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Show SPEAKER TAKES EA? AT HOME BREWERY PHILADELPHIA. Aug 9 A man who does not possess a private brewery brew-ery is out of touch with the fashion of the day, tlv Re. John G Dean, of Pittsburg, the president, told the gen-eral gen-eral convention of the Catholic Total Abstinence of America. The open saloon which we tlmupht ceased to exist, Is still open, declared the speaker, it still servcs"as an enticement en-ticement to the young men. Soft drinks only are Supposed to be dispensed dis-pensed In saloons, but the drinker can gel any kind of drink he wants. Tie- home brewery" is not confitacd to the foreign element; it is Just as prevalent among the native born. Many who all themselves jjood eltl-zens eltl-zens are In the bootlegging business 'My point is not to decry prohibition prohibi-tion or that it is a failure. My point Is that prohibition up to the present time is under a severe handicap, and has not been a success, due to that handicap.'! |