
the constitution in theory u not in
practice. and on the whole American
officials are slriving To uphold the
constitution.
Il Is the American people who are
npaklng "A Joke of the Nolstrad act.
and II Is already problem ia knuw
what 10 do with the law that IS treat
ed a. huge Joke,
II will nos be difficult 20 make pen.
Pile quit selling liquor. but II Will be
supremely difficult 10 make them quit
drinking IL, The way 10 make them
quit selling II Is 10 take away the
money indueement by permitting
every man who wants liquor to make
his own.
The crime Of prohibition Is the in.
ducement that II holds out ia the Grim.
lnal and anserupulaus classes 10 make
capital cut Of the law. The muat
profitable thing on the market from
the standpoint OF the money end Of
Il, II the commodity that IS forbid.
den by law, Az least this holds true
With intaNieants.
The best whiskey obtanahle Il sold
at 80 pint, three dollars 60 the ply,
stefan for q prescription and three
dollars To the druggist for the flask
Millions of gallons of such shiskey
have been sold since the eighteenth
amendment became a law. There Ia
no attempt 20 enforce the spirit of
the law. Il Is eya1ed, dodged. yiolats
ed, and utterly disregarded ualy
/ the poorer classes who can afford
nothing but white mule ever come
under the ban Of the law. A whiskey
drinkef never lands inside cell OF
pays fine. The prohibition law has
turned out TO be a notorious piece Of
class Legislation aud that IL why
Labor denouncoa II and demands a
form of repeal or modification that
will restore the inherent right 90 the
poorer man, which, so FAR ~ eating
and drinking Ia concerned. Ia the right
Of every human being, tfight that
the public should not tfitle with In the
name of law,