The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-10-25
SENATOR BAILEY ON THE LIQUOR
ISSUE

ISSUE
Senator Bailey issues statement at Ra-
leigh saying he favors repeal of the 18th
Amendment but is still opposed to the
liquor traffic and desires to decrease the
consumption of alcoholic beverages in the
country. The Senator, like the North Caro-
lima vets, thinks this State ought to go
along with the crowd and vote wet because
it is the popular thing to do. Of course, he
does not put his statement in those words,
but that is about all it amounts to.
The Senator is careful not to give away
any wet secrets dealing with true tenn
perance" or regulation and control" but
he might issue another statement telling
the people how it is proposed to decrease
the consumption of alcoholic beverages by
putting hundreds or thousands of giant
breweries and distillerieS to running again,
day and night, adding to the products Of
the illicit liquor business many times the
amount of alcoholic beverages now pro-
duced by the illicit operators.
Senator Bailey knows that legalizing the
manufacture and sale of liquor again will
not stop blockading and bootlegging, be-
cause he knows that these violations of the
law were carried on in big way before
the manufacture and sale was outlawed,
and he knows that repeal of the Amend
ment will not change the nature and char
acter of these law breakers; and that their
opportunities for doing business will be but
little decreased by legalized manufacture
and sale under high license and the safely
of their business from the penalties of the
law will be greatly increased.
Why will Senator Bailey and many other
good citizens allow themselves to be fooled
by men whose sole interest is in getting
back into the legalized liquor business?
Senator Bailey knows that the present re-
peal fight and all the skirmisheS and pre-
liminaries leading up to it, was conceived,
planned, waged and financed by the men
who were put out of business by the adop-
ton of the 18th Amendment, aided and
abetted by the drinking vets and coterie
of tax-dodging millionaires. The latter
class wants the common people of the
country to drink the liquor and thereby
pay large proportion of the taxes of that
class. Beer for the common people, whisky
for those who won't drink beer, revenue
for the government, and reduced income
taxes for the milliOnaires, is the program
of the Association Against the Eighteenth
Amendment
Senator Bailey says he is opposed to a
change in North Cardinals prohibition pol
icy without a special referendum on that
issue. That means another election. An
other election will not be necessary if the
State votes dry on November 7th. That
burden and expense can be saved the State
by that course. If North Carolina votes
wet on November 7th, according to the ad-
mission of Senator Bailey, the issue will
not be settled. the vets will move on to ar
attempt to wipe out the State prohibition
law, and the fight will have to be con
tinued.
PrChibitionists take the reasonable view
that the way to stop the march of tbs
liquor crowd in this State is to vote dry OF
November 7th, and that means votin,
against convention and for dry conven
ton candidate. A big dry majority in thi
election will stop the wet parade in thi
State.
Senator Bailey's course is doing nothin
more than giving encouragement to tn
vets; he is playing into their hands.