The Anti-Prohibition A Summary of Facts and Prohibition 1917 STANFORD LIBRARY NATIONAL WHOSESALE LIQUOR DEALERS 301 UNITED BANK BUILDING 50 74 Are You Directly or Indirectly NATIONAL PROHIBITION would mean the loss of $262,000,000 revenue to the Treasury of our National Government. NATIONAL PROHIBITION would mean the loss of $21,000,000 revenue to the various States of the Union. NATIONAL PROHIBITION would mean the loss of $6,600,000 revenue to the various Counties of the United States. NATIONAL PROHIBITION would mean the loss of $52,000,000 revenue to the Municipalities of the United States. Most of our American municipalities are bonded to the... lim limit; our cities cannot bear the burden of ad ditional taxes. INTRODUCTION. HIS is the Third Anti-Prohibition; Manual. Its predecessor was published for the year 1916, and two hundred and fifty thousand (250,000) copies were distributed throughout the United States. The success of the 1916 Manual has led us to issue a new, up-to-date edition. We wish to thank those who have said kind things and who have "boosted" our original effort. We hope to continue in this edition to deserve your good will. These pages were compiled with but one purpose in view. They are intended to furnish a quick and easy means of answering arguments offered in support of Prohibition. Within these pages may be found the answer to practically every argument presented to date by the Anti-Saloon League or other Prohibition forces. An effort has been made to compile the facts contained, in a concise, clear and brief manner. This book should be the constant companion of the members of the trade, their employees, and their friends. The statements contained are authentic and should be of value and interest to students as well as the average reader. Education has solved many questions, but one must know before he can transmit knowl edge. Take this little book; read it; become familiar with its contents and-USE IT. EDITOR. THE FOLLOWING STATES REJECTED STATE-WIDE PROHIBITION ON A THE FOLLOWING FIFTEEN STATES TRIED PROHIBITION, BUT LATER RETURNED E TO LICENSE AND REGULATION. Table Gives Dates When Prohibition Law Was Adopted and Repealed. Alabama-1907-1911. Connecticut-1854-1872. Illinois-1855 (repealed the same year). Massachusetts-1855-1870. Michigan-1853-1876. New Hampshire-1855-1889. Ohio-1855 (repealed the same year.) Vermont-1852-1903. DRINK "WINE OF CARDUI." VIDENCE presented before Federal Judge Carpenter, of Chicago, in the case of John A. Patten, prominent Prohibitionist and manufacturer of Wine of Cardui at Chattanooga, and the American Medical Association, revealed that Patten's socalled "Wine" contains 20% alcohol, and was used for beverage purposes in "dry" territory. THE FOLLOWING STATES TRIED AND REPUDIATED PROHIBITION AND THEN REJECTED LATER PROPOSALS. Table Gives Dates When Prohibition Law Was Adopted and Rejected. Connecticut-1854-1872; 1889, rejected second pro posal. Indiana-1855, soon repealed; 1882, rejected second proposal. Ohio-1855-1855; November 3, 1914, rejected second proposal; November 3, 1915, again defeated prohibition. Massachusetts-1855-1870; 1889, rejected second proposal. Rhode Island-1853-1863-1886-1889. Vermont-1852-1903; 1916, rejected second pro posal. J. CONVENTION. H. LARIMORE, Mayor of Westerville, O., • made an official call this morning on Mayor William Riddle, of Atlantic City. "Our arrests for drunkenness have increased since your convention came to town," said Mayor Riddle. "Is that so?" said Mayor Larimore. "Yes. You know when you start in to tell a man that he mustn't do a certain thing, and keep on telling him, he wants to go out and do that very thing.' Then the Mayors talked woman suffrage.-New York World. |