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. t< .. w M ■ ■ ■ / THE CLINTON CHRONICLE THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1933 j THE ABC OF PROHIBITION Arrsiiis:ed by Grace Nies Fletcher, In Chrisiiajt Herald A Is For Alcohol | since .prohibition the averajfe con- Alcohol IS a poison which has dc* sumption of milk had incieased from |^Qui(>r has always been a corrupting? j „ ' ^1... . . ■* the dominant issue in that campaigfn.} j When the United States entered the | jy ar, 2<> states had voted dry, and overj 1^0 pei' cent of our area, all .but 305 1 of our 2,848 counties, was dry terri- ■ P Is For Politics ! Did prohibition corrupt politics?! i! I i stroyed more lives than probably all 1154 pounds to 076 pounds per individ- Wickersham report] other poisons in the worlds put to* ual. It takes more lifiain to supply the j^avs of conditions before prohTbitionr ■ prether! • milk and diiry products | corruption of the police by the i “Alcohol belonprs to a family of poi-!^^“^ equal amount of beer. liquor interests was widespread. The| sons. There is methylic alcohol or I D Is For fmvernment Control liquor organizations raised large] wood alcohol, amylic alcohol or fusel j Any form of federal, state, or city i funds to defeat the nomination or I oil, and propylic alcohol,, as well as law is government control. States! election of legislators who opposed j ethylic or ordinary alcohol. All the.se * rights, local option, eighteenth amend-1 their interests. The liquor , vote was alcohols are poi.sons, deadly poisons, ment, government sale of liquor, are.; the largest, unified, deliverable vote.”' 0 0 0 0 every one. You could net expect one'all forms of government control. Fed-: member of a family of poisoners to be salutary and harmless when the other members were all' deadly enemies!”— Dr. John Harvey. Kellogg, direetOi of the Battle Creek sanitarium and a member of the Michigan State Hoard of Health. B Is For IkMitlegger Tbe bootlegger is not merely a pro hibition parasite; His racket is as the struggle against liquor contro of our government. IIis existence be fore prohibition Michigan in DtlT there were: eral were manipulated by the prohibition backed up by hundreds” — headlines on September, j enforcement laws is the best kind of Detroit “News.” “Alex-! government control .so far dmcovered. ^ saloon-keeper can-. It is not perfect, but no^better I (jifjgte was credited with 146 votes! has a.s yet been propos^. j whep he actually received only 41. . . .j Canada has gorje^into the j.iquor j ,^Ynother .saloon-keeper - actually re-j isiness. Their/1<o-called .system ol ceived 43 votes, but was credited with I ■o\ ernment means ]4S/ "control” simply iiat the^^gbvernment has liecome the ales manager for the iKjuor business, toes this soil of official control bring Q Is For Quacks Who Vend * } “They Say” j “They' Say is the little ‘black god | i of wet propaganda. Engage a man in j emperance ? We have only to look be- can be proved. D., yond the St. I.a\Mence to .see. The j conversation on the question of pro there were: 6,5.')U ficial records of the government h-! hibition and head,. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 druggi.sts f not thia.,^ysteni does not work for i will answ'er, “No. Kttttor 4a^x^4—L,iT.’ known bootleggers jp ^ nation of ^ 171^100,000 ’ rs .~."T~“Nb;"'. in the slalt A1 t’apone en route to jail, says, “I’eople say I want jirohibition to re-* main. They’re crazy. If it was legiti-j mate 1 cctuld do better than 1 can this wav. 1 could handle beer without hav- “Your neigh- W'eil, whose ? ” 0 jj^f=sjr=Jr:sdr==if==ir=siirt=jfsdr=lirsiF^p^pp^if==if=!:l<r=3fSr=sif==if=ii=^r==Jr==^r=JF^ It’s Time i % - To Put The 0 Elephant To Work... \ profile,. wiTlit work fon(JWr~t2O,^06i-. t Again the authority is, “They say.”