1920s prohibition

TIME Special Edition May 1922 “Prohibition”

Table Of Contents How has Prohibition helped or Harmed America?................………………..3 Alcohol in the 1920’s…………………………....…………………..................4 Organized Crime in the 1920’s...................................................................5 Organized Crime in the 1920’s (b).............................................................6 Organized Crime in the 1920’s (c).............................................................7 How is Organized Crime Hurting Americans?.............................................8 How is Organized Crime Hurting Americans? (b)........................................9 How is Organized Crime Hurting Americans? (c)......................................10 Should the United States Repeal Prohibiton?...........................................11 Should the United States Repeal Prohibiton? (b).....................................12 Should the United States Repeal Prohibiton? (c).....................................13 Why do you Support the “Wets” or the “Drys”- Why?..............................14 Why do you Support the “Wets” or the “Drys”- Why? (b).........................15 Why do you Support the “Wets” or the “Drys”- Why? (c).........................16 Bibliography……………………………………………………………….…...17

How has Prohibition helped or harmed America?

Prohibition, as it stands today, has harmed America and American citizens significantly.

It has exponentially risen rates in crime, caused government corruption, and has split the country into two opposing groups, the “wets”, those who opposed prohibition, and the “drys”, those who supported prohibition.

America is split in two. 63% of Americans supported the “drys”. 37% of Americans supported the “wets”. “Drys” wanted to use the grain used to make beer to make other feeds.

They also thought that they didn’t need alcohol.

The “wets” wanted freedom of alcohol and the right to have it. Both sides would protest and protest until eventually the “drys” won. In the early 20s, prohibition was the 18th amendment.

Since prohibition started, the alcohol use has only gone up. Bootleggers, speakeasies, and all other illegal activity has only gone up as well.

The consumption of alcohol has nearly doubled in the last decade.

It's not just criminals that are drinking, it’s everyday people. Your parents are probably sippin’ on a cold one as we speak. Is that illegal?

Yes, but nobody is doing anything about it, including law enforcement. I think that prohibition has helped America with one small thing, and that is to never try to enforce the 18th amendment ever again. I think that in the long run it is a bad thing just because of the amount of deaths that was brought upon by violent crime which was brought on by prohibition.

It's not just criminals that are drinking, From the start of prohibition, it has made organized crime (such as gangs) rates rise exponentially. All of the different gangsters, such as Lucky Luciano, Al Capone, Johnny Torrio and more have split Chicago into syndicates that they control and are corrupting the government. This is one of many reasons why prohibition is harming America. Another reason organized crime is hurting America is that it spawns waves of violence that hurt innocent people. This usually happens outside of speakeasies since they would both want to sell illegal alcohol to speakeasies but only one of them would get the chance, a good example of this would be the Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre, where people from Al Capone’s gang dressed as police officers and fake arrested members of George Moran’s gang, and then when their guards were down, the members of Al Capone’s gang shot them dead with Thompson machine guns.

With rising rates in crime, this goes hand and hand with government corruption. When gangsters racketeer illegal alcohol, they pay local police officers to “look the other way”, so they can continue making millions of dollars in an illegal business. Samuel H. Church, president of Carnegie Institute says in his essay “The Paradise of the Ostrich”, the government has it’s “head in the sand” and believes if they can’t see what's happening around them, then it doesn’t exist. The Government creating the 18th Amendment also created a business that dispenses more or less poisoned liquor and debauches youth and age, and that they don’t have to pay taxes on.

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TIME Special Edition May 1922 “Prohibition”

Table Of Contents How has Prohibition helped or Harmed America?................………………..3 Alcohol in the 1920’s…………………………....…………………..................4 Organized Crime in the 1920’s...................................................................5 Organized Crime in the 1920’s (b).............................................................6 Organized Crime in the 1920’s (c).............................................................7 How is Organized Crime Hurting Americans?.............................................8 How is Organized Crime Hurting Americans? (b)........................................9 How is Organized Crime Hurting Americans? (c)......................................10 Should the United States Repeal Prohibiton?...........................................11 Should the United States Repeal Prohibiton? (b).....................................12 Should the United States Repeal Prohibiton? (c).....................................13 Why do you Support the “Wets” or the “Drys”- Why?..............................14 Why do you Support the “Wets” or the “Drys”- Why? (b).........................15 Why do you Support the “Wets” or the “Drys”- Why? (c).........................16 Bibliography……………………………………………………………….…...17

How has Prohibition helped or harmed America?

