The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-12-05
THE BLIND TIGERS
ARE TO BE SUPPRESSED BY THE
UNITED STATES.
THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC LAW
1t Is Intended to Restrict the Shipment
of Intoxicants into Prohibition Ter
ritory-Its Application to Common
Carriers.

By degrees prohibition is being
strengthened regardless of the boast of
the brewers and trafickers in intoxi-
cants. As announced from Washing
ton, D. c., few days since, another
phase in the great campaign against
liquor will come to the fore the first of
next month, when the revised penal
code of the United States is to become
effective Many of the changes made in
the penal laws by the Sixtieth Congress
were of minor interest, but the section
relating to the shipment of Intoxicating
liquors into "dry" territory contained
new legislation, the result of which
will be to make the United States a
factor in prosecuting violators of the
act. In tfickly settled communities the
local authorities, as a rule, are able to
deal effectively with offenders, but in
certain sections of the South and West,
where settlement is sparse, the task is
not so easy, and the members of Con-
gress from those sections insisted that
the Federal government should come to
the aid Of the local authorities.
Three sections of the new codifca-
ton relate to the liquor traffic. The
most important provision is that on and
after January I every shipment of in
toxicating liquor shall bear the name of
the consignee, the nature of the content
of the receptacle and the quantity CON
tanned therein It is notorious fact,
so say persons who have had experience
in attempting to drive out blind tigers,
that practically all the liquor now
shipped into prohibited territory is
labeled as some other commodity, or
mot labeled at all, and frequently adj
dressed to persons other than. the con-
signee.
The Federal authorities already have
sent out notice to all manufacturers Of
intoxicants that their wares must be
labeled on the outside of the package on
and after the first of the new year, set
ting forth the nature of the contents
and the exact amount in each package.
It is believed that if the local authori-
ties cooperate with the Federal govern
ment in the enforcement of the law it
will be a comparatively easy matter to
suppress the blind tigers.
It has been alleged from time to time
that in some of the States where the
sale of Intoxicating liquor has been pro-
hibited in one way or another the rail-
roads and express companies assisted
the violators Of the law by acting as
buying or selling agents, or both. Con-
gress, with the idea of putting a stop
to this practice, provided as follows:
Any railroad company, express com
pany, or other common carrier, or any
other person who, in connection with
the transportation of any spirituous,
vinous, malt, fermented, or other in
toxicating liquor of any kind, from one
State, territory or district of the United
States, into any State, territory or dis
trict of the United States, or from any
foreign country into any State, terri
tory or district of the United States,
shall collect the purchase price or any
part thereof, before, on, or after deliv-
cry, or shall in any manner act as the
agent of the buyer or seller Of any stich
liquor for the purpose of buying or sell
ing or completing the sale thereof, saw
ing only in the actual transportation
and delivery of the same, shall be fined
not more than 5000.