El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-15

DATRONS riding on the street cars
1 must refrain from smoking while
on the cars" said police chief ]. R.
Montgomery. Many complaints have
been received lately from patrons
who say that the city ordinance pro-
hibiting smoking on street cars is
being violated continually II this
practice is not stopped voluntarily
by those guilty OF this practice. It
Will be necessary TO place policemen
on the cars who viii enforce this
provision TO the letter. I do not hope
that such drastic steps viii have to
he taken to check violations Of this
ordinance
There is probably no other coun-
try with the latent possibilities in the
sugar industry which has so limited
facilities for refining and marketing
Of the product as has Mexico" said
( Walter Davis, an American from Chi
huahua City. At present there is
only one first class refinery. the one
al Potrero, in the state OF Veracruz.
and that is run principally in con-
uecticn with the Potrero sugar plan
/. tatiOn. although IL does some refin-
ing other than its own canes This
plant produced last year some 1000
tons OF Cuban and Peruvian raws at
large profit. the profits running
as high as 10 cents in American
money. per kilo C2.2 pounds. Mex
leo imported - 900 tons Of sugar in
1918. Of which about 10000 tons we're
. raWs. S6 test The greater part Of
this amount was consumed raw by
the poorer classes because Of its
cheapness- The normal consumption
Of sugar in Mexico IS 100000 tons an
nualy and the present production is
about so. 900 tons"
FL Paso is daily filling Up with
drug addicts, who are gradually in
creasing in number since national
Frank Edwards I had occasion for
some time to observe a number OF
. dope flelds' Of various sorts in Chi
csgo. and I learned to know them
when I see them I recently have had
occasion TO see the uOOrer classes in
Fl PssO. some OF whom I knew in
stantlv TO he addicts Of some forms
OF drugs. It is a hard thing to take
from a confirmed toner his liquor
He viii sometimes turn to dru~s. One
investigator here, a man working IN
der orders from the federal govern
ment. told me that he knows a num-
her Of children between Il and L
years Of age who are using cocaine
and whose parents formerly a1loweS
them n drink intoxicating LIQUOR.
am definitely opposed to nqtiono-
prohibition for anv number Of va1f|
reasons. In the first nlaoe 7 think
the prnhihitionists came bv their vic
tory dishonesty. But. regardless Of
that fact. federal social workers an
officers have told me repeatedly that
the abolition of liquor Is doubling the
number Of done fieqds' and hop
heads in the country"
There is much misunderstanding
regarding the new parking regula-
lions around the plaza" said inspec-
tor Of police !. ". Reese. They arc
simple. Drivers are NOW not allowed
TO park on either side Of Oreg0~
street from Niifs to Main streets nor
on the north side NJ Mills st-eet fror-
Mesa IN OREGON streets. There ar
si9ns nlqoed al these nlaces, hut r.
drivers say that hav see hut one sign
and viii then drive mast th~t sf~r
and stoD between the two. After be-
ing ta9Eed for this they ev1eot ue
~ dis@i~s the case against them.
want the motorists Of the city to IN
derstand these new REGULATIONS as we
soor are going 10 enforce them rig
idly"
FL Paso automobile drivers do not
seem to realize that the police motor
cycles. patrols and automobiles have
IS much the right OF way over all
other traffic as fire engines and am
huian"es have" sid motorcycle DO
nceman Grover Hall. Many times
we receive emergency calls which re-