Show CONGRESS PREPARES TO TOMAKE TOMAKE TOMAKE MAKE LAW LA W EFFECTIVE ONE YEAR FROM TODAY By Associated Press ASHINGTON Jan 16 National National prohibition has been accepted by bythe bythe I X WASHINGTON the United States just thirteen months lacking one day after the joint resolution by congress was submitted to the states for tor ratification Fourteen of ot the states which have approved the resolution have certified their action to the state department A question as to the effective date of the amendment was raised today when news came that Nebraska the thirty thirty- sixth state slate had voted ratification by a statement of Senat Senator r Sheppard of Texas author of the resolution that the country would go dry one year from toda today Other students of ot the question held that ratification would not be completed until one year from formal certification by the thirty thirty- I sixth state Mississippi the first state to ratify the amendment has not not yet certified Its action to the state department although al although although al- al though the affirmative vote on the amendment was taken more than a a. year ago DATE NOT VITAL Prohibition leaders regard the affective ef- ef ef effective effective date as a matter of ot sq all moment however Inasmuch as all countrywide countrywide coun coun- prohibition is ordered July 1 by the war measure passed by congress congress congress con con- gress fo to conserve grains That measure measure meas meal ure remains in force until after demobilization de- de demobIlIzation demobilization de de- mobilization of the military forces is completed which man many think will not be before the constitutional amendment amendment amendment amend amend- ment is operative l Enormous normous revenues derived by tho the federal government from taxes on manufacture and sale of alcoholic drinks will be cut off by prohibition I It is planned to raise this year ear by beverage taxes In peace peacetimes peacetimes peacetimes I times the amount was less but still ran into the hundreds of millions PLANS ACTION r- r Senator Sheppard said today he heMon soon Mon would Introduce a bill to make the amendment effective A proclamation by the president and state department the senator said was not necessary to make male the amendment effective on January 16 1920 but one probably would be bo Is Issued Issued issued Is- Is sued as a formality He said he was not disturbed over reports that liquor interests intended to test the validity of the amendments amendment's adoption and de declared declared declared de- de no loopholes to invalidate the law would be found |