Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-03

ono day. The big towns arc orammed
with spcakcasies-masqu as
drug stores fruit stands. candy shops
and garages.
NiBny Women BoOtircgcrs.
Women are bootlegging in grow
Ing numbers. In the Pittsburgh dis
trict woman was arrested five
times In three months. paying gloe-
fully 500 fines on each occasion and
then rcsuminG her prontaele pur-
suits. Here and there local sentimen,
ia coming to the rescue OF the pro-
hibition authorities in Western Penn
sylVania. Uniontown and Butler are
named as model communities In
that respect, owing to tho activities
of citizens committees and the in
stigated zeal of county judges and
prosecutors.
Western Pennsylvania's bane Is it's
immense population Of aliens among
whom disrcspect for the liquor laws
rs universal and virulent Nine
'chths OF the bootlegGcrs in that end
or the State are foreign born. The
Europeans employed in the mines
and steel mills hold the American
prohibition statutes in hra2cn con-
tempt, insist upon unrestricted per.
sonal liberty" and operate stills as
regular parts of their household
equipment Some brew only for home
manly nave become
commercial brewers and bootlcggcrs
AT iatcsvilie prohibition officers
found and destroyed 1O7 gtills in n
community of lis houses. There
were only eight law abiders in the
entire place.
Ordinary nve-Eallon milk cans.
with the covers soldercd on. are COM
monty used hy miners and steel
workers. for home still purposes One
of the biggest commercial stills
broken up by EXnicios was operated
In n piggery. where sw!ll was util-
ized along with mash for the. dis
filling OF whisky" The Indignation
of the proprietor was endless over
tho public disclosure that swill en-
tered into his product. for re en-
Joyed a local reputation for making
pure stuff" He lamentcd that his
trade was now ruined forever"
HrcWcrieS FiaGrnnt Offenders.
western Pennsylvania brcwcrics
are fragrant offenders against the
liquor laws. Since June /. cases
against several browcrics. mainly in
that section OF the State. have been
Med. the charge in each instance be-
Ing tho production of beer in excess
of the alcoholic content authorized
by law. Bribery OF prohibition Of
hcials plays leading role In tho
Illicit brewery traffic, but profits arc
so enormous that graft. as well as
Incidental fines. can easily be H.
nanccd. Brcwcrics are turning ont
high-power beer at $40 to s24 a bar
rel. delivered to the licensed saloon
keeper. who frequently is merely tho
sales agent of brewery. and
through retail transactions over his
bar pyramids the profits for his
principals.
Politicians and political leaders
play with" hrcwerics everywhere in
the state. In plenty OF instances
brewers and saloonkecpcrs are the
politicians themselves. In either case.
protection" is notoriously extended.
and under It's cover the trade In
high voltage beer goes mcrrily ana
forward Tho brewery
hootlcggcr- saloon combine has it's
secret service system. and has been
known even to have it's own paid
telephone girls employed as opera
tors in prohibition Offices The com
binc, by hook or by crook, manages
to be omniscient and to know what
is going on as soon az prohibition
officials themselves know II.
In one Pennsylvania town the house
of n citizen hostile to tho bootleg
ring was mysterously dynamited
His friends arc convinced the hooCh
conspiraiors engineered the crime
The market rate for brewery graft in
Pennsylvania is said To be So bar
rel 10 the politicians for every bar
rel or real beer manufactured and
sold.
niEcst Moonshinc IIauI.
The biggest moonshine haul thus
far made in Pennsylvania occurred
in July. when the Federal authorities
Invaded the mountain Businesses
around Lock Haven, near Williams
port. There they found 500 gallon
still on a place known as FLORIDA
Farms" The establishment was In
charge of a professional moonshincr
named harrington. who has deserted
the classic regions of North Carolina
for the moro lucrative area of Cen
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