Judge — October 21, 1922 — page 2: what you’re looking at

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~ throughout the XO MUCH ATTENTION was attracte i) country, by Jupee's stand in favor of legalizing Light Wines and Beers, in the interest of health, tem- perance, morality and law enforcement, that his readers will be interested in some few of the opinions expres by men of national prominence. American Bar, Hon. s follows: That famous member of the Austen G. Fox, wrote JubGE “Prohibition hi taste for alcoholic be difficult, or impractic never destroyed, or lessened, the human erages of some kind. It may make it ble, for the working-man to get his beer 1 drive him to the bootlegger’s whiskey. Mr. € ht in his assertion that the American working-man was not te, but, thus far, one result, and probably the of prohibition has b the bootlegger with and the e of wholesome beer. and si pmpers was intempe! greatest result, at” whiskey Lawful manufacture the bootlegger’s trade. In $ last week on prohibition, the Swe his nd wine would destroy where a vote was taken Premier is quoted as saying hibition might make Norway, thous prohibition has had to agree to import In Sweden the so-called Bratt “decreased country, wine. system of regulation has wife-beating and drunkenness more than fifty per cent since 1913, the year before — the ystem beca effective. i methods of the anti-saloon 4 league tended, for me time, to deter public men and private citi- n honest expression of The baleful influence of tion and of its very zens from opinion. that effective, though uninvite A the bootlegger, is at last app: jy “The fearless course now ta yo < I of so wide a circulation J 4 and so great a reputation, not only — a for humor, but for all-pervading common sense, as ‘Judge,’ may well be of controlling im- portance. For your act of true patriotism, done in ‘noble all who hate hypocrisy and sham will Very truly yours, (Signed) Austex G scorn of consequence, give unending thanks Any opinion expressed by Mr. Fox carries real weight because of his high standing as a member of the New York Bar and because of the unique experience which he gained it district attorney in prose- cuting New Y after the Lexow Com- mittee investigation. He is a former president of both the Harvard and City Clubs of New York City. -— Mr. Sern Low wired: “Please accept my heartiest congratulations on your stand in egard to light wines and beer. This is a matter of gt national importance and your leadership: should do much to bring about a modification of our present unjust and iniqui- tous law al former congressman from New Yor A f the Gold Democrats in the 56th Congress, LutiGe and first to introduce the Reserve Bank Bill, wired: e you for the stand you have tal for American citizens to ul; t liquors on light wines and ma Between Ourselves exercise their right of freedom and independence. Hope you, will urge proper nominations to congress as law would never have passed if New York delegation was present.” se N Tinknam, Congressman from Hox. George Houp Massachusetts, wrote: “Tt was extremely pleasing to me to be informed that you and your very valued publication are joining with th who, with ican blood, resent and will fight ance and organized minority domin- and its institutions in whatsoever form every drop of their Am despotism, ty ie could go on quoting page after page of strong letters from leaders in American life who endorse his stand with equal enthusiasm. - Some day the fact will dawn on the poor, ignorant reform fanaties that they have jumped from the frying pan into the ve that they now the tools of a the bootleggers, x serving well the _— bootleggers’ game. Pe Here's another type of letter from a_ splendid woman in Man- chester, Ohio: “Dear Judge: \ short time I had almost for- gotten how to smile so immersed was I in the vast task of earning a living and being mother and father both to my little son. . one day, I was standing by the m ne counter in our boo! nee turned over the pages of JunGe. liately I became interested in one of the funny then another, and another, until I had exhausted whole of the supply of interesting things it contains store when I by ¢ Imm nee then I have been a JupGe enthusiast Ss Hy did Ti ur editorial a few weeks publish Jupce. It has pretty well succeeded in ¢ from a pessimist to an optimist.” go, why you anging me a letter means to You can well imagine what such of real how overjoyed he was at such evidence -omplishment. ao And in’ the mail was another from Camden, Arkansas: same “Dear Jepar:—You're simply the best ever and T find you real diversion. Your humor is of a versatile variety and easily excels all others.” Thanks, kindly! - Oh, yes, the picture up above?—why that’s John ping Held, Jr., bound for the rodeo and incidentally s rth Ameri es, he’s sketching as he goes and shortly in JupGE, you'll see the results. Don't miss them! JUDGE f March 3) 1879. $5.00 Se? Went tid Street York City NY. ander, Ae W's Green, Seor Pont-Offlce at Ni hd MeDont comichooks.ceim 1be & coy yw York, ¥ N