Prohibition In The 1920's
The year is 1923, and the production, consumption, and sale of alcohol in the U.S. has been illegal ever since the prohibition movement successfully persuaded Congress to ratify the eighteenth amendment,three years ago. Mr. John Krause, an antiprohibitionist, is presenting this speech to the U.S. House of Representatives in order to convince them to abolish prohibition. Prohibition
Somewhere in the Bible it says,” If thy right hand offend thee, cut it off.” I used to think this point of view was extremely radical, until I learned of the prohibitionist’s interpretation; What? Cut off my own hand because it offends me? Why should I be the only one to lose their hand? Let’s get rid of all ...
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taxes. Part of this money, once intended for the government to spend on schools and roads, now falls into the hands of bootleggers, who are illegally smuggling alcohol into the U.S. The remainding funds are given in forms of bribes to local officials so they can look the other way as bootleggers smuggle their contraband through state lines. Not only do public officials accomadate the illegal smuggling of acohol, but the Treasury department does also. The bootlegging industry has created a demand for bills of unusually large denominations. In 1922, two-hundred and eighty-seven million dollars worth of ten-thousand dollar bills were issued. Ask yourself what kind of buisness man deals in ten-thousand dollar bills. Definitely not an honest one. These large bills were not used to pay the salaries of hard working factory workers or ministers. These bills, produced by the Treasury department, are the same bills that are financing the illegal smuggling of alcohol. An important part of our ...
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crime in the U.S. With the increase of organized crime, competition between gangsters has escalated violence levles, in the streets of majors cities, to an all time high. News of gang shoot-outs, competing for new territory, can be found on the front page of almost every newspaper in the country. Prohibition, promising to lead this country from temptation, has delivered it to evil. This is why we need amend the eighteenth amendment; in order to eleminate the organized crime and violence, it causes, from the streets of our great nation. The Federal Council of Churches, which is in favor of prohibition, bases its support on four fundamental considerations. ”The conviction that no plan ...
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