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The Commoner
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VOL. 20, NO. 2
NationSe Prohibition Ends.
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PCPntho Now York Tribune.)
ILWidritflohibition In tho United
States, uhdoV a.spocific constitutional
provision, is tho fruition of a movo
raot wlitctx had its beginning in
America 112 years ago. Efforts to
chock tho use of ardent spirits woro
Started in this country in 1808. It
grow steadily, bvolvlng into a domnnd
for prohibition rather than rogula-.
tlon as far back as 1847. Tho ques
tion was takon into politics through
tho organization of tho Prohibition
party in convention at Chicago Sep
tember 1, 18G9. v ,
Tho war of women on Jjquor be
gan with tho organization, Ot"tho
Woman's Christian Tdfyporanoo
Union in Ohio during the "crusado"
of J.873 and 1874.
Maine was tho first state to de
clare for prohibition. It wont "dry"
in 1851, Prohibition was made a
part of its Constitution in 1884.
Kansas was tho second stato to om
braco prohibition. That was in 1880.
North Dakota was third, In 1889. "
But the prohibition wave which
has swept the liquor business ont'ro
ly out of the country began with tho
action of the Georgia-Stato Legisla
ture in 1007. By the.'r own acts, in
a steady procosslon, thirty-three
Btatos followed suit. In twonty-ono
prohibition was decreed by popular
vote and in twolve by act of tho legis
latures. WEBB-KENYON ACT
Prohibition mnrln Ira rivaf Mo- oi
vanco nationally when Congress' sixth registering its approval Janu
vmaaswl . ItTrtl. 1 H n n ,. --r 11 I 1 ft -i n -i n mt. - . 1 ' -r- . ..
lng tho period of war-timo prohibi
tion, and under tho rigid provisions
of tho constitutional ' amendment
modiflction is all tho more difficult,
though tho liquor interests are hop
ing now that tho govornment, to
solve tho problem of the stored
liquor, will agree to buy it,
PROL AIMED ON JANUARY 29, 1919
The prohibition amendment was.
proclaimed January 29, 119, the
proclamation fixing January 16,
1920, twelve months after ratifica
tion by the thirty-sixtli state, as the
date for its going into effect. t .
Congress went to work on enforce
ment legislation and the law.pro-
uuceu is regarded as drastic enough
to dry up all reservo sources of liquor
according to official estimates, in five
or six years. By 1925, it is stated,
tho United States will be a desert
with entirely exhausted cellars.
Nuxated Iron Will Increase
Strength Of Delicate People
Bn I wo Weeks Time
passed on March 1, 1913, tho Webb
Konyou law forbidding tho shipment
of lfquor from "wot" to "dry"' ter
ritory. Subsequent enactments wero
fcs follows:
Alaska prohibition act of February
14, 1917T
Porto Rico prohibition referendum
act of March 2, 1917.
District of Columbia prohibition
act or juarcn 3, 1917.
mentS tO nOStofllCG nnnrnnrlntirma
bill, act of March 3, 1917..
Increasing military establishment
act. of March 3, 1917.
Food control act of August 10,
1917. i
Submission of prohibition amend
ment to tho Constitution of tho
Unitod States December 18, 1917.
Hawaii prohibition act of Mav 23.
1918.
War prohibition Soptember 23,
1918.
War prohibition onforcemoht act
November 21, 1919.
TEXT OF THE AMENDMENT
Tho text of the constitutional
amendment resolution follows:
"Resolved, by tho Senate and
House of Representatives of tho
United States of Amorlca in Congress
assembled (two-thirds of each House
concurring therein), tho - following
amendment to tho Cpnstltution be,
and hereby Is, proposed to ttie states,
to bo como valid as a part of the Con
stitution when ratiflod by tho legis
latures of the sovoral states, as pro
vided by tho Constitution:
"ARTICLE
"Soction 1. After one year from
tho ratification of this article tho
manufacture, sale or transportat'on
of intox'cating liquors within, tho
importation thereof into, or the ex
portation thoroof from tho Unitod
States and all territory subject to the
jurisdiction thereof for beverage pur
poses is herobv prohibited.
"Sec. 2. The Congress and tho
soveral states shall have concurrent
power to enforce this article by ap
propriate leg'slation.
"So?. 3. This article shall be inop
erative unless it shall have been rati
flod as an amendment to the Consti
tution ly the legislatures of the sov
eral states, as provided in the Con
stitution, within seven years from tho
date of the submission hereof to tho
states by tho Congress."
Tho amendment was submitted "by
the House, 28 to 128, and by the
Senate, 65 to 20.
Whnn (V rrrorsn miliimtttnrl tlin
. ... w. , -,. .,. ..v. w.v. ui. utwiBei'uiiB symptoms dlsanncar
amendment. DorGmbar 18. 1917. If! Without iron the hioori nf i,J
attached, a restriction, limiting the tliE0?! VLfse to? Int0 1IvInB
Hmn fnv mflflmMnn tA cnn QO 'Bf " ."d oreforo nothing you eat
' V " -... v v,.v4 ,wo. uura juu sooa you don't cor. tho
strength out of it. Your food merely
passes through your system like corn
through a mill with tho rollers so wide
apart that tho mill can't grind. As m.
result of this continuous blood and
nuivu Biuryauon, people become gen
erally weakened. nervOUB and all rUn
down and-frequently develop all sorts
of conditions. One is too thin; an
other Is burdened with unhealthy fat-some-
are so weak they can hardly
walk; some think they have dyspepsia,
kidney or livor trouble; some can't
sleep at night, others are sleepy ana
tired all day; some fussy and Irritable:
some skinny and bloodless, but all lack
physical power and endurance. In such
cases, it is worse than foolishness to
take stimulating medicines or narcotic
drugs, which only whip up your fag
ging vital powers for tho moment. ma,y-
Th'o United Staton nnf i ,.
