Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Feature Story

This story talked about the prohibition laws in Chicago. The Title said We Got Beer Back! It spoke on how crazy things were in Chicago when beer was prohibited. The writer touched on how it affected businesses and people as a whole.

"Naturally, the nation's brewers agreed whole-heartedly with that logic. Prohibition had all but destroyed their industry."

"Those who are obeying the law are being ground to pieces by its very operation, while those who are violating the law are reaping unheard-of rewards. Every rule of justice has been reversed."

People were murdering, crime increased, etc, due to this law. This just let me know that there were alot of alcoholics in the past that had not been diagnosed with alcoholism.

Eventually prohibition was reversed. the writer spoke on how people reacted to the change.
"Once all of the ballyhoo of New Beer's Eve and New Beer's Day had subsided, beer drinkers and brewers awoke to a sobering reality."

"Heavy taxation of beer, however, is not Prohibition's only surviving legacy. A strong regulatory environment was also a key component of
repeal."

The story also talked about the difference in the prices from before the prohibition and after.
"But, without question, the most critical legacy of America's dry era is the wisdom offered by its monumental failure."

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