Show 1 Third Prizer Prize r I Tied With C. C By TAXI Prohibition Editor Telegram Telegram-I I Iam am an unknown therefore what are my views on prohibition compared compared com corn pared to those of ot salaried high-salaried professionally pro pro- pro pro- dry people like Wayne Vayne B. B Wheeler who says it Is Js successful successful successful success success- ful I do not care to make a claim As an ex-bartender ex and present taxi driver I believe I see as much of ot Its results as anyone unless it be the p police What the h h h- Hes He's only acab acab a acab cab driver pull out the bottle Prior to the eighteenth amendment amendment amendment amend amend- ment violation of or law consisted of sale to minors Now violation consists of ot selling t to o anyone Think Were Vere you a saloonkeeper wouldn't you refuse a minor They did If It a bootlegger wouldn't you OU sell to anyone They do With this in mind do you think there Is less drinking by youths or more As a taxi driver I have answering answering answerIng answer answer- ing calls taken out of ot hotels restaurants restaurants res rca and homes girls of or tender years women of or respectability men of high standing rich and poor poor poor- dead drunk I have handled whole families families- fathers mothers and children children- drunk Last New Years Year's eve I saw more drunks than I did the night Utah went dry Here is the crying shame Prior to 1917 where was the girl of 17 to 20 who carried a bottle or drank In public and claimed respectability respectability respect respect- t- t ability She didn't exist She was I too jealous of her reputation Where the drunken mother who claimed to be a a. godly woman She didn't live They are living toda today They party and drink together Maybe prohibition has boon been a success success success-I I dont don't care to Judge But give me back the pure womanhood womanhood womanhood wo wo- wo- wo manhood the chastity and pride of ot pre days das then Ill I'll believe It has Otherwise I shall continue In my present belief that it is Js the worst curse ever Inflicted on a nation |