The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1922-12-22
PROHIBITION
MAIN SUBJECT
AT CONFERENCE
Different Other
Subjects Discussed
at Get Together

.. At a luncheon Wednesday noon at
the Y. NJ. C. A. auditorium about
thirty county, city officials and re-
| Gently elected state legislators dis
cussed prohibition, taxation and
| highways.
Arrangements for the meeting
were made by the City Attorney R.
]. Fausset, the meeting being pre-
sided over by Mayor Clay.
Outside of the city and county
officials several other men and wom-
en- prominent in public affairs at
tended the luncheon.
Mrs. J. A. Jacobson, president of
| the Snohomish County w. c. 7. u,
one of the speakers, outlined the
program of the organization she
represented in reference to legis-
| lation which will be worked for in
| the next session of the state legis-
lature; among many bills which will
be represented is one prohibiting
the sale and manufacture of ciga-
rettes. An attempt will also be
made to have the legislators pass
better prohibition laws. Chas. A.
Turner, commissioner of public safe
ty, presented three amendments to
present laws to the two new elected
representatives, Mrs. Harry John
Miller, and Nils Anderson, all three
measures dealing with the enforce
ment of the prohibition laws.
Mr.. Turner in explaining the
measures said it was the wrong pol
icy to criticize officials for not en-
forcing the laws as long as the laws
could not be enforced.
If a carload of booze would be
transported over Hewitt avenue the
police could do nothing; they could
not seize the car and could not ar
rest the driver.
In one case were local police Of
ficers had arrested an auxo loaded
with booze all they cold do was to
turn both driver and car loose. In
another case prominent interests in
Seattle sued the police commissioner
for unlawful seizure.
One of the main things for the po-
lice in the prohibition movement is
the cooperation of the public, but,
said the commissioner, we do not
get it.
One well known business man OPP
Grating a store had the upstairs of
his building rented to a party known
to be of undesirable kind when
things got to be a little too rough
the police were asked to act, and
after some secret investigation the
place was raided. The owner of the
building who seems to be opposed
to unlawful action of the kind going
on in his own building was asked by
the commissioner to turn the unde-
sirable occupants of the building
out; but while himself being a re-
spectacle citizen and good church
member he decided that it was I'M
profitable to him and he rather
gives room in his building to a
place of vice than to lose any good
money.
The commissioner said if property
owners would thoroughly investigate
before renting their places and not
allow the undesirable type to nestle
in the city the wet problem and other
vices would soon be checked in Ev-
erett.
Mayor Clay presented to the leg
islators copy of bill protecting the
city in the sale of taxtitle lands de-
linquent in payment of local i'm
provement assessments, and urged
the two legislators present to work
for it next session.
Other speakers were: Commission
er R. B. Williams, County Commits
sioners w. w. Morgan, Prosecuting
Attorney Elect C. T. Roscoe, Rev.
Robert Reed, Theron A. Noble. Mar
win Smith, Nils Anderson and 0. N.
Dock.