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PROHIBITION IN AMERICA. VOLSTEAD OPTIMISTIC FOR FUTURE. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT NEW YORK, Jan. 2. Speaking at St. Paul (Minnesota), Senator Volstead declared that prohibition enforcement had, during 1927, made one of the most remarkable gains in the history of the eighteenth amendment, and he expressed high hopes for the future. He asserted'that enforcement was becoming more effective because the people were less interested in the “wet” propaganda and were coming to a better understanding of the law itself. Ho said: “This is becoming more evident, since those opposed to prohibition have nothing to offer as a modification or substitute for the. present law. I am not worried about the repeal of the law; the people are not deceived by this sort of talk for they know that the repeal of the law would mean a return of the corner saloon.”
Ho declared that the wealth of the bootlegger is a public myth and stated that, with a few exceptions, they were not making money.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 4 January 1928, Page 5
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