Prohibition, as it stands today, has harmed America and American citizens significantly.

It has exponentially risen rates in crime, caused government corruption, and has split the country into two opposing groups, the “wets”, those who opposed prohibition, and the “drys”, those who supported prohibition.

America is split in two. 63% of Americans supported the “drys”. 37% of Americans supported the “wets”. “Drys” wanted to use the grain used to make beer to make other feeds.

They also thought that they didn’t need alcohol.

The “wets” wanted freedom of alcohol and the right to have it. Both sides would protest and protest until eventually the “drys” won. In the early 20s, prohibition was the 18th amendment.

Since prohibition started, the alcohol use has only gone up. Bootleggers, speakeasies, and all other illegal activity has only gone up as well.

The consumption of alcohol has nearly doubled in the last decade.

It's not just criminals that are drinking, it’s everyday people. Your parents are probably sippin’ on a cold one as we speak. Is that illegal?

Yes, but nobody is doing anything about it, including law enforcement. I think that prohibition has helped America with one small thing, and that is to never try to enforce the 18th amendment ever again. I think that in the long run it is a bad thing just because of the amount of deaths that was brought upon by violent crime which was brought on by prohibition.

It's not just criminals that are drinking, From the start of prohibition, it has made organized crime (such as gangs) rates rise exponentially. All of the different gangsters, such as Lucky Luciano, Al Capone, Johnny Torrio and more have split Chicago into syndicates that they control and are corrupting the government. This is one of many reasons why prohibition is harming America. Another reason organized crime is hurting America is that it spawns waves of violence that hurt innocent people. This usually happens outside of speakeasies since they would both want to sell illegal alcohol to speakeasies but only one of them would get the chance, a good example of this would be the Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre, where people from Al Capone’s gang dressed as police officers and fake arrested members of George Moran’s gang, and then when their guards were down, the members of Al Capone’s gang shot them dead with Thompson machine guns.

With rising rates in crime, this goes hand and hand with government corruption. When gangsters racketeer illegal alcohol, they pay local police officers to “look the other way”, so they can continue making millions of dollars in an illegal business. Samuel H. Church, president of Carnegie Institute says in his essay “The Paradise of the Ostrich”, the government has it’s “head in the sand” and believes if they can’t see what's happening around them, then it doesn’t exist. The Government creating the 18th Amendment also created a business that dispenses more or less poisoned liquor and debauches youth and age, and that they don’t have to pay taxes on.

3

Alcohol in the 1920’s As you know, prohibition was put in place not too long ago...and there is a definite change, but it is for the better or the worse? The consumption of alcohol, organized crime, and lawlessness, is all on the rise. All because of prohibition. What are we going to do about all of this crime? We all need to find a way to stop this, one way or another.

Since the 18th Amendment was put in order on January 29, 1919, the alcohol consumption has only gone up. But that also means that crime has only gone up too, because any and all alcohol is illegal.

Doctors all over the country are prescribing pretty much anybody with the ability to drink alcohol for medical reasons, like for their nerves. Most of us Americans are law abiding, but most every day people do not have any problem with going to a speakeasy and having a few drinks, or even getting drunk. Herbert Hoover says that prohibition is an experiment “noble in motive.” The New York Times stated that there is more drinking than ever before!

Not only is the amount of alcohol consumption going up, but the amount of organized crime is going up too! The St. Valentine's Day Massacre for example. We all know that Al Capone is a no good murderer, and the massacre supports exactly that. On February 13th of 1929, Al Capone made a fake phone call to a rival gang saything that a shipment was in, but it was a trap… On Valentine’s day, the rival gang was getting the shipment, the gang was not scared, because they were use to police activity. But what they didn’t know, was that the “police”, were Al Capone’s people. All of Al Capone’s people killed the rival gang, it was a bloodbath. All of this happened just because of prohibition, because if prohibition was not in place, they would not be fighting over liquor.

