The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-03-27
MUST NOW HIDE
The BOOZE JUGS
Must be Encased In Paper
Covering When Shlpp,1.
Express Companies Issue orders
to Prevent Further Criticism
ct Such Shipment.

press companit win refuse To accept
shii .ments Of liquor in jugs consigned
to Tie south, OIL o prohibition COM
nunitits lL4,ss Tic rs are encased
in Corrugated paperLr wooden boxes
Official o. ders To this efft ct have been
issued and the slippers Of liquor noii-
fled.
The order was first issued from the
headquarters of the Southern Express
Company which touches all the prin-
cipal points in the South, but the 9TH
er large express companies are ex-
pected to issue similar orders in few
days. The official order reads:
Liquor In Jugs-Refuse unless packed
in wood or in corrugated boxes; not
more than one jug must be packed In
a corrugated box"
This order was issued 1t Is said, for
the purpose of the appearance of
things. Under the law the express
companies are compelled to accept
shipments of liquor consigned to pro-
hibition communities, as such ship
ments II two states are involved, are
interstate commerce, therefore not I'M
der the control Of the police powers of
regulations of such local communities.
The rapid advance of prohibition has
proved a gold mine to the express
companies for since the saloon and
liquor house has been abandoned
those desiring their flicker" secure a
plentiful supply through shipments via
the express companies.
Since Georgia has gone dry nearly
all of the wholesale liquor distributing
houses in that state have moved to
either Chattanooga, Tenn, on the i'm
mediate north, or to Jacksonville,
Fla, on the south. Most of them
went to Chattanooga, where last re-
ports showed 60 have been estab-
lished. Evrey one of those houses is
shipping tremendous amounts OF
liquor into Georgia and the great bulk
by express.
The express companies have found
that much OF this liquor is shipped in
mixed jugs and in many of the small
er country towns, following the arrival
Of the train the stations more re-
semble a Jug house than railroad
station. But a far worse feature is
the fact that most of this jug" whis-
Ky goes to the negroes and 1t has
come to be q common sight to see a
parade Of negroes, each with broad
grin and a jug of whisky leaving the
railroad station. This has caused
much unfavorable comment to be
made against the express companies
and 1t is to avoid this that the order
was issued. The order makes no pre-
tense that the shipment must be dis
guised by false marking, and is not
operative that way, but is designed to
avoid the suggestion that Is ever pres
ent with the naked jug, the officials
say.
This order becomes effective on
April 1. There was some disposition
on the part of the shippers to con-
strue 1t to be a ruse Of the express
company to add to the weight Of the
package and some complaints were
made on that score. The reason for
the issuance is to avoid the brazen
appearance of law breaking that jug
would personify in a prohibition COM
munity.
Most of this jug trade is for the ne
groes, and 1t must be remembered
that in the South a large element in
the passage of prohibition is to sep
arate the negro from whisky. When
the negro Is seen carrying jug away
from railroad station or when the
station platform is adorned by a num-
Der of jugs 1t is not slight calculated
to bring favorable comment or feeling
on the part of the good citizen toward
our company.