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Show Looks Dark for Prohibition. Washington. A billion dollars stands between congress and national prohibition for the period of the war. It is the peop)e's money, to be raised by taxation to help pay the enormous cost of the war. The billion can easily be raised by tax?es ou whisky, wines and beer. Otherwise, members of congress who will vote for- prohibition are frank enough to state that they don't know where this billion will come from unless consumption taxes are imposed im-posed upon some of the necessities of life. |