New Britain herald., 1920-01-16

tere3ts in the collection of excise taxes and active in running down 'moon- sinners" Evidence collected by the bureau will be used in prosecutions by the department of justice.
 Commissioner Roper has established an entirely separate division Ill tHe Bureau Of Internal Revenue for the enforcement of prohibition, headed by John F. Kramer Of Mansfield, Ohlo a9 prohibition commissioner Tor lhe .7n;ted States. He will have under him nine fed eral supervisors In charge of s; man.- districts, a director III eacl state and 8 mobile force which can be shifted from place to place as con- ditiong demand.
 Mir Roper Las made plain. now ever. that enforcement of prohibition depends largely On local sentiment art? has appealed to citizens of tho United States 10 give their co-opera- ton to uphold;lG the law of the coun- try. Federal forces. he said WouIG .La used to reinforce local efforts, ana where any state officer failed in h-s duty. his constituents would be in formed
 Millions Lost in Taxes.
 Approximately S50o,oOG,oo0 ln 1axas tas; fjsen .Ollccted annually on an.oho,.c beverages. which now Wili have to be obtained by the govern Ilent Ill soElc other way.
 Prohibition sentiment, eliminating in tho epoch-Ehaking amendment to tue constttntiCn, i-as been growing .;t.adly m this country since 1898, ac- colrdnIs to records compiled by tho beard of temp 1rance ot the Metho- dist Episcopal church. At that tune, q delnacd for moderation in the use Of ardent spirits arose, followed ten years later by an even broader move lnent for abstinence from ardent spirits and for moderation in the use of malt l.uuors. This in turn gave Nav. iii 1S4u, to sentiment for absti- hence from all alcoholic beverages
 Agitation TOT abolition of the prac- tice of licensing the sale Of liquors did not come until 1S47, resulting four wears later in the enactment Of pro l,ibition laws in Maine, the first state to put prohibition into effect. kan sas was second in 1880 and North Da- kota third in 1889. Meanwhile, tho movement had grown to such propor- ticns that a national prohibition party was formed at a convention ln Ch1- cago, September 1, 1863.
 Women, always in the forefront of the activity to stop the sale of alco- holic drinks, organized for con- certcd fight after the famous Wo1n- ems crusade, 1S73-4. Their associa- ton was later to become known throughout the world by the name ot the Nsomer's Christian Temperance Union with a little white ribbon.
 Powerful influence in the fight for prohibition came into existence in Of he n saloon league. It is noteworthy that both these organiZat tions had their in ception in Ohio.
 The modern wave of prohibition legislation began with Georgia in 1907. Since that time, the moVemen. gained strength more rapidly than any other reform in the history of the world, so that 33 states already have prohibition by state action, in 2l adopted by popular vote and in the others by legislative measures. At the time of the constitutional amendment was submitted. 24 of the 8 states and considerably more than half of the territorial United States, had prohibit tion. Tn states where prohibition was not statewide, it had been adopt. ed under local option laws by many communities
 In addition to state laws, there have been in effect stringent meas ures adopted by congress as aids to- ward winning the war, which gave q trem endous impetus to the prohibition movement. Studying the examples of foreign countries. q, law was passed making it unlawful to provide any man in uniform with alcoholic bever- ages. Making of beer and wniskey was stopped under the food control act and the stLle of drinks was ternli- mated at midnight last June 30.
 Shipment of liquor into any state was prohibited by the bone-dry law
 States That Approve.
 The constitutional amendment was finally adopted by congress on De- cember Is, 1917, with restrictive clause, hitherto unknown in lagisla- tive procedure. that it would be in operative unless ratified within seven years. It required only 1 , months. The vote in the House was 2S1 to 12S and in the Senate 65 to 20
 Submission of to