Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-21
Cost of Dry71eSS

Every year Of its operation the Vote.d enforcing
the prohibition an1e1dEs requires greater expenditure
dzspte the fast that whaa the law passed is advocates
declared that the az would enforce Ee- oe@se LAe p-
ug wanted and would repeer and obey T. and that ines
coLectd would only pay al enforcement expenses out
yield handsome reve11e-
For the first year prohibition, congress made an ap2o-
rrzon Of s5gG00C0 for It's enforcement and the cozs-
sner came hack with deficiency. The past year ne had
s75g0CJO and another deficiency For this year he re-
qused sI0Qg0og0 and got S9Z5oo0 and predicts another
deficiency.
Some 1850 are HOW employed IN attempting 70 kesp the
country dry. There commissioner At $1,000, and assist
ant commissioner a. 5000, counsel az 5000 and
assistant at 420Q making $4,000 with much for
travelling expenses not including clerks stenographer and
office help the national capitol Then there are 81 state
directors from $1,000 to 5000, making total OF
s25000 there Is assistant directors st from S27JO TO
$500 or $4,000 SO field administrators at from 500 TO
5000 or s1S0O00 and 35 inspectors at from s2700 to
$500 or $4,000; grand total Of S650000 for salaries
Of men direct the work and much for travelling
expenses-or million dollars year political pluns-
Prohibition costs Uncle Sam much for enforce
nent not including of litigation consequent thereon
as many branches Of the federal government witness
including salaries all STss4T5s
maintaining dlploes and consular
Cost ot customs srvfse which Manages foreign imports
operaag Bureau Engraving vhiea makes
Cost q ne Coast Guard Ehea patrols lo3o3 niles Of e74 ana
ssgss ~1sd 14E.asE. and .sys ..ss aaa argos
protects the health ot the people. Sf150899G.
Geological
PARK seTycs together totals less Fs.009ge8.
Cost q the Lighthouse Service which
Cost Department Of Labor, &336I.s3s
Cost Of the Department Of Justice whfrh
O; federal laws 100000.
district supreme which try
ali t1Z.5sB,690
Commissioner Haynes says that his organization is only
skeleton now Of what he intends to make it, so that pros
poets are that 100000 year viii be mere bagatee of
the cost Of enforcing dryness in the future.
All this great expenditure to which must be added
several times much by county and city
has not accomplished its purpose The saloon has gone it
true but it went under state prohibition and under local.
option In the great cities the saloon still doing business
There Is no dearth Of liquor anywhere No where
one goes it easy booze has the price Boot
leggers and moOnshners doing ourshng busiI
ness For every still that confiscated there are dozeu
new ones operated For every brewery winery closed
there thousand home-breweres and hone-yineries
functionng
Prohibition has kept liquor from the young Strong
spirits remain of the principal causes Of juvenile
delinquency psying prominent part today than
ever in the downfall of youth Any juvenile court or any
welfare worker viii confirm this
Nor has prohibition stopped drunkenness and abolished
crime though it has increased the of drugs The court
records of Portland fair example In 1917 there were
1912 arrests for drunkenness 1913 nearly 1900 in 1919
there 1900 in 1920 the had increased
to 2476; in 1921 there were 3349 drunks arrested
These dry facsbut they facts and not very dry
at that.