South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-12
100000 GALLONS
OF WHISKY DRAWN
FROM WAREHOUSES;
Estimated That One-Fourth
of This Is Net Required for
Medical Purposes.

LOUISVILLE. Ky. May IL
Withdrawals OF whisky from bond
ed warehouses for this year, on the
basis OF the last three or four
months. VIII amount 70 about O.
600. 900 gallons. which Is perhaps
only about one-half million gallons
IN excess OF normal medicinal re-
quirements" r A Haynes. federal
prohibition commissioner. told the
Churchman'S Fed Grafton here today.
ar Haynes compared this figure
with 40. 600. 900 gallons OF Amerl-
can made whisky which he said
were consumed in the United States
annually during the years imme-
diately preceding prohibition. and
with about Il and a half million
gallons Withdrawn from bonded
warehouses on permits In 1920 and
about three and a half millions in
1921
1T IS significant" Mr.. Haynes
continued that at a time when
LIQUOR is more difficult 10 obtain
than az any other time in our his
tory. when drunkenness has de-
creased 20 a very appreciate de-
gree: when convictions for the vio-
Iauon OF law are becoming most
numerous. that at such times the
largest amount OF space is given
iu some OF our newspapers 10 ar
ticles most flimsy OF factsy. which
St forth the idea that prohibition
Is a failure I am inclined TO be-
leve that propaganda has its origin
In the interest OF large personal
/ gains on the part OF a comparative
few. who nave felt most forcefully
the effects OF the law. As long as
enforcement officers could be easily
bribed as long as the traffic went
on unimpeded either by taxes. fines
or jail sentences. as long as only the
small offenders were brought 10
Justice there was little cause for the
insidious propaganda
Nothing can affront the Ameri-
can people more than the state
ment that we cannot enforce our
laws In this statement lies the
death warrant OF the republic. for
this nation cannot endure without
reverence for law. without the rec
ognized authority OF law The per-
petrators Of this new treason have
overlooked one OF the great essen
tails OF the American people: that
law is but an expression Of the ma
tan's will. and the power OF Amer
lea has ever met apparently in
superable difficulties and changed
them into world amazing achieve
ments
This law was ratified by as
states, the largest number Of states
that had ever ratified a constitu-
tionaI amendment.
The real issue that underlies all
the contest over prohibition en-
forcement is Americanism in con-
flict with old world customs and
concepts; % Is democracy against
avarice. lawlessness and anarchy 1t
Is no mere expression OF pride 10
say that when America Wills 70
do that which other nations have
not done. she will not fail OF that
achievement
This is an hour when the burden
OF the war rests heavily upon peo-
pie through the imposition of taxes,
and the astute propagandist has
pointed 20 the fact that prohibition
viii cost the government nearly
$40 COO 900 this coming year. How
ever. IL we were 20 collect the fines.
penalties and special tax imposed
upon violators OF the law in the
first six months OF this administra-
tion, they would more than pay
two and one-half half times the es-
timated cost OF enforcing the prohi-
bition law for the next year. Those
enormous figures do not include
nearly $4,000. 900 In bonds that are
being forfeited 20 the government
or 81. 600 900 that have been Of
fered in compromise by 81 OF the
largest violators Of the law. and DO
not include $4,000. 900 IN differen-
tiaI or prOhIbitive tax"