The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-03-14
THE AMERICAN ISSUE


not be the Eighteenth Amendment which prohibits
oxeatng liquor They also that the modification pro-
posed would help enforce constitutional prohibition effectively
than the present law.
My colleague Mr. Langley will present facts argu-
support the proposition that and wine would be
contrary the Eighteenth Amendment and would
possible enforce constitutional prohibition We shall show that
the onaf OF cent limit the law
successful enforcement that and reeourts
Of alcohol would be Intoxicating and prevent enforcement OF the
law against stronger liquors
The Eighteenth gives Congress power pass
appropriate legislation for the enforcement of prohibition It
the exercise of this power Congress fixed the limit of alcohol
will show that nearly all of legislatures have fixed
onehaf per the limit that this limit has
upheld by the He will prove that this limit
the purpose enforcing prohibition by prohibition
enforced shall show who opposed the onehalf
limit prove that the purpose modification nuy
instead of to enforce the Eighteenth Amendment First of all the
brewers beer The x-saoonkepers and former liquor
for beer and The Association Against the Prohibition
Amendment and all other organizations for beer
and opposed present Remember that only proper
and patriotic purpose of modification
the brewers and organizations against prohibition be trusted
ply method for the better enforcement of prohibition? Wet
papers like the New World Chicago
defenders of the saloon and entire liquor traffic their oppos
ton to the Eighteenth Amendment These newspapers
for beer and wine Is reasonable accept the plan
papers for the of law that they always
opposed?
The members of Congress who
members who want prohibition to fail and not the dry members
who prohibition succeed Is foolish go the
for advice how enforce the dry law There would be
Just much letting the Democrats write the platform
the Republican party letting the Republicans write the plat
form of the Democratic party The members of the Legislature
New York who were for beer and wine voted against enforce
and repealed the enforcement law In the State of Hi
no without one single exception members OF the legislature who
favored beer and voted repeal the Illinois prohibition
This proved conclusvy that those who for beer
stand against prohibition enforcement At the elections
in Illinois April the who prohibition enforced will
against All country
want the Eighteenth Amendment success will vote
or1a1 r,1,
They that the enemies OF prohibition be trusted
uphold legislation enforce the Eighteenth Amend
Judged simply by those Who favor modification the Noead
perfectly clear that the beer and wine plan
tended to be enforcement Why then
should citizens who have the hest interest Of their country and their
feowmen modification of the Vostead act?
whether there examples OF the
OF beer and wine OF reducing the evils OF Intoxicating
liquor In 1870 Massachusetts, passed beer law The
experiment failed utterly and drunkenness increased such
extent they repealed Georgia
failed 1t did stop the booeggers The beer law
peaed strict prohibition law adopted Maine had beer for
years did keep the bootleggers selling whisky
Lake county Illinois formerly licensed beer saloons Everyone
sold whisky illegally Quebec has beer leader of the
Canadian antquor recently made the following statement
relative o the results
THE unrestricted of beer has increased drinking and
drunkenness in Quebec it would in the United States
B thankful every day of your lives for the Eighteenth Amend
your for the Nostead for prohibition and
for uphold by your Never permit the brew
your country egaze the sale of light beer for that would
only step strong er has been here and you
go the evils of the old saloon days would adj
you of St Paul hold fast that which is
good.
In 1880 England reduce drunkenness by introducing
popular beverage Anybody allowed sell beer with
Two weeks after the beer law went into effect the
Sidney Smith who originally favored the bill wrote THE
bill has begun its operation Everybody drunk Those
who singing sprawlng After four years
House of Commons reported that the beer bill had not closed
single public house and that $4,000 places added which
than the public houses themselves.
France the greatest drinking country the world
whose death exceeds its birth rate Germany
the greatest drinking afflicted the
hoism Norway and with beer and permitted
troubled by boogger and umrunners than the United
States
of drink problem WHY did