The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-07-02
YEAR
OF PROHIBITION
. H As D 0 n
Enforcement Director
Says Dry Law Is Mark
ed Success

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WASHINGTON. July 2-.AmericA
has had "a scar OF prohibition. Has
u been a success?
John +. Kramer. head OF prohibit
ton enforcement division here. says
IL has been Il marked success. But
when ! called on him he didn't Try
TO make me believe that he had all
the saloons closed n all h boot
leggcrs In Jail.
we have figures TO show that
there are only about 5000 saloons
running in New York" said kInmer'
Beer seems to have almost disap-
peared, except In Pennsylvania. In
t~oxicants are more plentiful In Penn
aylvania and New Jersey than In any
other states.
A To the greatest benefit by n
years prohibition. | would say that
II has been getting strong drink out
of reach Of the boys and girls who
have developed no appetitcs for II.
"a topper with an insane appetite
for liquor will drink up his wife's
perfume. but one never heard OF a
normal boy contracting the habit OF
drink by attacking a perfume bottle
Nor IS cod liver oil and razo, cOn-
taining alcohol, a substitute for u
roadhouse debauch by young men
and women, whereas many OF the old
drinkers are consuming all these pre-
partitions they can get.
Leave the Volstead law on the
books two more years and drinking
win be n lost art"
The year preceding prohibition.
Americans spent SO. 900. GOO. 600 for
booze. The ~nnti-Saloon League claims
TO have figures showing that the past
year the drinkers nave placed $1,000
900. 900 OF this IN banks. spent $780,
0 $1,000 OF Il for candy, and the other
5000, DOC, GOO went for soft drinks,
WnaAaaRw NatRNNaNtan NhauNEag Tnhmnnn.
bootleg booze. automobiles, clothes,
shoes. groceries. furniture, etc. But
the bulk of this second billion went
for soft drinks and movies.
Kramer says most OF his troubles
have conn from former aloons that
kept hanging on To see what the SUI
preme court was going to do.
10000 saloons Now 5000
Before prohibition there We're l1O,-
600 aioons In America. n perhaps
not 5000 now-speak-easies where
persons who ara known can drink.
The 10000 persons employed at
making beer and whiskey a yea ago
have gone into other trades, n there
Is still "a labor shortage.
Probably the greatest economic
saving has been the SOLDERING up and
rehabilitation OF 1900, 600 men. who
In the wet days were either incapac-
itated the day after" or in jails or In
hospitals. Many OF these were com
mon ~drunkards.
The drys say that scattered figures
show workmen's efficiency has been
Increased Is percent. drinking reduce
ed IS percent, That 1000 persons
have been saved death from alcohol
ism and that $4,000, 900 bushels of
foodstuffs were diverted from strong
drink to other channels.
At Baltimore a movie show was
Installed this year at Central police
station In nmnga tina Idle nOliCemHn.
Prohibition cut down their work.
Al II of the principal cities in
New Hampshire arrests for drunk
enness numbered 1850 for re last
six months OF 1920. as against $3.50
IN similar period OF 1917.
No Prisoners. No Service
n sheriff OF Carbon-cU. Pa, quit
holding Sunday religious services at
the jail because there were no pris-
oners to attend.
In Philadelphia arrests for drunk
enness were: wet July, l9lS-15SO;
dry July. 1919-5OSs.
In Eric, Pa. the cost Of feeding
prisoners In July, 1918, was $3lh1
md In July. 1919, reduced to Sl1S5,
despite rising prices.
Thomas w. White, Massachusetts
state supervisor OF administration.
says prohibition cut down court
maintenance by one-half.
The government fiscal analysis at
Worcester. Mass, shows savings
banks accounts show an increase of
80 percent since July I, 1913.
Enforcor Kramer say Kecley in
stitutes all over the country have had
10 quit. the last one to throw up the
sponge being at Columbus. q.
The commissioners OF 10 PennsylYa
MIA counties had planned to build %
ten day workhouse for prisoners.
Plans for financing II were about
ready hpforO prohibitiOn came. A