“A PUBLIC MYTH”
WEALTH OF THE BOOTLEGGER MR. VOL,ST EADS VIEWS. REMARKABLE PROGRESS OF PROHIBITION LAST YEAR. i / OPPONENTS CAN OFFER NO SUBSTITUTE.
(United Press Assn.— Copyright.) NEW YORK, Jan. 2. Speaking at St. Paul, Minnesota, Mr. Volstead declared that prohibition enforcement during 1927 had made one of the most remarkable gains in the history of the Eighteenth Amendment, and) expressed: 4 lngffi hopes for the future. He asserted that the enforcement was becoming more effective because pieople were less interested in “wet” propaganda, and were corning to a better understanding of the Saw itself.
He said: “This is becoming more evident since those opposed to prohibition have nothing to oiler as a modification or substitute for the present law. I am not worried about the repeal of the law. People, are not deceived by this sort of talk. They know that the repeal of the law would mean the return of the corner saloon.”
He declared that the wealth of the bootlegger was a public myth, and stated that with a few exceptions thev were not making money. —A. and N.Z.C.A.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 10475, 4 January 1928, Page 5
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