Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-08-15


/ sixth Maintenance II friendly re
iIatinns with an branches of Federal
stat" aud municipal government CON
yern"d with administration OF liquor
laws. especially tn" prosecuting au-
>h"riti"s aud tn" courts.
Seventh. Advancement for rrru-
lar shipments 10 the tinted states
"' heavy c"hsirnm"nts "t foreign
spirits.
Th" big fellows ~ TIA, bootleg
guI combine besides being tn. Iii
r"c,inS brains OF the Industry. have
! 'h" heaviest financial stake IN ~,
| Either !" bring in liquor from abroad
/ In commercial volume. or T., secur.
~ release from United States bond
, ed warehouses, requires the com
I maud of unlimited funds
| Their money power gives them
practical control Of ia" bootleg mar
""t. and On their neutrality-suspicious. Of
. IT, from day 10 day. coz week To week.
| depends whether liquor STOCKS ia N.w
/ ork are high or tow. with prir,.
I c"rresr"ndingly nurtua;iue SOM. @,
. the big fellows" operat" with their
! own capital. grown from sInau he.
Ginnirgs 10 massive fortunes aI,unst
over night during the last two wears
Z ''helS employ capital Suupltrd hv
! "uisid" interests and divide protiis
| with thm
Learned Counsel EmpIo,rd
Intimately allied with tn. nix fol-
I""s' at tho top Of tho boptl.ggiuu
/ combine ih"r" IL said 10 hc co,.rir
| OF influential lawyers learned I'm th.
i'gH"r law. Then. on. is pcrsuasiyclv
assured. there IL "a substraium az
former members Of the prohibition
service, Intimately vcrscd in tn. in
uicai"s OF the enforcement system
ANA retaining valuable official Con
n"eti"nS. leading ali the way to
Washington
Th" various gentry just cataIouuod
. constitute tho 'highsr-ups" OF the
h"otlesgnK ring An a,tibut" each
ana all OF them possess is political
/ pm "f varying degrees. bat ,s-
tahlished potency. The h!E buo,lcp-
f.ts III New York OF necessity nIay
u" iaEorites ia politics. They are
nonpaTtisnu and bipartisan. Re
publican aud Democratic politicians
/ are both useful.
I Politicians Share In SpoIIs
~" Federal aud state prohibit ion
services happen TO be Republican
at IN" moment. but New YORK. City is
Democrat ruled. Politicians OF both
PARTIES are popularity alleged in New
! YORK {" b" sharing richly in tn.
/ enormous pr"nts Of the bootlcgging
/ INDUSTRY. either as Co-inv"ktors or
Ifait takers simplifying on their part
mat protection" without which
| b"olc@Eing could not exist or con
tinTe its fabulously prosperous ca
| re"r.
! Il is screamed from the housciops
| or New York that the prohibiilo
service 'hr customs service. the coast
guard service, the internal revenue
service the STATE police and the
| New York metropolitan police fore.
are saturated with graft
II""ilrIgrrs Tell Of Hribcx.
It""il"Eg"rs themselves speak with
| th!!"hS freedom of the brib-s they
must HHd d" pay to the uud-rlings of
"iii"iaI world-thc w-snlrIrd class
/ which - actually intrustcd. on the
spot, with prohibition endorsements
/ The higher authorities c"no-d. there
| - sHch " way" r corruption ana
claim 10 b.. sl"cpl. In supprcss!ng
lit
! tn" hoorlcgrcr p,aads i'm extcnu-
Iati"s't the usurious prices h. cy-
/ tort. for Illicit goods that they arc
regulated 10 a larger extent. not only
ny general market conditions. but hv
! the "ove rhcad" cost Of fixing" At
certain points "f entry. like the Ca
madam border. or drops" along the
! New York water front. fixing" is
SAID TO TAX" r!ac" on regular scale
i"f prices. II usually calls. in add
ton {" cash, FOR some OF the illicit
| liquor itself.
| Makes Police Rich.
] With supplies thus derived scores
or even hundreds 81 officers az the
law today are believed To- he en-
gagged in bootleg traffic on their own
account. Certain New York police
men VIII" HAY" their own automobiles
and costly homes the number Of
such hlue"oats was never go large as
! 1; Is t"da are credited with having
graduated into III" p!utocrntic ella ss
via the bootleg route
! Rcl"w The big fellows" and the
other h'Ehcr-ups-th financial, pn-
| litical ana "tti"ial partners and col
| horItnrS-c"m" the second and
third grades Of IN. bootleg urganiza-
ton Thcs" comprise the statesmen
Of Ia" big fellows" who deal in II
large way with the Wholesale drug
gists ana other jnbhers. then the
larger retailers. including the r"stau-
| rants. saloons ana "spcakrasicS' o!