The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1925-09-18
WHAT A FAILURE" IS THIS!
(The Continent)

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Loud noises emanating from scoflaws perpetual vets
and booze magnaes seek indicate that there has been
startling revolution in sentiment in the United
States since the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment
and the Volstead Agencies which seek for profit
TO break down the laws of the United States continually
flood the newspaper Offices of the land with their liter
about THE failure of prohibition" Some of the
newspaper editors stupid enough fall before this
propaganda, apparently believing that the 1oudet noise
represents the deepest conviction.
In the light of this persistent and perniciously false
campaign it srefreshing to hear calm and dspassionae
statement unquaihedy in favor of prohibition, uttered
by hundreds of industrial leaders of the United States
This result of survey made by The Manufac
turers Record and was described in detail in The
World columns of The Continent.
A study of any of the great industrial sections of
America will confirm the statements of these manufac-
tuners and others the benefits OF prohibition the
industrial population Savings deposits have had an
unparalleled growth. New bank buildings have sprung
mp in every neighborhood. Ncghborhood stores are
doing better business than they before dreamed of
doing. The back O the yards" section OF Chicago,
which ten to fifteen years ago unspeakably dngy,
with saloons every corner and in the middle OF the
blocks, with carrying shabby stocks and taking
the tagend OF the wongmans salary after the saloons
had got most of it; with drunken in swarms, sad
eyed and scrawny children; today this district
has fine department stores moving picture palaces, bril-
6anty lighted streets and many another evidence of
we'll fed we'll clothed contented and prosperous people.
Other signs not wanting here and elsewhere. Pay
checks are bigger than Workmen, who previously
laid off to three days week in order to sleep off
the regular debauch after pay night putting in full
time work. remarkable sight is at the lunch hour.
1t used to be that the workmen in drovcs
saloons for pals of beer Vow they take milk by the
hundreds of pins and quarts.
So far industry is. concerned then, prohibition is
proving its worth. But The Manufacturers Record
points out that the real danger lies i'll the so-caled
higher classes-what The New York Times calls "the
people with money, leisure and exaggerated idea of
their right to do whatever they choose in the way of
personal habits. The real workers of the world, how
ever, be depended And those who today
the mscaed smart" role OF defyng the law only
revealing their worthessness 1t is time that their
smoke Of responsibility be dissipated-blown
the winds of heaven by the indignation OF all people who
love their country sufficiently have respect for its laws
and to obey them
The church do great deal It make its
warnings public officials impressive that they will
dare slight their duties of law enforcement It
keep the fires of public sentiment in favor of prohibition
and its enforcement burning white heat. 1t heap
contempt those who preach responsibility but prac-
tce moral 1t also the power of God behind
it, proclaim that the wages of sin is death