Prohibition crosses the border
Prohibition was finally abolished in Québec following a pan-Québec referendum in 1919. Brome County was one of seven to vote against abolition. Ironically, that same year, the United States passed the Volstead Act, which decreed that trade in alcohol was now forbidden throughout the United States. It was a triumph for temperance movements that had been campaigning for such a ban for more than half a century.
Prohibition supporters use cartoons as weapons.
![Image of a man in prison. The bubble it says: Drinking Leads to Neglect of Duty, Moral Degradation and Crime.](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/histoires-de-frontiere_border-stories/wp-content/uploads/sites/157/2022/07/8_Allcool_Crime.jpg)
Alcohol leads to a loss of parental authority, neglect of their duties, moral degradation and crime.