| 000 .Americans ? II Is For Hip Flasks i l!5 a hif) flask necessary for B. degree-? ] “'l'h<*re is much less drinking an A. by fiay such big wouldn’t have money to do it. to lie any fiay* Michigan student Than was the case jirior to the eighteentli amendment. Or he may fierhafis remark, “They say the country is going''to the dogs because of pi’ohibition.” You ask him, “Which fieofde in the country ? | Yours?” lie sliakes his head. “Any-: !»(.(fy 'l^itr know that has gone to the i dogs because' of prohibition?” “No.”i 0 ing to 'I'here off. Ther(‘ wouldn’t he any lost trucks, | St udents differ as do adults. Some of' Hut, “They say.”— From “Wet or and th" stuff would cost lots less. (Deti'oit ‘ Times,” .May 4, lh32.) - (■ Is I'or Urime children with liquor while in college, j- You can not re.suhrnit the eighteenth ; hibition resfionsihle for rack- Dn the whole, howe' er,"we can truth-1 anicndment. The UniU“d States f'on-: firoh- 0 jthem will drink iindei any conditions. 1 )ty/’ by Dr. hiancii^ I). Nichol.) jin fact, some parents supply their j |{ Itesubmission and Repeal fully say that we have no li(|uoi- lem af tin* university.” Di'. Alexan der (I. Kuthven, president of the Uni versity of Michigan. I Ik For Industry Is pri »t»‘ei;tig? .Mui(ier'.’ If an intoxicated tohiier' slioots a small child in Detroit, it IS the akohol in his liquor-, not firo- hihition, which caused that murder'. I Iquor and cr ime lufve always been t \Mns. The official committer* refiorting on erinu f-onditions in t.Tiieago in 11<1.5 saidt‘ find a clo.se eorirrection he tucen alcoliolisni, ‘dofie,’ firoslrtution, gambling and erime.”'“'<-l« the other , . w i ■ *1. , , . i 7’i prohrhiDon has resulted ip the liand, the .A.'-‘soeiaterl Fress of .June ; . . ; \ ^ ^ 1!K>L‘. says; decrea.se in all types . of crime .save mur der .and aggravated | Timriqnr^"TTf p^-^^ ’^J4->ossihle should » * nit*an stitution has no machinery for* doing this. A substitute amemirnent may he j adopted by a Ihree-four'ths vote qf 1 the states w hich would repeal the | eighteenth amendment. To r-efieal the 0 0 0 Has prohibition helfied or hindere<i eighternth anrendrnent a two-thirals industry? ' j vote of coitgress or of the states must Heitr'.y Tord says: “The liquor husi-1 repeal. If congr’ess calls- a ess nrade money for the few—^took , convention for pr'oposing new amend- pey and ^ monex-making ability rnents, there is gr'ave legal que.stion 0 0 from the ver-y many. Gf.meral business IS resultei kind of trade that benefits all who fban not jirohihition, cause: say. TRe^wets agr'ee that only the li- (juor industry should come hack. Hut before prohibition over 400,000 of the 408,000 people employed by the liquor 1 inrlustry were retail saloon-keepers i (Uongressional Recor-d, 1014). The Hrohihilion has practically knocked; ^^y, “We’ll sell the liquor in the out “blue Monday ’—“Die day after ' bottle.” Hut who expects theiwhiskey for worker’s who went on a j to stay' in the bottle? A salOon is a the aieigliteentlr I worker s were either totally in-saloon whatever you call it. The ( ana-i capacitated or worbed w;ith g'vutly , jj, on ,every government li-: compiled figures Dn elfieiently, costly both to 1 stoiv. Imagine our \Ameiicanj fute 1“ industry. The wives and “In (iod We Trust,” over ourj . j no longer' have to call at th<* company j liquor stores! Is that' hea»l(|uartei’s to ask loi' all or part of 1 ^ybat we want? I asKault.s in more till- country during .May has been le- poi'tetl.” Di«|Uor, Clime. I) Ik For Deaths From .Alcoholism If peo|ile are drinking more than ever before, if we are getting more adulter ated liquor' tlian i‘ver liefore, | there should he more deaths fi'om al eoholisin than before amendment. The offii'ially the states and country I'c charge of the wets: “In Detroit d«‘aths fi'oin alcohol ism lia\i“ (teei'eased from 122 in HD6 to I'.r iM i;*;;l.” !