Despite the self-deception of fanatics and the baseless claims of enforcement officers who" have not yet been sent to join their former fellow-officers—630 in number—who have been dismissed from the ser-view for accepting bribes or being guilty of other corrupt practices, anti-prohibition sentiment is gather ing Zorce more rapidly than at any previous period since the adoption of the 18th Amendment, 'To this result. many things are contribute ing, the utter breakdown of the law, especially in the large centres. of population, being of course the principal.' In the city of New York, fort example, the closing (padlocking) of a Jarge number of re-able restaurants has had no arent effect upon the facility with which quar may be obtained, and the city is said to be "wetter" than ever before in its history.
Washington there was recently found en the person of a bootleg Jorities by which the bonus bill was j for a list of more than a thousand carried through Congress represent. reputable citizens who were custom ed both ps ties in about equal proers either of the bootlegger himself each party being atr id [or of his associates.
When there the other.
Moreover the next rose demand for the publication election will soe an unusually large the Hist (which the "wets" were number of cross currents in the more anxious to see published than political waters, many important were the "drys') the authorities questions pressing for settlement, replied that it had been "ost," so The Reduction of Taxation. damaging to the ensue of prohibi tion would its publication have Another great mistake, from the been. standpoint of sound finance, was Then the conviction and impri-the form in which the Finance Bill sonment for forgery of William H.
18 nally passed. Early in the Andersen, New York State Supersession the very able Secretary of intendent of the Anti-Saloon Leagus the Treasury, Mr. A. W. Mellon, and probably the best known ad-submitted to Congress a plan fo the reduction of taxation. In the vocate of prohibition in the entire country, gave the "antis" a much case of persons of moderate means relished opportunity to stot, as the proposed reduction was simpl was algo the ease when a member one of much-needed relief; but in of Congress called public attention the ense of large incomes it 08 to the fact that a certain xeprethat and something more.
The high taxes and surtaxes that came in sentative who never missed an opwith the war have had the effect portunity of voting for prohibition kad been on the floor of the House of ing thousands of persons with fin a state of intoxication, large neemes to invest in securities that are nontaxable, and to such fan extent has this been earvied that most say a sensation: created by President Nicholas Mur-it is estimated that the ional of Columbin University, Treasury has lost $400,000,000 lending his powerful year through the exemptions thus secured. Not only ea, but the hi ey 80 the movement for a lions of dollars thus invested ha modification of the prohibition law, aid declaring that from personal vestigation he was convinced that Inds cere tht" woud hav ben more profitable to, the aero favoured one.
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ment millions of dollars annual! tion of the prohibition law, it would Jove 11 states it might oloerwis# in the shape of taxation, have ben¢ fited labour, and stimulated industry and trade in innumerable directions.
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