The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-29
Shipping Board
To Aid Fight On
Liquor Smuggling
By DAVID LAWRENCE
(Copyr!ght by The lnte,hSsnceO

Washington. June GS.--Th" United
State shipping board h-s rrcm!Sed Nts
cooperation ~ ihs campaign "t the
prohibition forces Of the OSN srUWent L
preven: the smuggling g liquor from
fcreiSn countr,cs. Ire regulations is
sued by the treasury department. psTm!t
the sale outside tn. three mi.@ limit vi
liquor which Is a regular part ot the
ships stores bUc thcv make X Un"wtu'
for crews or passengers 10 carry intoA'-
Cdnts ashore.
The problem Q; Smuggling on 'he part
Of crews however. j. one which rl'Nt'
IN its enforcement difficulties tive stop
page OF liquor lrafflH on iauI. nquG5-
;!onabiy the crews OF American and To-
e'Gu vessels are pl.:"y = healthy trad
in foreign liquors. Smuggling on ~
extensive scale has been go.as on exc:
since the federal amendment weu' INTO
effect. How can i be prcNeu,cd' Ih2
TASK is almost hopsicaS.
The fedora, SoNcrum"rt haSn eN"G~n
agents to search vessels or their crews
effectively. II takes 4 lorS tim" 20
make a search OF 4 modern merchant
,r.>c' and by the tjrN agents would
finish one purt % a ship :, would % a
comraratIve,y easy matter '"r CROW" -
transfer their lCuor % another par oi
the Same vessel. II AGENTS are statiouei
Of the docks, the crew can put on; >nll'
boats and land at other points a!HnS
shore Nobody pays much attention in
rhe activities Of 4 crew when the y"SSS'
IS in port. They can come and 80 tTeA-
~. IN the case ct American ships 80
captains might be pen2l'zod II neEH-
renee in preventing smuggling is proved
this might EASILY ha sdds,i 20 Iha
laws, but this would not touch foreign
s,,ppers. who could hardy l." punished
S,r something their crews d'd ~ 'heE
,,,vr waters abroad when the a"i "l
ErrurSlinS began.
The practical dicti,'u,t."= m tho ~1r
of enforcing prob ,hi''ou ar" numerous.
hut few phases oc the question ar" -
pe-rleN!ng as tho smuggling ot lGi":
hv crews The shipping board has writ
tcr It's managers ard urged them 70 DO
al they can 20 prevent smuggling OF
l!quo-. particularly VRca the shlp are
3, foreign rorts The shipping boaId
zaans records Of tho liquor hough. for
,ale on board. end ssals UP the 'ntoN'-
cantS vhen an American port Is reached.
Arv smuggling that Gavsl"ve j. usmsNr
IN liquors privately stored on n" ship
~ members OF the creT.
Difficult Task.
= sruSE!er may he obtained IT,: tn" c>-
ror.Arce OF the Shipping board IN st"r'
pir- tho traffic In narcotics. NOBODY
In The voverrmaut. up MAJ ~ what N'-
views may be on liquor questions, can 70
susrocted OF I desire 70 lst drug coma"
Into the United Sta. especially rom
The Orient. Ye; the government has mai
It's hands full ~ Hc""'nE G'u~S out Of
the United STATS 'm.l LAST week t"p
hundred racEaS'e '' r..""''4S came
into tho Uri'nd &'a..s through snip.
ping -bca;d vessel Tho p1cNaS"~ hau
eeen carefully conceded between ;he
.fertr;c switches. and 'he chief eler-
r-iriap WAS arrested. There are so MAN
rlaccs aboard ships which permit OF easy
,oncralr,ert oc Contralpnd articles th$t
lha :ore!Su government will haze 20 ~
rrs..Se rs searching fN.""' c"n~'i'i'c'F
h cope with the problem.
Trrn congress changes existing laws
shjnri-r board vessels will continue -
eel liouor outside the three mile 'lnr''
but the prevalent opinion IS tnat teS's-
lat!cn will be passed soon pron!h'''-
rhis. rs for smuggling. NOBODY mas F"'
devised 4 way succesSruliN 70 p't''"'
tr,rggIing except by appropratinS arg"
t,rs OF money for special agents ~
r.ar,h ships, Including their crews a7i
nasverKers Fen If vessels i"u'l'"~
american ports are prevonf'd from
rr.-ri0r VGuor into this country 'NS
sr,,~r,,rr ~ way or ships touching
T%nal,an por.s nd tno1 overland across
,Is border Nil, continue until more
sger,s are er,ploved 20 po.'ce the ,"rtA-
e-n border. Prohibition tns IT, virtues.
70 doubt. but sew OF its advocates IN ~"
zovarrrnan, will concede that Il has
S,sn 4 Welcome problem IN the mater
NJ enforcement. or that effective WaEs
na,A vet been discovered 70 nFe'HF'
..Noot,eEc!nz" which has FOR us man
source OF suppl" the iqnor manu- &c.
80 shroad and xrlug-'ed into the
United States.