The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-08
WHAT IS EFFECT
OF PROHIBITION?
Question Raised in Congress
Whether or Not It Increases
Consumption.

Especial TO The Times Dispatch
last ann,,a1 p e.. March THE
1 % internal Revenue. showing th.,
~ had been a large increase not II
"a "a : bi nn,i, and consumption Of in.
over Ianss liquors during the year 1910
t;on i""', raised an interesting ui,cs
non In tho session OF Conn.rnss' G les,
lnn as 20 whether the closing nr 20 :
sumStio ega''F = tend, tended to increase con-
IN np,. me House COMMITTEES On
III ters,atc and Foreign Comnnrcc VI,
ouns utilocr or hearings concorninr ~.
bcforn ~; Many persons were brourht
Iarpc nc committee and otherwise ~
ahmed vas Closely cN-
;,utbnr iSss'lan James NJ Miller, Joint
IIonse vi VA, ne Miller Curtis bill in the
OF opinion iu ..sh ,po Tor an expression
WINS nvn,e IN Kansas to-day. His SAL, ms
l,cra,,s.s especially significant, not nni,.
r.i,tee Which, + me bahe of The com
sne subject, but also because thn SIS
recnnt "nlch ne comes---k ansas-has in
man u.t sears been the battlegroun1 Of
s 'iot Iiquor contests
az, Amount Incrcnscx
",, rs not denied Mr. AIil,or i
~ .nat me amount Of both diStilicd s saiu
ccnsii sun .Serihented liquors produced and
mas mas Increased over Tho mscaI Scac
ho ~ Is highly intercstinr 10 ~ ~.
ri.,s TT 1T mat there is n very n,at ~,
and nrod,,a,i ~ ooth the conSumption
nue. i1G4; Htion OF liquors in tic re,.al
G.e districts compIisinp nrnh,,i reEe
tt,rec 80 ~, mn me the increase is larrclv j.,
license auur OF the states where the
.ItSGi pollcy prevails 'ne
v,bi, 20 Important to notice ,,s,
produc, nIc Is an Increase in TN ,ntui
as co,nr o,i and consumption or l,n,,c,.
there is d sub Mtan the year before Yet
'rbo son with the fiscal Wear ~ I ionl
catad h lor this showing js inJi
1914 tbeS, the fact that willie dur riri
soioa 'm '.1l,. was no backward sto uurin :
s soiie additional counties ara STEP and
~. wire put In the .dry,' roi,,,,, .,tu !! u! :
came "" dps.r OF those districts thai bc ! !
large as tho auring 1910 was not 30
pr .nt DRY during either OF ~ W1ion
amount RI Iaaas. CONSEQUENTLY th1
We're ,,aG =. 5decfeasc in the sections th..t
;ol sufficient to offse, thn list was
Gi., ease IN the large cities . = , tlnueo
we're pu TIN rd tie fiscal Year Of 1910 there
no ai MiSsissippi, l76 gallons ga e:aa nama
Ajn;,,, Kansas and Okla boma ~ :! = -
a:1. Nor,I ermont and New Hampshirr
jG0.iSl 10y; Tennessee
,on, ~ contrast 10 these n-ures ,,,,...
cities 'I ~ = 'he three largest licm nUse
lows, n Na me Gnited states are as sI fn1o
wa. .I iiiiIlolS, 23i,-
the ep %aria heinz !; . asked in what manner
sion ~ .ous states might he cnabjed ~
MI. Miller said. ''''ieht OF liquor
four rs we we ., view the problem. there q -
Statcs p n, ways by which the the
lief. 81 nc necessary re-
BY ,n Nct l,;,, such as is contemplated
~ ny iiier-Curtis bill. which ,,o.
Ivbici, ~ 70 remove an impeJjmon,
OF "'uii sHlsts by reason of the absence
~ specific utterancc on Tie 49,
81 81, Congress. thus allowing in, ra.I
i ,,nn, 70 iall within the jurisdiction,
b BONN Arrival Immediately within The
sien,,"i OF the State to which CON
i,n n,neht has been made. and thereh,
~ r MN slcd with the common ma s.
so. Action By which intars,
ras,iiS OF Intoxicating liquors may be
,,ornidden altogether, as in tho case ~
lottery tickets. -
-. ACTION forbidding partial inter
state shipments OF liquor, when con