Evening star., 1922-03-07
Poisonous Liquor Is Sold
By Hundreds Of Gallons

, nation a dummy automobile without
liquor would take its position on the
road at the right and In the rear Of
the car running the whisky, with
powerful full headlights lighting it's
path ahead. The whisky car would
of Its cohort. When this method was
In thesheight of its success the police
stationed to watch for the approach
Of the liquor car would not know
that the first was ahead of the sec
ond until It had swept by. When
found within 1t. and 1t shot ahead
again to meet its partner and con-
tinue on the journey.
The third and lowest group in the
bootleg social scale are the peddlers
or "put-or men," Generally in re-
addicts of. drugs-they take up the
work. of retailing the liquor. They
obtain their supply from the en-
ployer and make their returns to
him. minus their commission. 1t Is
this type that the public comes into
naturally. in their set even. there
are distinctions ranging from the
hfgher-up solicitor or salesmon Of
! liquor among the wealthier patrons
, to the street-corner purveyor.
Dumpkeeper Springs Up.
An intermediate class also has
grown up In the development of the
! dumpkeeper. The description of what
Is technically known as dump" in
the vicinity of Jackson City. Va,
should suffice. A dump is a harvest
fold for whisky. For instance. a
bootleg runner brings his cargo
safely from the mountains Of Vir-
ginia to the dump" There he gets
his whisky out of the machine and
| into the shack of the dumpmaster
The latter becomes custodian for the
| runner or the runners employer.
Thus. a perilous. trip into the city
! with whisky-laden car Is avoided.
AS Withdrawals are desired, the boot
logger revislts the dump for small
lots of a few cases at time. If any
Is seized during the tour to retailers
he may lose this small quantity, but
the main store is safe.
Neat and Clean Shack.
This Virginia dump is a shack, but
| it Is neat and clean. Walls are cal
cimined nicely and warm and COM
Portable fire glows in the back kitchen
| stove. II resident Of the neigh
| borhood feels the need for drink
of the stun which is being kept here.
he drops In and takes 1t. If one is
out OF coal OIL" he sends his can to
| the dump and has it filled up with
corn whisky. But these occupations
are only side-lines to the dump
master" He Is really warehouse
| custodian.
! The Cpper-Crust BoOtlegger.
The automobilist-or society boot
| legger-is an example OF one OF the
most advanced classes OF Illicit liquor
! handlers. He doesn't deal in small
! lots. His patrons are such as to af-
J ford cases at time. He may bring
a 60 Ia 20
tion. but it's not in this way that
! he carries on his business The fact
! that he brings the product to the
purchaser in his own automobile
! rather than have the patron seek him
I-evtdences the strides made in boot
Logging since the days of street-cor-
| ncr whispers and furtive moves
! He has a neat little suit case in
which he carries his samples into the
buildings he visits. AS far as ap-
salesman, His samples, however. are
wonderful examples of the art OF
! Justification. The bottles are done
up to all outward appearances in
genuine fashion. Include with that a
! quiet got it from an embassy" an
nouncement and his sale Is easy.
His Jamaica rum is the prize pack
age. 1t is neatly dressed up in a
criss-cross form of straw casing. 1t
has one Of those straw paper caps
l
in strictly proper fashion. The prepa-
ration breathes tropical purity and
| delicacy. 1t costs $12 for the quart
sample. Everything is fine until an
| analysis is made of the contents.
| "Positive" for Wood Alcohol.
Now. Jamaica rum. which costs s12
per quart, should at least be 10G
| proof. This, analysis discloses. is 7S
1t should have the essentials OF
Enatural color. This has artificial col.
oring added. according to the chem
! lists analysis. But beyond all this. the
test registered positive for wood al.
coho1." which shows how much re-
liability may be placed in a perfectly
| appearing sample.
Haig & Haig Scotch whisky turns
out to be another travesty upon the
intelligence of prospective purchasers
1t has its straw casing. smelling al
most of the heather of Scotland. Its
cost is SIS. Scotch whisky, as i'm.
bibers will verify. generally runs