Milford chronicle., 1930-02-07
Glendale
Prohibition

Inc memDeTS Oh congress DOT
wet and dry seems in a quandary a
how to proceed, to have enacted int
law those things which each sid
believes of said to believe are TO
the good of the country at large.
The vets seem to have taken ol
new life of late and are claiming
that the wall of prohibition the dr..
forces have built up in the United
States will soon crumble and fall
The vets have gone so far as to is
sue an open challenge to the dryi
for a vote on the modifying of thu
VOlstead Act This is a bold stanC
for the vets to take. They also claim
that in the near future they will be
able with drums beating and flags
fving, march on to certain victory
Has the sentiment of the country al
large changed in regard to the pres
ent law? and it's inefficiency to stOI
the sale of liquor?
We don't think so, for if a vote
was taken at the present time il
would find the dry forces of the
- ,s<;ntry largely in the majority. The
6Sbple are not yet satisfied that the
country cannot be made dry by the
use of the law, and so they are de-
nending on the VOlstead Act with its
new amendments when enacted to
clean the country us and the manu-
facture and sale of liquor will be
done away with forever.
The vets of late seem to have re-
ceiyed some encouragement from
some source unknown, or they
rould never have been so bold as to
issue a challenge to the drys for a
vote on the liquor question. They
NAV be despondent and are whist
ling to keep their courage up. Yet
We have seen times when a belliger-
ent minority have run a supposed
superior force to cover and which
some times ends in complete flight.
Are the drys afraid that something
like this will happen?
The American people are pecu-
liar set of beings. They want results
from anything which they under
take and they want them quickly.
If tha results are not forthcoming
then they want to know the reason
why. 800
If will be the same with the pro-
bihition question if results are not
shown soon and the Volstead Act is
NOT able to stop the inflow of liquor
or the manufacture of the same,
then the people are likely TO turn
and go the other way and try TO nnu
a solution of the whole matter IN
some untried experiment.
The Volstead Act which was put
in force ten years ago, got clear OF
the saloons and rightly so. Ihey
sbould have never existed but we
are now suffering with an over
flow of bootleggers who seem TO ply
their trade without fear or hlnd-
rance. II seems that men and Wo-
men engaged in this unlawful tIaue
use their own domiciles and the Ior-
.ests near by to erect stills to carry
on the illicit manufacture OF booties
liquor. o
II is said that people who engage
in this trade can with tea kettle'
wash boiler or iron pot, aided by an
old cook stove, with few ra1slns or
other fruits, brown sugar ana
Yeast cake make enough OF naru
Wbite Mule OF other cOncoctlon IN
5av which when sold will provide
the necessities of life for talr-slz,
ed family for a week. The oendnu
for this kind of liquor always eA-
ceeds the limit. .-..o
The saloon when in existence
made a race of drunkards, mostly
mon hut we are afraid that this
nroniscuous manufacture OF liquor
made in the homes is inducing tne
Younger members as well as Cne VI
der ones to imbibe this stun. rms
does not only apply to men but 10
,,,o,oan as welI-the white as well as
the colored races. =,
To overcome this evil Will TAKE
the united efforts of the prohlpltlon
forces and unless they do better IN
tbe future than they have done III
the mast the people will have to SUI
fer tbe evil to exist for a long time
to come. 1oson+o-
tive Franklin w. Fort OF New JeI-
sew. a confessed dry, who says "hlie
the Volstead Act prohibits the SAFE
of 1iouor it does not prohibit tne
brewing of beer and making OF Ight
wines in the homes. How near ooes
this comply with the demands OF eA-
Governor Smith, Pierre du Pont'
Tobn 7 Raskob and others OF the
wet side of the question under us
cussion. -, u,
Let us hope that with the new
,,,oondnent attached to the Volstead
Act and with a new set OF otncers
10 administrate the new law, thaI
results will soon tolloW'
# things do not improve under the
lew order of things then the writer
will say that you cannot make peo-
Die good by statute.
In a future communication, your
will give to the pup
ic the remedy for the driving out
nd curing of the great evil now r.
II
;hief Justice Taft iii
The resignation Of ex-Presldent
aft as Chief Justice Of the United
,tates was a surprise to the great
mix of people of this country who
ooked upon him as dominant 1x-
IRE in the Supreme Court of which III
@ was the honored head, for some iii
ears to come. Hi
Owing to ill health which was
rowing worse he was compelled 10 W
esign from an Office he has so aply
lied. His forty years OF service
ave been ones of devotion to his
overnment and every Office Whlcn IL