The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1917-02-24
u IS IMPOSSIBLE TO CAT0to
THEM IN DRY OLD +
GEORGIA ~
B[AMES OFFICIALS
Internal Revenue Agent SayG
CountyAuthorities Will Not Coz
operate With Federal Sleutho'
Argument Against National
Prohibition In This Story,

The Louisville Courier.Journal haa
this to say about Dry Georgia.:
An Internal Revenue agent who h
assigned to duty in Georgia says that
1t Is impossible to catch moonshinsrs
in some OF the counties because TIE
county officers will not cooperate with
Federal agents. but on the contrary
protect the makers OF whisky. In such
counties moonshine stills are running
night and day. Federal officers must
avoid county officers II they would
nourish hope OF detecting propris.
tors OF Illicit stills.
The situation IL familiar In ether
States. The local "still house." as it]
Is called, can not be abolished BY leg
islative enactment. AZ the large Ill
censed and regulated distilleries might
be. II can be hidden. behind the brush|
and behind the coattails OF sympa,
thetic sheriifs. and must be found be-
fore II can be closed or destroyed. II
is a simple. cheap outfit which can be
replaced and put again into operation
when the backs of officers are turned
- conNseatIen. -
The reputable distillery. operated
under the law. and paying its part toI
ward the EXPENSES of the state and
county goveraments; contributing 4
the schools, the roads and to occasion
al enterprises planned for the publi(
benefit. may be put on OF the map b
he making of law. II IA not goin}
2 stink In the woods with the fox. bus
row in the ground with the woodchucl
or FIX" the county officers with par
" the proceeds OF Its business. There
an end OF distilling as large bushes
when there's an end OF it's legalise
iistillery. but the obscure neighbo
hood whisky factory may continu
The elements entering into the max
up OF whisky are home grown an
aslly secured. A sympathetic neig
lorhood, even where the county OF
ers are austere and incorruptibi
,cts as network of protective alar|
ignals for the moonshiner.
Where laws have been passed
bolish bookmaking at race track
nd where there has been an effo|
% enforce the laws. public gambliI
n races has ended. but the conceaie
icre deadly downtown, all.the-ye
oolroom has not been closed r
aces were ended In some states. n
ayenues derived from them we
stopped Tro breeding OF horses W
'scouraged Z legitimate enterpr
las dealt hard blow, but the boo
nskers continued to fatten on the
or OF the police and the folly Of I
] iker In gambling places which post
Clds on races all the way from Win
eg to Kingston. =
Where the abolishnent of distill
iI contemplated the question for
sincere advocate OF the uplift to @
+ der is not whether distillers and
|. on owners can he put out OF bl
J. ,ss, but whether the making and B
Ing OF intoxicants can be ended by y
ting the distillers out OF business.
sacrihcing upon the altar Of 500
welfare the substantial revenues VIII
arise from a legalized and reguls
Wholesale and retail distribution OF
toxicants.
The little local "still house" 4
large and k-own quantity. In
equation OF the seeker for true
universal Temperance. or the advo<
Of universal abstinence.
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