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MWOULD RETURN OF BEER MAKE |
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second of a |
series of six stories dealing with the present l
movement for the return of beer, a move- |
ment intensified by the recent elections. ‘
BY WILLIS THORNTON, NEA Service Writer
Suppose beer came back tomorrow ?
Would it bring jobs to millions? Would it bring
money piling into the U. S, Treagsury? Would it use
much _ol’ our tremendous farm crop surplus? Would
it kill off the racketeer? ;
‘) Theésa questions have only one honest anewer. And
that is. “Nobody knows!”
First in importance in these times are the jobs.
Very enthusiastic claims have been made. Augustus
A, (Budweiser) Busch says 1,250,000 men. The A.
¥. of L. estimates 1,500,000. Other estimates have
run up as high as 2,000,000 for the brewing and al
lied trades.
. Well, let’s see. In the last pre-prohibition census
year. 1914, about 80,060 men were employed in brew
w»ud roughly 150,000 in the retail trade (saloons,
bartencers, ete.) There were perhaps 16,000 in the
;W trades of bottles, corks. barrels, etc. Now that
m only a little more than 250,000 men working
at beer and brewing in 1914, ;
Ry D T e T g e B
. Of course the country is bigger now, but it is
also true that machinery has improved in brewing
as well 48 in so many other lines, and would replace
many of the jobs of 1914, Many states as such
,‘!qg.\ld ;fgmain dry even though national prohibition
ma‘hp‘llshcd, Nobody knows whnether the new
Whn of drinkers, whose taste has been edu-
W to the strong concoctions of the bootleg era,
gmfléfink as much beer ns their fathers did. - So
,i&}!:k_u;p. lot of optimism to bring the jobs above
a wlf millisn at most. and it might even fall as low
as the 1914 figure of 250,000,
EZ, A(a.ilist this ' gain, however, you must set off &
ik}mtl share of the speakeasy proprietors, bartenders.
__bootleggers, delivery boys, truckmen, hijackers, and
. _prohibition asents who have jobs umder the present
h;,llayb’é, vou don't like to think of some of those
f as jobs, but they are, and many of them would van
_ dsh If beer became legal. 'The federal government !
#amion has been arresting 60,000 a year, so you can
;?gels how many escape. The bootleg industry, fur
~ ther, is decentralized, has small unit production, is
g&atficient Tb'e organized brewery is centralized,
~ has big unit preduction, is most efficient.
~ ..Even that might be o _clear gain, because the jobs
”‘ uld be honest and legal and aboveboard. But that
88 a gain in the quality of jobs, not the quantity.
?"z point is that the expected gain in jobs through
& ‘beer apparently has been greatly exaggerated: nobody
ggi?kpows \Ynat the net gain in the number of jobs
;x;&l‘?fl}d i}% though the gain in conditions of those jobs
g"%gynqwiomme, : ;
. Now how übout money? The govermment, with
~'@ huge deficit, and running behind about a half bil-‘
_ "Non every year, needs money badly. Will beer bring
ik dn?
¥ 'Here there is general agreement that beer will
Jping the government a lot of money. But how
" much? The Association Against the Prohibition
,Amendment says a billlon a year, So does the New'
~Yprk FHotel Men's Association. John J. Raskob re
_ eontly estimated a billion a year, including ;llfl{f
Wines. The Investment Bankers' Association saye
- $750,000,000, : I e
~ln 1919, just before prohibition, the beer tax hac
~ been boosted to six dollars a barrel. Theé tax, by
r»’mm, is still in effect, mever having been repénled.
_At that rate. it is estimated that beer would bring
E»’ia some $300,000,000. There would be a saying ‘on
~ the millions being spent annually for enforcemen
ghflt it would bhe partially offset by the cxpense of
~ colléeting the new tax, On this basis one might
| estitnate $350,000,000 a year {75 per cent of thcl
_ ‘people find themsgelves living in states which allow
“them to have their beer.
