Evening star., 1926-04-09
WINES AND BEER
URGED, SALOON HIT
BY LABOR CHIEFS

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about IL. IL they got beer hey
wouldn't want to make a lot of stuff
which in the end Is nothing but Il
lot of sour slop."
Declares s0ee Are Manufacturing.
Senator Reed asked for Mr.. Mo
Soriey's knowledge of the home
brew" industry and the witness re-
piled that you will find 80 per cent
of the working men are making wine,
beer and whisky out OF every known
vegetable and fruit that exists.
They even make wine out of pars-
nips.'
DO you think they will stop 1t
If they get a law giving a good per
centaSe of beer"
"Thev would prefer it to the stuff
thev huy from somebody that l.
made the nigh, before
In your judgment then" asked
the Senator modification would
make tor temperance, sobriety and
better morals
Absolutely. / know Of men drink
ing whisky now who never drank
before. and when they get bottle
they will stay In a room until 1t
they could get a glass of beer ~!
Iunchtime and then go on about
their business
Cites SeaHem's Example.
Perhaps the most forceful and pie
turesuue witness at the session was
Andrew F'uruseth, an "old Norwegian n
salt whose home is in Sa Francisco
and who is president of the Seamen's
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mother tongue. Mr.. Furuseth began
his testimony by launching an attack
2ainst those people who are always
eager to improve peoples conduct by
statutes and legislation. instead Of by
example" They have found the sea
men fruitful ground he added.
heca use 50 wears ago they took away
he rum aboard ship. Their theory
was that II they didn't get rum ar sea
hey would lose their taste for IL. That
theory didn't work out The men drank
more when rfrey came ashore"
Mr.. Furuseth declared he never
ia asted intoxicating liquor until after
he had reached so. but was very
much in doubt as to this prohibition
business | didn't think It was a good
thing and l voted against it. But as
seaman. | am entirely opposed to
the saloon"
Denies Hard Liquor Wanted.
TO bear out his point that as long
as the law could he enforced every
thing was we'll" Mr. F'uruseth said
he visited notorious section OF Port
la nd. Greg, three months after the
Eolstead law went into effect and
found rema rkahly clean and prosper
Gus conditions. Two years later |
ba, nj nd
the conditions were worse than they
he'd been prior to the passage OF the
la W.. he declared. The moment they
could get it they got it. and they'll
find 1t where anybody else cannot.
The conditions now are worse than
ever because the stun Is worse"
IF the seamen." he continued.
were permitted to go into restau-
ra mt and get q ela So Of beer or claret
with their lunch they wouldn't bother
a bout anything else. Ten per cent
of them wouldn't he looking for hard
liquor There Is no difficulty in car
rying out that condition in other
countries"
Declares Beer Often Needed.
Mr.. Feruseth cited some phases of
seamens work where beer Ia abso-
lutely necessary for the health. In
cases where men become vioIertl,
overheated. water does not uuench
the thirst and even makes them sick.
At present. oatmeal Is MIXED with
water as a substitute for beer.
After so years old. I begaa 10 taEe
a little claret with my meal the wit
ness said. Since that time IL some
body's kind enough TO give me
drop Of whisky. ! take tablespoon
In a glass of water before each meal.
II does me good. The doctor says
So
1T costs you ss a pint. doesn't 1, >"
Senator Reed.
That's about what 1t costs. Nov
and then got something that
didn't like the smell or taste OF and
poured it into the swill.
rs there any difficulty in getting
In contact with constant supply"
asked the Missouri Senator.
Labor Opposes Saloon.
"Never. The only difficulty Is get
ting something that / dare to use.
Now. gentlemen. l am somewhat cf
student Of history, and | never yet
have found an instance in which the
reformer succeeded In correcting
conduct and mental attitudes through
law. II always had to be done
through example. II this question
comes to vote, ! shall vote to re-
peal the amendment II necessary
would vote to let people have good
clean beer. such as my mother used
to make
Mr.. O'Connell. who said he rep
resented 500. 600 of the highest skilled
mocha MICS in the country 'ck an
stand agar st the saloon
and against conditions fhr'uSnoa'
the country on the iiauor question
There would he no more stronger
opponent against the sni"n than or
IA nized labor" declared The witness.
ut isn't a question with me as 10
whether we have 2.75 per cent beer
the question Is. Is the present law be-
ing carried out effectively? Is 1t do
ing what 1t is alleged 1t would do! MY
are that 1t Is not. 1t 1s
being f,agrantlv and openly violated
on every hand BY our citizens. gener'
auy. In the better hotels and clubs
the land you can procure,
if you've got the price. almost any
thing you want to drink. After re-
citing two visits to "old.time bars In
New York. the witness said the whole
thing struck me az farce. some
thing has to be done. 1t Is creating
state Of affairs that is anything but
elevating. The Volstead law Is impos-
sible OF enforcement under It's present
There are some things that are i'm
to lesislate. You could no
more regulate the smoking Of cigar
cites among females than you could
hore 10 A.. When you get into con
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