Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1922-11-16

WORK HOUSES ARE BEING FILLED
RAPIDLY.
The following is taken from the re-
port 81 Or. lockwood, Superintendent
Of the Minneapolis workhouse, and
shows the convictions for drunkenness
for the years Indicated. This report d
cludes only those who received work
house sentences and does not include.
those arrested and released upon the
payment OF q fine:
July LIST, 1918 to- July LIST, 1919--.1224
July 1st, 1919 to July lst, 1920. 587
July 1st, 1920 to July 1st,, 1921..-l264
July 1st, 1921 to July 1st, 1922-.-2536
July.1st, 1922 to Sept. LIST. 1922-. 596
You will note an lincrease Of 100 per
cent in the number Of workhause SEN
fences for the year ending July /, 1922,
over the year ending July ], 1913, the
year prior to the Volstead law. You
will also note that If the percentage
of increase for July and August OF this
year is maintained for the balance Of
the fiscal year, it will mean the appal-s
ling total OF 5000 for the year ending
July 1, 1923, OF an increase Of 200 per
cent over the year prior to the Vol
stead act.
The following is taken from the re-
port Of DR.. Lockwood as to the number
Of drug addicts received at the work
house for the years indicated:
1919, 40; 1920, go; 1921, 81; 1922, So.
to Sept. / only.
You will@note al increase of 70 per
cent in the number Of drug addicts
for the year 1921 over the year 1919.
Here is the record of convictions for
drunkenness received at the st. Paul
workhouse, as reported by the super
intendent, for the calendar years indi-
Gated:
1920, s7s; 1921, 74s; 1922, 5s4 to
Sept. LIST only.
Assuming the same average for the
balance of the year 1922, it will mean
876 for the year or an increaseaofs131
per cent o~yer-1920.
The report Of the State Board of
Control is quite illuminating on condi-
lions throughout the state. It shows
an increase OF % per cent in the num-
Der of delinquent girls for the year
ending June 80, 1892, over the year
1919; an increase Of SO per cent in the
number of inmates at the st. Cloud
Reformatory for boys over-the year
1919; and an increase of 100 per cent
in the inmates for the state reforma-
tory for women.
The reason for this deplorable con-
dition is apparent to any ~disfnterested
observer. It is because the Volstead
law has suppressed only the sale and
use Of mild beverages like beer and
wine, which are too bulky for illicit
vending, and Increased to a degree
never known before the consumption
OF violently intoxicating and in many
cases poisonous beverages that. craze
1.-THE mind and paralyze the moral sense.
Moonshine is rapidly becoming the ma
tional beverage.
Under the Volstead law diversified
farming has taken On a new meaning
the manufacture of moonshine in
connection with the ordinary agricul-
tural operations Of the farmer and in
many cases it is proving his most pro-
fitable form OF industry.
There is but one practical remedy
for the %intolerable conditions that now
exist in our state and throughout the
nation and that is the prompt amend
ment Of the Vo1stead law SO as to per-
NIT the substitution of beer and wine,
for use in the home, in place Of the
harmful beverages Of illicit origin o
being sold Observation-Disclosures
Sanity League.
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