it;&lie& would be further savings ih courts andl
- Jails. " Some 66 per cent of the federal prosecutions
i now liquor cases, with a corresponding propor
. tion of federal prisoners being supported in jail by
. dextes, A competent estimate places this savng to
. ithe féderal government at §4,000,000 every year for
- Jeare of prisoners alonme. Governor-clect Comstuck
- “of Michigan plans a wholesale pardon of Volstead act
~ ‘prisoners after he takes office, in view of the repu
~ diation of the dry law by the erstwhile “life ‘for a
m might perhaps ke hoosted to $lO a barrel |
’:‘fim $6, though of course it can’t be put too
* Bhigh or it leaves an opening wedge for the old-sash.
bootlegge:- or revenue-dodger. A $lO tax would
- "would boost the above total to over a. half billion
. yearly., ‘At $lO a barrel, the diinker would pay about
?a nts tax on a 10 cent pint bottle. All the “luxury
i Xes” passed by the last congress, however, fell
‘*‘”WQ ly below their estimates, and the beer tax
’i pight do the same. However, even a quarter of a
~,t"r @dollars a year is not to be sneezed at by any
A vernment,
Efi.lxhort, beer won’t balance the budget, but it
= “Would be a- big help. \
: ?}fifiildea that restored beer would be a big boon to
' “the farmer has been exploded. 'One of the talking
gg, used by the drys in persuading congress to
hfi ropose- national prohibition during the war was the
e menne saving of grain (11,000,000 loaves of bread
B Bay are going into the brewers’ vats, they cried).
Wweé know now that only about 2 per cent of the
fl_‘?:"fiflmry's grain went into brewing., That may have
%been important in the days of war-time shortage,
,ifiu‘t not now when farmers byrn their grain for fuel.
i Would legal beer eliminate!the racketeer? - Again.
E ‘twbody knows. It would certainly deal him a heavy
blow in places like Chicago and New , York where
she beer racket is organized 'on a huge scale. But
everal small brewers in Chicago have already 'de
;wlamd that the beer racketeer has such a big money
‘ ' Stake in his business that he isn’t going to give
® up without a bitter struggle. Al Capone's interests
,)_7;,: said o operate 38 breweries in Chicago right
& Probahly the biggset immediate effect on business
," from the huge sums brewers would have
‘fi,‘f 10 modernize plants which have lain idle,
“gnost. of them since 1920, “Replacements, buildings,
and new machinery have been completely estimated
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i _ANI that would help. The brewers’ big horses may
‘Pe gone forever, but some 50,000 motor trucks and
‘ft_s Iroad car§ would be needed to carry the
ofucts @oquftgl;od breweries. That would help.
ld’ get a big révemue, employmnt would be im-
THAT ABOMINABLE NUISANCE TAX
The last Congress, in its desperation to
‘balance the budget, ran wild in its efforts
|to tax everything in sight in order to hleed |
|the already tax burdened publie. 11l ad
|vised, no doubt, the committee scaned ev
}or_v corner and closet in the commercial
circles of the nation to find something on
|which they could impose a tax. Their ef
|{orts were not based on sound business
| principles nor were their methods of the
|character for success. Among the uifor
#tunate taxes that caused resentment on
;the part of the people was the inctease in
|postal rate and the tax on bank checks.
IThese two items alone have been singled
‘out by the public and reduced income!
'from the sale is quite noticeable. In fact,’
'the sale of letter postage has shown an
'alarming decrease. The business interestst
‘of the country was satisfied with the two,
jcent rate, but when Congress added an|
‘additional penny to letter postage, a fall
‘ing off in the sales of stamps has grown
serious, In fact, so much so, until it is ex
pected that Congress, during the ‘“lame
'duck” session will make an effort to re
store the old rate of postage—two cents.
Another tax that has never been popular
with the people is that of tax on bank
‘checks. Such a tax was tried out, a few
years ago, but soon it became so unpopu
lar with the people that that portion of
the tax act was repealed. Such taxes,
properly designated as ‘‘nusiance” taxes,
are inexcusable and bring little money
into the treasury. In other words, increas
ing prices on postage stamps and impos
ing a tax on bank checks is bordering on
taxing necessities, which in common, the
people resent.
Both items in the budget tax bill have
Leen a “nusiance’” instead of.a help to the
increase of revenues. The people of this
country are willing to support their gov
ernment through taxation, ,sbut they are
not willing to accept burdens placed on
necessities, Taxes are the only source of
revenue that municipalities, state and na
tion can draw on, but there should be a
limit to its effort. Spreading over every
imaginable item, exposed to view, and
cverlooking intangible property, the peo
ple are growing tired of sucuh narrow
sighted policies. That is° why merchants
and business men are delivering their mail
by hand instead of through the postof
fices and writing receipts for the with
drawal of money from banks instead of
‘writing checks and paying two cents on
leach check drawn.
