While it is true that the liquor industry influenced government, it was not only the industry that was opposed to prohibition. There were many whose jobs depended on the liquor traffic. In addition to those directly dependent, such as brewery workers, there were thousands of waiters, hotel workers, and farmers growing such crops as rye and grapes. Labour unions were generally opposed to prohibition, not just because of the jobs involved, but because their working class membership did not share the middle class image of liquor.
