. "'f ' .. r. : t ,, I .. , ' 1,) l r v . 1 I '1 t "' r. .. :·1 .r c- • r , r r ..,. .... d l1 (....(. ..l .L . I HOME. A D STATE Volwne 25, No. 11 WESTERVILLE, OHIO, NOVEMBER, 1924 $1.00 Per Year a great deal of sacramental 'wine and many of those churches insist on the fermented RESULTS OF FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT OF PROHIBITION wine. Take, for instance, the Jews. We are not familiar altogether with their reg­ On October the 20th Federal Prohibition Director Roy A. Haynes issued a report ulations, but we understand that during a certain period the Jewish families u;;e con­ of his work in enforcing the p~ohibition laws that is indeed creditable to his department. siderable wine in their homes, and yet it is so used as ·to be legitimately wine for sac· The report for the year ending June 30, 1924, was not complete because some of the ramental purposes. Of course in many cases this is abused, and great scandal has district attorneys' reports had not been received. Despite this fact we give the follo·w­ arisen from it. · There is a decided ,movement on the part of the better class among ing figures: For fines, forfeitures and penalties there were assessed $7,577,014. It will them to turn from fermented wine to non-fermented wine. One learned Jewish be remembered that the appropriation for enforcing federal prohibition and the anti· Rabbi has written an article contending that non-fermented wine is the orthodox wine narcotic laws both amount to only $9,000,000. To offset this $9,000,000 expense there in Bi'blical times. The high-minded Jews do not want their church brought into dis­ was collected on the above items during 1924 $5,682,719.87 in fines, forfeitures and pen· repute by scandals arising from the use of fermented wine, and no doubt there will be alties. During the same year the value of property seized by the federal prohibition a growing tendency to dispense with fermented wine in favor of the non-fermented. department amounted to $10,843,881.83. The wets love to talk about the cost of enforcing national prohibition as bankrupt· ing the country. The reader can figure from the above data that it not only does not cost the country anything but is a source of revenue. THE IWCIT LIQUOR TRAFFIC During the year ending June 30, 1924, the incomplete report show's that there were At the recent session of the North Texas Annual Conference of the Mcthodisl 54,227 cases begun against bootleggers and other violations of the prohibition laws. Church South, the Committee on Temperance and Social Service, in its report written The number terminated during this same period was· 48,623. Of these 33,743 pleaded by Judge P. A. Martin of \Vichita Falls, said: guilty and 3~524 were convicted Ly juries. "As an instrument to assist in the enforcement of the liquor laws we commend the During the same period there were 10,392 illicit distilleries seized and 15,853 illicit work .of the Anti-Saloon League and of its Texas executive, Rev. Atticus \Vebb, who stills, and 8,211 llicit still worms seized. Of illicit fermenters seized there were 124,720. has been diligent in assisting the officers of the law in the apprehension of criminals There were 1,672,443 gallons distilled spirits seized, and 5,379,528 gallons of malt and in keeping alive a healthy public sentiment in favor of the enforcement of these liquor seized. Of wine, cider, mash, etc., 8,774,916 gallons were seized. There were laws." 5,214 automobiles and 236 boats and launches seized. In the activities of the federal prohibition officers- to secure the above results 28 were wounded by bootleggers, and two were killed. They arrested 68,161 persons. During the four years of enforcing national prohibition more than 400,000 stills THE OUTLAWED LIQUOR TRAFFIC FIGHTING BACK and parts of stills, and 39,000,000 gallons of distilled spirits, malt liquor, wines, etc., A friend from South Texas sends us a letter just received from the Association have been seized. Of automobiles there have been a total of 11,077 seized, and 444 Against the Prohibition Amendment. This letter was signed by W. II. Stayton, vice· boats and launches have been captured. There have been 138,200 crimin~l case3 president. -From this letter we quote as follows: Lcgun and 120,000 terminated resulting in the conviction of 94,300. "\Vill you help us to administer the 'knockout' to a staggering Anti-Saloon In addition to these thousands of cases have been turned into the state and local League? court of which no record was kept. "In the congressional elections of 1922 we added fifty Congressmen to the minority During the three years fines of