The nusiance tax may have satisfied
Congressmen that they had accomplished
something worth while, but it is now rea
\lized that is not so easy to collect as it is
to impose. The wise thing for Congress
to do at its December session will be to re
peal the act forcing three cent postage
stamps on letters and the two cent tax on|
bank checks. That will satisfy the publie,
and at the same time produce increased
:ales in the postal department of the coun
ry.
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FEDERAL LAND BANKS
From statistics compiled by Harvie Jor
dan, well known statistician on f a r m
Jands and loans made on farms by the
Federal Land Bank, it is shown that with
in the last five years one million farm
owners in this cauntry have lost their
farms through forclosures of mortgages
by federal land banks. These figures are
startling, indeed, in that it has been un
derstood that this government bank was
following the policies of the government
as relates to granting moratoriums to for-|
eign countries for debts owed to the
United States borrowed for war purposes.
But such is not the case. When these loans|
|were made to the farmers of this country,l
'the price of land was at its peak and the
price for farm products was much higher
than they are now. With these adversities
falling to the iot of the farmer, it has been
impossible for him to meet his obligations,
consequently he has been sold out and
left without a vestige of resources on
which to build a come-back. Commenting
further on the condition of the farmer,
Mr. Jordan, says: l
- “The federal government has appropri-|
ated hundreds of millions of dollars with- |
in recent months to relieve banks oper
ating under receivership or weakened by
frozen assets, railroads, insurance com
panies and other lines of industry in this|
crucial period of depression.
“But nowhere has there been any defi-
I nite, concrete action taken by the govern
‘| ment for relief of the farm owners of the\
|lnation whose purchasing power and debt
paying capacity have been practically de
|stroyed by the unprecedented low market
prices for staple farm products.”
Such a conditidn “is inconceidable, es
| pecially being sponsored by the govern-
I ment. In some countries, the laws do not
l’ permit creditors to foreclose and sell a
‘{farmer’s homestead if obligations due by‘
.{the farmer cannot be paid at maturity. If
.{the reckless selling of farms is continugl
{by the government, Congress should im
-|mediately enact legislation that would not
-{only be prohibitive, but provide a way for!
;Ithe farmer to regain his land until condi
| tions improve. |
Ancient Antioch has a hippodrome big
enough to rank with present huge foot
ball stadiums. One has been unearthed on
the ruins of Antioch that is said to have
been able to hold 80,000 persons.
It requires more than a century for a
cedar tree to grow large enough to yield
a 30-foot telephone pole.
A ship's captain is empowered to con
duct a marriage ceremony on his boat if
the occasion arises.
Eighty thousand carrier pigeons were
used by Britain during the World War.
A whale’s skin varies from two inches
to two feet in thickness.
The Asyrian Sabbath is on Wednesday.
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DID IT EVER
OCCURTO YOU - -
A Little of Everything,
Not Much of Anything
BY HUGH ROWE
Judging from reports emi
nating from headquarters in
New York and from Albany,
w h e r e Governor Roosevelt
temporarily resides, the num
ber of applicants for appoint-
ments is something enormous.
From an inside soyrce, we are
told that Governor Roosevelt will|
not forget his friends in the south,
especially on local appointments.
However, it is a settled faer that
this section of the ngtion will" be
recognized with representation 1&}
the cabinet, of two members, anad’
one of these appointments will
‘!come to Georgia. That much hafi]
been agreed upon, but we ‘are not
!a; liberty to'so announce publie
ly the name of the appointee. ° -
Here in Athens there are a
number of prospective appli
cants for the postmastership
Some have commenced circu
lating petitions while others
are biding their time and ccn
ducting letted writing cam
paigns,
The term of the incumbent does
not expire for some time yet, but
it is possible, but not probable,
that when Governor Roosevelt en
ters office he may be pursuaded
to the take action. However, .it
is not usual for an incoming pres
ident to remove a postmaster, un
less there are charges of a serious
character preferred and ‘proved.
