The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-21

In the undertaking pariorA. q man
u In JAN charged with mansiaugh'
ter, and scores of others will 10
thru life SCARED with the memory
OF the Wild orgy. In tho pre-prohi'
billion days the party would not
have been In n mans room. nor
would 90 quarts OF whisky have
been consumed In one gulp. one
can expect almost anything OF crime
In these days OF secret and furtrvc
gatherings In all sorts OF out of-the'
way places.
There are many drinking today
who never drank before prohibition.
and they drink ANYTufNG-men
associate with women and women
with men that they would have con.
Hidercd impossible In the old days.
Go into almost any private office
and the owner will mystefiousiy
wink and lock the door. open a
drawer secreted In some outiandish
corner and produce bottle lie
generously proceeds 90 buy
drink" 1t may be ''moonshine." or
Il may be alcohol. or ~ may be
drugstore gln." or II may be n con
glomeration concocted from grape
juice, lime juice. pineapple AND
alcohol. or IL may be home made brew
either wine or beer--or he may
be lucky enough TO produce a
REAL bottle OF bonded" goods.
BUT ANYWAY he buys drink"
Prohibition. as we have II. Is a
Joke. There are hundreds OF boot
leggers In every city and among
them are men who belong 10 the
dry squad. the sherifrs office and
the police force. There are thou.
sands Of men who buy II and keep
II In their homes and offices. and
amongst them are our Judges. bank
ers and our very lawmakers. HOW
CAN A COUNTRY HAVE pROHI.
BITlON SURROUNDED WITH
COUNTRIES THAT ARE WET7
There Is a very interesting article
in tho tsept io) Literary Digest
describing "a boottleggers' paradise
In tho Bahamas. where private
yachts of American millionaires
drop In 10 take on a supply OF
drinkables.- The United States pro.
hibltion law IN filling the Golfers OF
Canada. jamaica. Cuba and Europe
and paying their war debts.
Prohibition as we have Il Is n
disgrace--it IN making criminals and
filing our Jslls and asyiums. There
are 10000 stills turning out over
night whisky. brandy and rum in
Porto Rico and the awful product
Of these Illicit coils Is being con.
sumed by the ONLY people on
earth who could or would drink n
Americans An sorts Of PETTY
crimes are committed which 20 un.
punished by law but which leave a
mark on the human soul. There are
druggists who SOAK labels off
bonded goods. divide the contents
raw alcohol and other dope make
three bottles OF absolutely bgh
proof Johnny Dcwar whisky" Young
men are running betkeen here and
Canada. furtiveiy. sneakingly-mcn
who ordinarily are straightforward
and honest. ANYBODY WHO HAS
A BOAT AND THE MONEY CAN
GET WHISKY AND EVERYBODY
Is IN THE GAME.
The prohibition law has become .
Joke ana disgrace. IL takes away
that liberty for which our fathers
fought and which we claim as an
lnaiienabie right
A few weeks ago q candidate for
prohibition officer sais. II have
Just come hack from making a tour
81 the state and do you know tina,
in every town a dcieEation met me
st the train and when / got up 20
my hotel there was BOTTLE
waiting for me- A deputy sheriff
tells OF watching a motorboat un-
loading n case Of booze for several
consecutive nights on his bulkhcad.
The first night he called out the
window for them 10 leave few
bottles. which they ignored After
about the third trip he sent word
thru customary bootiegging chan
neis that n those fellows wanted 10
use his buIkhead they must come
thru or he would have them ar.
rested. and then they ~came thru
AND THERE YOU ARE,