New Britain herald., 1924-02-28

nlDitlon IS a lullufe WE Cun TePly lo him with figures,
 , With the saloon has gone multi { tude Of attendant evils. She was the , mother of them all She, however,
 has left leg4tee in the bootlegger.
 He has become the nuisance of 1924, as have also all those who deign to patroniSe him. There always seems to be a certain number of people
 who take a certain satisfaction in
 defying the law. They seem to get
 from it kind of inane exhilaration.
 As Hon. William B. Boardman. prest
 ident of the State Bar ASsociation of
 Connecticut says: They know that
 the business is forbidden. and like children and Adam and Eve, of old.
 being forbidden, they want. all the
 more the thing forbidden. I doubt if
 the extent of laWbreaking on that ac-
 count is as great as many believe 1t
 to be. And further l believe that
 after they have had their Hing and
 shown that they can do it, thouth
 forbidden, they will realize the bene-
 its that the law has even in three years brought about, or most iin-
 portant of all. that the disrespect for
 the law brings great evils in its train The bootlegger aS at present operating, seems 10 be willing to
 forge, periure himself, bribe. com
 nit highway robbery, slslugele, and 1 otherwise defraud the government. i besides committing the usual minor
 crimes. The American public 'is 1 good nstured. but the day will surely
 come, when they will become pro-
 ,oked at the bootlegger to the same
 extent that they were angered at the
 saleenkeepers and his packers and in-
 sist that law and order prevail.
 T am sure that all right minded
 and justice-loring citizens of our state have been heartened and in-
 spired by the strsng. courageous stand which Chief Justice Wheeler of
 the supreme court of the state has taken during the past few months in in bringing together fin each county
 of the state the judges and prostcu- tors of the city and borough courts, the trial justices of tho peace, and
 the grand jurors, with view to
 bringing about more uniform prosecu-
 
 this and other criminal laws, to the end that this law should not be openly Haunted, but that this and every other law should be respected and enforced
 we cali this organization the Civic Safety League of New Britain; neither New Britain, nor any other city and town in our state is going to be safe place to live in if peo- pie continue to violate laws which l they do not happen personally to like. So long as, it is 4 law and the de- ! cision of the majority 1t should be scrupulousy obeyed, or else taken eff the statute books. Our attitude l toward law observance in general and toward the obser,a ance of the 18th amendment and Nolstcad act in par ticular, it seems 10 me should be | that of an eminent lawyer tn Con- necticDt who has stated his position | ss tp the enforcement of the liquor and other laws as follows: Whether or not one approves the Nolstead act tand l do not) 1t iS the supreme law of the land, which it is the plain duty cf everyone to obey, and which should be enforced to the limit, If the time ever comes when 3 supreme law Of the land will not be obeyed and cannot be enforced, the end is near
 "The NoIstead act should be obeyed first, and then by & gradual and per- sistent prccess Of education its bene- fits will be obseryed, so that people will come to see that 1t is A law which has brought snd is bringing un- dreamed of health. happiness and prosperity to sl To this end BIS citi- gems Of New Britain, of Connecticut, of the United states of America and of the Kingdom of God let us pledge again our hearty and active allesi. anre.'
 Wants Fyst Offenders SsiIed.
 II. 8. Freeman, attorney for the Associated churches of Hartford, spoke following MT. Gilman. He conn plimeuted the local organization, and vas spplsuded when he said first of- lenders should be jailed the same as they are in Bridgeport.
 He ssid Law enforcement must come from the citizen through the duly authorized officials. Prohibition is the most remarkable movement the country has seen since the abolish. mcnt of slavery. Fifty years hence when the historians writes about tbe World war they will say Americas l greatest contribution 10 the world was Prohibition in America will force world prohibition because France and other countries . wet cannot compete on an ecenomics1 basis with America dry"
 The Hartford attorney character. ized the belief that prohibition he'd not come to stay ss q sample of The infinite capacity of the human mind | 10 resist the introduction Of know1. edge"
 He added that prohibition was vot. ' sd into being before the women had 2 the vote and sSked how many men ' thought it possible to repeal it He said Money that supports the ss Or. working for the overthrow [ of prohibition in America is supplied !, by wine growers in France. brewers |, of Germany and 5iStillers of Eng q and." f
 He accused the Association Opposed Z .o Prohibi,ion or defeating It's oUn : arguments hy printing on it's letter 2 heads. Light wines and beer. but the ' Another honeft, he {, aid. vas the elimination Of the saloon rots and control in politics Increases n national health and decrease in ieati1 rate. elimination of social vice f md decress. in arrests for crime were ,i,s5 by the attorney as 5ireet re- iults of prohibition.
 V wss rotsd to instruct tho escre-