The Southern Baptist Convention composed of over five thousand messengers representing a constituency of more than three million white Baptists in Convention assembled at Chattanooga, Tenn., May 16, 1921, memorialize the United States Government to wipe out “moonshining” and “bootlegging” in the United States of America. The illegal manufacture of “whitelightning” decreases the efficiency and available supply of labor, impairs health and even kills, lowers morals, leads to violation of law and to destruction of life and property. We doubt whether this can be done unless the penalty is made more drastic and prison sentence made mandatory instead of being left optional with the judges.
