Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-08
KRAMER SETS FORTH
TROUBLES THAT BESEI
PROHIBITION WORK
Nany Difficulties That Operate
Against Thorough Enforce
ment of the Law.
LACK OF HELP BY SIAltS

NJ
,,,,,.n n,.n fully enforced ar has
!, f,tl,d i'm states where the sentiineh'
ts opposed To the law
rms question is answered IN an hu-
th.rttcd statement given Every ENC"-
tnr,. rorrcapondcut 10y fr"hini'i""
tomnissiuncr Kramer. -,
70 my way of thinking s''u M
kramer the most dlu''ul l''''','"
that auN stat, ever undert'"N l" S'''
Was the adoption ~ IN" pr'n' ipl1 o' ."e
..r,.tn,t,.n - IN, liquor traffic Tor
.,.,s..s Thr difficulties
1,.b mn. states had o. meet IN con
-, y5fb this work were many. as
so.y trsra u.y cNp,r1'ut" Wlth th'
. Il, ahI. lu som, ,asos. tho pr""-
.arfrauuul The Federal govern
.rt N,a. -u8 rr,tt,t and In" dith-
- .uuntcrcd were great.
lf.. ~a,l. .ould adopt m Irin'i-
ln.hIf.tlou the sentiment 'l th'
aaI. A.t taI. pretty strongly ~ ''N-
tU a.4 lalt Wh,u Inc \t'l'h "S
pU# aert,d NJ plln. ude H 'h"h'-
.a . Nss - snm extent forced upon
. .ltf.. and especially upon large
t.t b ~, r,'pi' had y" SNInli-
.h4t.st WITH the ld,a. ln iatt
....4 .Eu,v what thc term FRO
f..,rt This is especially true
f.N ~ IN. eastern
is uumbcr uf large
fh -tlu, tor example. IN
N..e ,#N th,re not very mu'h
r.it r lttu - prohibition.
.h.t rn,t, Ntsl ~" sentiment
.ta. eatu-t hw oh"dicn' ="
.a v ,ttot...r,nt IN - SAY IN"
.,tn.1 gul'~, and dormant
t.0.u IS th, matter This gen
rt.r...t 81 course has its effect
th, ufi,jals and upon
aI,,.n ~ Niulat3ug the
av
f,rari that tn'l. arr thr""
. a.4 mn,t thre' saloons do
sias .u \ow York city
ue rr.t,nsr ~ having
n..I. ~ v.d. an,r saloons. ] may
mt. .fA, r,i,.tf~ - our agents there
IS. .r, trat ther, ar" places
>. N.rA ,t1 where hguor IS sold
I,.- .p.rl IN nome of them
..u...t H,tuw solid as il was sold
a trabdauon. I'm some "f The
..alt- S \,v York city patrons
,nlnI,J a. ~,.ute drinks. spoke
.rf, h.. ath,i "a, only who suE
.-I.I tbt h, Nith three othcrs. had
U..t .H + restaurant whore thcy were
.u.. to. ulr,ha~, toar high balls io'
uhUN la,N pad jh. sum ~ eight dol
Mans rrprrl,turs ~ these plac es
0t. boon arrested as many as fou'
It. ufu.~ lu ~atnc instances then
,t.,s ,f. -tlI psrdluE uofo. the courts
4 uth,r- th,, hat, been given usually
N,ty uamual TN, and permitted I,
80 thrh way
Man, Eases in court
Th.r, ar, hundreds ID eases upon tn
count de,E,ts Is New NorA Ciu await
4nr tra tud inc counts are complain
lnE pl,NDasls that thtN are htcominl
utr,N Police courts ! mention thcs
facts Is Gonna. t..n utth \ev Yorh city
Which to .oH. ,Nt,ut ar, trtc ~ refer
,r,, tu other large citics. 70 lHustrat
th. point that & S not altoG, thor mone
tnat IS nt.d dtd - greater number @
accn1e iu th, n,ld hat that wha, !
rcoded mere fhar anything else IS a
olt~Itok,u s,rtam,it in faNoI of ia'
ahedpnCt ~tu., people have com
lHaIucd to th, ,e,.t that Congress
.t tpprepriat4ne sufficient money Wit
which a. earn, tI the Work-and IN TN
oanne,t3ou ulrht SAY that I was surr
U,H t.oH Crcs~ reduced our dcfclenC
s..IuIl.4tioH h,loa Tho amount fC
#.H..l v, asked ard thIS fog thp rcaso
.u4s u oomIels Us 10 reduce our force
something like $50 men but l bs
tb, next nscal year 81 S7.5oU,oo0
tho,ut to enable ne Federal GoVerr
4.,it 10 carry on the work which II
--illt fut t a. de- ], must he cor
sIrl,. tlat ther, Is 30 rs. il maxim
c4s.s 4rd faster than the FEEDER,
courts aI, abl, o. handle them. and
htItt, d fute. can br buIlI upon a
aaprorrlatlor 81 s. .0oo which ca
az Tins Wol.--
Local Help Needed.
Tusr, IS ui, thug Whrh w have
t.a~Idcrabl, extent IaCE-d durIn
ttH past Year and that Is the helm upo
tU. part Of State officials and loc
o8..i.us There has been dispos
ss. upon IA, .,II 81 som. STATE al
.a| oih. ais - SAY mat 20 wori.
a.s fuf ia. Federal Government 10 q
aaa ~ SOM. states lbs. New Yor
It,uusylNuua NcW Jersey Mar ian
tpnu,cti,.t. Ehod, Island and Mass
thusslls there were no state cod
1nl,h enabled the STATE and local of
,ta.e 10 render very effective asslstanC
even though they had desired 10 do s.
4lt TINS dIfiic atty Ir th" main Is beiI
overcome The state and local ofiicia
arc mannesting disposition 10 ASST
lu tht work and the states which hi
not sufficient codes are gradually adop
lup them This VIII divert a great de
81 work from the Federal Courts in
the Police and state courts. This is q
thng that must come 70 pass befO
the work can be done as successful
a. II ought 10 be- done Place a tho
sand agents among one hundred IN
lIuu people and compel them 70 Gov
$500 900 square miles Of territory. a.
you viii give them d very large wo
70 do On this account. il is my opi
Iuu that Congress was wise in the
ginning IN not appropriating lar
sums o. money FOR the work and IN
making IT appear 10 the states a
local communities az if the FedeI
Government expected to do the emit
WORK Ii was well enough to let I
states know that the bulk Of the wo
must in the end rest upon them.
Some OF the Problems.
4 would like TO mention some Of I
problems which present themselves
connection with our work First. we ha
the Border problem: liquors are bel
smuggled into this country from CanaC
from Mexico and from the Islands ne
the Florida coast. II is the same
problem. When a village voted d
under local option, it experienced gre
difficulty with the villages close