Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1921-07-06

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officials, Congress soon will be ask
ed by Attorney General Daugherty
to set up a system 0 fboose courts
which will transact only business re-
lating to prohibition enforcement.
With these courts in operation, retri-
butien in the shape OF fines and
jail terms will be dealt out with little
delay to persons caught running the
rum blockade of dry detectives. De,
lay in bringing violators to Justice
because the ordinary courts of New
York and all big cities are clogged
with prohibition cases, has been one
Of the factors making prohibition
laws hard to enforce, according to
government officials.
And to make Haynes drive on law
breakers more and more effective,
several branches Of the government
are cooperating with him, as well
as city, state and county officials in
all sections.
Chief Ashworth OF the L. S. Gus
toms Service has laid down a barrage
of customs detectives along the Can
adian border to halt international
booze smugglers. The Florida keys
are being guarded against liquor
smuggled from Cuba, not only by
the customs service but also by the
L. s. Coast guards. And In big cities
like New York, Philadelphia, Boston,
Baltimore. St Louis. Chicago DEN
yer and San Francisco, police and
state officials now are putting their
hands to the wheel to move their
territory into an atmosphere is arid
ity.
Considering the situation from
these points of view, Commissioner
Haynes is pleased with the possibil-
ity OF making the country nearly 90
percent dry during the next twelve
months
AT any rate" he said today,
"we'll make it blamed unpleasant to
be bootlegger.
100 Per Cent Prohibition
Haynes and few government Off
cials believe that real 100 per cent
pure prohibition can be clamped
down on the entire country
Prohibition. they point out, is too
new to be completely effective at
once But progress toward com.
plete dryness is being made daily,
they say, backed by rapidly deVel-
oping public sentiment for absolute
and impartial enforcement of the
law
Wartime prohibition. when the
country took its first step towards
a dry basis began two years ago to-
day On that day all sales 0l liquor
for internal consumption was pro-
hibitted by law. This measure how
ever, was intended to BE- merely tenn
pOrary and to continue in effect only
for a short time after the close Of
hostiliiies. But before that period
was reached, constitutional prohibi-
lion became effective and the prohi-
bitiOn enforcement unit was set up at
Washington Until a short time ago
nearly 1000 federal agents were
scattered through the country wat
ching for violations OF the VOlstead
Law. Then came the big layoff.
Now, however, this is to be corrected
During the first two years of pro-
hibitiOn, the country has consumed
more than 100000 gallons of LID
uor. according to reports on with
drawals from bonded warehouses.
Prohibition unit officials say that
part Of this reached bootleggers and
was consumed internally. although
the permits under which it was with
drawn were intended to prevent the
use of liquor except for nOn-bever-
aga purposes.
More than 100000 persons have
been arrested in the campaign to en-
force the law,it is estimated here.
The exact number of arrests is not
known since taBulations in the pos
session of the Prohibition unit are
not yet completed