‘Then it would become obligatory
on the part of the president to re
’m-ove the incumbent and appoint
4 new postmaster, ‘
Such action is not likely to
occur in the postmastership
here. The present postmaster
has made good, and regardiess
of the change of administra
tion, he should be allowed to
serve out theiterm for, which
he was appointed, . = . |
He is a Republican, it is true,
but that should not be held
aglainst him as grounds for. re
moval during his term of office.
This may read like the writer
leans to the Republican party, but
not =O, politically * speaking. Our
interest ig only in justice to a man
who has made a splendid official
and treated the public alike irre
spective of party alignments. His
force of assistants are capable and
lthe cleverest group of public of
ficials with whom we have ever
come in contact. - Whether thesw
clerks and carriers are Republi
cans or Democrats, we are not in
formed, but we do know that they
are clever, accommodating and
capable. e
A citizen called on us a few
* days ago and asked if we
knew who were the candidates
for the postmastarship here.
We had to admit that we did
not, .
He then stated that there were
lseveral. and that he was surprised
' that we did not keep up with
INVITES YOU ALL to come to the Studios of
WTFI Wednesday night at 9:00 o’clock and
see our program broad;ast.
TO EVERYONE WHO COMES WE WILL
GIVE A 1933 CALENDAR.
things better. Well, guess he isl
Tight,>but to grind out two cold
umns of editorials for every issue
of the paper and then get up thirsl
column, keeps wus thinking and|
hammering on the typewriter for,
well, we will not say how many |
hours, but it requires hours any
way. '
Getting back to the list of |
candidate for the postotfice, l
there are several men and
one woman, at least. The woman
may surprise some of the |
candidates when the na:nes ane
being considered by the Civrl 1
Service Commission. ‘
. Among the names that we have|
been informed are ecandidates or|
are likely to become candidatesl
for the office, are, as they appeari
alphabetically: D. G. Anderson, L.!
E. Brooks, J. Audley Morton, '\Vil-|
lyiam J. Russell, John W. Welsh
‘and Mrs. ——— whose name we
are not ‘at liberty to use at this
&'rlting, but in mentioning the
mames of the next list of new as
pirants, it may be possible to use
her ' name. All the gentlemen
mentioned in conuection with the
postmastership are ecapable and
would fill the office with satisfac
tion to not only the publie, hut to
the officials in Washington. |
SEVEN YEARS AGO
November 16, 1925
Cotton: 19 3-8 cents,
Weather: Tair,
Lendon: The popular demand
for abolition of submarines ir the
wake of the tragic loss of the un
dersea monitor M-I, grew through
iout Britain Monday as parliament
convened for its early winter ses
sion. -
Hartford, Conn.: This section
was visited by another earthquake
Monday similar to one left here
Saturday.
Walter B. Hill, state supervisor
of schools, will deliver an address
here Tuesday morning in the
county ccurt house. .
New York, N. Y.: Fears that Is-!
abel Bennett, 15, a second cousin |
to the late President William G.l
Harding, has been kidnaped were
expresesd when she was reported
Monday to police as missing from
her home since Friday.
YOUNG MEN’S CLUB |
CITES CIVIC NEEDS
(Continuea from page one.)
and trade from Athens throughout
the nation,
If Athens had an adequate air
port, it could easily have an air
line, he continued. The Eastern
Air Transport company could be
interested in sending a route from
Atlanta through Athens to Green
ville, 8. C. Mr. St. John deplored
the fact that Athens which had
planes a few years after they were
invented by the Wright brothers
should be so isolated insofar as
the air 1s concerned.
“Ben Epps is one of the South’s
pioneer aviators; Ben, jr.,, is the
world's youngest pilot; the Epps
flying family has brought national
fame to the backward Athens air
field; noted pilots of the country,
including Edward Hamilton and
John Hodgson, members of the
Caterpillor club, Doug Davis and
BEER-CONSCIOUS!
Beeler Blevins, Atlanta act flyers.l
and others, have learned aviationl
here—and yet, Athens is years be
More Marked Down Prices
In Our Fire Shoe Sale
We Have Gone Through Our Stock and Slashed Prices Again, Giving You
Bigger Values Than Ever. Remember, These Shoes Were Not Damaged
by Fire or Water, and Are as Good as Ever—Only the Boxes Were Soiled
By Smoke!
