New-York tribune., 1922-10-26
(rinle Increase
Shown lin Dry
Laws I'd Year
fo.,disions Worse in Spite of
Greater Police Costs, Says
Association Against Prol1i-
biiion Head Gives Figures
Holds Bookkeeping Grows
e;a.3IO Drunk Arrests
IN 1920, Against 343, COS
in 1921. or SO p. G.. More

vv.., The Trsbaaes WashinStoa Bureon
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-"There has
-, an enormous increase of crime in
81 limited States during the second
-, af the attempted enforcement of
,rahibitien legislation. as. compared
w;th the first years record.
aTAc increase has been by far the
ros. marked in crime arising directly
or Indirectly from the illegal liquor
trafic-
aAnd This situation has come to pass
/, site Of decided increase in the
pelice costs OF nearly every large city
ii the United States within the same
seriod
These declarations were made here
s.Gay by Captain w. H. Stayton.
sounder and executive head of the AS
s.iation Against the Prohibition
amendment. Captain Staytcn issued
sgares gathered from the records of
sfty-six cities in every part of the
country, representing an aggregate
population of 22,ooo,ooo.
sof the accuracy of these figures
here can be no question: said CAPTAIN
sssyton. They were obtained from the
phsial records of the severak mutsic-
iqslities They show, beyond possible
ssntradiction, that crime of all kinds
has Increased at an unexampled rate
In 1890 and 1921, and that the expense
apunlic administration has progressed
aalike rate during the same period"
Records of Fifty-six Cities
Here are some of the actual re-
iats as shown by the records of the
siy-six cities:
y 1920, or the first year of national
iahibitlo.i legislation, these cities
saass2 total of 252,310 arrests for
irankeHnee : and disorderly conduct.
ID 1921 the number increased to 343,-
sSS or 36.2l per cent more than in
1920. Arrests for all causes in these
cites in the same years aggregated
l-223a904 in 1920 and / ,464,2 in 1921.
'epEescnting an increase in the latter
isar over the former of 1857 per cent.
"ln other words, arrests for all
/ tanies in these cities increased about
Is per cent last year over the previous
rear, while arrests for causes directly
taanected with the use of intoxicants
slowed an increase of more than SO per
cent; This certainly tells it's own story
oi the progressive development of the
ha0tlegging industry and answers the
istgous claims of the prohibition en-
iagcement officials that headway is be-
Ing made by them in checking the IL
legal use of intoxicants as time goes
osa
Captain Stayton then discussed the
ayaHent of the drYs that, while enor-
naas sums have acdfued~to the Federal
sorernment and municipalities through
venues obtained from the liquor traf-
knnder the old system, these has been
argely disbursed in dealing with con-
dtions brought about by the existence
q the traffic itself, and that prohibi-
ion would witness a vanishing Of these
costs.
How vide these claims are of the
Truth is rendered obvious by the costs
Of the police departments for these
afty-six cities" continued Captain
Stayton. For 1920 the costs were $780,
SsoS46.S7. In 1921 they totaled $780,
eBl29.S9, an increase within a single
year Of Se,095 ,510.43, or more than 10
Per cent.
Gives Detailed Analysis
A more detailed analysis of causes
for arrests in the ffty-six cities COW
cred by his statistics were given by
Captain Stayton as follows:
1920. 1921. crease.
Arrests, all causes 1.233,so4 1,464,3a6 1857