The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-11-01
FINDS FIVE AMERICAN DRINKS
An Englisllman Travels Thirteen
Thousand Miles in United States
in Thirteen Weeks and Says the
Advantages of Prohibition are
Plainly to be Seen

Mr.. T. c. Hobbs of Luton, England who
is retired manufacturer has recently
made a tour of the United States across
the continent to the Pacific Coast and
back again, and finds that the advantages
OF prohibition are plainly to be seen. Mfr.
Hobbs is a retired manufacturer and just
before sailing for his home, called at the
Office OF the Anti-Saloon League OF New
York
We reproduce from the Luton NeaDS of
October II, a few paragraphs concerning
his trip to the United 6tates. Under the
sub-heading advantages of Prohibition"
the Ne,0S article is as follows:
I'm addition to inquiring about Nor
monisnl, one naturally expected such u
keen and consistent advocate of temper
ance as Mr.. Hobbs to learn all that he
could about prohibition, and whether the
methods adopted in the States to repress
the consumption Of alcoholic liquors are
successful or otherwise. In an interview
given in Washington he stated that he
had seen only five persons who appeared
to have been drinking intoxicants. One
was in New York City, Two in village in
Montana, one in Reeder, North Dakota,
and one in Sioux City, Iowa. During the
trip over he saw only one person being
served with drink, and noted two lots Of
liquor being carried by stewards. OF
course, if I had visited the bar I would
have seen more, he added.
'NIr. Hobbs explained that the United
States was slowly solving her drink prob
lem, and went On to observe, the bootleg
ger and the noonshiner do not seem to
have had any serious effect upon the mass
of the American people. While I have
been told much about their activities, and
OF the Illicit liquor being consumed, the
evident prosperity of the average folk
whom I have seen seems rather conclusive
evidence that prohibition has been Of
genuine value. The advantages of prohi-
bition are plainly to be seen, even by a
visitor, while violations OF the law or the
effect of these violations are quite un-
noticeable
"NIr. Hobbs raised the question with
Senator Nye, saying it had been stated in
England that every young man in the
States carried hip flask, and that girls
liked to be in their company on account
Of the possibility Of getting drink. The
Senator replied: It's a lie and estimated
that 95 per cent did not carry liquor, and
that that was a conservative opinion"
Another paragraph in the article con-
Germs his visit to the publication Offices
or the Allt1-S2l0on League OF ALneIlca at
WesterVille, Ohio, and related his visit TO
Washington, D. c.. as follows:
'At Columbus, Ohio, Mr.. Hobbs was met
by Rev. e. j. Richardson, q temperance
speaker, who has visited Luton and YVES
Pussyfoot Johnson's right-hand man in
London. Mr. Richardson drove him to
WesterVille and showed him over their
printing works, and then, via Baltimore,
to Washington, a two-days' journey Of $50
miles In Washington MIR. Richardson in
terested himself in showing Mr.. Hobbs
the sights of the city, and other kind
nesses, including call with him to see
Senators Nye and Frazier at their official
headquarters, where they entered into an
interesting twenty minutes conversation,
partly on the question Of ornaments. It
seemed to crafty the Senators when Mr.,
Hobbs assured them that he believed Eng
land was in favor of ornaments reduce
tion"