Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-25
REVENUE OFFICERS
HOT ON THE TRAIL
Of BLIND TIGERS
Uncle Sans Officers Keeping
CSaes on All Atlanta Whisky
Shipments--Men Who Get
Liquor Being Watched y
B00T-LEGGERS' DOOM
SEALED In ATLANTA

Let the knight OF the surreptitious
sale, lord Of the glass and bottle. be-
ware; for Uncle Sans sleuth-hounds are
on the tran of the Blind Tiger" and
will track him to his lair.
This is no idle boast or blufffng, but
very truth, and the man who attempts
to carry on clandestfne liquor traffIc
in the confines of Atlanta has about as
much chance as SNOWFALL IN the
realms OF the Prince Of Darkness.
Not a man in Atlanta who is In the
habit Of evading the liquor laws but is
known to the officers OF the revenue
service, and no shipment of whisky
comes here but they do not know
whence 1t comes, whom it is for, and
what becomes OF it.
Men who fondly imagine that they
can import whisky into this city from
other states, and dole 1t out secretly TO
the satisfaction OF others and their own
material gain, have another guess COM
ing.
MUST SECURE LICENSE.
Many OF them have found this out
already, when confronted by a United
States revenue collector who calmly
tells him that he must rake out gov
eminent retail liquor Dealers license.
1t all came about through the en-
actment of the new revenue faws, re-
garding which The Journal published an
exclusive article pointing out that the
c. o. ID. whisky business was dead, and
that all packages of liquor must be
clearly labeled as to quantity and con-
tents and delivered to real persons.
The possibilities of the new law At
once became apparent to the revenue Of
icers here, and as soon as 1T went into
effect on January /, the still hrnt for
blind tigers began.
The manner in which the officers went
about il was very systematic, ana left
no loophole for escape. Going to the
principal wholesale liquor dealers In other
states, notably Chattanooga, the revenue
men demanded the names of the men To
whom liquor was shipped in this ocali-
ty. They had the right to this, and 1t
was a simple matter to secure the names
of men to whom most of the whisky
went.
At this end of the line, each shipment,
now that il has to be labeled and dellv-
cred to the proper consignee, is noted
and recorded. 1885
The rest IS easy.
Does an unusually large amount OF
LIQUOR come here for one man. he Is
placed under close watch. and the dis
posal of the wet goods known to the
pint.
II he sells, the officers know IL, and
they drop on him like "a thousand OF
brick.
KEEP A RECORD.
While the revenue officers cannot give
out any information. there is record
kept at the Office of the collector, and
in this all licenses are recorded. 1t is
understood that already some Sd men
have been served with notice that they
must take out government retail liquor
licenses or face the consequences.
When the licenses are taken out, then
all that will be necessary for ths state
and city authorities to do will be to Sc
cure their names and find out why they
have taken out the government licenses.
The proposition is simple one. If they
take out government licenses, 1t is tacit
admission that they sell liquor, and IL
they do this, It is an admission that they
violate the state laws.