The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-02

Chsty question Doris asked in last nights paper Do you think that the repeal of Prohibition will bring good imes? If this open forum this my epy The word prosperity good times has several meanings The state of
 nc success good fortune happiness and thrift
 should beer back would be of the stepping towards bringing back prosperity! It needless to go into detail the of people would help put back to work he coal industry been hit hard harder than others
 upon thousands of of would by the railroads The railroads would employ help who would help mills Prohibition itself partly into effect
 wheat that the soldiers might have this vital necessity to give
 them strength for the good of the nation oday we have ovepoduon of wheat with good exsoder who do not have enough strength to carry on because o o stream any higher than beer will eliminate the oyerproduction of wheat will automatically help the farmers Again the farmers will be good financial condition and this will help the There other the ball rolling than at the top hill As travels down the path gains speed and Prosperity is the ball. America IS the hl The the paths and the industries the sze speed and momen tum Thanking you in reun for courtesy shown tnS etter
 H. K H. (And now H. K H. you'll pardon me Ii prove the absurdy your Like lot of others who bahe for booze you make that merely identify the sponsors gropng the bysmal depths of ignorance he National Grange
 organization with 5000 branches thirty three states and 100000 members Sxtve this organization declared for temperance Forty years opposed the saloon Twenty years ago prohibition and the 18th Grange has passed resolution uphodng It. Dis regarding entirely moral opposition of agriculture booze let me direct your attention your laey of help prosperity your letter Eliminates us anyze the small grain used the rather the large of booze that can be produced from small amount of grain The Bureau o Industrial Aoo1 m latest table shows that one bus of AS pounds lev will bushels of malt. bushel of malt 34 pounds will
 barrel of beer containing 3 gallons Reduced to the basis o find that 4S pounds of barley will produce 94o oneha pint drinks of whkey the tables show that bushe 5o pounds will make 48 gallons of whskey containing l2S one the gallon other words 56 pounds of corr will produce drinks of liquor On the other hands, an investigation by Agricultural College of Ame Iowa proves that
 takes pounds roughge hy sae sover and 34 pounds of grain the bodily health and weight Of COW and produce pounds milk One hundred pounds of milk o2 hapnt glasses of milk It also found that DO pounds corn approximately 12 pounds of pork Consequently bue of corn that 6l4 drinks of liquor will produce AS pork chops 4 chops the pound One buhs Of wheat or oo bounds will produce approximately 60 ovs of bread Using these sables we find that million of and million drinks of
 key will consume relatively small of On the other million glasses of milk and million pork chops costing about be same will use vastly larger grain their production And you buy food and booze with the dollar Z4Z pounds milk increased capita under prohibition require total d over ten billion pounds grain and 25 billion pounds of rough aQe based present population whereas all the grain of all kinds
 used in distilled booze and mend liquors in l97 the last wet
 but billion The of booze would decrease the buying of farm products including milk and add the present grain surplus rather than take from it. And William C. MAdoo former member Wilson cabinet running tor in California says Relsazng liquor will food into
 nae hungry provide employment for the bl and women of the United States - The Ed.)
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