The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-05
being violated. have frequently re-

reporting alleged blind tigers. but mos,
of these people refuse to give their
names. refuse to testify or get mixed
up in the case in any way. Some Of
these reports are based on mere suspi.
sion and some people are ready to crit
;cise il the police don't 60 right out and
arrest the suspected person. But it does
no good to arrest If the officers can moi
get evidence to prpovc that liquor is be
ing sold or that it is on hand for the
purpose Of sale. And as general prop.
osition it will be found that people who
patronize blind tigers are not the ones
to tell the courts about it.
But, notwithstanding the many OBJ.
stacIes. the police have caught and con-
victed a large number Of blind tigers
during the year and we intend to start
the new year by continuing the hunt
with new vigor ond will do Our part IN
the enforcement of the law"
So much for Atlanta.
As to Knoxville, Tenn, the progress
Of prohibition is equally encouraging
And from Birmingham, Ala. comes
the most gratifying statement Of bust
ness men, real estate agents and citizens
of prominence and known integrity who
attest to the success of prohibition. II
is true that there are blind tigers" in
Birmingham, Ala, as there are in At
lanta, Ca, and there are men who have
a contempt for law and for decency and
for order, as there are in Shreveport
and everywhere, but the fact remains as
it is subject Of vcrifeation and of proof
that "in Birmingham and in Jefferson
County there are fathers and sons oc-
c,pying regular places at night, where
formerly they only came to sleep and
to return to work again, and pianos and
rocking chairs, aud thousand other
things little and big, attest in many a
humble home, as well as in those of a
higher degree, the fact that prohibition
is an unquestionable success from the
women's and children's standpoint"
From every where the saloon has been
suppressed comes the tidings of great
joy over the emancipation and the re-
j,,venation from debauchery and crime.
It is being demonstrated practically
and satisfactorily that lawlessness and
crime are minimized wherever tho
saloon is prohibited and that greater
prosperity and greater wealth and better
health and more satisfactory conditions
prevail where there is no sale for whis-
key or beer or near beer" or any kind
of intoxieants OF their subterfuges.
It would seem that Shreveport's ex-
pepricnce with the blind tigers and the
law-breakers may be as it was in Atlanta
and in Birmingham and other cities, but
I'll defiance of law and disregard Of
public opinion will BE limited to the en-
ergy and the determination Of sworn Of
licials in the execution Of the law.
The individual who may fancy that
he can evade the law, ridicule prohibi-
ton ~ 4 farce by selling subterfuges
and operating blind tigers, will soon be
mdeceived. He will find it to be the
best policy to obey the legal mandates
If he would avoid the jail: nor should
he be encouraged to any misdeed BY
any reports of contrasts nor defiance Of
law In other communities. N
Let every one interested realize the
fact that the law is going to be enforced
in Shreveport fearlessly and impartially.
II the law j. oppressive and unde-
sirxble. enforcement will lead to its re-
peal. fts mockery will only aggravate
and strengthen resentment.