The Mena weekly star., 1921-04-07
APPER COILS AND.
 HORN, THEN BOOZE.
low Bossv Seeks No Chance of ;y.rsal Litter 'Dryness"-- uore Respect for the Law to
 Be Sought.
By w. H. Atkins, ,.,arnational News Service Stan ~4o-~ounOndanf

# By w. ii. AtklnS,
 International News Service Stan
 Correspondent.
 w ashington, April 3.-In matters
 4biskey, it depends upon the view 'ht.
 sgf you're dry, you wonder why so ..b booze is loose in the land, or if I in sympathy" said John Kramer, } law boss, in discussing the diverg- \ of view in the pros and cons in .sskey discussions.
 ramer and his clan that have had hear the brunt trying to enforce shibition agree that as long as hu- n hands raise corn and make cop coils the United States of Amer will be wet" somewhere at all aes.
 kone of the "dryD official crowd af- witnessing one years results are hing any roses on themselves. Off, sls say progress has been made. I liouor floods seem to come in sa ter volume. With these ever-in- Tsing new sources of supply, there I cropping out from time to time arely new liquor problems to con- snd liouor law enforcers.
 Kew interpretations of the Volstead \ holding that government off, 3s are not authorized to put limita- 1s upon makers and sellers of alco- sc liouors, except in so far as Con .ss may have specified, are expect Sto have good effect in enforce &t over the country. The new ad- sistration forsees a more general |ervance of the law. New admins 4jon officials, having supervision of ,hibition, are cutting away from ztic methods which have provoked Aeral criticism.
 he new program, as now outlined, fombat some of the present hostil- to the Volstead law, is to stop Bdless tinkering with the laws visions, which convey authority to aajn classes to buy, sell and use a-beverage liquors.
 fhe drug store end of the liquor >blem is now regarded as one of the kt important. In the past even deA N "drys" have have hated to walk hy blocks to a pharmacist to ob- , liquor on a doctors prescription. n when he locates a druggist, even ar "dry" enthusiast wants for his E friend liquor that is pure. He ss not want to buy from a mercen- druggist diluted connection and for it a price that represents 300 sven 400 per cent above what ought De a reasonable figure. Until now has been difficult to obtain good 1skey on a doctors prescription |n after a druggist has been located h one of the coveted permits to Edle medicinal liquors.
 This peculiar situation has been en- ,raged by the attitude of a set of .orement officials who secured Eh of their inspiration for such a e of official conduct from hidden powerful forces in the "extra dry" bent at Washington and elsewhere. The policy of restricting permits to aggists and doctors, and of dis >ainating between those classes, in |effort to limit the number of out |nding permits in given localities hply because dry law officers Eeved a certain number would sufficient to supply all needs is but to go into the discard along Ih a lot of other practices, now swn to have been of doubtful value |the cause of enforcement. Physi- hs will be encouraged to obtain Dor permits and restrictions against aggists have been relaxed Other Ially liberal means are to be taken bring about a more general respect the law as it was framed by Con- tcc