Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1929-08-24

closest political and official asso-
ciates. She says that the cost Of
dissipating and destroying "rum row"
off the Atlantic Coast was eleven
million dollars.
1t is our opinion that she could
have bought off the men engaged in
the traffic for half of this amount.
She makes this astounding admission,
which is as true as Holy Writ:
We cannot forget that as long as
q large number Of people have a
thirst for alcoholic stimularts and
other people have q desire to ''make
big money quick, liquor will be
mr. duced and consumed, III spite of
laws or officers of the law"
No ardent wet" claims more than
this. 1t brings the whole question
to the home, to the cradle, to the
.inculcation of temperance in the
young. It is this action on the part
of the Roman Catholic Church, which
LII 49, hod,.
which has defed the wasting effects
of time and the attacks of its bitter
est enemies. Here we are expanding
eleven mIlloh oolarS oh one ""'i0"
spot on the coaSt-Iihe' Whl.e we are
appropri@t'ng more Una" I0ITE MI
hon ooAals per "n"''" 70 pe ca
pended /" attempting 70 Ie"l5ze 4"
VAN nope l MS "'''o""' 9'9T'U "
useo /" V"e MONIES an" s'''gO'-''o -, :,
OF the naHoh. Nowhere eISe VIII II
10 much gooo'
II mas al lH''IIe'' ts'tosi5'! " -
crease '"e "y"'''ei e"S"se1 :" CO :
holSm' IL becomes the means Oh
breeding crime and criminals. Drink
ling wine. beer OF whiskey is not in
,,itself q crime and all the mower Of
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ali OF the governments Oh inc "or4o
cannot make it so. 1t IS more or less
disease and we must necessarily
sat obor+ aIir,irs+;no II nv cor,nor-
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SENSE "'eImU ,
MIS-. NH-e6randt tells about the
beer leak without mentioning the
fact that tens of thousands of fam
| ilias mako tbai,, own, boar aud ho-
H.. - -. ~, u, :,
l'e'e III II ItOut tHe lacV lAaV II con-
taIns less alcohol than homemade
iwiue. After stating that the CO.
tonaration Of State c,ovarnr,en+s is &c
sent;aI - 49, .Ss.'oa.,,a,,l - 49,.
2e4'Ii"' ~ 'le ei'l ~ 'ei',eu' u '"e
IFrohloItion laws, she declares her
Fantagonism to superceding State Of
fcials with Federal ones Here Is
,,.ho4 .Lo .o,...
"''e'' 'iie says
A former prohibition administra-
tor OF New York City, Mr.. K. z.
Merrlek, now PROMOTION admlnistra--
tor Oh Virginia, South Carolina and
North Carolina, SAID IN ms Durant
contest essay. that ne could put an
END to the lquor traffic IN his DIS
trlct II ne nad flve times ms present
Iorce Oh eignty men; HIS olstrlct
ca 0Ne9 =" VI,
states, ana Mr. MerrlcS SAID tnat ms
torce OF elghVy men coulo only
scratch the surface.
But Mr.. Merrlck IS wrong IN think,
ing i. .n% 49, tGo men f.,, W w. e,GvV men sen;
stop the LIQUOR traffic if co-opera,
tion were withheld or obstructive
tactics were used by State officers
anu Tn o'@oe eo rGurt @f A,,onioo oo.n,,
with the anti-nrobibitionists on fbic
do not want and will not permit
an army of officers of the Federal
government TO enforce law ana order
more contrarv az rnn,ona roe' 70 the
basic principle of our form of gov,
eminent. Monarchies enforce their
M m4a o WIZ ~ IIe use % aa army
Rnt democracies do not vol III fbo+
way. Local self-government and law
enforcement are the basis of our re-
pU Tho ioh 90 4ho p.a,o, co,.,,,,,
mant in anforcino nroS;bition is -
supplement the work of the State