The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-09-07
DRY EDITOR SEES
FAILURE IN PROHIBITION
limos sible Of Enforcement Now, Sec
rotary Of Temperance Board Says
Only Partly Elective.
For President.

Washington, Sept 4. - AS enforced,
prohibition has been a failure, being
only so to IS per cent. effective in the
opinion of eeets Pickett, Research Sec
rotary and editor of the Methodist
Episcopal Board of Temperance lie
has informed Prohibition Commission
err Kramer of the results of a trip to
see how prohibition works in the
West.
The Board of Temperance has
roundly attacked the State apartment
for permitting continued travel from
California across the Mexican border
to Tia Juana described as place
where one may engage in every form
of vice.
"The present regulations of the
State Department greatly facilitate
their work." says a statement OF the
Board of Temperance in commenting
on the numerous classes that thrive in
the Mexican town. $50 that vast for
tunes are being made, a share of which
has been going to the support of the
Lower California Gorevmntne so long
maintained In defiance of the Federal
Mexican authorities"
The State Department is charged
with failure to enforce passport regu-
lations, which permit charge of $40
far passport.
"On the border between San Diego
and Tia Julna," it is charged, despite
the prolonged protests of decent citi-
cents, no passport is required. Upon
approaching the line, one is asked,
Have you a passport No The reply
is Then l will give you a one-day
permit And mimeographed slip is
filled in. Under the conditions it is
impossible for the immigration Off
Gals to take proper precautions
against incoming drugs, booze and
struggled goods,
"Tia Juana is an American PROPOSE
ton pure and simple and could not
last two weeks If the American State
Department were to avail itself of the
permission of Congress to demand
passports"
Referring to conditions in the
United States, Mr.. Pickett said:
1--WE will never get 100 per cent. en-
forcement of the prohibition laws I'M
til we get the sentiment of the local
communities with us. We have never
winked at the fact. If prohibition is
handled by the local police we will
be IN a much stronger position
1T is impossible for Mr.. Kramer to
enforce prohibition throughout the
United States with force of 1900 fed
eral agents unless he has the earnest
and hearty cooperation of the local
and state authorities.
1.-THE greatest benefit now being
reaped from national prohibition is not
obtained from cutting off the supply
of the confirmed drunkard, because he
will get alcohol some how, even
though he has to drink hair tonic OF
patent medicine to geet it. 1t comes
now, and will come until the law
against the sale of alcohol is still far
the Restricted in preventing young
men and women of the country from
acquiring a taste for liquar.
"They will not start in by drinking
hair tonic or bitters but thousands
and thousands Of them would start OF
beer, II they were able to get it. TIL,
wiping out Of the old beer saloon hal
been Of incalculable benefit.
Thousands and thousands of per
mits for withdrawal Of liquor from
bond for the manufacture of extracts
perfumes and medicines will not b
removed on October 1. Not many per
sons apprecite that all Of the permit
which allow manufacturers to with
draw alcohol from bonded warehouses
are subject to renewal on October ]
It will be possible to deny a permi
to any one of the thousands who hol
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