The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-12-16
Declares Prohibition Is Sue
cessful Despite Wet Press
OFFICIAL FIGURES
SHOW DRY SUCCESS
Permits Have Been Reduced By
Two-Thirds
FACTS PROVE PROGRESS MADE

In his address before the Anti-Sa-
loon League Convention at Washing
ton on December 8, Federal Prohibi-
ton Commissioner Haynes exposed
the falsity of wet propaganda to the
effect that Prohibition enforcement
is, failure.
I'VE show" he said, chat in the
United States, during October last
liquor Withdrawals were only so per
cent OF liquor Withdrawals in October
OF last year. We show that whisky
Withdrawals by wholesale druggists in
New York for September and October
just past totaicd less than 4 per cent
of such Withdrawals, as compared with
Juno and July last.
I'VE show hat in the New York OF
hcc, under the reorganization, the
volume OF routine business passing
through the permit section has beer
reduced 90 23 per cent, indicating that
real, sincere, conscientious efforts TO
weed out ilcgitimate business can
succeed.
The fact of the matter is, such
facts constitute about all the argument
that sincere, sensible people need TO
see. that good progress is being made
in a gigantic task This is a new law.
Facts Answer Propaganda
mo ono expects 100 per cent en-
foreement. Can you recall 100 per
cent enforcement OF any law, regard
less OF how long ii has been operative?
Yet those who arc trying 10 cloud
the issue give no. credit 70 the TACT
that relatively great progress is being
made. To the propaganda that Pro-
hibtion does not prohibit and is a
failure, we simply point to few facts
which illustrate the effectiveness OF
this law:
There wer. 2,548 criminal cases in
voiving violations OF the National Pro-
hibition act pending in the federal
courts at the beginning of the fiscal
year. There were 10,3o5 criminal
cases involving violation of said act
pending at the end of the fiscal year
+. There were 29,1l4 criminal prosecu
tions Cindictments) commenced dur
ing the fiscal year ending June 30 un-
der the National Prohibition act, aud
o,024 under the thermal Revenue.
There were 16,6l0 pleas OF guilty dur
ing the fiscal year under the National
Prohibition act, 3.2S7 under Internal
Revenue. There were 1902 convictions
under the National Prohibition act
during the fiscal year, and 4.l53 under
Internal Revenue. There were 755 ac-
quittals under the Prohibition act, and
533 under Internal Revenue. There
were SHIP criminal cases of all char
acter pending in the federal courts on
June 80. 1921, according to figures re-
ceived from the Department OF JUS
tice OF this number l0,365 were Pro-
hibition cases, and 6,55S were Inter
nal Revenue cases. including narcot-
les, etc. There were OPS civil cases
pending in the federal courts on the
same date, l234 OF which were Inter
nql Revenue cases and 1927 were Ma
tional Prohibition cases.
Many Penalties Assessed
Eases in which taxes and penalties
were assessed for violation OF the Pro
hibition law will be of special interest.
There were 4,529 cases OF this nature
pending at the beginning of the fiscal
year. There were $4,000 new cases III
volving assessments received in the
Prohibition unit during the fiscal year.
The amount assessed totaled $53 3,2o6,-
lo887. There were 38,420 cases closed
during the fiscal year. so far as the
assessment of taxes was concerned.
Amount collected during the fiscal
year on account of taxes assessed for
violation of the National Prohibition
act was $2,l52,3S7.45. There were 517
cases held on June 80 for review and
the making of assessments therein.
During the fiscal year ended June 80
there were seized 413,o87 gallons of
distilled spirits and 42S,305 gallons of
wine and cider. The appraised value
OF all property seized during the year
was $10,t06,687.53 This does not in
clude distilling apparatus or other
property destroyed by investigating
agents Immediately upon discovery"
The man not in sympathy with the
dry law should not be placed in po-