LAWS ARE OPENLY VIOLATED
I want to say here, however, that not all the brewers are as black
as they are painted. There are some among them who are clean and
honest men who, bitterly resent the lawless methods of their colleagues.
Upon the request of the respectable element I have frequently
warned the brewers of the country that nothing could save their
industry unless they made up their minds to become law abiding
citizens and stop fooling the people.
I have warned them on many occasions that they had no right to
enlist the sympathy of the people as long as they persisted in
defying the laws enacted by the people, but my warnings fell upon
deaf ears.
What can cause greater hostility toward the brewers than the fact
that midnight closing and Sunday laws are openly violated with their
knowledge and connivance and that political influence and the liberal
use of money will gain them immunity from prosecution?
Has it not frequently been said that the "dough bags" of the brewers
control the courts and influence their decisions?
_"Absence of drunkenness, law and order, and the reduction of
crime to a minimum, have invariably followed the 'dry' wave"_