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The American issue., 1929-05-11
RELIC OF SALOON DAYS
Present Day Bootlegger Is Hang
over From Old License Days;
Was Saloons Competitor

One very important fact to always take
into consideration in the discussion of
bootlegging under prohibition is this:
that bootteqging is not result Of the na-
tiondl prohibition lal0 that it eriSted on
q Uery large scale during all the gears
that the license system iUaS in effect IN
this country. AMERICAN ISSUE has had
occasion many times before to refer to
Chicago and other large cities where
bootleggers during the day of the open
saloons almost equalled in number the
number of saloonkeepers.
This is not a matter of guess work but
the figures are taken from the revenue
statistics from which statistics is learned
the names of all persons who had paid
the Federal government tax of $500 but
who did not go through the formality of
paying for state or city license to sell
intoXicants. Thsee people were unWill
ing to take a chance with the Federal
government for selling liquor without q
license but were willing to rely the state
or city authorities.
A Boston, Massachusetts. correspond
ent in commenting upon the prevalence
of bootleggers during the old license days
says:
During the last forty years I have
copied names from the internal rev.
enue lists OF many OF the persons
who have paid the $500 for a Fed
eral permit to sell intoxicants and it
is a fact that with the advent OF pro-
hibition which closed the licensed
saloons many of these holders of the
Federal permit continued in business.
In license days here in Massachu-
setts the percentage of bootleggers
in license cities and towns was 81 per
cent greater than in no license cities
and towns In other words bootleg
ging thrived in old license days more
in saloon cities than in dry cities.
And at the same time the revenue
reports show that generally the boot
leggers who we're operating in cities
and towns that had voted out the sa-
looms were the same bootleggers who
had competed with the Saloonkeep-
ers in the old license days
The American issue., 1929-05-11
PROHIBITION OF "INDESCRIBABLE VALUE
So Says Captain Dollar Who Has Made Such Decided SUI
Bone-drv American Fleet

Bonedry American Fleet
a of o
of M
I'll
do it, a
instantly?
hayec Liquor and
sbanRhd dfranln
of by
have life in the lumber business and the shipping bus
fellows with
useful vesabsoe destroyed by liquor Young fellows who
have closely the wetchedes that liquor
all indescrbabe the
the evil effects liquor the prohibition has spared the
seller
automobiles other
S q %
The American issue., 1929-05-11
What the Current Magazines Are Saying About Prohibition
and Law Enforcement
(Reviewed by
(Reviewed by Emma L. Transeau

(The Spectator, Gondon), April 6, 1920
In one pithy sentence in a short edi-
torial the London Spectator laid bare the
false logic of amending the Volstead act
SO as to legalize the sale of wine and
beer. 1t says
Personally we can not see a majority
of Americans accepting the humili-
ating make-believe of saying, in eject
alcoholic drink is prohibited by the
Constitution, but certain kinds OF
liquor upon which you can get drunk
are not alcoholic"
The American issue., 1929-05-11

behooves the friends of prohibition to
keep their powder dry. and fight fire
with fire This is no time to suceunb
to defeatism and forsake the field. I'm
der the present administration at Wash
ington it is clear that the law is to be
given a better chance to justify itself
than it ever had under Harding and
Coolidge Those who believe in it should
redouble their efforts TO counteract false
propaganda, to give their honest efforts
for enforcement and above all to lose no
opportunity to establish among young
people that hostility to drinking habits
or that practice of total abstinence
which each successive generation has 10
acquire for itself.
The American issue., 1929-05-11
ENLIST WET WRITERS

Announcement has been made by the
Association Against the Prohibition
Amendment that more than 200 writer's
and illustrators of the country have or
ganized to cooperate with that wet society
against the prohibition amendment.
Many of the names listed are unknown
to the general public Some of those bet
ter known are George Ade, Irwin Cobb,
Samuel Hopkins Adams. Edmund Vance
Cooke, Rupert Hughes, Sinclair Lewis and
Peter B. Kyne.
The American issue., 1929-05-11
come a real cause for concern.

come a real cause for concern.
To-day, with our many ways of
amusing ourselves, the old attraction
of the saloon has gone. There is less
need for drinking. People have their
amusements = the radio, the automo-
bile, and many other ways to amuse
themselves and for this reason, be-
cause we have other ways than para
lying our nerves by which to get
rested from our work, it will be easier
in future to MAKE prohibition succeed
The American issue., 1929-05-11
CThe Forum, May 1920
CAN PROHIBITION SUCCEED?
A Socratic Dialogue

