The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-05-18
BRITISH BARONET TELLS
REAL PROHIBITION TRUTH
Sees Benefit of Dry Rule in
America and Takes His
Story to Others
KEPT EYES OPEN HERE
Sir Edward Brotherton Declares
Prohibition Responsible For
Many Benefits in U. S.


TO America, who kept his eyes open
and who went back home and told
tho real truth about prohibition. Hs
is Sir Edward Brotherton, Bart, and
he is reported in the Yorkshire Even
ing Post as saying about the United
States:
Very little unemployment. no
such thing as the dole, and in
many places an actual scarcity OF
labour largely due to prohibition.
Sir Edward Brothcrton, Bart.
Sir Edward, in the course OF recent
tour travelled from the borders Of
Lake Huron in the North, to regions
as far South as Florida.
Asked as to the underlying causes
OF the prosperous state of affairs, Sir
Edward told Post representative
that these arc various. America did
not suffer from the war to the extent
that the European nations did, and
her power OF recovery is greater.
"But more than ALL" he said, Il put
it down to the effect of prohibition.
This effect is OF profound nature,
extending through the whole economic
life OF the Republic. The people have
more money to spend, and this money
is going back into industry to stimu-
Il Il Il
There is much less wasted time and
wasted effort, and all this is reflected
in the general life of the community.
with the exit OF spirit as a drink
there has come a great increase in the
production and use of motor spirit,
and it is a piquant fact that the corner
public-house is now generally in use
as a petrol depot equipped with pumps
for tank-illing. There is hardly such
a thing as a petrol can to be met with
in the whole OF the States.
Everybody Has Car
There is car to every family there
nowadays. This, OF course, has
brought its traffic problem, but that is
being met by the construction of new
roads. These, besides giving employ
ment are helping internal develop
ment greatly.
another remarkable instance OF the
way in which capital and industry di-
vcrted from one undertaking, can be
absorbed in another, is that of the
vineyards OF California. When pro-
hibition came in. some OF the vineyards
went out of cultivation, but many of
them were turned to the production Of
raisins, and this industry has now
swellcd to an enormous degree.
"The demand for the fruit has
grown so much that production has
been unable to keep pace with it, and
as raisin-growcrs the producers are
actually richer than they were as
growers of grapes.
"Bootlegging? OF course there is
some of that, but not nearly enough
OF 1t to justify the attention that has
been drawn to it. There always will
be people to break a law for the sake
of gain, but so far as I could gather,
the total amount of this traffic is rel-
atively very small.
at is not true to say that prohbi-
ton was imposed upon the States by
the politicians. On the contrary, it is
a measure which sprang from the peo-
pie themsclves-thc more solid ele-
ments OF them-and its results have
been OF such a character as to justify
it fully.
"Thc distillers and brewers were not
given any compensation by the Cow
eminent, but they made huge profits
by selling off their stocks before pro-
hibition came in, and most OF the spirit
manufacturers and merchants arc now
busy in other forms of trade"
APRIL IN OHIO