The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-01-27

centers, especially among the foreign
element, have not been borne Oft by
actualities.
eInstead OF an army the results
have been accomplished by less than
1000 agents, operating in forty-eight
states. in the District of Columbia,
Alaska, Porto Rico and Hawaii,
among more than 120,000000 people
results which are nothing short OF re-
markablc. Instead OF rebellion or
revolution, people generally. foreign
and otherwise have quietly acquiesced
in the law Zone almost revolutionary
in the worlds history, and those now
engaged in the illicit traffic constitute
a negligible minority
Results Claimed for Prohibition
Here are some OF the results which
Mr.. Haynes claims for two years of
Prohibition: Disappearance of the
open saloon; abatement of open
drinking in public dining rooms; pass
ing of the treating evil closing OF
whisky cures and similar institutions
increased savings accounts; record
breaking Christmas business; de-
creased drunkenness; prohibitivc price
of bonded liquor for beverage use
dangerous character of illicit drinking
wall OF bowling minority which would
go to the length OF undermining the
Constitution in order to nullify an
amendment which their action demon
straes is in actual effect; changed at
titude of former hostile statesmen, po-
lit;cal leaders and the press.
The helpful attitude of the patriotic
press is listed by Mr.. HAYNES as
among the Developments which will
make enforcement easier i'll 1922
Others are: Aroused citizenship;
closer cooperation OF all enforcement
agencies, headed by the United States
attorney general; poisonous, death
dealing character OF practically all
illicit liquor now on the market; att
tude OF Canadian and other foreign
officials against border smuggling
more stringent state legislation; maxi
mum penalties by courts; wedding ou
of enforcement officials not i'll sympa
thy with enforcement of the Eight
zenith Amendment; curtailing o
sources of supply, and the attitude o
physicians and druggists against pre-
scription abuses,
: Importation of liquors, Mr.. Hayne,
said, had been cut to a minimum, anc
; last years importations were only one
half of l per cent of the total con
sumption of liquor in the Uniteo
States the year before national Pro
hibition. Bootleggers were hare
pressed to obtain liquor, he intimated
and the official chemists reported tina
only per cent of all liquor seizec
and examined was fit to drink.
In arguing that Prohibition had beer
a boon to the nation, Mr.. Haynes said
that the reports of thirty-seven in
surance companies transacting about
80 per cent of the life insurance bust.
ness OF the country showed that the
health of the population had been I'M.
proved. The death rate for the first
ten months of 1921 was 8.24 per cent
as compared with $50 per cent in 1920
Liquor and Property Seized
During the year approximately $780,
600 gallons of distilled liquor and
wines were seized, and property seized
not including property levied for pay
ment OF taxes. or distllery apparatus
or other property destroyed was val
ued at $12,907,6o Miscellaneous
property seized including 900 automo-
biles, 40 boats, 20 wagons and car
riages, IS horses and mules, one air
plane, five motorcycles, ten tracts Of
land, seven stocks of merchandise and
| $500 in cash.
There were 10000 federal indict-
ments obtained and i'll $4,000 cases
pleas OF guilty were entered. The