Lawlessness was also on the rise. Many are forming speakeasies, which are illegal liquor joints. The police do not have enough bodies to stop these small problems, because they are focused on the violent crime. There are also many people that are bootlegging (smuggling beer). Because the price on alcohol was so high, the average person is going over to Canada or Mexico, and buying liquor. Then they are bringing it back over here, and selling it for almost five times the profit.

The 18th amendment needs to be looked at harshly, is it really doing what it is suppose to be doing?

Or is it just making things worse? The lawlessness, consumption of alcohol, and violent crime, needs to stop!

4

Political Cartoon Quinten Eberly

5

Organized Crime in the 1920’s Quinten Eberly

Al Capone, Johnny Torrio, mobsters,

Another type of organized crime that has come

racketeers, and syndicates are all so powerful

out of organized crime is racketeering. What

right now because of prohibition. If prohibition

happens is the racketeers infiltrate the labor

didn’t exist, there wouldn’t be as many gang

unions and threaten the members and make them

wars because none of the gangs would have

pay protection money to the very same mobsters

enough money to buy all of the Thompson

that are threatening them. Then, since the labor

submachine guns that they have, and nobody

unions were losing money to the racketeers, they

would be able to buy off the police. If nobody

would raise the membership price to get into the

could buy off the police, then the city would be

union. Then, people want to get into the labor

run better because there would be no corruption,

unions in order to not be attacked, and the unions

and this is why prohibition is the worst idea that

make more money, which the mobsters then take

the country has ever had.

away from them.

Gang wars are one terrible thing that has

Syndicates are like towns in a state for

been caused by prohibition. They tear up the city

gangs to control. When prohibition just started

and destroy people’s safety, the police

out, Johnny Torrio had this great idea to turn

can’t/don’t help because they either have been

Chicago into his own kingdom. He divided the

paid off by the gangsters that are in the war, or

city into different syndicates that were all

don’t have the guns required to stop the

controlled by different gangsters. There is not a

gangsters that are fighting. The gangsters have

part of Chicago that isn’t controlled by some

Thompson submachine guns and the police have

kind of gangster. But what’s starting to happen is

six-shooters. Six-shooters are much slower

the gangsters are starting to backstab each other

shooting and lighter than Thompson submachine

and Johnny Torrio was killed. Now the

guns. The police can’t go in against the

Valentine's Day Massacre has just passed and

gangsters.

that seems to have been the peak of the fighting.

Chicago is still controlled by gangs and I don’t

6

Organized crime in the 1920’s Quinten Eberly

know when that will ever end. Prohibition is the only reason that all of these things are happening and if we want to do anything about it, we have to stand up to

Al Capone

the government and get our beer back. The gangs and mobsters are destroying the country and prohibition is the only reason behind it. Prohibition needs to be gone!

Charles “Lucky” Luciano

Johnny Torrio

7

How Is Organized Crime Hurting Ryan Leiffert Americans?

First we have to know what caused all of this

If organized crime continues to grow and get more

organized crime. Everyone who wasn’t born

and more powerful, your home or neighborhood can

yesterday knows that there’s always been crime, but

be ruined by all of the violence that it brings with it

never near as badly as it is now in the 1920s. The

and no one will want to be a policeman and protect

answer isn’t too complicated either. Prohibition is

you or anyone anymore because the death rate for

what’s causing it. Ever since the 18th amendment

policer will go way up and no one will have the

(Prohibition) was passed, criminals saw the huge

courage to stand up to gangsters. This brings me to

amounts of money that could be made by smuggling

my next point of why the policeman jobs will

alcohol into the U.S. so they started selling illegal

disappear. Since the gangs are becoming so rich that

alcohol to places known as “Speakeasies” which I’m

almost every gangster has an M1927, also know as a

sure almost everyone is familiar with since they’re so

Tommy Gun or the Chicago Typewriter because of

popular now. These places are what replace all of the

the huge use in Chicago and the fast clicking sound

old bars and saloons when they were shut down by

similar to the sound of a typewriter, and some even

the government. All of these speakeasies are very

had the M1918 also know as the B.A.R. made by

common places for gang fights to go down today

Browning. There was not a single police officer that

since many organized crime gangs want to sell

could stand up against fire power like this while they

alcohol to these places and they can’t both sell their

had something like a browning M1911. No police

illegal alcohol to the same speakeasy at the same

force had the budget to buy something like an M1927

time, so naturally, fights break out. The biggest

or a B.A.R. rifle.

organized crime gang today is Al “Scarface” Capone.

