| Show TION OF LIQUOR BY XMAS FORECAST FORS je Ratified byE by E Half of Necessary E Number of States S 17 More Commonwealths to tom m Vote Vote Wets Move to toS toj S j Round Up 0 By JULIUS 0 Ji United Pre Pres Staff Stall Correspondent CorrespondentS S J WASHINGTON July 19 jv liquor Christ Christmas nu was the goal of ot ju u Sibilant ts' ts today odlY They hailed their victories in Ala bama and Arkansas which crumbled the solidly once dry south as assuring assur assur- ing st doubt the clira- clira of ot the eighteenth nth amendment from from the constitution U It Is now tT merely merel a matter of ot tim time wets vets faid said v Backing BIcking up the in their determination to cut that time as as possible is the pressure of tho L-tho th the Roosevelt administration anxious e Uto 10 to tarry rry out the Democratic platform Democratic platform SL pledge pled e and bolster the treasury with the the liquor taxes which it expects to b yield hundreds of ot millions Rufus Lusk enthusiastic young leader of the Crusaders Crusader tion organization believed the country's country's coun coun- try's year 13 experiment in national prohibition would be ended in No- No 6 ember f. vember Heads Heads' of oC the Association wh- wh i Against the Prohibition Amendment miscalculated calculated a bit more conservatively land and allowed another month The decision m of ot the Alabama and md Arkansas electorates rolled up to 18 to to Ohe tally of ot states slates that have voted wets half of ot the tile on f on on repeal repell and gave c 36 ratifications needed I li 17 MORE l SCHEDULED n Seventeen mere more states stales be beginning with Tennessee tomorrow and Oregon on on on FrIda Friday have definitely scheduled definitely ions elections between now and Novem ber 7 7 Victory in all aU would leave the wets one shy But the wets have other graces aces In the hoc 1190 in their drive to round roundup 2 up up th the thirty sixth by oy Christmas Montana has ha authorized an election Ii and and and left len the date to the decision of the governor He has given Riven iven Postmaster Post Post- master General Farley Fancy rather definite assurance that h he will call caU an election eJ ln in December if the state stale is needed to put over repe repeal l this yea year In addi addi- 1 tion Oklahoma has provided for or nn an election some time after aeter December 5 and and the Virginia legislature meets wl next month with th the po possibility that I may call a 1 November election The Utah le legislature has provided for a aT T ratification on election but the date has 2 not been set tr If It the wets am arr successful In their c drive for reneal repeal before beCore Christmas Sf- Sf there still stilt will be br the of JL where the legal liquor Is to to be ob ob- ii- ii Legal gal whisky production rod since 1918 has been limited to J requirements q Present ent are arc 54 d w l. l to Q J t gallons an an t con con- 4 no if r abo about t gallons They They- are arc bein being d depleted so rapidly since relaxation of ot prescription reSu 4 lations that some ome Quarters Quarter foresee the thea a ai- ai possibility of or a whisky whIsk famine that could be relieved only by heavy Im Im- t ports from abroad broad APPRAISES RETURNS i S Lusk southern returns with the declaration that the end of prohibition is a foregone conclusion and that when such dry citadels a as Alabama and Arkansas fold up it t means the country may look forward flo to at least a few years of peace and J free from the annoying ties of ot professional reformers S y Dry leaders withheld formal com corn m for the time Privately some same of them said thc they had hod anticipated the result and had little hope of ot holding any of ot the south in m line They believed be bc the Roosevelt administrations administration's influence iad much to do with the capitulation of ot Arkansas and nd Ala Ala- bama They charged that Farley Farle had exerted pressure pressure- on local leaders 1 by withholding patronage patrona e. e I Although the prohibition movement Rained gained its first footholds in Maine and Kansas which adopted state restrictions in 1846 and 1866 respectively the strongly fundamentalist south was the real dry stronghold for years cars Georgia in 1907 was the fourth state to tp adopt state prohibition Mississippi and nd North Carolina f followed ved in 1908 e in 1009 Virginia in 1914 and Alabama and Arkansas in 1915 1015 Louisiana alone in the south held on out outa a against wide statewide prohibition until the the- eighteenth amendment was sub milted in 1918 and then it quickly fell fellin fellin in line to ratify S Dalrymple Dairymple Predicts Big Liquor Market HOUSTON Texas Jul July 19 UP UP- UP Major A A. V V. Dalrymple Dalrym fe federal eraL pro administrator today predict predicted ed a market for gallons of liquor the first day repeal of ot the eighteenth amendment is effective i He has conceded the cause of ot lion tion as hopeless As As' he prepared to leave by plane for New Orleans Major Dalrymple Dairymple urged d distillers get busy making good American whisky for sale when the amendment is repealed Major Dalrymple Dalrmple argued ion with the s state ate president of ot the W. W C. C T. T U. U In a 3 hotel lobby here las last as night and during the discussion he asserted forcibly a lot of h hooey oey Laura Laural Mrs Claude de dc Van Watts Austin attended college with Dalr Dalrymple mp e eyears years R ago O. O They are Laura and Vernon Vernons to each other She came here to meet the prohibition chief chic Their friendly ar argument arose arose while Dalrymple Dairymple was explaining to reporters the new r revenues repeal will brIn bring brine to the treasury Taxes said aid Mrs Van Watts Blood of oC ittle children Thais a lot of ot hooey Laura snort snorted cd ed Dalrymple You drys drs haven't changed chang d your arguments in the last 12 years cars Dalrymple Dalrmple said fald he advocated immediate imme immediate diate initiation of oC a distilling campaign cam earn b by American distillers so they will be able to supply the demand when repeal becomes effective Get busy now was his message to distillers Use Us the gr grain ln that is bursting our warehouses and that we cant can't sell Store the liquid in bonded warehouses under pr proper per supervision supervision sion slon and be ready tb th supply the American demand with good American Ameri Amen can whisky Mrs Van Watts t took ok another tack If It youre you're going to ao co away with the he saloon where will liquor be sold Mrs 1 Van Watts Walls asked Personally Im I'm in favor of letting it t be sold in its Hs original containers in n any sort of establishment that wants to sell it replied Dalrymple Let the people take Jt it home with them S Making saloons ou out of ot the home cried Mrs Van Watts Walts Well for goodness sakes Laura said Dalrymple Dairymple what do you oU think th they y are now A lot lat arc homes of your good drys too Colorado Governor To Call Repeal Session WASHINGTON 19 P iP Gov Governor Gov- Gov E E. E C. C Johnson of ot Color Colorado do told newspaper n t today would he-would would call calla a special session of ot the legislature e within a few days das an and that it would set a date dale to vote ote on repeal I do riot know whether the result in Alabama and Arkansas will have haic any effect cUed he said but Colorado will vill vote ote for repeal b by a lo l vote ok The governor vetoed one one ne bill by the legislature for a vote this year ear on the grounds that that that-it it was tu- tu S I b I |
