Evening star., 1926-04-17
OF the bootleggers, asked Senator

OF the bootleggers," asked Senator
Reed.
The witness said he had.
Senator Reed brought out the fact
that in Ontario and the three mari
time provinces, Nova Scotia, New
Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.
the people have retained the brand
of prohibition which was adopted dur
ing the war. but that in the other
provinces the prohibitOry laws have
been repealed and government control
substituted. The population of Canada
Is about evenly divided between the
two groups of provinces, although the
area of the provinces in which gov
eminent control of regulation of the
liquor business now maintains is vast
ly larger than So-Called dry territory.
Hearing This Afternoon.
Mr.. Raney said, in reply to a queS-
ton by Senator Reed, that he had no
doubt but that the Quebec liquor COM
mission was doing its best to suppress
blind pigs" and to prevent the SNUG
CLING of alcohol and liquor from the
United States into the province of
Quebec. The witness said he had
heard that large quantities of alcohol
were smuggled from this country into
very high.
Senator Reed called attention to the
fact that the government of the prov
ince was considering appropriating
$3.50 900 for border police to better
control this smuggling.
The. Senate committee decided to
hold a hearing this afternoon, begin
ming at O'Clock, and to last for an
hour, in order to give several wit
nesses from out of the city q chance
to be heard.
Under a decision reached by the
committee. Julien Goldman, general
counsel for the "wets" at the hear
ings. is to be allowed to sum up for
his side in the two and a half hours
remaining to the "wets" after the
"drys" have completed their state.
ments. No rebuttal evidence Is to be
offered, however, in this time. The
drys will be accorded a similar privi-
lege, If they want to use the time for
that purpose.
The opposition of prohibitionists to
liberalization of the Volstead act, set
forth emphatically with the launching
of their counter offensive against the
vets at the Senate hearing yesterday.
was echoed today in statement by
Mrs. Ella A. Boole, national president.
of the Womans Christian Temperance
Union.
The testimony as presented by the
VETS" it said, lis from wet cities and
wet centerS, and given by those who
opposed prohibition before it came,
and have opposed it ever since.
Prohibition can be enforced and is
being enforced, notwithstanding the
activities Of the proponents of legisla-
NyAIu
The Senate committee wound UP
its yesterdays hearings by listening
t. two witnesses from the Middle
West, who argued for retention of
the present law.
Ernest III. Cherrington Of Wester-
vile, Ohio, secretary of the World
League Against Alcohol, told the in
vestigators that I'VE need not sur
render to those violating the law, but
we need to enforce the law"
While the drys are criticizing Gen.
Andrews and Mr.. Buckner Senator
Edge Of New Jersey yesterday after.
the frank admission" Of Gen. An
drews. Senator Edge said:
"The modification hearings, while
demonstrating shocking and intol-
cradle condition, have been most edu-
cational and worthwhile.
THE contention we have made that
present prohibition laws were unen-
forceable and thus a failure has been
clearly and definitely established.
I'VE have used Government officials
to present our case SO we could pro-
duce facts--not simply opinions. The
public has been astounded with the
expose of the millions of gallons of
denatured alcohol turned into bootleg
liquor as we'll as the inexhaustible
supply coming from stills all over the
country and in homes.
Points to High Spots.
"The demand of the officials of labor
organizations 70 re. beer within con.
stitutional limits and the admission
of Director Andrews that such an
amendment would help enforcement
and curtail bootleggers poison were
high spots in the fight for modifica-
ton.
1T now develops, however, irate
drys desire to punish the general be-
cause he told the truth. OF course.
after their leader Pussyfoot Johnson
brazenly admitted the drys had con-
Quoted their campaign through lying,