HERE ARE ONLY A FEW OF THE MANY BARGAINS
:::?::ssozr?::ul::fil fBolfc;; ::i d;l.;(;‘.d. o $2085
Mamar's 05 10 810 Ol 4. -§1 95
Requiariy. $6.00 10,8780 at. 00, 189
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Our Entire Stock of Wolverine and Bona Allen’s Men’s Work Shoes;
‘lxig:elzrjioo to $6.00 ‘ $1 .75 to $3.45 |
Hundreds of Pairs of Shoes at Sensationally Low Prices!
Athens Shoe Co.
East Clayton Street Athens, Ga.
IT COULD HAPPEN
~ OCCASIONALLY IN
| A “BLUE MOON’ ,
Pt o e R R s
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By STAGE DOOR SNOOPER
A group of Athens leading bus?-
ness men were in a huddle on the
street corner.
“Do you really think”, one of
|them was - saying, “that Sherift
| Jackson looks like Clara Bow ?”’
“You’ll have to admit,” another
repiied, ‘“that he has it,”
“And who do you suppose will be
the girl with the million dollar
legs?” someone questioned .
“I know a candidate for the dol
ar ninety eight cent legs said,
l “Well,” said John Elliot “when 1t
lcbrhes to sex appeal, you boys
know me, -
l ‘“T heard”, said Dr. Birdsong that
'm to be the spinister school teach
er, and 1 don’t like the‘idea, I want
to. be the Age of Innocense.”
Now \%rhat, dear public, does this
mean? ‘The mayor was' ques-
Itioned and he replied “Its the
|change in the moon.”
“And wnat,” I asked, has that to
hind in something it began as a
rioneer,” he said.
The club agreed that the young
men of Athens should take a lead
in studying and introducing meth
ods of bettering this city., Those
taking part in the- discussion
were: Jack Rabun, of TLamar
Lewis company; Walter Burpee, of
the Banner-Herald; Hoyt Rolkert
son, of Lipscomb-Dearing-Hutch
ins; Joe Hartley, of Arnold and
Abney; Henry Rhodes, of the Citi
zens Southern Bank; Paul Moon,
of the Y. M. C. A, and. Edwin
Kellogg, landscape- architect.
A ’possum hunt was planned by
‘the eclub for next Tuesday night,
FOLKS! THE CROWDS SIMPLY STAMPEDED
US TODAY, THE OPENING DAY OF OUR
GREAT
Surpassing Our Greatest Hope - - - Even Out
doing the Opening Day of Qur Famous Anni
versary Sale - - - -
Which all goes to show that when the public is of
fered REAL BARGAINS they know it and they take
advantage of it.
Cur Entire Stock is New and Fresh! The Low Prices
are amazing. The Quality is up to our regular stand
ard of “BETTER BILT” Furniture. If you ever expect
to buy another piece of furniture, don’t let this Golden
Opportunity pass. Come in and scec what we are r:}::ir‘:g.
We Have Them All Wondering How We Do It
Customers and Competitors Alike.
BE_RNSTEIN BROS.
ETTER ILT
FURNITURE
WEDNESDAY.' NOVEMBER 16, 193>
do withiit?y :
, "W!Iyl valian‘se * things happe,
|Once a{) glué Maoon and they tey
Ime the moon will be blue the 17,
land 18th;
We &}ggd you our arm of pp,.
|t'ection‘“§r's3t‘érday but these 4
lnothing to prevent the announce,
ment of the cast. Read ‘em anq
weep!
Theyd say there i 8 a man who
{isn't in the show. He left town .y,
llé afraid to come home,
Vegetable are now being perp;.
‘ted to sour by the gallary gods i,
asc taking target practice in throy.
ing. .
They, say, the stars have even qe.
veloped temperament, the only oy.
The gentlgmen are now looking
for stage presence, The suhjec
caused | serious argument whep
‘some of them insisted that it come
in battled form.
. 86 far; they have about as mucy
poise as:a: jellyfish—But there are
two days left before¢ the storm ang
| much 'cam yet be accomplished.
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Thousands past 40, and many far
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Women’s Brown and Black Ties and 95
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Men's and Boys’ Regular $7.50 Black $1 85
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