The Washington times., 1922-12-12
DRINKS HUGE.
| QUANTITY Of !.
| POISON !

IDry Agent Says 10000 Gal
\ Ions Of Bad Booze 10
/ Drunk Each Day.
< BY WALTER voGDEs.
Cssmspslitan News Service.
NEW YORK. Dec. 1.-THE pub
Nc of the New York district con-
ssumes every month 100000 gallons
sof redistiiied. denatured ALCOHOL
containing deadly poisons. Divisional
Prohibition Chief John d. Applepy
said today.
! More than $7.ooo.ooo. he declared.
- spent locally every thirty days on
'boose, fund sufficient 70 build LOO
Substantial homes.
"The poisonous liquor consumed
alone each month would M wnis-
kew xiass one thousand miles high.
.Redistilled, denatured alcohol" said
.Appleby, "is killing people every day
An New York and poisoning many.
The bulk OF the beverage LIQUOR dis.
.tributed here 10 made from Industrial
alcohol t,
"The cause OF the many deaths Is
jkspt secret. There II no way OF e.
itinaatins the real extent OF the dev'
.astation." -,
.Is there no good liquor being sold
ihsrei" he was asked.
practically none. For the sturt
that u smuggled In Ii faxed. IL
may not contain poisons. but 1t Is
shurrisdly made and'it Is dangerous.
Big Withdrawals.
Each month 100000 gallons OF
Slsnatursd alcohol are drawn tax free
,from government warehouses here.
we estimate that 100000 gallons lind
their way to the liquor consumer:
They are the basis OF the so-caiica
Scotch. rye, gin and sherry imnioed
.,so freely.
Z "Since prohibition between 1000
iand 1900 firms have been organized
I'm New York for the ostensible pur-
pose of manufacturing nair tonics.
kboy rum and face washes.
"They draw these large quantities
lof slcohol from the warehouses and
b0le0ally use 1t for making booze.
They transfer the alcohol to secret
foutting plants, where 1t is redis-
stillsd. and an attempt is made to re-
move the denaturanl.
4 but much of the denaturant re.
tmains when they have created their
suquor. The poison is sometimes
there In sufficient quantities to kill.
"You must remember that the 50,-
o00 gallons of booze smuggled into
this district eacn month by rum
9tinners. constitute only small pro-
( portion OF the LIQUOR used. Perhaps
One-tenth.
"The 500. 1000 gallons drawn from
( the warehouses are alcohol, and they
I. WIN make double or triple that
amount Of booze. The redistilling of
denatured alcohol is the. greatest
menace the New York public and
the prohibition department have to
fhcA."
: Dssths Increase ESQ Per Cent.
The New York State Healtht De-
I partment declares that deaths from
dtinlsinG poisonous alcohol are two
and one-hAh times n great a. last
year. And the city health depart
msnt shows 169 reported deaths from
-aleehol for part of 1929 a. sEainst
11s for the entire year Of 1891.
The man in the street viii deny
that good liquor can't be bought. He
= unwilling. to face the facts, he
would rather be poisoned than dry.
He will cay. I tell you ! can get good
Scotch whenever I'm willing to pay
tn: :sas.: sa,s:' said Chief App,.oy. 9Th.
Price has nothing to do with Il. You
ere just al likely to be poisoned on
booge you buy at $50 q quart az on
~ - q 4. ~~~k u = Fl
From the same barrel Of bad al.
cohol the bootlegger nVkes sherry.
whiskey and gin. Bottles. labels and
stamps are counterfeit. The corls
are burned 20 that they win appear
Old aHDd the bottled stuff u finally
sswed up in sacks.
'"The concluding artistic touch
comes when the sacks are dipped In
nit watsrrso that purchasers win
believe the liquor has had q long
ride N the hold Of . ship"
"C1n the government take no &C.
ton against the eo-called manufac.
turers Of hair tonics who are really
making booss7" Appleby was asked.
Too Many 'sFactoriss."
I'VE do take sction," he answered.
when We believe We can prove they
have gone beyond their rights. They
are supposed to give an accounting
, to the government of all the stuff
they draw from warehouses. But
you can't watch 1.soo factoriss all
the time" M
,..,i:;. saisy can II. pubic ,. pro
"Ths public can protect itsslf."
said Appleby earneOtly. by obey,
, Ing the prohibition law. Thet n the
only way. So sIxilful have the boot
leggers become that no man ON earth
o4n tell whether li@ubr b poisonous
sxcept by chemical feet.e
Mote: Tomorrow ISxy Einstein and
Moe Smith. champion prohibition
agents OF the United States, with q
record OF $500 raids, win tell the
comic and picturesque story o. their
RAIDS, The rise Of fssy and Moe has
made them national figureO-they
Are - funny az Potash And Perimut.
q SHOT FOR SNoVHALLlNo q /
| PRESIDENT or POLAND
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