Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-12-06

stubbornly, for as many years back as
I can remember, every attempt at the
regulation of their business
at wonder If Al Smith really believes
these interests would be more amen
able to control and regulation now, If
they should be flushed with a victory
over national prohibition?
IF we make liquor States rights
problem, as it is proposed to do in the
next session of Congress-providing
three-fourths of the States agree, which
is not at all certain, in spite of the
present hysteria on the question
problems. instead of one?
Il believe that question answers it
self
Now I want to ask one other ques-
ton. What have the vets to offer in
place of national prohibition?
so far, nothing, except a return to
conditions as they were before the days
Of national prohibition.
For years the vets have been pro-
testing publicly, and often they are in
favor of temperance; they opposed the
return Of the saloon.
But now that the'depression despair
has given them feeling of victory for
the wet cause, all these protestations
have returned into the blue sky whence
they came.
The vets only plan so far is the re-
peal of the eighteenth amendment.
That means the return of the saloon.
am opposed to the return of the
saloon.
"Legalize and reinstate liquor to its
old position before we had prohibition.
and it will be only matter of a short
time until it will be Haunting its vices
openly and publicly and gutterly on
every street. Experience shows that
the saloon, gambling den and brothel
go hand in hand And the three, led
by the saloon, not only debauch young
and old, but pollute the body polite,
especially in cities. and breed corrup-
ton and racketeering.
THE wet leaders we'll know that the
moment liquor is legalized, both retail
erS and manufacturers will form the
old-time political ring in order to lib
eraliZe' and do away with whatever
regulations and restrictions are placed
upon their business. Bootleggers-who
existed long before We had prohibit
tion-are corrupt element in the po-
litical life of some of our communities,
but the bootlegger has much to learn
in moral knavery and political skull
duggery from the brewers, distillers, and
the saloon keepers of old days.
THE vets are making a campaign
Of false pretenses They even claim
legalization of the liquor traffic would
help raise farm prices in this country
but the brewers propose to make beer
from imported hops, mixed with some
domestic production.
The farm organizations know better
than this; are much opposed to the
move to destroy national prohibition
They know the small amounts of farm
products used would be more than
offset by the loss of dairy products
alone. More men would buy more beer
fewer children would get milk.
Right here let me say, am opposed
i to, and will vote against any measure
| proposing to legalize the sale of beer,
| of an increased alcoholic content, oS-
! tensibly for the purpose of raising reve-
/ nue.. 1 shall oppose it, first, because I
consider that it is an attempt at legal
notification of the eighteenth amend
ment. In the second place, I am op-
| posed to levying a beer expense of
$4,000 100000 upon the families of the
American Workingmen. even though 1t
| does increase the revenues of the Fed
eral Government few hundred million
| dollars.
ut is true We must get better farm
| prices, before We can have recovery
| from the economic depression, but beer
and whisky won't bring them. My
| information is that a bushel of corn
will produce four gallons of whisEey
| The farmer under the old system got
| 25 cents for his bushel of corn: it re-
! tailed at Sl640 of which Uncle Sam