Everyone know he’s one of the richest guys around, but not very many people know why. Luckily I do and I’m going to explain to you why.

8

How Is Organized Crime Hurting Americans?

Ryan Leiffert My final point is that this will hurt business. If these

In conclusion, these problems could be very far off

massively rich crime lords continue to get more and

and very unlikely since there are so many things that

more rich, this could create a monopoly in the

could get in the way of these paths. Although if

business world. This could happen through the

organized crime continues on the path it is on right

business of illegally smuggling or selling alcohol

now those ideas could be possible unless America

becomes so big that those huge bootlegging

appeals the 18th Amendment.

businesses like Al Capone’s gang could easily buy out tons of other businesses and control huge companies and make even more money until eventually these organized crime gangs become huge powers in America.

9

Creative Product

Ryan Leiffert

10

Should the United States Repeal Prohibition?

Prohibition, National Disaster

By Sierra Frost

Writer H.L Mencken stated,”All that the The United States of America should

prohibitionists have accomplished by their holy

repeal prohibition because of the rise of mass

crusade is to augment vastly the number of

organized crime, along with the cons of

boozers in the United States, and to convert the

prohibition outweighing the positives, and

trade in alcohol, once a lawful business, into a

because the government is not applying the law

criminal racket.” Mass organized crime isn’t the

as it was intended.

only con of the prohibition.

The prohibition is causing mass

The cons outweigh the positives in

organized crime, from Al Capone in Chicago to

prohibition. Prohibition was popular when the law

“Machine Gun Kelly” in Nashville,Tennessee. A

first went into effect, but now it’s growing

great deal of this lawbreaking is related to

increasingly unpopular, in which an increasing

prohibition, like bootlegging, which is to

percentage of citizens are now refusing to

manufacture, sell, or transport illegal liquor. This

uphold the law. Government officials are

added with racketeering, engaging in dishonest

becoming corrupt, willing to condone

and fraudulent business dealings. Gangsters

lawlessness, along with looking the other way to

realize that there are millions to be made from

illegal racketting.

illegal liquor, hijack each others liquors, and pay police to look the other way and intimidate speakeasy owners into buying their booze.

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The positives are few, such that the The Government is applying the law as it was investment of wage workers in the shares of intended. Samuel H.Church, president of the corporations is increasing so rapidly that all Carnegie Institute, in his essay of “The statistics are out of date, along with a new Paradise of the Ostrich”, compares the standards of living, which are 19 cents higher government to an ostrich with its head in the when prohibition arrived. But with the sand, believing that if they don’t see what's corrupted government, the increasing numbers going on around them, then it doesn’t exist. of gangs and gang violence, and increasing Government created a business worth numbers of illegal activity all due to prohibition, hundreds of millions, pays no tax, dispenses the pros are heavily outweighed by the more or less poisoned liquors, debauches cons.Along with all these cons, the youth and age. The amendment should have government is corrupt and not applying the been able to change with the views of the law. people, and given congress the power to legislate for it.

In conclusion, prohibition should be repealed because it’s causing mass organized People protesting to repeal prohibition

crime, the cons outweigh the positives in prohibition, and the government isn’t applying the law as it was intended.

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Who Do You Support, The “Wets” Or The “Drys” - Why? Another reason the “drys” support

You understand the significance of “drying up”

prohibition is for sobriety. “Drys” think that the

this nation Koryn Neely

need for sobriety is needed for the army. People need to be clean of alcohol to fight. Some

There are two sides to prohibition: the “drys” (those who support prohibition) and the “wets” (those who oppose prohibition). The “drys

women will not kiss men’s lips that have touched liquor.

The main reason to support the “drys” is

thought that they didn’t need alcohol. The “wets”

the outcomes. One good thing, more food is

thought they should have the freedom of it.

made for people in the war or people in need.

There are many reasons to support the “drys”, all

One bad thing is it brings out speakeasies, and

in which are important. The 18th amendment

they needed to hire more police officers out on

says it is illegal to sell and consume alcohol.

the streets. It also brings out organized crime.

