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District of Columbia should legalize a
wrong and make it q means Of filling
with revenue, as is claimed, the District
Golfers.
Questions Moral Right.
1--WE have no right to put CUE con-
stitutional seal on wrongdoing. Wrong
has been done in the past and can be
done in the future. 1t can get by
with individuals, with groups, with leg
islatiye groups, and, how great is the
pity. that it can get by supreme legls-
iatiye groups. But from the frst man
to the last. it never &c, 1t never VIII,
and Il never can get b. Almighty God.
It must wiring the heart OF all feeIlng
people and appal the minds ot think
er3 to know that the very first TO sui
fer the terrible results OF the return OF
alcohol will be the very c3-!ldren Of
the men and women who now so yocif
erously and SO irresponsibly call this
curse down upon their own and their
children's heads Through the enthu-
siasm of the vets they would have
the sins Of their fathers visited upon
their children in the third and fourth
generation 1t is their children who
will pay. and pay in full, and thousands
Of them will pay in blood,
Anything which makes it impossible
for a human being to use his God-given
faculties in a normal way renders him
a liability to himself and a danger to
his fellow man Such a person ceases
to be a human being. He definitely
becomes. subhunan. Any man who has
dispensed liquor to men across the bar
knows this perfectly well in his heart
of hearts.
In the accessible printed files of
hospitals, insane aSylums, police courts,
civil and criminal cases on record. there
can be found thousands OF irrefutable
proofs on the age-long power Of alcohol
to poison the human brain and reduce
the human being to mental idiocy and
moral responsibility Those respon-
sible for the attempt to return legalized
alcohol to the District of Columbia had
best think long and deeply"
Quotes Mine Leader.
Mrs Fisher quoted John Mitchell
while he was president of the Mine
Workers of America as saying: Il be-
lieve liquor has contributed more to the
moral, intellectual and materialadeteri-
Grafton of the people and has brought
more misery to defenseless women and
children than any other agency in the
history Of mankind"
She also told the committee that DR..
Howard A. Kelly of the Johns Hopkins
Medical School, in discussing the re-
turn of alcohol once said: Poverty
today SO deplorable will increase. in
efficiency will be notable. beginning
with the blue Mondays Then, If we
are to shorten work hours and increase
the holidays. men will spend far larger
Sya oIt- will t,a
buster, as will the accident and re-
ceiving wards in our hospitals. We shall
have to go on enlarging our hospitals,
so ! say 90 not let us hasten the day
Of fulfillment of these forebodings, but
rather restrain our people"
How lovely. how very lovely" Mrs.
Fisher concluded How idealistic and
elevating. How beautiful an example
to the youth of our Nation How Won
derful an exhibition to the other ma
tions of the world, that the heart of
this great Nation, the District of Co
iumbia, should aspire to lead the Nation
back to sottishness, and to the incident
vllgarity which liquor always brings
with it."
Answers Palmisano.
Representative Palmisano. Democrat.
OF Maryland, told Mrs Fisher he be-
lieved there were drinking evils in ex-
fstence today which did not exist before
prohibition
you speak of the drinking group of
young people" Mrs. Fisher said Il
known hundreds who don't drink, and
l'oon't believe in it."
When Mr.. Lusk was on the stand,
Representative Palmisano asked him if
he did not think an additional tax per
barrel on beer could not be employed
satisfactorily as a substitute for the
license fee. He pointed out the license
fee, which has been proposed as 500
for sale on the premises. and $25 for
sale of beer to be consumed elsewhere,
might work an inequity on the retailer
who sold comparatively small guam
ntity. He said this might lead TO beer
being sold for 10 cents glass instead
OF cents In the high license district.
/: Mr.. Lusk said he thought some such
system might be worked out
\ Mr.. Lusk told the committee he did
not believe beer should be advertised
where sold, but that he did favor proper
advertising in the newspapers and
over the radio.
Speaks for Employees.
. Charles E. Sands. representing the
local Hotel and Restaurant EMPLOYEES
Alliance, said his organization was
heartily in favor of the lower tax pro-
posed by Mr.. Lusk. This bill" he said.
tprovides badly needed relief to thou
sands of our members who have been
thrown out OF work and are in great
distress as result of the prohibition
law"
He said speakeasies are now paying
$40 barrel for good beer and selling
1t profitably at 20 cents glass He
said this indicated that or 10 cent
beer could be sold at profit by hotels
and restaurants, even though they paid
$40 a. barrel for it.
: Mr. Palmisano, however, had pre-
siously indicated barrel Of beer, with
taxes, would cost the retailer about SIS
DR.. F. w. Buck, representing the Fed
eral Dispensary Tax Reduction League.
urged that ample consideration be given
this bill SO it might be used as a model
by the States. He pointed out that
Congress, having held numerous hear
ings on the subject was better qualified
to draft such bill than any State
Legislature.