New Britain herald., 1929-07-23

and through the government doing it's part for law enforcement. Or | ganizations which attack the law, | thus giving aid and comfort to its violators, are hlndering rather than helping. America will win it's fight with the right leadership which we | have in President Hoover and through law observance which is being emphasized by the admin ! istration.'
 Says Press is Wet
 In her address last evening to a crowded meeting place, Mrs. Boole severely criticised newspapers, stat. | ing that the prohibition question IS 1 frequentl, misquoted in the press. She said Christian people should not believe what they read about prohibition in the newspapers. which 1 she characterized as the weapons 1 of the wets-the arch enemies Of 1 this great moral reform"
 | Continuing Mrs. Boole said: Most of us here remember the | days before prohibition. Tammanv l hall was the center Of the political affairs, as was New York the center 1 of the liquor traffic. The politicians in this great political organization | were influenced in every way by i WhiSkey. CauCuScs were held m rooms adjoining saloons and in sa looms. The political power WIS wielded by liquor traffic. Liquor lD- terest grafted politics, Legislature was enacted under the influence of liquor. Most of the legislative mat ters were decided upon at a. m. i in bar room.
 Traces Prohibition Growth
 "The first steps towards abolition of these conditions began 15O years ago. The first pledge Of the prohi- l btonists was that there be a law prohibiting the use of liquor except on holidays like Christmas. New Years, etc, The second pledge or the prohibitionists was that intoxi- eating liquors should not be us~i aS a beverage at all. Districts throughout the country were dry hy means Of license and local option. | Prohibitionists held meeting after meeting in New York but could make no headway there. A few places were dry by means of license, but the dry territory was surround ed by wet. Progress was made in other states, however The liquor traffic was abolished in Maine. Kansas. North Dakota and il was soon to he abolished in Georgia.
 "The credit for the outlawing of the liquor traffic in Georgia is due to the stupendous efforts of Mrs.
 Mary Harris Armour, president of the w. C. T. |. at that time. Her
 battle cry was: Georgia must be
 dry Splendid men backed her up. and under huge handicaps Georgia
 was flooded with literature After a tremendous campaign Georgia be-
 came dry.
 "Oklahoma and Tennessee werc
 the next to prohibit the liquor traf-
 tic. This was up till the War Just
 before the war New York was the
 wettest of the states. there being
 more saloons there than any 10
 other states had together
 'It was the center of political
 power and liquor traffic. Absolutely
 no hcadway could be gained there.
 Samuel GOmpcrs was in New York
 at that time. He protested the
 prohibition issue. The most talked of thing at that time was the shortage
 of food The women were warned that 10 waste food would prolons
 the war. The prohibitionists useC
 this argument effectively for theil cause. They used the argument tha, there was too much food wasted ir the production of beer The wets came back with the argument that they never heard of bread made ot barley.
 "About this time there was 2 great contest going on in New York < The brewers wanted saloons to bt [ opened on Sundays. Their argU- = mcnt was that whiskcy was sold or , Sundays anyway so why not lcGaliZt l its sale? The same argument is or ? today. They say that prohibition k p doing no good, WhiskcY is being sold
 so why not amend the Nolstcad act . "The cry Of tn" prohibitionlst' 2 now became: On 10 Washington fo . national constitutional prohibition, Q In 1913 plans were made at Asbur, Y park by the w. C. r. L. for nation e al drive for constitutional prohibi
 ton and 5000 men and 2,OO0 womei , iourneyed to Washington. formed Il band there. marched 10 the capita ' and there made their appeal. ,1 In Congress
 It wasn't till 1917 that the hil