Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 230, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1920 — BEER BEFORE DRY CONGRESS [ARTICLE]

BEER BEFORE DRY CONGRESS

World Meeting Dicusses Beverage Proposal in United States. Washington, Sept 23.—Discussion at! the fifteenth international congress against alcoholism centered around the ( beer and light wines phase of the! liquor question. The proposal to per-, mlt the sale in the United States of । beer and wines of limited alcoholic content was discussed, as was the efttect .of their use on Individuals and society generally. Those attending the congress were told by delegates from abroad of the anti-liquor activities of the Protestant and Catholic churches In Europe. The part American churches have taken in the prohibition movement was the main theme of discussion at the night's session. - -