Evening Star Newspaper, July 8, 1927, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, JULY 8 1927. e Speaking of Prohibition Prominent Women Discuss the Nation’s Mo Debflted Topic. Interviewed by {Copyricht, MRS. GIFFORD PINCHOT., Tt is well hnown that when Gifford Pinchot was Governor of Pen vania he exacted from each of hi office holders, in addition to his oath of office, a personal pledge that he wonld support the eighteenth amend- ment. Mrs. Pin chot shares fully her husbands views, and in all her civic and so- cial activities her support of prohibi- tion is stanch and definite. My Rays the cohol reason important today. For the concentration . of society in a highly nized a g e, more Mre. Gifford Pluchot. | as the economic development | civilization, makes the actions of each individual more important to welfare than ever. ing of A motor by a man or woman under the influence of al- cohol certainly affects the life and happiness of individuals who have no personal contact with the driver. If a wage earner is unable to support his family (and not even the wettest wet will deny this is usually the case with a confirmed drunkard), the cost falls upon the community, and so on.” We asked Mrs. Pinchot if the dry law had abated the social menace of alcohol. Less Liquor Consumed. “I believe, inadequate and corrupt as the administration of the law is in some sections, that it has actually lessened the amount of liquor con- sumed,” she said. “Any factory owner will admit there is a much lower per- centage of non-attendance on the first davs of the week than existed a few years ago, when often 40 or 60 per cent of the workers would be absent. Reliable statistics prove this.” “What have vou noticed in reaction to the law? Do people respect it? Does their attitude strengthen respect for other laws?" Mrs. Pi for any one who ha ful and at le ot thinks it impossible not made a care- ientific Investi- gation of groups us sections of the country—urban, rural, agricul- what the general pub- reaction is. It would merely be answering,” she says, “out of one's emotions and point of view. There are thousands. especially in the big Eastern cities, who openly violate the law and cyni- cally and obviously have no respect for it. Most of these rationalize theig actions by proclaiming that the in- effectuality of prohibition casts disre- spect on other laws. But here again a careful analysis would have to be made and some method worked out by which other factors—greater pres- perity, movies, the automobile, divorce. etc.—would be isolated. Thinks Majority Favor Law. *I believe the great majority in the United States favor the ‘prohibition laws and that there is not the slight- est chance of repeal.” 5 Asked whether she believed alcohol ‘was ever beneficial, Mrs. Pinchot said that, medically used, it was losing favor. “In the ifew years,” she says, *“the technique of drugs has been de- wveloped and those better adapted for medicinal purposes have been found, with few bad resuits. You may say many people are benefited by alcohol, made happier by it and have no harm from its moderate use, but that is mere opinion.” Mrs. Former Governor of Penn- sylvania strongly subscribes to the drys’ assertion that the eighteenth amendment is the will of the majority and the rest must manage as best they may, even if seven years’ valiant attempts at enforcement have not brought wholly satisfactory re- sults. “Certainly the majority must rule,” agrees Mrs. Pinchot firmly, *“and the United States Constitution makes no distinction between a ‘drastic’ law and any other.” To the wets' contention that the constant discussion of drink is bound to affect the younger generation badly instead of making them ab- stemious, Mrs. Pinchot, herself the mother of a growing boy, retorts: “I know no formula by which all members of a generation can grouped and one answer made for each individual. If you ask if young Ppeople drink more or less because of the dry law, the answer must be that they’ will surely drink less in the future.” Question of Liberty. The inevitable question of infringe- ment of personal liberty, without which no interview on prohibition would be complete, elicits this re- sponse. ‘The same answer can be made to this that one makes to those who com- plain of speed and traffic rules on the ound that they curtail personal rights. Also to those who object to the prohibition of child labor and to factory legislation on the plea that their husiness is their own and it is no one’s concern how they run it. In a civilized community the liberty of the individual must be curtailed by the need for protecting society. The good of the whole has naturally a greater significance than personal freedom for self-indulgence.” Mrs. Pinchot's association with pre gressape movements of all sorts, in- cludiidy the fight for women's citizen- ship, fakes her opinfon worth while regarding women'’s influence in modi- fying the dry law or letting it be as it is. where, but T know it exists here- abouts. And when you see a thing with your own eyes you cannot help being influenced by it. “Personally T am not a drin| no member of my family heen given to it. My five boys and two girls range from 16 to 30 vears and not one of them is interested in liquor except as they see its effects 70E BECKLEY. nee. ANl rights reserved.) MRS. T. S. TALIAF Tt is said that in the spaces of the West the dry law ishes as the best method of de with the liquor traffic. Many wit- | nesses testify that general obedience to the law is sustained by publis And that ranchmen's period to town and shooting thing onviviality and | spivits Is a thing of the past—as rare | as an earthquake in | Let us he: ing r | terro of Rock Springs, who ered nine children, managed t and prosperous home and still found | | time and energy to be the active | president of the State Feder: { Women's Clubs. \We met at | Rapids, Mich., whither Mrs. Taliaferro (pronounced ““Tolliver”) had gone | attend the biennial meeting of National Federatior \en's affairs for her personally. however. capa “How do vou fec ward prohibiti fon. up not in any official | we asked, “to-| ion?" “That it is a piece of hypocrisy, she answers, “since it pretends what it does not fulfill and cannot. The eighteenth amendment may represent sincerity on the part of those who ed it. But 1 must even doubt the | s00d intentions of many. for every- where I meet people who “talk d live wet,’ or who frankly say bition 18 good for the other f not for me. He doesn't d Rently, but I do. Facts, Not Ideals. Papa and Mamma Taliaferro and seven living younger Taliaferros have lived in what the effete Easterners call the great open spaces a long time They feel they know the count They know the folks. and their prob- lems of wor ial life. M Taliaferro admits they may be excep- tional in thinking prohibition doesn't and cannot be made to work . But we are arguing.” she . from facts, not ide: Our ideal, of | course, would be to see a_ world. in which there was no or cruelty. We would everybody happy. th Iy edu te bition earnestly believe the, about such conditions b, nk intelli- stly they cannot. | “The situation in the ranch country exactly this: Before prohibition, the anchmen used to go to town every so-often and have a wild spree. It was all in-the open and the law dealt with them when they overstepped the limits. “Now bootleggers (who seem to have practically a free hand) bring the stuff out to the cow-men and sheep-herders and all the employes of the big ranches, and they stay there and drink it, while everything goes to wr:ck and ruip I do not say this exists every- haps , th 3 spent n's wife, M -| ernment P health upon the men. “I want to put myself on record as specter of law and a believer that excessive drinking is a curse. But I cannot feel that more good Is ac- complished by attempting to cut off all alcohol in this fanatical way than by some plan whereby pure. Govern- ment-tested goods could be manufac- tured hearing the maker’s name, place of making, date, ete., with saloons done away with and alcoholic drinks obtainable in reputable eating p Alcoholic. beverages in bulk might JId in limited quantities days and hours of the of the week, per- ¢ wages could not be for the purpose. If the Gov- thinks it can enforce our wnt prohibition laws, it can cer- ainly enforce some such modified law as th ¥ “The result would be not only an ncomputable saving in money, but in from unwholesome beverages, breakdown of Not only does the hugely for the law rs for Fulure. and in danger of me future gener Government pay s, profits come from ts of our citizens and for all the efforts made for seven years to stop this trade, it has constantly grown. Somebody is going to make money on liquor as long as humanity remains human. And it might as well be the Government, so the people’s taxes might be reduced.” We mentioned the figures of the drys, showing how many institutions for the cure of drunkar of business since prohibition. 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