■’. M. .Me-ader, -M. D.. diii-eto' of mevlicai seM'viee, depart- inenl (>f health, D«‘ti'oit. ' Death:' from alcoholism in United States: I'.DV hed’o 'e pi(d:ii)itlon, .5,2. l'.»2(l when prohibition fust came in, l.((. I'.Oh, ;!.T. ( Kigices from World .Aimaiuicl. .Ailiilter a’ed liquor is no prohibition brow. 'The editor of the “U'.quor 'Trades Keiiew,” .vaid in 18US; “.'^eveiity-five i>»‘i' cent of so-called Fcniisyh ania ami Kentucky w lu.ske'y lu"'.er 'saw' those state’s, and is mtth- rng hut colored cologiu* spir its, touch ed up with prune juice, burnt .sugar, t l eaf iiig' eii!. iind btber .s-toff e*f that kmdi*’ E l.s For Enforcement - iirohihition prohibit? How ehie s feeler al enfoi eement, cost ? have hael an attempt at ade- enftue V riunt only during tlu* ])ast two ye-ars since the enfoioement agents were put under- civil service ' roT ' A. W of jo'ol'.ihition. gives qri'oducer and consumer. J should ( eif ^legalized liquoTT tlie the i-eturn eif ^legalized Tiquor, ' frist effe’ct woulcl be the wielespread i rediu’tion of wages, due to the demor alization of labor, which litiuor always (Causes.” .1 Ik For JagK if aH the constitutional amendments 1 could not he br ought up for change as i w^ll as the eighteenth amendment. S Ik For SaioonK Nobody wants them hack-—so they their hu.shand’s pay cheeks hefoi'e they were har)dei|;,o\/‘r to tin* saloon keeper'. K l.s For Kegs of Beer Would the ret III 11 of beer prosperity'.’ ' .Money spent for booze / - ^ ' (’an’t buy shoes; Money spent for' wet goo.ls Can’t buy <lry gmxls. Tire buying capacity of the .Ameri can people is approximately 71 hil- fl yi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 i 0 0 0 0 0 0 T Is For Taxes The wets act us if the taxes from liquor- were to he a fj'ee gift from the . genei'oii.s brewer s and distillers. How •I'lng ^bey love theii' eountiy! But listen to Fi'of. 1'homas Reed of Ann .Arbor.: “Before prohiliilion,” he .says, “a gal- 11 Ion of whiskey cost about 10 cents to 1 T1 make, gave the govei-nment $1.00 tax |t . . . and cost the public $8.00.” Do tht^' m , liijuor makers love theii’ governj^jent Or are they out to get hack a lucra- lion dollar s. If they spent this money business for themselYtfs? for foo<l, clothing, autoinohiles, build-i |j. p4j|- UnemjMt^nieiii ing hoiisr s, etc., they have body build-j Wouhi the return^ofiieer bring het- ing or tangible assets. If, however'. I business? 0 I )(M niueli We quale they should spend one and one-third l)illit>n dollar s for . hel’i’ that money'^ w'<tuld l>e taken away from e.s.sential industries, _ Robbing IVter to pay yaiil is <>eonomies. ‘ D Is For DBierly Fnder Daw Even on*a d<‘sei't island you not spent In 11D4, a banner' year of the liciuor industry, STJ)00,000 invested in the beer in^stry employed 77 people. One inilluM} invested in other industries in United States empToyed oirah av- and women many: Therefoi'c, a beer would increase men four ilollai- uneni- r’seape law- fire still burns if^’ou put your hand iir it. When ypu are in^ so ciety law takes into ephsideration not only you bUt the fellow. Alcohol, AV M'<m7tC7>r1r:~"dtT'eLtoi **^y*^. '^***^^’ [fourth as many peojile as dollars iti-j the follow ing i>f. reflexes but takes the life oT'fTTo 1 >C- yesfcuTTn'TinieFnTdurslI'ies.! li ployment hecau.se: 1. Dollars are withdrawn from es-' sential industries. 1 2. Beer- dollar s employ only one- ’ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 f Ie 1 al f Igures "ToF tTu-”i-TCT"rrf 't't ment: Expenses; 1‘♦‘20-31 Revenue; Excise tax Fines, etc. lie 'imt of your cur,Js H.iruh- lUmiace. '1 InM-efoie, we have r ed | DJa tW Vk-ti«rffT»f»fhe^.iquor Traffic 'Kts on the pi’ohihition tiueslion — j V\ liat has pi'ohibition done for the! 01 , l^nts on tne $107,<)67,06‘a7Fh** eighteenth amendment. 