Show THE prohibition QUESTION washington D C wull ono ol 01 the major parties committed to out right of tho tha eighteenth amonn bont bent and tho the other committed to tho the submission of 0 that amendment with constitutional provisions which will protect tho the dry states tho question la Is placed in such c position that a certain element will have no trouble in determining bow to vote while others have cause to give the matter much thought the historical aspects aspect ot of the liquor question aro are enlightening V for or seventy or more the tight fight against the rc Clo has grown first under various kinds of 0 local options during the latter part ot of tho the last century and then under state control in hi several parts ot of tho the country tor for mearly three decades me por for various reasons it became the conviction ot of many 41 nat the control of the he liquor truffle either under local option or state control was impossible and that the only solution was to prohibit its manufacture vind sale as a R beverage by an amendment to therod the fed oral ral constitution it was clat claimed med by somo some that the principal reason why such on om amendment was needed was w 4 because the distillers and brewers prostituted prostitutes all 11 efforts at control of tho the traffic others claimed that tho use of liquor had so BO weakened the resistance ot of drinkers to its temptation thra the tha only solution was nationwide prohibition still others othera hold that mans perverse nature waa VMS such buch that any form or of legislative enactment to control hla his would not succeed and it would be futile to put such auch a burden on the federal govern government ment now that prohibition la Is a federal law there are many who claim that both the eighteenth amendment and the Vol steed d act are failures lal lai lurea lures and that we he must according to the democratic platform return to tho ithe full ot of the liquor tr brattle attle and according to the republican platform yield to the states staica part control hut those thos 3 who support the eighteenth amendment airam that there has been a decided improvement in tho the morals and physical physic ai welfare tare ol of tho the average individual antl and family since its adopt tion and the time in which to establish the full benefits ot of the amendment will run against tho the arguments of nf those these who would re repeal rep peal eal it those who favor repeal refer to unusual criminal activities jan ln increased number of 0 murders these new socially destruct destructive ivo activities called rach ote steering ering a general diar cigard tor for the law the inability to enforce en forca the act the in fa creed cost of 0 goye ramont und and the 1038 1099 ot of revenues which would accrue acom 0 to tho the city state and eind nat national ionar governments it tho the liquor traffic were taken out of the illegal control of aters and legalized under the control of the states 1 in a general rejoinder jo to tho aboid the tha dional say that the issue la in contused confused cont used by A 0 poor memory of prior conditions oz oni the part of tho the older citizens by the lack jack ot of jn formation of 0 about young voters who etwo no knowledge kno alo ago ot of tile viciousness of the old re regimo alme under local and state co control ct tha Z lir bauor luor and by W a failure all 0 or of many to analyze cause an and let effect in what la Is regarded ed as social abnormal atlea speaking specifically to tho the points mond mont and tile Vols Volo toad tead act the advanced against tho the eighteenth A national prohibitionists claim that it magalio waa tho great volume of 0 crime which brought about the amendment they cite tile tho legislative investigation in tho the state beato ot of now york which they claim laid 75 per cent ot of tho the mime crime ot 0 now york city oh the unrestrained use ilse of 0 strong drink under state control 1 ij 1 they refer to the report ot of the tha alas massachusetts state bureau ot of statistics of labor to luio kho legislature of 0 that state abato in a pre year which they say shows that 75 76 per coat cent ot of the adult ol of massachusetts were addicted to tho the use of oc liquor buquor that per cobit of ull all tho the adult criminals were liquor addicts and athla portent per cent air otc all insano adults were liquor addicts based upon state municipal and other reports made prior to tho the adoption of 0 the eighteenth Amond amondson Am endmon mon the national claim that or every liquor gangster that mat nas has deen murdered because ho he squealed eve every ry person who has haa mot met a fate because lie ho know too much or became a strong competitor ot of some big shot there thera were several more murders comit committed comitted ted im drunken drun brawls in the old saloon days they cir im that many of choso murdered under the old regime were nominally good citizens who were murdered mur dorod in the heat of 0 a drunken passion whereas most of the gangsters who are murdered have crimiel records owna uio me increased criminal ac ti and racketeering not e fontec ed with tho the liquor traffic aro are largely due to lad bad socima and economic conditions which cause a certain element to seek money by casy caay and 4 devious OT tous ways some also claim that racketeering ce ring and crim criminal inza activities connected connect with tho liquor traffic are largely duo to tho the same social causes thos who Bup support port the eighteenth amendment kmen dment further declare that tho the disrespect for law both in tho the largos large centers and small la Is not comparable corn parable to the number ot of violations olat ions oms of the law which took place in the old saloon days they claim that the various reports on the eon con duct ot of licensed saloons in the tha united states show that most moat of 0 thom them sold intoxicating barie rages after hours on sundays to minors and to drunken persons persona for violations and every form of disrespect of tho law they thoy cito cite any official report on the question particularly ticul arly the very full report ot of the chicago commission on the problem dated december 1916 and the report of the chicago vice corn com mission which mado made an investigation ot of the city saloon conditions in 1911 admitting that the city state and national governments hr nave vo a boote loss losa from liquor revenues as euch they claim that this la is insignificant compared with the of 0 ro revenues venues re calved irom from wealth invested in real estate and per personal savings which go too to build up the industries of a cou country atry all alf of which are socially constructive tive basing their claims oni an the of scientists economists and insurance actuaries wild d os economic values to tho the eon con thiry they hold that thai intoxicating intoxicate A i tig bov bev continued to pago page tour |