0AN 14OAN OO0S1I&ID!
Socratic Dialogue
This is a prohibition discussion in
new form, the form of dialogue in
which well-knoWn public characters are
represented as presenting their views.
The characters in this months dialogue
are the drys-H. Bruce Brougham and
Prof Irving Fisher; and the Wets-Frank
c. Davidson, Fabian Franklin, John G.
Gebhart and George w. Martin
Prof Fisher is the chief disputant, and
with the aid of Mr. Brougham answers
the arguments of the vets categorically
and irrefutably. A hint is thrown out,
however, indicating that Mr.. Fabian may
play this role in succeeding dialogue to
follow in the June Forum.
Among the statements here made by
Prof Fisher which would seem to leave
the vets with no grounds for retort are
the following:
There is enough sentiment in favor
of prohibition to make it succeed.
Prohibition was not 'put over" The
movement against alcohol had been
gathering strength for many decades.
When people tell you there is more
drinking now than there was before
prohibition, they simply do not know
what they are talking about.
Loose talk about increased drinking
since prohibition is not based on evil
dence but nassertion. At Yale, for
instance, such assertions were once
made, but the Dean and members of
the discipline committees agreed that
drinking had greatly decreased.
The publicity that has been given to
trials and corruption and lnfractlons
Of me law creates a false perspective.
Prohibition has achieved very high
olrnn EI4y al An
over ninety per cent, SO far as the
amount of alcohol consumed is con-
cerned. Further progress toward the
aoal of total abstinence will come grad
ually.
Tt is because alcohol as a poison
slows up the working machinery that
economists and business men are in
terested in it. Because it is poison
hygienists and physicians are inter
ested If alcohol were tonic II 1t
were harmless, if it were stlmulant, II
it could be used in moderation with
out any danger that the drinker would
become addicted to it, much more
might be said on your side
Drug addicts will crave their fayorlte
dope That applies to alcohol just as
much as it applies to morphine or any,
thing else If you have q drug which
hol, and it is advertised and fashion,
able and pushed by all kinds OF forces,
you get vicious circle. The drug
habit is -perpetuating.
After a generation or so : after
twenty-five years in Kansas, for in
stance-you will find that they (the
people, are no longer concerned about
such "affronts" to personal liberty. The
people then living feel instead that
they have been liberated from some
thing. They do not feel that they are
hampered, because there is no natural
taste to be offended.
Even in the old days before prohibit
ton, the locomotive engineer was pro-
hibited from drinking. The employer
and the trade union had prohibition,
and the public liked it because it was
in the interest of safety. With the
automobile, almost all of us are engi-
neers to to speak With the spread
of automobiles all over the country and
among all classes, the danger to the
Tol1h1ip from drunken driving has be-
The American issue., 1929-05-11
(ChriStian Advocate, April 25, 1920
THE FIGHT

THE FIGHT
The ringing words of this editorial re-
mind one of what Bertram Newman says
of that period of English history which de-
veloped the oratory of Burke and Pitt and
Fox: Events themselves provided abun-
dant and weighty subjects for debate"
The events with which this editorial
deal are the renewed intensity of the fight
which received setback in the last cleo
ton and the question of who is paying the
cost. Taking the last first:
If report Sfrom Europe may be cred
tied, no small part of the contribution
to the wet campaign chest comes from
the distillers and wine makers of Eu-
rope who know to their sorrow the falls
ity of the claim that Americans are
drinking more than they did before pro-
hibition was enacted. They give because
it hurts. 1t is the price they are willing
to pay for reViving the trade which Vol
stead Strangled.
Then the tactics of the fight:
They fill the air with their Shrill out
cries over every incident which can pos
Sibly be made to influence public Opln-
ion in their favor or against prohibition
and enforcement officers. AS usual, the
New York SpaperS-Whether paid or
unpaid for their partiSanShip does not
appear-are on their side. When the
the smuggler I'm Alone was sunk by
the Coast Guard, it was not Canada or
Great Britain, but American newspapers
that beat the war drum and prophesied
serious international results. When some
millionaires yacht slipped into New
York harbor, disregarding the signal OF
the patrol body, whose officers have good
reason to be suspicious of such craft,
the community was again told that
double outrage had been perpetrated
upon a citizens rights. When two Wo-
men, notorious in the night-clubS OF
New York demoralizers of youth, were
put on trial the newspapers played them
up as heroines, instead of denouncing
their scandalous business. Scarcely
voice was raised against the skilfully
promoted organization of lawyers, which
had been formed to defend worthy
bootleggers and smugglers against the
atrocities" Of the Jones law.
And the call:
When the enemy is OH the warpath it
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FAVOR|TE IS VICTOR
!: mi 1-4-M|LE RACE
Ben Machree Is Second, Mel
lie Lyons Third--Mount
Logan Is Repeater.
ATONIA RACE TRACK, KY.
July Cpd. e. Stewards Rose
of Sharon. carving ton weight

