Evening Star Newspaper, June 9, 1931, Page 30

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, "I'). C., TUESDAY, DRY TRADE HEADS DOUBT RUM SALES Wets’ Total Is Two Billion! Overestimated, They Believe. By the Assoclated Press. - The American Business Men's Prohi- bition Foundation today took issue with | the recent statement of the Association | Against the Prohibition Amendmrnl' that $2,800,000,000 was spent on liquor | in 1929, 1 In a statement through the National | € T U l\vldqul\r(fl\ here, the lflundlllull said “the wet organization, | in claiming that the bootleg liquur\ business is as great as the gasoline in- dustry, is endeavoring to lead ~the | United States to belleve that a buslnesx‘ well established, with a high-pressure sales campalgn and Nation-wide adver- tising, can do better by becoming an outlaw and relinquishing its adverts- ing “In the peak liquor years of 1914- | " the foundation continued, “the to- !ll American income from salaries and | wages average $35,000,000,000 a year, of | which we spent 10 per cent, or $3,500,- ! 000,000 for liquor. In 1929 our national income was $91,000,000.000, and had we continued to spend 10 per cent for, Jiquor the bill would have been $9.000r- | 000,000. JUNE 9, 1931, WooDpwARD & LOTHROP 10™ 11™™ F aAnD G STREETS Summer Furnishings at Interesting Prices Stick Willow Suites 60 330 Settee Chair Stick willow suites, the kind it is a joy to lounge in . .. with inner spring reversible seat cush- ions, coil spring construction, Kapok reversible back cushions, and very smart coverings. “The Association Against the Prohi- | o bition Amendment claims we spent| S e $2,800.000,000 on bootleg liquor in 1929. | Unprejudiced authorities assure the | American Business Men's Prohibition | Foundation that the wet figures are $2,000.000,000 too high. | “But even if true, $2,800,000,000 is less | than one-third of what our drink enditures would have been had not | he elghteenth amendment intervened.” | MISSIONARY SOCIETY WILL MEET TOMORROW | Bpeeches nnd R!yorts Will Feature | Session in Hamline M. E. 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Rustic Cedar Lawn Sets Settee and Two Chairs, $ 5.45 fonary work in China at the McKendre | i i i ; B4R Ghurch: 915 Massachuseits ave Rustic furniture of simple charm particularly adapt- nue, Thursday night. | | l Marine Corps Orders | | | sable for the informal garden or country lawn ... of finé cedar, sturdily constructed and large in size. GARDEN FURNITURE, FreT FLOOR. Capt. John A. Tebbs on reporting of | his relief detached recruiting district of | Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Ind Nlcaragunn Natlonal Guard duaclpt it pa Clr o, Amtong| Luncheon and Stemware Service for Six on repurhnx of his reliel detached Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to hcadqunr» ters, Marine Corps, Washington. Chief Pay Clerk John J. Darl(nflmn Holmes and Edwards Inlaid Silverplate Romance and N e w p o r t—Discon- tinued Patterns—Reduced One-Half Service for 6-5] 750 Was $35 32 Pieces of Porcelain Washington, D. C., to Guantanamo Bay, i Cuba. —12 Pieces of Glass NAVY ORDERS | 9 9. 5 of June 5, 1931: $ ‘«-un Elmer P. 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