'Iheie ai'e j dog? The Salvation Anttyj jj| $4 40,812, lit' 60.003,344 ‘25 mi'lion ar guments agaimM the'per-: ought to know. What do they say of •sonal lihtOkty to get soused and r un j l‘ro1rit)iXlon ? j] about on o’ui' highways with Iwenly “Applieatiolis for relief in our slum ^ ’to eigirty hoise-iiower under your tin-(settlements are I’educed ~50 iier cent. $,M)‘J.815,46:C ^M-Sr-- ' of the ledger"! On the e».st side of the ledger | M lx For Millionaires should b«' added an estimate of the in-’, lienee du Pont, one of the miljion- direct cost of certain activities of the aiie contributors ta the* .Association coast guaj'd, custom.s bureau, and de- Against *Pi'ohihition, saul in a letter partnient of jiaslice. The.se costs, how-^ hi'ouglit ,dtit in th<‘ Uniteil htate.s sen- There'has been a significant decrease' of mortality among young children. Our women officers, responsible for! I'escue work, bear testimony that their pr oblems are simplified greatly ^ now that fhe drink factor is largely, eliminated. Wineioom or saloon- ever, could not possibly exceed the ate investigation that to bring hack $400,000,000 of credits on the V>vern-, beer would .save him $10,000,000 in in- parlor seductions are rarely found.! ment receipts. This result is one of come tax. “and,” said this wet mil-'Our industi'ial home managers hear: the few during the depression written Jionaiie, “the working man would rev-^ witness that the old type of spineless,! in black ink instead of red! ~ ink s it.” J alcohol-soaketl man is now phenome-! F For Farm Relief N D For Narcotics i nal.” Could the farmer get rich fironij Many jiliysicians of note iiold that M’ Is Htir Col. A. W. W. Woodcock, beer? What percentage of our grain alcohol is a narcotic. (Federal Director of Prohibition) crop would be used if the liquor-: in- “Alcohol ha.s practically no value as He .says (a) that prohibition is j dustry came back,? ; ]/♦ nicdicim ; that is, while it is a nar- about 70 per cent enforced, and (b)! In 1917 Gustav Pabst of Milwaukee, C'^tic, it is.not a good narcotic. I know that this enforcement, because of' heading a committee of brewers, s^at-j'of no conditions in which its use is es- fines and taxes on industrial and oth- ed that “the actual amount of grain j ker.lial, since when a narcotic i.s rc-[er legalized alcohol, costs the country used U» brewing, principal^! barfey^, quired there ar<^-drugs much more nothing. JfAllKo! nf ' vr>ni$»nt J represents less than three-fdurths; of [convenient ^and dependable for such One per eent of the grain ps-udm^J ini use.” Johi^ Harvey Kellogg, the United States.” 'Therefore, arguedi O 1h For Oxerneas the brewers, the brewing indu^tixwiWH prohibition “put over” while too small a factor in grain ebnsump’ our boys were “over there?” ' Thomas Edi.son, just before his death, said of enforcement: “Prohi bition is enforced about 60 per cent, hold.s-up about 25 per eent; the law against murder about 10 j>2r cent; thej Die sale of narcoticsj| cent. The enforcement of i puts to shame the age-old tional Granget «Hnposed -o|j^^®,000|l$10, five months befm*e the Unite<l .lawK against murder and theft,” iji-i farmeiv, testiiriod before the United] States entdhHl the World war and be-j X Is Exaggeration ' H States senate recently that bw Jtt»iforg an Amencan regiment sailed for [/'The country is in revolt against thej ^ turn was not farm relief. He said that [France. The national amendment wasT —(G^tmued on page seven) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 fa. A circus wagon can be pulled along a dirt road^ — thejr can buckle down and haul it through a little sand and mud. But when it bogs in the mud—when every-day horse power fails ■it’s time to put the Elephant to work! i. There comes a time in business when sales ‘f up — when buyers hesitate — when mer- ► ' chandise won’t move. All the plans that worked so well when the road was smooth somehow lose their power to pull. 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