fVem of 5MOO,000 a yea?
through prohibition, but will renin
millions, during the first few Tarn
at least, to enforce tho provisions It
effect PUtUng to.Mdont Into
DanleUC. .Roper, Commissioner of
Internal Revenue, has delegated on
forcemont to a special prohibition bu
reau under John F, Kremer, of Ma
field, Ohio. Mr. Kremer has divided
the country info H,.t,.i- .r
with a' supervisor. Eacl'Cstate haaa
'director. &nift h;n4, Sn ,..nas a
' , :. "rr ""wj'v .avo at
command a large corps 3t enforce
ment agents Who will be shifted from
stato to stato at periods frequent
enough to prevent the forming of
friendship or alliances and Conse
quent interference with the adrainis.
tratlon of the law in letter as well as
in spirit.
In ninny instance Hny.M City Phynlolan
jicmoiiH iinvc Hunered for yearn
without lcnouInpT whnt mmle them
feel tired, lindens nnd run-ilown
when their rcnl trouble wnH Inck or
Iron In tlio liltwwi iww , 4,.u
F you wore to make an actual'blood
test pn' all people who are ill you
Would nrnlinhlv iw. o'onnfiv ,4.ii..t
at the exceedingly largo number who
lack iron and who are HI for no other
reason than "the lack of iron. The
moment iron is supplied a multitude
ui. uiiuuuruuN svmnrnmn riicnnrmot.
Instead the necessary thlrty-slx states
ratified Constitutional prohibition
within thirteen months, tho thirty
ary 1G, in 19. Tho last 'state to rati-
Lfy was Pennsylvania, and. next Mo
last New York.
Mississippi was first, followed by
Virginia, Kentucky, South Carolina,
North Dakota, Maryland, Montana,
Texas, Delaware South-Dakota, Mas
sachusetts, Arizona, Georgia, Louisi
ana, Florida, Michigan, Ohio, Okla
homa, Maine, Tennessee, Illinois,
Colorado, West Virginia, Idaho, Call
Rood and Jones-Randall amend- fornia, Indiana, Arkansas, North
RHEUMATISM
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havQ given it to many sufforora who be
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atica promptly as well as Neuralgia, and
In a wondorful blood purifier. You ore
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Carolina, Washington, Alabama,
Kansas, Oregon, Utah, Iowa, New
Hampshire and Nebraska. These
were the required thirty-six but nine
more ratified, making forty-fivo in
all out of the forty-eight of the
Union.
LIQUOR MEN TOO CONFIDENT
Except for starting small and
easily handled backfires the liquor
people made no effort to counter the
progress of prohibition until the pas
sage of the Webb-Kenyon law. The
only movement within the trade to
meet some of tho most potent argu-ments-of
the "Drys" was represented
by tho Model License League, an or
ganization that roceived comparative
ly little support from the saloon in
terests, which never for a moment
believed that their power in politics
could bo ontirely overborne.
That this attitude has persisted to
the last is indicated by the fact that
the liquor intorests hoisted prices to
almost prohibitive altitudes last July,
and retained huge stocks In ware
houses. Those same stocks, which
now constitute a problem for the gov
ernment offlcials, who must guard
them in bonded- warehouses until
somo moans are found for disposing
of them, without violating the law
which forbids export, import and pos
session of liquor anywhere but in pri
vate homes.
Millions of gallons were hold, in
sp'to of the fact that other millions
wero exports, apparently in, anticipa
tion of a time when a reaction from
absoluto prohibition would afford an
outlet at huge profits. The hoped
for reaction failed to materalize dur-
be at tho expense' of your lifo later on
No matter what any one tells you If
you are not strong and well you owe
nJ? yurelf to make tho following
inS,t: Se0 how loner. you can work or
how far you can walk without becom
ing tired. Next take two five-erain
tablets of ordinary Nuxated Iron three
times per day after meals for two
weeks. Then test your strength again
and see for yourself how much you
have gained. You can talk as you
please about all tho wonders wrought
by ne- remedies, but when you come
down to hard facts there is nothing
like good old iron to put color in vour
cheeks and good sound, healthy flesh
on your bones. It is also a great nerve
and stomach strengthener and ono of
tho best blood builders in .the world.
The only trouble was that the old forms
of inorganic iron like tincture of iron,
iron acetate, etc., often ruined people's
teeth, upset their stomachs and were
noi assimuateu ana ror tneso reasons
they frequently did more harm than
good. But with the discovery of the
newer forms of organic Iron all this
has been overcome. Nuxated Iron, for
example, is pleasant to take, does not
injure the teeth and is almost Immedi
ately beneficial.
MANUFACTURI-US' NOTF: Nuxated Iron wh'ehl rccom
mended above Is not a secret remedy but one which is well
known to drnKjr'sts everywhere. Unlike the older Inorganic
Iron products It Is easily asiml'ated. and does not Inlute the
-teeth, mike them black, nor Uisct the stomach. The manu
facturers guarantee succesful and entirely sitlslartorv te
sulU to every purclnfer or they wll re'und yturmn-y. It
Is expensed by all eooddruwsts.Adv't.
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whereas, the proceeds fr$m a lifo insurance
policy will furnish ready money fqr tho im
mediate needs and the executors of the estate
can have time tcf dispose of the property to tho
best advantage.
Jhe cash value of a man's life to his family,
Rio earns but $1,000 a year, at age thirty-five
is over $14,000. No man would go without fire
insurance on that amount of property and yet
if ho carries no life insurance, he is forcing his
family to carry a risk for this amount unpro
tected. Why not transfer -this risk from the
family to
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