The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-18

or baggage. The names OF THESE
transgressors cannot be guessed and,
II known, their coming exactly an
ticipated. A trainload of bootieggers
come into Richmond frequently, some
white. some black. some male and
some female over the Richmond,
Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad.
On this train are many respectable
citizens. How can an officer board
the train and know one from the
other, and how can he stop the train
in one county or n city and hold
the bootleggers until a justice of the
peace a be found to issue a warrant?
1t cannot be done. 1t is preposterous
to require 1t and any officer Is a fool
who would undertake it.
Precautions Are Needed.
THE railroads should be required
to take extraordinary precautions to
prevent such characters from board
ing their rains and carrying contra
band In their baggage, and railroads
should be required TO render assist
ance TO officers of the Law In arrest
ing bootleggers who succeed In get
ting on the trains for the purpose or
transporting liquor unlawfully, II
railroads should be severely penaliZed
for ~obstructinE officers on their trains
in enforcing the law and for publica-
tons and utterances which intlmidats
officers in the performance OF these
difficult tasks. Some OF the suoordi-
mates and some OF the higher ups on
all of the railroads are cooperative.
others are obstructive.
baggage Men Help ~Bootfeggers.
baggage transfer companies have
It In their power to be very useful to
bootleggers and some of them have
made good their opportunities. They
should be brought under the strictsst
scrutiny and surveillance and every
record in their possession should be
q on to official inspection.
None such com &any in Virginia has
been an unmitigated pest In these
violations"
Scandals Over Patent Medicines.
Treating as n of those open
doors TO illicit use of preparations
containing alcohol the commissioner
says: Patent medicines, bitters,
toilet and antiseptic preparations
and %f1avoriug extracts are lawfully
sold In Virginia and many are the
scandals which have arisen in vari-
Gus and sundry place by their sale
unlawfully for beverage purposes.
They contain and require a large
percentage of alcohol to hold their
ingredients In solution and TO pre-
serve them. They are largely resort
ed to for beverage and Intoxicating
purposes. by persons whose lives
have been wrecked by the saloons
heretofore licensed IN the state. You
ma iegislate any one or a dozen off
of the market. as Jamaica ginger has
been legfslated out Of Virginia by the
! Aapp law. but they Will be succeed
ed by a bpvy OF connections aqua lily
as m~ischievous. They are sold not
by druggists but by department and
general merchandising stores and the
vendors are often imposed upon b.
the hardened and VICIOUS unfortu-
mates who use them. Uniess some
very drastic power to summary sus'
pend the privilege OF selling them nj
all for any purpose Is lodged with
some prudent person they Will con
tfnue to he sold and used occasional
" for beverage purpoFes until the
habitues left by the saloons die out
Fortunately the cause OF their de-
~struction viii not be operative on the
next generation. But this use is vast.
lv exaggerated as z. close inVest!ga E
ton bx. this department has disclosed
and such reports of vast usage OF
drugs are circulated for the purpose
of DETECTING popular favor from tht
policy of prohibition by those whc
are Interested in the repeal OF the
law. and more frequently than other
wise a ~so-callsd bay rum drink Is q
mean contraband whiskey drink
charged with bay rum to screen al
unlawful transaction and a villa In
breaker"
Mconshine Liquor.
Describing the operations of tht
"moonshtpers' and the good work to
ward breaking this particular form o.
activity the report SAVE
""Mooushine' liquor made fror
corn meal In the main still prevails
to some extent In the old districts o
Franklin. Carroll. Grayson. Floyd
Patrick, Henry. PittsyIvania, Nelson
Halifax and In a few other scattered
localities but IL Ia greatly modified
and here I wish TO express my hisf
appreciation of United States reve
nue. agent. Mr.. II. q, Brame, who's
y courage. personal integrity OF char
acter and skin has contributed NOR
to the suppression OF this form o
/ lswlessness than any man or com
PAW of men. The authority on tn
= United sxtes officers In these cause
; lis much broader than that or IN
states offcers and much OF the worI
done by this department has bee
in collaboration with Mr.. Brame an
, largely under his advice ana dlrec
ton. ! have been able to supple
ment his force slightly with my fore
and he has been able TO supplement
: my force with the authority vhic
2 they lack and thus our forces work
ed Jointly and harrnoniously and wit
: unprecedented success. They haV
q not ex~terminated It u they hav
: vastly reduced II and fntimtdated !
have employed three men In IN
: heart of the district who give the
: entire time to a corsta mt patrol c
the worst sections Int to raid thef
. when necessary. More tina one hur
! dred stills have beer captured an
destroyed in the past few month
but in nearly every instance u ne
= eemed best for this class OF offend
ers to b. turned over to federl
courts for trial rather than to IN
:, state courts and hundreds of thei
: have been punished as a warning
others. But they are inveterate an
y persistent offenders AMI 1t win I
a years before they are entirely erad
Gated. Education and religion cor
spire with the law to brig about be
"a ter conditions among these peop
under the inspiring march OF civil
X ration their emancipation looms !
the future. In many instance Cd
not alb they are more TO be pite
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