Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-24
DRY LEADER MAKES
AIR RAID ON VETS
"AlI Laws Seem a Failure to
LaWIess," Wheeler Tells
Radio Audience.

Wayne 3. Wheeler, general coun-
sci of the Anti-Saloon League went
on the air" from station WMAL last
night to attack the policies and
speeches of the Facethe- Facts Con-
ference held at the N1ayf1ower Hotel
NS !:HR laws seem failures to the law
less" said Mr.. Wheeler. prohibition
is no exception. Last evening at the
Nations Capital the foes of national
prohibition assured each other that
this American policy had failed.
Called Cheap Publicity.
From the reading of the alleged
Washington beer recipe to the APP
plauded claims of general violation of
ran through the addresses Of the
afternoon and evening at the wet
rally: To them the law seemed
failure. To them George Washington
was principally interested as the eX-
perimenter in beer as a step toward
temperance, step that is today as OBJ
solete and as useless as Washington
coach or jackboots. 1t Is cheap pub
licity and poor citizenship to parade
the occasional shortcomings Of great
men instead of their recognized viz
to do that before his children.
1.-THE organized opponents of the
eighteenth amendment are not the
only ones who feel that prohibition
is a failure. Others agree with them.
1t is q failure for the brewers who
mourn the lost profit from their year
ly sales of 1,SS5.000,0 900 gallons of
beer. containing 100000 gallons of
pure alcohol-nearly as much as the
fnf q dur in is 70
last year. 1t failure for the 1870
saloon keepers and bartenders who
have to work for a. living, instead Of
preyfng on the vices of their fellows.
1t is failure for the loan shark, who
bled those pauperized by the saloon.
1t is a. failure for the brothal-keeper
who closed her door when prohibit
ton cleared the muddled brains of
her patrons. 1t is a failure for the
turkeys in the jails closed since pro-
hfbition, for the drink curses Of which
$50 out of 275 are abandoned. for the
gunner who murdered and robbed
with impuntty before prohibition but
have been lodged in cells for their
violation OF the prohibition law.
Failure for Ward Heller.
prohibition is a failure for the
brewery owned politician. for the
ward -heeler and the corruptionist
1t is a failure for all those who once
tattened on the weaknesses and vices
| of their fellows.
THE success of prohibition can be
seen by those who watch our rising
prosperity, made possible by sober
| workers who pour their increased
earnings into legitimate business in
stead of into a destructive traffic
! Countless thousands of wives and
mothers know that prohibition is a
success. The laundries which have
succeeded to the washtub abandoned
by the former drunkard's wife, know
prohibition works. The manufacturer
whose output has increased 10 to 80
per cent while his production costs
are lowered and his markets enlarged
Knows 1t has succeeded.
The great majority Of our citizens
both observe and support this policy
which they wrote into the Constitu-
i ton. and which is the source and
support of their wealth, comfort.
peace and happiness, as is no other
! law. To that majority prohibition is
| a success. and they intend to make it
more successful in spite of the or
gained attempt to thwart the law"