The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-10-01


President Wilson's request to withdraw the war
time prohibition clauses from the Food Act, thereby
disappointed and angered their dry constituents that
these Senators felt constrained to do something set
themselves right.
and the Anti-Sa1oon League very astutely took adj
vantage of the situation propose the act submitting the
Eighteenth Amendment. Other important agencies,
which helped to bring the amendment about the
Womans Christian Temperance Union, the various
church temperance organizations, especially the Metho-
dist the Methodist Church, South the Baptist, and the
Presbyterian, the Order of Good Templars, and the
Prohibition Party.
at was easy for wet senator's to let this pass
the theory that did really prohibition, but
merely submitted it to the States. The passed
and Constitutional Prohibition its way
"When three-quarters of the States had ratified the
amendment became part of the Constitution But
der it, prohibition not to be effective until year
later, namely, January IL 1920.
Wartime Prohibition After War Time
Meantime, the measure of wartime prohibition had
been slowly making progress in Congress- in spite of
all the opposition and delays and after the Eighteenth
Amendment adopted and ratified by the states that
opposition became helpless.
"'Wartime prohibition, SUCH, really existed.
Nor did the act finally passed. and called wartime pro-
hbition, preliminary experiment by which
we might judge of the value of permanent prohibition
During the last six years in which We have been
der national prohibition its imposition by the Eight
zenith Amendment and the Vostead Act have won dis
tinguished foes The Moderation League which present.
ed to the Senatorial subcommittee the judiciary in
Washington during April, 1926, National Survey of
Conditions Under Prohibition 1926 unlike earlier socie
ties opposed to prohibiting restricting the
liquor traffic, is not made up of brewers and dist1lers
However, they might unwittingly be subjected to the in
huences of the brewers and, shall show later, be
used III their interest the eminent gentlemen of the
Moderation League are personally above rproach.
Face The Facts"
"The Association Against the Prohibition Amend
ment and the Moderation League tell to face the
facts So be it. To be mentally honest frankly
face all the facts Some of these not pleasant for
EProhibtionss face; others pleasant for its
opponents There to be nine great facts, or
groups of facts face These constitute the outline of
this book:
CD The present situation of imperfect enforcement
is ntolerab1e
(2) Conditions are not, however, as bad as COM
monty represented.
90 Prohibition has accomplished much good hy-
CHEMICALLY economically and socially.
(4 The personal liberty argument is largely IL
1usory.
E 60 We cannot accomplish what the opponents of
prohibition really by amending the Vo1stead Act
without thereby violating the Eighteenth Amendment.
20 To repeal the Eighteenth Amendment is out of
the question
80 To nulhfy it would mean disrespect for law of
the most demoraizng kind.
90 Therefore the only practicable solution is
force the law.
(9) Enforcement is practical possibility.
GAS to the first point that is, the seriousness of the
present situation, have nothing add to what the Mo-
deraon League presented in its summing up before the
Senate Subcommittee the Judiciary, together with
such facts brought before the subcommittee
TO law These presented by