Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1933-07-06
THE END on PROHIBITION

The voters of California, Connecticut Delaware Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa. Massachusetts, Michigan New jersey
Hampshire Nevada, New York, Rhode Island, Wisconsin
Wyoming and West Vrgina-16 states, have expressed
themselves already being in favor of the repeal of the
Eighteenth Amendment Eighteen states sched-
ued for referendum this question during 1885,
will vote in 1884, three will vote either this year
and nine states have not yet arranged for the election
of convention delegates.
In the sixteen states that have voted the proportion
of the electorate in favor of repeal about Not
state voted dry The number balotng only about
onehaf the total which cast their votes in the Presden
tial election of 1892 While maintain this COM
paravey low percentage does not exempfy
expression OF public sentiment is evident that the
Der OF rabid prohbtonsts is not else they
would have defended themselves by going the polls to
express themselves in favor of the maintenance
noble experiment"
The fact that nine state legislatures have not set
date for referendum this Prohibition Repeal Bill may be
attempt their part to block its passage 1t is
that Sc states ray this bill before it becomes the
Twenty Amendment and it is fairly certain that the
ratification of these nine states will be necessary since
there is little question but that all the remaining states
will express themselves in favor of repeal
This BILL passed by the House and concurred in by
the Senate, becomes law these notifications are
made. There are, however, certain impedments which
must be removed before the sale of ntocants becomes
ega-name the repeal of state prohibition restrictions
made prior subsequent passage of the Eighteenth
Amendment
1t is impossible for the bill to become law this year
due to the fact that two states scheduled to vote
on it until 1884 and these Joined with nine who have
made no provision for referendum, make it impossible
for hreeourths majority unless of three states
which have made provision to ballot this question either
this next decide to do their voting this year. How
ever is almost certain that this Prohibition Repeal Bill
will be ratified by at least SO states before 1885, The
advent of this the TwentyFrst Amendment to the Con-
stituon will be the finishing blow for gnoble expert
ment which failed to stop the transportation of
Intoxicating beverages in the United States and instead
bred and ahy nourshed the booeggers racketeers and
hi-jackers.
u BUSINESS IMPROVING
The daily begins to include stories of advancing
prices increased better buying and spreading con-
dence business of all types that the worst is
and that the nation is surely treadng path that
leads around the corner where prosperity been hiding
for the past three years.
No trend favorably received by a peo-
pie Most everyone has anxious the statistical
reports for months eagerly looking in the
downward that has brought the entire nation to
the brink of absolute ruin At last appears real
although the gains far recorded nothing more than
recoup small portion of recent losses Again there
to be born buying spirit general belief that it
will be profitable to invest in commodities which
must rest all hope of better days Folks are conscious of
advances in what they buy and they also an upward
trend in the price of what they have to SELL