Evening star., 1926-04-10

women antedateS prohibition Sena-
tor Walsh added that he deplored
drinking then as he does now
Mr.. Sullivan declared he seldom saw
girls drinking in the open before pro
hibition, and Senator Walsh admitted
this was 80 rare then that my daugh,
ter called my attention to it."
Declares Bottle Is Passed.
Senator Reed emphasized that hard
liquor was served in public and drunk
by women ut very Ella borate banquets
but now the general policy is 10 pass
the bottle around.
Mr.. Sullivan said he never consid.
cred IT an offense to drink glass of
beer, and that people who did not
drink before prohibition do SO now be
cause they believe the law is per
sonal infringement on their liberty.
They don't commit larceny he
cause there is Il law against it," in
terjected Senator Golf.
The witness replied he heard a
New York State Senator in the pres
ence of a president of the W. c. r. T.,
whom he said was in the committee
room today. declare that when a man
is arrested for violating the prohibi-
ton law the policeman is a violator.
the district attorney is a violator and
the judge who sentences him is vio-
lator Of the law
still Want Hard Liquor.
Toward the close of the testimony
of Sir William Stavert. members of
the committee endeaVored to show
from his testimony that although GER
tain Canadian provinces have per
mitted beer and wine. ii has not yet
removed the demand for hard liquor,
as evidenced by the Quebec plan under
which strong intoXicants are handled
by the governmental agencies. After
bringing out this point, Senator fiar-
reid of Oklahoma, asked:
What right would we have then
to expect tnat if we permitted beer
and wine in this country the people
would he satlsfied?'
Sir. William replied that if this
country had the system of control un-
der the conditions under which the
problem is now being handled in Que
bee he would answer yes" to Sena-
tor Harrelds question.
This caused Senator Walsh of Mon.
tana to reIterate the question, but
YOU have had liquor in Quebec also?'
The witness explained that the
stronger drink is handled through a
government commission.
Seeking to sum up the views of
the Canadian official Senator Reed
of Missouri. who favors modification,
put this question:
Believes Method Successful.
Nov. to get hard liquor instead
Of getting it from the distilery as
previously, you have government con-
troll and the people go to these gov
ernmental agencies. Now, adding to-
gether the beer and light wine, with
government agencies handling other
liquor, what has been the RESULT"
We think 1t has been entirely
successful" Sir William replied He
added that he believed it had reduced
the demand for hard liquor and en-
couraged the use of beer and light
wine.
Senator Goff of West Virginia asked
the witness if he, thought that beer
or wine would satisfy a man who
wanted hard liquor.
Sir William answered that he
thought it did. and explained that
the beer in Quebec Is not as strong
as English beer
Pressing his point. Senator Goff
asked if man who wanted to become
would not do so on beer
and wine if he was unable to get
strong liquor.
Doubts Deliberate Intoxication.
Sir William answered that if a man
undertook to do that he would he
doing "A thing distastefu
DO you think taste would stop a
man who wanted to become intoxi-
cated?"
The witness expressed the belief
that the effort to become intoxicated
on beer and wine would have an effect
on a mans stomach. and added his
belief that a man would not deliber.
ately overload his stomach for the
sake of getting drunk.
This led to Il somewhat humorous
interchange between members of the
committee as to whether a person
ever deliberately sets out drinking
with the thought of becoming intoxi.
Gated
Just before adjournment. Matthew
VOL. another representative of Or
ganiZed labor, filed a petition con
demning the condition, which he said
had been produced by prohibition and
declared that it is class legislation. He
said organized labor was for temper.
ate drinking and was making progress
along that line when prohibition was
enacted.