The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-11-20
NO Beer lkwsT,
BAD BOOZE PLENTY
Poison" At 80 Cents . Drink
Making Bolshsviln, Especially
Among l1insrs; stills on
Every Farm

New York. Nov. 20.-- Renewing II
assertion that prohibition. b Bolshe
vism's xreaiest asset In America. IN,
Association Opposed 10 National Pro
hibitions gave out yesterday the sec
ond OF series Of rcports OF condi
tions found by Its investigators In u
Western States. Colorado, Montana
California. Nevada. Idaho, Texas. Ok
lahoma, Utah. Oregon. Wyoming ant
Washington. Throughout the bore DIR,
West IL was observed that while beef
and light wines were unobtalnabls
plenty Of bad moonsi1ine whisky was
available 10 the dissatisfied and dis
contenfed. The effect was ~ make
laboring men morose and prone "a
heed revolutionary agitation.
In the mining camps OF Utah the
miners were paying 35 cents h drink
for the vilest soss OF whisky because
as the investigators were told. they
could not get the beer they were used
10 having. Radical literature was In
wide circulation and the I. w. w. was
circulation and the L. w. w. was gain
ing recruits rapidly Utah farmers
and ranchmen were making their own
whisky and brandy. In Nevada like
conditions were .receptible white
Mule" whisky was selling at 81 n pint
and was facilitating the !. w, w.
movement. the leaders OF which were
afdently for prchibition.
Federal officials told the invastiga-
tors in Idaho that the farmers OF the
state We're making their own brandies,
beers and wines, while the miners
were forced TO drink moonshinc whis-
ky. The Coe,T d'Alene district was
seething with revolutionary talk.
Mining camps in Bisbee. Ariz were
being supplied by bootleggers with
White Mule" and many stills were in
operation in the di,tfdct. At Douglas
Ariz.. Mexican lntsqual was belng
smuggled across the line and being
sold at q quart T.fw. W. or,an-
i2ers stated that recruiting for their
movement was encouraging. Similar
conditions were found along the Texa
border. f7'
The country districts OF Oklahoma
were found 10 be engaged extensively
In distilling moonshine whisky. a.
liquor widely sold was "choctaw
Beer" kind OF whisky di,iilled from
corn meal. rye. potato peclings and
raising Much OF this was betrg made
by farmers. II was reported TO the
that 2.f10 stills were In
operation in the state. In Washing-
ton. especially in Spokane and Seattle
2 large Increase in The number OF
drug addlcts was reported and drug
grocery storei were selling quantities
oi malt syrup. hos and yeast for the
home brewing OF beer. Moonshnt
was said TO be extensive. These
rities were centres OF |. w. Wism
md radical literature WIS in demand
IN Washington and Oregon Japanese
we're selling sake. not the bona fids
sake, but a comrDund OF brandy and |
alcohol. and patent medicine con
aiming ~ per cent. OF alcohol was
popular.
In San Francisco. Sacramento and
4os Angelel, according to the report. |
'eer was being brewed extensively i'll |
he homes, boosleggers were doing a |
zig business in the fly by night sale |
II spirituous liquors and laborina |
nen, used TO the native wines orI
'eer, had turned to drinking bad |
whisky.
Butte. Mon, was the wides. open |
ity found in The entire West" the |
epcrt continues. Whisky, both good /
nd bad, was plens;fu at 25 cent? \
rink or about $40 quart Moon
hine sold at 81 TO Sc quart. some
# 1t containing wood alcohol The
'fficial police reports stated that many
ases OF blindness had been caused
" drinking this stuff The news
ands carried stacks OF Red literature
nd the |. W. w. was stronger than
ver before. II wai found that the
ahor elements resented prohibition
S class legislation
Salt Lake City was still wer under
he bone dry law because the people