Evening star., 1933-11-12
OHIO REPEAL VOTE
|. BREAKS TRADITION
|. OF STATES AR|D|Ty
Prohibition Movement Began
There in 1873, With For
nation of Crusaders.
STATE LIQUOR BAN OUT
AS RESULT OF ELECTION
Will Mean Building Operations on
Considerable scale-New
Taxes Necessary.
BY ]. ii. GALBRAITH.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
COLUMBUS, Ohio. November Ii
OHIO, the State which gave birth to the
crusade movement against the saloon
In 1873, to the women's Christian
temperance movement which grew out
oI the work OF the crusaders, and to the
Anu-SaIoon League, Joined the process
SION OF states moving toward the repeal
OF Federal prohibition at the elections
last Tuesday by electing repeal candi-
oates, 90 Of them, to a State ratifica-
tlon convention which Is to meet here
on December S.
The vote was Just about what was
predicted. Wet leaders had enthusiast
tlcally claimed the State would 90 wet
py rom to to /, but the welI-ir-
formed conservatives put it at about 2
70 !, and that is just about what the
result proved to be.
ballots. eA''
As the result the Ohio ratification
convention VIII be Of one mind, and
when it meets here next month no
more time win be needed to Complete
It's work than will be necessary to or
ganize and take the vote.
WestervilIe Votes Dry.
A few villages returned majorities for
prohfbition, and the rural sections gem
erally showed more favorable senti-
ment toward prohibition, but even In
the small counties the vote was disap-
pointing to the friends of prohibition.
Westerville, the national headquarters
OF the Ant-Saloon League, gave a ma
1ority of more than to i in favor of
prohibition. and at the same time car
rlec a proposition submitted under the
local option law to bar the sale Of even
~ beer within the village limits. Since
Onio legalized 80 beer, sales of that
peer mad been made in WestervfIle In
spite OF general protests. That must
now cease.
For the last two months the more
Important corporations authorized in
the State have been brewing and dis
ss companies. Their operations viii
result IN much construction and e0uIp.
ment work, for following the adoption
OF Federal prohibition the owners .,f
io6 eh tteaa teteTTseS + , here m were Of the opin
nave the amendment taken out of the
constitution, and so their plants were
oismantled and their buildings sold.
New sites viii have to be bought. build
ings erected and plants equipped.
Unemployment and dependency doubt
less nelped the movement to put over
the old-age pension law after repeated
oeIeats for the measure in the Legis-
lature, and it Is now law. but with no
funds for its operation it Is likely to
remain a dead letter until sonethinr
Is done about additional State revenues
AT the same election the voters put into
the constitution tax rate limit on
real estate, the chief source of revenue.
OF per cent. Farmers and home own
ers Joined In this effort, and the ma
1ority was about 100000.
New Sources Needed.
This will force the State to fnd other
sources OF revenue at once. The Legis-
lature may increase the rate on in
tangibles and authorize the examina-
ton Of bank accounts and safe deposit
boxes in making assessments, but it Is
more likely that it will resort to the
sales tax, for which there has been
strong sentiment for some time. It also
has the approval of Gov. White.
There was presented to the voters also
in the election this week a proposition
to take the State prohibition provision
out OF the constitution. and logically
the people voted in about the same
proportion as on Federal prohibition.
2 to l, In favor of killing that State
provision, so that with the pronounce
ment from Washington that the neces-
sary So States have ratified the Fed
eral amendment, the manufacture and
sale of intoxicating beverages viii be
free in this State, subject only to the
few remaining State restrictive and reg
ulatory measures. Another constitutional
amendment adopted Tuesday authorizes
joint governments for cities and the
counties in which they are located,