Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-18
Ohio Voters Not Misled.
Public Held Familiar With
Indirect Prohibition Issue.

To the Editor OF The Star:
In your issue of the 4th you pub.
lished a letter from Percival Marshall
In which he gives his opinion, or at
least suggests, that the people or ONO
did not consider the wet and dry issue
in their late elections, because the
candidates did not mention or refer
to the subject in speeches. The people.
however. did not vote in ignorance of
the firm convictions Of the elected dry
officials. The intelligent voters of
Ohio We're not misled by the everlast-
ing cry Of the vets that every crime
committed is due to the absence or
beer and whisky in the system. The
literature of the vets is contradicted
in every hamlet by the condition OF
the masses of the toilers in every oc-
cupation, so well described by the
greatest employer of the greatest
number of well paid labor in the
world.
Henry Ford. who sums up the diff
ference among his many thousands
of employees before and since prohibit
ton as the difference between dark
ness and light" Notwithstanding the
efforts of the As associations against
the eighteenth amendment and the
Volstead act. with the tons OF Htera'
ture, the persistent effort OF It's cham
pions, the exhaustion of every parlia-
mentary device in the closing hours
of Congress to prevent the law for
better enforcement. the amendment
and VolStead act were strengthened
by the overwhelming vote of II to 6.
The members of Congress coming d.
rect from the people know them bet
ter than Nicholas Murray Butler,
whose statements are directly contra
dicted by Henry Ford, Judge Gary OF
the Steel Corporation, the presidents
of the great railroads. who deal direct
~ with many thousands of laborers,
with better opportunities of knowing
the effect of prohibition than Mr..
Marshall and DIR. Butler.
The Canadian provinces repealed
prohibition to get rid of bootleggers
and decrease crime.
Liquor Controller Duning of AL
berta. after three years trial Of gov
eminent regulation, says: THE great
est problem 1 have is with moonshine
in the country districts" He shows
an increase in arrests and convictions
of DRINKS over the prohibition year
and 1875 bootleggers in 1925.
In Saskatchewan the government
liquor controller, by no means a dry.
says: Increasing drunkenness, en-
couragement of the appetite for
liquor.
In Regina, capital Of Saskatchewan.
in 1924. prohibition violations. lat
cases; government control in 1925, 334
cases; increase of 1877 per cent.
In Manitoba, Chairman Waugh of
government control says: "Bootleggers
abound and sell below government
prices" Attorney General Craig Of
that province says: "Bootlegging is
more prevalent than it was under
prohibition" In 1924 the report of
the liquor control board of Montreal
says: Complaints received against
bootleggers are particularly directed
against the sale of alcohol and whisky
in bulk. Our operations against
illicit resorts and blind pigs in Mont
real have by no means come to an
end, and Notwithstanding our efforts
we are well aware that these illicit
resorts still exist and that we shall
never succeed in permanently closing
such places"
No wonder that the vets are max.
Ing no Roadway in securing the adop-
ton of the Canadian system. They
are not even in accord on any remedy.
]. II. SHEPHERD.