San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-09


Roosevelt" carried n motion picture
camera. This passenger. Lister Car
lyle. big-gamc hunter on his way TO
Africa. secured the only motion pic
tees of the peace are called in by
district attorneys and forced 10 re
sign"
What for?" asked Senator Reed
For cooperating with enforcement
officers in shaking down bootleg
gers. Why in Cuyahoga County.
Ohio. the district attorney has com
PEELED several justices TO resign
MUST PAY BIG PRICE.
Replying 10 Senator Reed. McSor-
ley said that if the workman wanted
TO drink now he had TO pay boot.
logger SO for n quart of whiskey.
If he could get beer he would not
do that" the witness said. Those
who can't buy whiskey make home
brew which in the end is nothing but
lot Of sour Slop."
Can they get drunk on it," asked
Reed.
oh, ] suppose so. Each man has
his own formula. know Of numerous
cases of men who never drank wills
key who drink it now. \ man gets a
bottle of whisky; gets a few friends
and they don't stop until it is all
gone.
SEAMAN on STAND.
Next the vets called Andrew Furus-
eth. president of tie international
Longshoremen's Union, who said "thc
reformcrs- had started early TO work
on the seamen by cutting off their
grog at sea.
The theory was" he said. that il
the men didn't get their grog at sea
they would lose their taste for it.
That theory did not work out.
AS a seaman, / am opposed 20 the
saloon; always was and always will
be. The real men among the scamcD
take the same position.
We sesmen, you know. are the
rakings and scrapinGs of hell and bed.
lam. Some 20 down and some come
back. We represent every strata of
society"
CONDITIONS WORSE.
The veteran labor leader went Oh
TO say that a month after enactment
Of the Yolstcad Act, he found in
Portland, Ore, a condition which
made him an ardent supporter of the
act. Seamcn were sober and indie
pendent.
Two years later" he continued. II
returned 10 the same port and found
conditions worse iLan they were in
pre- prohibition days. The bootleg
gers then were organized. and the sea
men could get liquor, it seemed. when
no one else could. 1t was terrible stuff
and yet they drank it.
IF scamen could 90 into n restaur-
ant, properly conducted, and get
glass Of beer or a glass of claret. not
~ per cent Of them would seek hard
liquor. That's the way it has worked
out in other countries; England, Can
ada and Italy.
NEED BEER.
Men who work in hot places. like
marine firrmen, can't drink water.
II makes them sick. They must have
beer or else oatmeal in their water.
FuruScth then gave the committee
a chapter out Of his own life to illus
tratc his point that there is mo
sense" in the present situation.
Il have been a prohibitiOnist, b"
said, but after ] became 90 ycars
old. took some clarct. They took il
away from me.
since prohibition I use some whis-
key. a tablespoonful il glass Of
water, and then eat my dinner. Tho
doctor says it does me good"
EASY TO Buy.
Did you pay SO a pint for IT,
asked Senator Reed.
No, ] paid 81 and six bits: She
doctor did not charge me for the pr
scriptiou.
Sometimes I got some stuff given
me that did not smell right or tas,g
right. 80 l threw it in the swill."
Did you have any difficulty find
ing some one to sell that sort Of stuff
TO youE" asked Reed.
NO, never did"
James O'COnneIl. president of The
Metal Trudos Workers Association
told the committee there seemed e.
be an effort 10 make it appear tuar
organized labor favored the return u
the saloon.