The New York herald., 1921-08-22

that to-day in the thIrty-one great
warehouses owned by the British Crown.
In the two big storage spaces owned by
| the Bahamian Government, in all the
! emergency storage places drafted into
service by the local merchants there
are vast stores of booze that eventually
viii he consumed by Americans. but which
at this writing are nothing but drains
upon the pocketbooks of their owners.
There are charges to be paid and In
terest to be met, and many of these
merchants have invested their utmost
farthing in those stocks.
OF course. this state of affairs is but
temporary Within reasonable time the
Juror Of the mystery ships and zeal OF
4 frightened constables win abate. The
trafiic will resume its wonted briskness.
| But a deal of worrying is to be noticed
in Nassau just now.
| The attitude of the Bahamran Govern
ment toward all this bootlegging and
bootlegger supplying Is one of good ma
| tured tolerance. Indeed, 1t may be said
that 1t is one of glad acquiescence. From
! Gov Cordeaux down to the least of the
negro constabulary 1t Is recognized that
thanks should be offered for prosperity.
Salaries of local office holders have been
| increased. AS outlined above, the colony
has dissolved its debt and begun to make
| itself presentable. You may go to any
OF the crowns representatives or to any
member OF the only elective body in the
local government, the House of Assem-
bly,, which corresponds to our American
House of Representatives.. and ask them
what they think Of the situation.
Their reply never varies:
I'VE are breaking no law. We are a
lawabiding people. We sell legitimate
merchandise nv h,x al
necessary money. If we break the laws
we will be punished You are at liberty
to investigate US from top to bottom.
| We rather like the idea of your doing IT,"
But, see here" you tell them this
business of supplying booze to boot
leggers Is adding nothing to Nassau's
reputation. First you made money as
pirates-back In the days of Blackboard,
Capt. Bob Kidd, Dennis Mackarty. old
Hornygold and the rest of them. Then
you suffered poverty until wrecking
hourished out on the Bahama banks
Later on you took to blockade running
during the American civil war, you know
and when that war was over and
your occupation killed. you had to wait
until filibustering to Cuba became the
rage until you regained your financial
feet again. That came to an end, and
now you're bootlegging."
But IL you expect that sort of indict-
ment to have effect you are wasting
| time.
Rum, Lime Juice and Grenadine.
MY dear fellow" is the reply. you've
+! come down to the tropics from the north
in the middle of a hot summer. Prob
ably the sun is too much for you. Have
YOU tried my new combination of rum,
lime juice. ice and grenadine? Let's give
it the up and down. as they say in your
beloved States"
Because of the present and probably
only temporary slackness of the market,
and because the local merchants need
READY cash to meet interest and other
carrying charges. prices have slumped.
Scotch whiskey-the popular brands
has sold on the wharf in Nassau for $40
a case You can get 1t for S23 now.
There are three kinds of gin obtain
abl in great quantities-London Gordon
dry gin, New York Gordon dry gin and
London-New York Gordon dry gin. The
latter variety of this popular drink was