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Show I FIGHTING THE I "dry" WINDMILL B Unless the President intervenes B with a proclamation declaring the end . B of the demobilization period, the i M large! and longest dry spell since , H Mohammed will be with us within a ; M few short weeks. With rare excep- H tions we are prepared and ready for gggf it. The entire far West, save Oalif- M ornia, La already dry or about to dry j m up by state action. National prohibi- ; M tion won't change the situation tho H it will still further restrict the small ' HH amount of rum running into dry terri- 1 tory. For a while national prohibi- j H tion will undoubtedly stimulate home H industry. Many private breweries, B wineries and distilleries will be oper- H ated, but in the long run the individ- H ual who manufactures intoxicants H solely for his own use will find the M work too laborious and quit. If he H manufactures the stuff for liootlcg- H ging purposes the law is sure to get H him. And the stocks of the liquid H with the swift kick stored in private H cellars and basements will vanish far H more rapidly than the owners sus- H poet. Hy l'.)2r booze will be merely an H odoriferous memory and the gener H ation that casts its first ballot in 1950 H will be one hundred per cent pure if H the absence of alcoholic stimulants H can bring about the sanctifying trans- H formation of human clay. H Petitions are now out in various H states blessed with the referendum, B demanding that the legislatures' act H in endorsing the prohibition amend- H ment to the federal constitution be B be submitted to the voters. The pe- B titioners might save themselves and B the states the expense of the election. B It's all over. The courts have already B declined to interfere, taking the stand B that the resolution of endorsement is B a federal matter provided for in the B federal constitution and therefore not B subject to a local referendum. Rooze B is beaten and ought to slink out of the B back door without kicking up another fuss. m The only state in the union where B national prohibition will have serious Bj economic consequences in California. H A crop of 100,000 tons of wine grapes m is now growing on the vines. What is m to be done with them? June Sunset. |