One reason that the “drys” want

Supporting the “drys” is important. It

prohibition is more food. The grain used to make

makes food for needy and soldiers. It keeps

beer and liquor can be used to make bread and

sobriety in the USA. It keeps peace, and people

other foodstuffs. They think the food can be

aren’t drunk.

made for people in the war, or for people in need.

The “drys” protesting 14

Picture of “wets” protesting for beer

Picture of beer going in the sewers

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No speakeasies! Consumption of alcohol is ILLEGAL! Do you really want to go against the law?

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bIBLIOGRAPHY Quinten Eberly

Sierra Frost

Charles "Lucky" Luciano. Digital image. Wikipedia. Wikipedia, n.d.

Web. 25 Oct. 2016.

Hanson, Erica. The 1920s. San Diego, CA: Lucent, 1999. Print.

Johnny Torrio. Digital image. Den of Geek. Den of Geek, n.d. Web. 25 Oct. 2016.

O'neal, Michael J. America in the 1920s. New York City: Facts On File, 2006. Print.

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About.com, n.d. Web. 25 Oct. 2016.

N.d. Prohibition | United States History[1920-19300]. Web. 25 Oct. 2016. <https://www.britannica.com/event/ProhibitionUnited-States-history-1920-1933>.

N.d. 14 Anti-prohibition PicturesCartoons,postcards, and Protests. Web. 27 Oct. 2016. <http://twentytwowords.com/14-anti-prohibitionpictures-%E2%80%94-cartoons-postcards-andprotests/>.

Church, Samuel Harden. "The Paradise of the Ostrich." The North American Review 221.827 (1925): 625-31. Print. ancey, Diane. Life during the Roaring Twenties.

San Diego, CA: Lucent, 2002. Print.

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U.S.A. 1920s. Danbury, CT: Grolier, 2005. Print.

Ryan Leiffert

Works Cited Bowen, Ezra, ed. This Fabulous Century, 1920-1930. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life, 1969. Print.

Hanson, Erica. "A Cultural History of the United States Through the Decades - The 1920s (A Cultural History of the United States Through the Decades Series)." 1560065524. Lucent Books, 01 Jan. 1998. Web. 28 Oct. 2016.

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Pietrusza, David The Roaring Twenties San Diego, CA: Lucent, 1998.

Print.

From Boom To Bust 1920-1929

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Alcohol in the 1920’s As you know, prohibition was put in place not too long ago...and there is a definite change, but it is for the better or the worse? The consumption of alcohol, organized crime, and lawlessness, is all on the rise. All because of prohibition. What are we going to do about all of this crime? We all need to find a way to stop this, one way or another.

Since the 18th Amendment was put in order on January 29, 1919, the alcohol consumption has only gone up. But that also means that crime has only gone up too, because any and all alcohol is illegal.

Doctors all over the country are prescribing pretty much anybody with the ability to drink alcohol for medical reasons, like for their nerves. Most of us Americans are law abiding, but most every day people do not have any problem with going to a speakeasy and having a few drinks, or even getting drunk. Herbert Hoover says that prohibition is an experiment “noble in motive.” The New York Times stated that there is more drinking than ever before!

Not only is the amount of alcohol consumption going up, but the amount of organized crime is going up too! The St. Valentine's Day Massacre for example. We all know that Al Capone is a no good murderer, and the massacre supports exactly that. On February 13th of 1929, Al Capone made a fake phone call to a rival gang saything that a shipment was in, but it was a trap… On Valentine’s day, the rival gang was getting the shipment, the gang was not scared, because they were use to police activity. But what they didn’t know, was that the “police”, were Al Capone’s people. All of Al Capone’s people killed the rival gang, it was a bloodbath. All of this happened just because of prohibition, because if prohibition was not in place, they would not be fighting over liquor.

Lawlessness was also on the rise. Many are forming speakeasies, which are illegal liquor joints. The police do not have enough bodies to stop these small problems, because they are focused on the violent crime. There are also many people that are bootlegging (smuggling beer). Because the price on alcohol was so high, the average person is going over to Canada or Mexico, and buying liquor. Then they are bringing it back over here, and selling it for almost five times the profit.

The 18th amendment needs to be looked at harshly, is it really doing what it is suppose to be doing?

Or is it just making things worse? The lawlessness, consumption of alcohol, and violent crime, needs to stop!

