Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-02-04
DRY LAW BEING OBEYEO;
ONLY ALIENS PROTEST
Prohibition Chiefs Say Americans
Bow to Dry Law Even
in Wcttcst Cities.

Washington. Feb. 4.-Tnking INC
country as a whole. officials al the IN
tcrnal Revenue Bureau expressed sa,,s-
faction today with the results OF ,he
work Of the department during the las,
two weeks in enforcing CONSTITUTIONAL
ptrcrx of the enforcement DIVISION,
;,rh,dpr Prohibition Commissioner
John n Kramer, declared that there
WAS no question tina, the government
already has uprootcd the lquof franc
m permanent fashion and that within
n reasonable time II VIII he able NO
gain complete control over the hicit
5,s,,ll,nr that still obtains IN scattered
sect,ops al the country and will hc able
10 reduce 90 minimum the smuggling
that i now going ON across tho Canadian
and Mexican borders aud frCm Cuba
- Ear a. Bookkeeping is concerned,
the department readily admits that its
greatest aid has come from the tragic
experiences which the country has wit
messed i'm the recent eases of wood alco-
hol pois pning
Rrief as the experience of enforce
ment has been, the officials are convinced
that there Is an overwhelming majority
rnntimcnt on the Part az the American
neople IN favor ~ enforcement: and that
with few exceptions local authorities
generally arr disposed "a accord the Fed
rral authorities full cooperation. t'lti-
,natelv. even m the wet centcrs, the
Treasury agents believe this corporation
will be- atsl
"wrTrEsr' CITIES oBTyINc.
In this connection II Is stated that
even in the "wettcst ctits of the coun-
Try there has been little dit Guilty IN en-
forrinp the constitutional amendment 50
far as the American element IN the pop
ulation is concerned On the other
hand Il is admitted that among the aliens
rvs stance Is being encountered
Particular satisfaction y expressed
az the Prohibition commissioner Of
flee over the attitude which the business
interests of the country are manifest
ing toward enforcement DiStillcrs and
manufacturers of preparations for toilet
and medicinal use containing alcohol
have gwen, II was stated today, the de-
partment direct pledges Of cooperation
IN the irsght against illegal uses oi alco-
hol obtained for nun-bcveragc purposes.
Aside from mountain dew stills.
some of which operated illegally hong
before prohibition was written on the
statute books. the department does not
believe that the illegal manuia, ture Of
hquor i going on 20 anything hike the
extent popularity supposed On the
other hand they manifest considerable
concern over the task Imposed upon
them ~ safeguarding the millions II
gallons of iiquor that arr ~ present IN
storage under bond IN 500 different
warehouses throughout the country and
which il subject 90 withdrawal only for
non-heverage purposes under permit re
strictions.
Mounted inspectors will be placed on
duty along the Mexican and Canadian
borders in sufficient numbers to patrol
hundreds Of highways paths and strcams
that afford easy means Of egress for
smugglcrs.'
A letter from the United States Mar
shat for the western district II Texas.
written u the attorney general under
date 81 December p. was sent 20 Con-
gress hy the treasury 90 show the need
of greater wa,chfulncSs over the inter
national hootlegrcr. The marshal said
there was veritable reign Of crime
az II psso. principally with respect 20
the smuggling Of liquors, opium and
morphine from Mexico
Customs officials were commended by
the marshal. but their number, he said,
was not largr enough 10 deal with the
evil.