THE YANKEE "WETS."

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 12072, 8 June 1920, Page 8

THE YANKEE "WETS."

LAST HOPE DESTROYED United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Received June 8, noon New York, June 7 The last hope of the "Wetp" has been destroyed by the decision of the United States Supreme Court, upholding constitutional prohibition. The decision means that the Volstead Act prohibiting the sale of any beverage containing one-half of one per cent or more of alcohol mast be enforced in every of whether that State has individually ratified the amendments to the State laws allowing the.alcoholic content as enacted in New Jersey, Wisconsin and Rhode Island. The nullified decision dispels the hope of the brewing interests that their properties could manufacture light beers and wines, ,The result is regarded as a complete victory for the prohibition forces, settling for all time the question of the legality of the Volstead amendment.