4

Political Cartoon Quinten Eberly

5

Organized Crime in the 1920’s Quinten Eberly

Al Capone, Johnny Torrio, mobsters,

Another type of organized crime that has come

racketeers, and syndicates are all so powerful

out of organized crime is racketeering. What

right now because of prohibition. If prohibition

happens is the racketeers infiltrate the labor

didn’t exist, there wouldn’t be as many gang

unions and threaten the members and make them

wars because none of the gangs would have

pay protection money to the very same mobsters

enough money to buy all of the Thompson

that are threatening them. Then, since the labor

submachine guns that they have, and nobody

unions were losing money to the racketeers, they

would be able to buy off the police. If nobody

would raise the membership price to get into the

could buy off the police, then the city would be

union. Then, people want to get into the labor

run better because there would be no corruption,

unions in order to not be attacked, and the unions

and this is why prohibition is the worst idea that

make more money, which the mobsters then take

the country has ever had.

away from them.

Gang wars are one terrible thing that has

Syndicates are like towns in a state for

been caused by prohibition. They tear up the city

gangs to control. When prohibition just started

and destroy people’s safety, the police

out, Johnny Torrio had this great idea to turn

can’t/don’t help because they either have been

Chicago into his own kingdom. He divided the

paid off by the gangsters that are in the war, or

city into different syndicates that were all

don’t have the guns required to stop the

controlled by different gangsters. There is not a

gangsters that are fighting. The gangsters have

part of Chicago that isn’t controlled by some

Thompson submachine guns and the police have

kind of gangster. But what’s starting to happen is

six-shooters. Six-shooters are much slower

the gangsters are starting to backstab each other

shooting and lighter than Thompson submachine

and Johnny Torrio was killed. Now the

guns. The police can’t go in against the

Valentine's Day Massacre has just passed and

gangsters.

that seems to have been the peak of the fighting.

Chicago is still controlled by gangs and I don’t

6

Organized crime in the 1920’s Quinten Eberly

know when that will ever end. Prohibition is the only reason that all of these things are happening and if we want to do anything about it, we have to stand up to

Al Capone

the government and get our beer back. The gangs and mobsters are destroying the country and prohibition is the only reason behind it. Prohibition needs to be gone!

Charles “Lucky” Luciano

Johnny Torrio

7

How Is Organized Crime Hurting Ryan Leiffert Americans?

First we have to know what caused all of this

If organized crime continues to grow and get more

organized crime. Everyone who wasn’t born

and more powerful, your home or neighborhood can

yesterday knows that there’s always been crime, but

be ruined by all of the violence that it brings with it

never near as badly as it is now in the 1920s. The

and no one will want to be a policeman and protect

answer isn’t too complicated either. Prohibition is

you or anyone anymore because the death rate for

what’s causing it. Ever since the 18th amendment

policer will go way up and no one will have the

(Prohibition) was passed, criminals saw the huge

courage to stand up to gangsters. This brings me to

amounts of money that could be made by smuggling

my next point of why the policeman jobs will

alcohol into the U.S. so they started selling illegal

disappear. Since the gangs are becoming so rich that

alcohol to places known as “Speakeasies” which I’m

almost every gangster has an M1927, also know as a

sure almost everyone is familiar with since they’re so

Tommy Gun or the Chicago Typewriter because of

popular now. These places are what replace all of the

the huge use in Chicago and the fast clicking sound

old bars and saloons when they were shut down by

similar to the sound of a typewriter, and some even

the government. All of these speakeasies are very

had the M1918 also know as the B.A.R. made by

common places for gang fights to go down today

Browning. There was not a single police officer that

since many organized crime gangs want to sell

could stand up against fire power like this while they

alcohol to these places and they can’t both sell their

had something like a browning M1911. No police

illegal alcohol to the same speakeasy at the same

force had the budget to buy something like an M1927

time, so naturally, fights break out. The biggest

or a B.A.R. rifle.

organized crime gang today is Al “Scarface” Capone.

Everyone know he’s one of the richest guys around, but not very many people know why. Luckily I do and I’m going to explain to you why.

8

How Is Organized Crime Hurting Americans?

