New Britain herald., 1919-04-17
hS 0F DRY ACT BE ENFORCED 
Sinking to Be Allowed by
 Any Official

TO shirklngf by government off, [
 p1s II the enforcement of the war l
 ANas pFohlbluon act if 1t remains on !
 aS slalute books. The attorney gen.
 ssaA Will instruct his agents through !. Nol the hauon to sec that it's provi- guns are compiled with, beginning #fAag |, when the use of grains, ce-
 ssels' ifuft and other food products Mre prohibited in the production of Necr or wine. The division of in E EeStisation will have charge of this #Rof1l. # inc program to be carried out by
 Rae department of justice, unless con- Mress repealS the law, or the presi-
 MenL pfoclalmS the term ;natiOn of the MQemob oblllzation of the army and it
 Hiess provides that the attorney-gen~ Mhral will call particular attention to Enc provisions of the act and direct HE assistants to enforce them This
 as the usual course with all new fed #erni laws Of extraordinary impor- &iance. It was done in the case of III lle espionage act during the war. Agents Of the department will be &Sircuiarized by the office of the elivi- Hsion of investigation to look out for #NfolatorS of the new prohibition act MThey will be informed that the att Mforney general desires a strict en- Eforeement. M Need Big Sums of Money. M Tn spite of the fact that congress l Mproyided no fund for the vast task 1 Mthrust upon the department of jus #tice, the attorney general will do his { Mutmost with the regular force at his I #command. The Barkley enforcement Hbill. which was reported to the house Nfrom the Judiciary committee just Mbefore congress adjourned, carried an Appropriation of S1,5O0,000 for the Reinforcement of this prohibition law Mand it is estimated by expert hunters MDf moonshiners- and bootleggers that Ma creditable enforcement of the law MTould cost nearer ten millions than Nthe figure named in the Barkley Mmeasure.
 M If Is believed that 1t would require Mmore than a million dollars to en- H force the law in New York city alone, M Tn the absence of a fund for that particular purpose the department of & justice will exercise its right to ere. Y ate deficiency in case extra money M Is needed. Some of the var funds for N enforcing the espionage act will be S available until July l, but it reverts to N the treasury after that date. The department of justice will be H aided by the bureau of internal rev 8 @ the revenue laws, and the provisions & relating to the manufacture, sale and # Distribution of wine for sacramcntal, M medicinal. or other than beverage N purposes. It will he aided by the de- # ps rtncnt of agriculture, winch M through the bureau of chemistry, M looks after the enforcement of the M pure food and drug act.
 & Hunt For Noonshiners.
 1,x- .of- # dcial of the department of justice that N Inc bureau of internal revenue will V continue it's work of running down H the moonshiners iii the south. Eff M forts were made to escape that task, N hut southern senators and representa- RI lives urged the coelmissioner of in 8 ternal revenue to keep his forces in X Inc sswet'' districts. It was argued by N treasury department officials that x since the prohibition laws had done A away with the necessity of a tax col lector for spirits, revenue agents A should not be required to do police work or act as sheriffs. But the will N of the congressman prevailed. Rep- N resentatives of the bureau of internal \ revenue are still employed i'll chasing x Illicit makers of intoxicating liquors M in dry states.
 M Anti-saloon leaders here said today M that there is plenty of time for the M enactment of special legislation to M enforce the wartime act. They pre- M dicted that congress would act with @ in a few weeks after it meets.
 @ There is to be q warm fight over 8 the anti-saloon program for enforce M ment legislation. Those opposed to W prohibition have organized their W forces and will have a lobby at the M capitol to meet the Anti-Sa loon M league lobby, which has operated for M years without molestatfon. Every A move made by Dr. E. C. Dinwiddie # and his allies will be met by a counter M move by the Anti Prohibitionists M The prohibitionists will press for al1 N enforcementact, while the Anti-Prc- M hibitionists will press for the repeal H of the wartime prohibition act.
 M Republicans Are Worried
 A It is evident that the republicans N are worried over the promised TOW N between prohibitionists and anti prohibitionists. They do not relish a M shown-down light between those bit & ter contending forces. It is the plan of the leaders to make lots of cam N paian thunder out of the prosecution NJ If inc war; but democrats predict S llat before the extra session is over x their opponents will be up to their atfs in trouble oyer prohibition and woman suffrage.
 fscnr eccntatiye Eolstead, the repub~ icaH who will succeed Representative 8 Webb a8 chairman of the judiciary committee of tho house, is strong for prohibition. Majority Leader Mon N .tcn would prefer no prohibition fight a I i,ao O ]7fs