The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-17
What Do You Think About This Letter o.
Has Dry Law Been
Failure? He
Queries

tssRiTaTy 10 its paIiey Of rua-
niHE unany uisus letters. The star
Priats ihi. sav, artttss ss the
stationery OF the Nasktagtss
hatsi. hsrauss b believes u fer
nishrs feed for thsuEbt asd dis
e"s.ieH.-Ths Edi'eTi.
Editor The starr
Anti-Hsioon lcaEucFa al Wash
ington hold that tho situation
with respect 90 prohibition ems
forcvmcut 10 getting better aud
better Atthp the 18Th amend
meut % moro than five years
old. thrlr idea seems 90 be- thar
an that o. needed 20 make the
law work 10 10 give n time"
Undoubtedly lot OF people are
led 20 believe them
Tho NcS York World recent
~ pointed out that pFohhluhp
enforcement costsa-cuHtI 90 the =
federal government alone haVr i
risen from less than 00.0go
for The frut year 90 an cslimitis
o. ts0.0oo.0 900 Tor 1885, TO thfs
extent al least the situation
does seem 20 b. Eottings"hsttcrs'
FOR aoFebody P8Sroll and
PATRONAGE are up 5oVlper cent
liut how about the actual
matter ~ drlnkinEf immez
diat5ly after the isib amend
ment became effective. friends n
the writer were Elud 20 "lay ip
supplies" ~ 500 per case or
ne bottleh In 1888 tho u,ms
friends were obtaining very
good Scotch whisky for So per
case During he fall ana win
ter Of i2si the pvce was down
"a $50.
American ryo whisky. that
could DO certified 20 BY a chem
iut. Was abfainabic iu Washing
ton. -. g.. for $50 a gallon. or
at tho rate OF 80 Tor the usual
one-nf,h gallon bottle In 1853
the Washington price had been
close 90 500 dozen
As 20 tho quality ~ tho
goods the writer cannot crr-
uy "a 20 the ryc. beyond iis
sttesied chemical purity. that
not being bis "tippls ~ 70 tho
Scotch. hoWryur. The writer
claims a moderately we'll edu-
Gated palate Certainly the quail
lty has not fallen or.
Il g. also notable that Ia New
York today very sound wines.
brandica etc. ~ French. Ger
man aud other European origin
arc obtninablo al a price not
moro than three times the pre-.
Nolsicad figure altho prices Of
many other articles have doubled
IN the meantime end That many
alcoholic liquors arc ob,ainshle
to-day that wffr not 1b,atuabl5
st all three years asu.
Tho writer has had oppdr-
guuiiicl 10 yiait many cities .n
the United states on more than
onc occasion during the hst Few
years. he also has friends IN
most % tho largo cities Of this
country. Ia a general way hia
imprs ssion 10 that this situation
~ and has been. typical az least
% all Of the port or border
cities o. the country ~ we'll
NJ o. most Of the larger inland
eitieA
Tho economic law Of supply
and demand. az Il affects prices,
r. applicable practically on an
universal scale. why not then
with respect 20 'booileg llquor7
II you do ~ apply Il the Anti
Saloon league claim Of better
aud better" prohibition enforce
mcat IS set ~ nhught
Prohlbltionlsts may claim that
it isn't !ucFcaso In supply. but
decrease In demand. that has
produced the lowered price stu
alton above referred 20. No
unbiased observation Of the
drinking habits % this country
can substnntiato any such
claim.
Tho writer doubts whether
you are using Oh Of your OBJ
portunities 90 present the facts
10 the American people. II not.
why not9 II not. isn't this
perfectly good challenge 10
American Journalism, as repre-.
scented by your
The writer Is dihnterestcd. hut
he doesn't like TO sec Wayne u.
Wheeler oternally getting away
with" what II obviously bunk.
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