A New Era?

As national Prohibition took effect on January 17, 1920, a jubilant William Anderson sent a message to theNew York Herald. Still savoring the Anti-Saloon League’s victory in the campaign for the ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment, the dry boss proclaimed, “It is here at last! Now for a new era...

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Published inDry Manhattan p. 40
Main Author Lerner, Michael A
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Harvard University Press 30.06.2009
Subjects
Alcohol drinking
Alcoholic beverages
Applied sciences
Beer industry
Beers
Behavioral sciences
Beverage industries
Beverages
Business
Business operations
Carbonated beverages
Commerce
Distilled beverages
Economics
Fermented beverages
Food
Food industries
Food science
Foodstuffs
Hospitality industries
Human behavior
Income
Industrial sectors
Industry
Manufacturing industries
Microeconomics
Non alcoholic beverages
Recreational drug use
Restaurant industry
Restaurants
Revenue
Service industries
Soft drinks
Trade
Whiskey
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Summary:As national Prohibition took effect on January 17, 1920, a jubilant William Anderson sent a message to theNew York Herald. Still savoring the Anti-Saloon League’s victory in the campaign for the ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment, the dry boss proclaimed, “It is here at last! Now for a new era of clean thinking and clean living! The Anti-Saloon League wishes every man, woman and child a Happy Dry Year, and a share of the fruits of prosperity which are bound to come with National Prohibition.”¹ Anderson’s optimism was unfounded. Had he and his colleagues acknowledged the nature of their
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