The Washington times., 1922-11-02
BY WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD,
Well X nown MaGszin Writer.
Copyright ie22, by Cosmopolitan
News ServiCeD

Quit Po.ly-Anning the cities Of
the United States about prohibi-
tion.
This is the word that is going
about I'm the inner and upper
circles of the department of Fed
cral Prohibition Commissioner
Royal A. Haynes.
1t is message that has reached
the publicity department Of
Haynes office and that is being
spread throughout the country
among prohibition officials.
1t is based on the fact that, in
spite Of all the optimism and
promises and hopes that have been
poured out of the prohibition de-
partmsnt in Washington and the
prohibition offices in the various
districts and States, the depart
ment is discovering that the
American people will realize soon,
Of themselves, that prohibition is
showing signs of Cracking
throughout the nation.
About = OS.
Whether II is best for Royal
Haynes TO send out TO 10000 900
adult Americans an s o call To
help him, with the warning that #
they do not rally around II the pro.
hibition cause will b" lost is being
seriously considered not only in his
department. but within the Anti.
Sa loon I.saRlIe itself
tn" argument in favor OF this
action IL that il is better to tell the
American people the full truth about
the prohibition situation than IL will
be to let them slowly discover the
truth for themselves: that. IL they
are told the truth. from prohibition
headquarters. the many millions OF
American citizens who sincerely be-.
lievc in prohibition. will raise their
banners and take part in the prohi.
bltlOn fight. IT they are not told
III" ruth but finally discover IL for
themselves through Polly.Ann
smOh screen, such az has been used
by prohibition officials and many
Anti.Saloon League officers ever
sine" prohibition was attempted
they are likely 10 consider the great
prohibition effort as hopeless and
lose All courage and interest.
This is the problem that Is facing
not only Haynes but the Anti.
Saloon League as well.
Haynes Frank About II.
Haynes himself not only answered
my question on this subject. but
gave me a singulariy loose foot in
his departments when / told him
that | wanted TO secure the facts
about prohibition and compare them
with facts as had secured them in
his department a year ago.
How are things as compared
with year ago." / asked him.
Next year" he answered I'VE
are going to devote TO securing the
assistance of local governments. We
must nave town. city. county and
state governments to assist US"
And IL they don't assist you,'
| asked. will prohibition be a fall
ure them"
1T won't he a failure. he said
but IL will put II off many years
Everybody who believes in prohibi
tion must get to fighting for il. w,
must try to take a short cut acros,
the years. IL isn't the generation
after the next one that we wan
to save alone: it's the generate
that's with us now. We want thes,
children with us now to see prohibl
ton"
found various department heads
and other officials directly under
Haines who talked freely.
Things are getting rougher anC
rougher." said one OF Haines' CHIEF
aides
There are places in the United
! States where prohibition enforce
ment official can't show his heaC
without fear OF being killed." saic
another. when you were here las
Autumn we had a record of twelv,
men killed during the previou.
twelve months; similar figures 70,
| this year are twenty-seven of ouI
own officers killed as well as &
much larger number Of Unite,
| States marshals, sheriffs and cit,
policemen. It's getting to be fight
ing game, let me tell you"
WhislSey Is Awful.
"In the laboratory" said one O
the departments leading chemists
"five per cent. OF the samples o.
booze which we received to analyz,
for court use was good whiskey
That was a year ago. Today, Il
we find one single sample O
, whiskey we are surprised A small
fraction OF one per cent. of tn,
seized stuff that is sent In her,
| by the enforcement officials 1,
whiskey. The rest Of the stuff 4,
awful"
"The bootlegger of today" sale
one extremely wise enforcement
official from New York. lis 6
different man from what he was 6
year ago. Then ne could carry or
a little business for himself, with
his own. customers. Today bi,
money Is beginning to handle booze
Before the bootlegger knows II h,
will be only a hired man, a de
livery boy. Remember how the
breweries used TO own the saloon.
and pay the saloonkeeper a salary
and bonus? Well, IL thing.
keep up as they're going now, you,
bootIeqRer is going IN he N, th.