Y ATONIA RACE TRACK, KY.
July Cpd. e. Stewards Rose
Of Sharon, carrying top weight
IL and given good ride by C. E.
Allen, won the feature event,
the Latonia Oaks, gallop of mile
Ben Machree, from the G. G. & G. Y.
Heat Stable, was second; Nellie Lyons,
from S. H. Stones Stable, was third
and Agincourt, from r. B. Il B. O.
Hickman's string, was fourth. All five
entrants started.
Rose of Sharon, favorite In the betting
away well and held in stout restraint
first six furlongs, went into the lead
nearing the stretch turn, and won by
a length and half with speed in re-
serve Ben Machree, caught in the web
bing at the start, was taken into con-
tention at the six-furlong pole, made
determined challenge in the stretch
drive, but could not overtake the IA
The race was worth $9,16O to the
winner. The winner paid S264.
Ragus Romps in Mud.
DID. Canfields Ragus easily won the
initial number on the program, SIX
furlong sprint. Broomshot from j. S.
Hawkins stable. was second and Fuss
and Feathers, from C. Notes string,
third. Twelve horses faced the barrier
and Little Jimmy refused to break.
Raeus. at home in the heavy going,
drew out to win by six lengths. Broom
shot, away slowly, came with flne
burst of speed in the stretch to take
the place by head. Fuss and Feathers.
always close up. began firing In the
stretch drive. The winner paid 1888.
Surcease Scores Easily.
J. L. Knights Surcease easily won
the second number, a 512-furlong dash
for 2-year-old Juveniles. Flo ONeill,
from T. p. Hayes stable, was second
and Vieux Care, from the Southland
stable. third. SurceaSe, much the best.
was taken into the lead at once and
won easily BY eight lengths. Flo ONell
could not match strides with the leader
and finished second by length. Vieux
Care was allowed to drop back first
quarter. The winner paid S10.46.
Mount Logan Again Today.
c. Notes Mount Logan won the third
number a gallop Of one mile and an
eighth. Jack Savage was second and
Wolfy third. Mount Logan, aithougn re.
peatedly bumped by Wolfy IN the nrst
quarter. recovered quickly and drew
out to win by six lengths. Jack Savage,
in contention from the start, outlasted
Wolfy in the final drive to take the
place by a neck. Mount Logan paid
$6.04.
Monnie Graduates in Fourth.
J. L. Tarlton's Monnie graduated
from the 2-year-old maidens when she
easily won the harrington purse. Tay-
stee. from D. D. Canfield's Stable, was
second and Wild Olive, from Mrs. R.
Taliaferros string, third. Monnie. away
well, was held in reserve until nearing
the stretch turn, where she disposed OF
Wild Olive and drew out 10 win py
four lengths. Taystee. of slowly, took
the place money by four lengths. Wild
Olive was used up In early racing. Mon
ME paid $5.74.
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Rock Light (Connors). second 40 ESQ
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Guy Clayton also ran.
SECOND RACES turIonEs.
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THIRD RACES furlongS.
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LADY Leland io'Malleyy. second $50 24o
I9 Joan ShTey L hiie Smile, Golden Iosks
Jimmy Finn also ran.
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Lihorio (OMalleyl. third $40
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SEVENTH RACE-lL miles.
Uncle Parks lRicet, won $3.50 300 $50
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Finisterre Jim sanda, Tom Hayes, Bush
Buck and Col. Hemingway also ran.