nearly $18,000,000 have been imposed and $12,- in Congress pledged to the repeal or modification of the prohibition laws, in addition to 300,000 has actually been collected. a considerable number of liberals who \Vill vote our way as soon as they think we During the last two years 4,000 cases of injunctions have been instituted. These can win. cases involved the locking of places of business by order of federal court-commonly "If we can win fifty more in election of next November, the repeal of the Volstead called the "padlock" law. Of the 4,000 cases instituted 3,200 cases were grante4 and act will in our opinion be assured. ' over 31650 were made permanent. This is one of the most effective means of sup~ pressing the illicit sale of liquor. \V e regret that Texas has had very few of these Will You Help Us to Win Them? cases. "Our campaign is in full swing in many congressional districts. Here in the cast, :Many important cases have been prosecuted under the provisions of the criminal we have opened a regional headquarters office in New York City, under competent code for conspiracy to violate the laws. The heaviest penalty ever imposed in any direction, for the single purpose of handling political campaigns in New England and one case was for "conspiracy" and involved a fmc of ¥21,000 and a sentence of 20 years Atlantic coast states. · in jail. There has been opportunity for much of this "conspiracy" prosecution in "\Ve expect very shortly to open similar regional political offices in Chicago, San Texas but very little of it has been attempted. Under the "conspiracy" clause tlH Francisco, and a southern city, to work in adjacent territories. penalties arc too heavy to stiit those who are prosecuting bootleggers in Texas. It "\VE PROPOSE TO MAKE AN ACTIVE FIGHT IN EVERY CONGRES­ seems to be the rule in Texas to let the bootlegger off as light as possible. SIONAL DISTRICT vVHERE THERE IS A CHANCE OF DEFEATING A DRY AND ELECTING A "LIBERAL" IN HIS STEAD. "This association is recognized as the leader of the fight against prohibition. Our AMOUNT OF LIQOR USED FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES strength increases as the strength of the Anti-Saloon League declines, and >v-e have the right to say to you that-our cause is on the high road to success." There has been a good deal of liquor sold by the druggists on physicians' pre­ The editor of the Home and State recently met with one of the leaders of this scriptions, and the charge is frequently made that certain druggists are selling more organization in Texas. He boasted that they were amply supplied with funds, that liquor than saloons- sold. There is no question but that too mucJ1 liquor is thus· being they had adopted the methods that the Anti-Saloon League used to put the saloons dispensed. Tlierc is no .queslion but that physicians are putting their consciences in out of business, and that they would soon secure the reneal of the Eighteenth Amend· cold storage while they write liquor prcscriptiot.lS. There is no question but that cer­ ment. tain druggists have dropped in morals to the level of saloonkeepers. But in spite of all this the stories that are sometimes told a··e wild. The report of the federal prohibition tlircctor covering the period from June 30, 1920 to Tune 30, 1924, is very illuminating. For the fiscal year which ended June 30, DRINKING HAIR TONIC 1921, th~re were 8,671,850 gallons released ."taxpaid." Most of this was for medical A great deal is being said about the thirsty drinking hair tonic because they can purposes. During the year ending June 30, 1922, this was reduced to 2,645,50~ gallons not get the "good old bottled in bond," and that the result is unsatisfactory. - \Ve do and during the year ending June 30, 1923, this was further decreased to 1,754,893 gal~ not believe that there is much of this stuff being drunk; for, certainly, those who drink Ions. The rcauer should compare this to the amount of liquor used ·when it was per­ it drink poison. mitted for beverage purposes. Take the figures for the year ending June 30, 1917. In Under the regulations issued by the prohibition enforcement unit. there arc prac• that year there were taxpaid 16-t,291,294 gallons. The present consumption of whisky tically .no toilet preparations on the market the drinking of which will not endanger through the medicinal route is a little more than one per cent of what it was then. life. Those tqilet preparations requiring the use of alcohol, and most of them do, are It must be bo-rne in mind, ho'\reYer, that 23 states do not allow it for medicinal pur· compelled to use specially denatured alcohol.