The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 3, 1922, Page 13

SAYS NATION | SHINGING TO MODERATION Benedict Crowell,| Ex-Cabinet Offi-' cial, Makes Wet Prediction BY PHILIP J, SINNOTT CLEVELAND, 0., Nov. 3— Beer and light wines will be re- stored to America wtihin a short time as & result of America’s re sentment against a drastic and extreme law, according to Bene dict Crowell, former assistant secretary of war, and wealthy Cleveland contractor and builder. And Crowell, who played 4 big part In America’s war vie tory, is ning up Oblo to par ticipate in that moderation. “This is a question of major ity rule,” declares Crowell “There is no issue of religion; ne onatities are involved. Against the P has started a fe constitutional rig! SAYS PUBLIC OPINION THOKOLY AROUSED e present com highest char “Now, howes aroused pal ent campaign. return of saloons, but the right to) @rink beer and light wines. Any per- son In any way connected with the} Naquor business is barred from mem- | bership in the association, in so far ae this can possibly be, done.” VOTE ON QUESTION H IN TWO STATES Iitinots the voters will) poll on a -cut tssue—modifica- tion of the prohibition laws. Crowell fs chairman of the executive commit- tee directing the Ohio campatgn. | ‘The result will be threefold, accerd- ing to proponents of the Ohio meas- ure to legalize light wines and beer. It will register definitely the wet and dry sentiment of Ohlo thru one | It will give con- the will of the majority. And if moderation of the Volstead act comes within a short time, as) Crowell predicts, it will place Ohio} in position to benefit by the change without the delay of a fight in the | legislature, or another submitting of | the question to the voters. | “Prohibition has been before the| American people for 100 years,” con- | tinued Crowell. “There have been | alternating waves of sentiment hoth for and against it. Under the stress of wartime hysteria, with millions of voters with the colors and out of the country. the swing for prohibition | carried farther than usual. Advan- | tage was taken of this to enact aj} @rastic, very foolish law. } “The swing toward moderation ts | now under way. The majority feels that it was taken advantage of, and| it wants a change. | HE URGES A | MIDDLE COURSE H “America has had religious and/ other controversies in the past and | has settled them thru adopting the | sensible middle course of not allow- ing one group to fasten its personal beliefs on the rest of the people. Why not adopt the same method toward the liquor question? “There may be some persons get- ting intoxicated-—a difficult thing to | do, by the way—with beer and light | wines—but the whole people should | not be punished for the weakness of | the few. There is nothing inherently | wrong in taking a drink occasionally. | Better respect for the law, a return | of contentment and elimination of the | bootlegger will be the result of mod- | eration, without return of the old- time saloon, | “This nation-wide fight in the result | of America’s abhorrence to a law making a criminal out of any person taking a drink. The best people of America know this Is no moral crime. | ‘So, far from support the law, they have more stuff in their cellars than in the wettest days. “The net result has been the great- est debauchery tn America’s history open defiance of law, shameful cor- ruption of public officials, and pots- oning of people, with as much Mquor coming in as people can buy. RICH GET LIQUOR; POOR GET POISON “The rich get good liquor. The poor get poisoned. The general re- sult is discontent that is gradually becoming serious unrest. “Any such universal Meregarding of a law 1x due to one of two things | -elther the law ts wrong, or the peo- ple are wrong “The big majority, including | America’s best people, flout the law | without compunction, so the law! must be wrong “And that ts why the representa- tive people of America have formed the Association Against the Prohibt- | tion Amendment to bring about, not | a return of the saloons as the ‘drys’ allege. but to restore the right de- manded by an outraged majority.” At maturity, contains | cent of the trees that here, the death of the other %5 per cent having been neces- wary to the aurvivors’ development. ©} SECTION TWO PAGES 13 TO 24 The Seattle Star SEATTLE, WASH., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1922. WINE WILL BE MADE LEGAL Get Clothing Wisdom F-B CLOTHES Greater Values Than Average $35 Values PSY NG 36) | A “Knockout” for “Mr. Study the cartoon, my son, and get clothing wisdom! 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