Ryan Leiffert My final point is that this will hurt business. If these

In conclusion, these problems could be very far off

massively rich crime lords continue to get more and

and very unlikely since there are so many things that

more rich, this could create a monopoly in the

could get in the way of these paths. Although if

business world. This could happen through the

organized crime continues on the path it is on right

business of illegally smuggling or selling alcohol

now those ideas could be possible unless America

becomes so big that those huge bootlegging

appeals the 18th Amendment.

businesses like Al Caponeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gang could easily buy out tons of other businesses and control huge companies and make even more money until eventually these organized crime gangs become huge powers in America.

9

Creative Product

Ryan Leiffert

10

Should the United States Repeal Prohibition?

Prohibition, National Disaster

By Sierra Frost

Writer H.L Mencken stated,”All that the The United States of America should

prohibitionists have accomplished by their holy

repeal prohibition because of the rise of mass

crusade is to augment vastly the number of

organized crime, along with the cons of

boozers in the United States, and to convert the

prohibition outweighing the positives, and

trade in alcohol, once a lawful business, into a

because the government is not applying the law

criminal racket.” Mass organized crime isn’t the

as it was intended.

only con of the prohibition.

The prohibition is causing mass

The cons outweigh the positives in

organized crime, from Al Capone in Chicago to

prohibition. Prohibition was popular when the law

“Machine Gun Kelly” in Nashville,Tennessee. A

first went into effect, but now it’s growing

great deal of this lawbreaking is related to

increasingly unpopular, in which an increasing

prohibition, like bootlegging, which is to

percentage of citizens are now refusing to

manufacture, sell, or transport illegal liquor. This

uphold the law. Government officials are

added with racketeering, engaging in dishonest

becoming corrupt, willing to condone

and fraudulent business dealings. Gangsters

lawlessness, along with looking the other way to

realize that there are millions to be made from

illegal racketting.

illegal liquor, hijack each others liquors, and pay police to look the other way and intimidate speakeasy owners into buying their booze.

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The positives are few, such that the The Government is applying the law as it was investment of wage workers in the shares of intended. Samuel H.Church, president of the corporations is increasing so rapidly that all Carnegie Institute, in his essay of “The statistics are out of date, along with a new Paradise of the Ostrich”, compares the standards of living, which are 19 cents higher government to an ostrich with its head in the when prohibition arrived. But with the sand, believing that if they don’t see what's corrupted government, the increasing numbers going on around them, then it doesn’t exist. of gangs and gang violence, and increasing Government created a business worth numbers of illegal activity all due to prohibition, hundreds of millions, pays no tax, dispenses the pros are heavily outweighed by the more or less poisoned liquors, debauches cons.Along with all these cons, the youth and age. The amendment should have government is corrupt and not applying the been able to change with the views of the law. people, and given congress the power to legislate for it.

In conclusion, prohibition should be repealed because it’s causing mass organized People protesting to repeal prohibition

crime, the cons outweigh the positives in prohibition, and the government isn’t applying the law as it was intended.

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Who Do You Support, The “Wets” Or The “Drys” - Why? Another reason the “drys” support

You understand the significance of “drying up”

prohibition is for sobriety. “Drys” think that the

this nation Koryn Neely

need for sobriety is needed for the army. People need to be clean of alcohol to fight. Some

There are two sides to prohibition: the “drys” (those who support prohibition) and the “wets” (those who oppose prohibition). The “drys

women will not kiss men’s lips that have touched liquor.

The main reason to support the “drys” is

thought that they didn’t need alcohol. The “wets”

the outcomes. One good thing, more food is

thought they should have the freedom of it.

made for people in the war or people in need.

There are many reasons to support the “drys”, all

One bad thing is it brings out speakeasies, and

in which are important. The 18th amendment

they needed to hire more police officers out on

says it is illegal to sell and consume alcohol.

the streets. It also brings out organized crime.

One reason that the “drys” want

Supporting the “drys” is important. It

prohibition is more food. The grain used to make

makes food for needy and soldiers. It keeps

beer and liquor can be used to make bread and

sobriety in the USA. It keeps peace, and people

other foodstuffs. They think the food can be

aren’t drunk.

made for people in the war, or for people in need.

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Picture of “wets” protesting for beer

Picture of beer going in the sewers

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No speakeasies! Consumption of alcohol is ILLEGAL! Do you really want to go against the law?

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