New Britain herald., 1923-06-11
conn. CO.OPERATES
WITH j. S. AGENTS
leanlinusa from Flr.t rassl

|AafRsfl NHs daiiN IN llWeHehk parts 81
The aaFi, and will continue % appear
for years, Federal forces are not
iAnetlaRing a. maximum numerical,
~ upon the basis af present aPpFO-
rrlalions Every effort is being made
10 stimulate cooperation from muRIei,
pal, county ana state Officials % ths
extent that a. an early date local aus
lheFiiiss may be depended upon, In
the main, 20 care for miner violations,
as Was contemplated under the CON
current paWfr section az The amend
iEenL and then the federal forces
viii be more free "a deal with the
larger conspiracy violations and
border problems, and 70 assal H.
legal traffic a. ihe source.
sectional Problems
one ~ the chief present iifheui-
ties may he termed sectional, where
there II an adverse public opinion 10
b eamhaiel, ana II is 10 he found
manif on the eastern seahoard, al,
though there are certain cities where
/ leeal conditions also make the prob,
lem quite iiffiru'i. Cooperation In
some ef the localities referred 20, on
me part 81 the local authorities IS
not what II should be, and the press
u not favorable Prohibition sent
meht Elll gro" less rapidly in these
localities because progress in enforce
men will he slow, II is my ohserya.
ton that prohibition Is most popular
whero II T. most nearly enforced. II
must bn clearly understood that pub, 1
lie opinion many times reflects tho a. /
find" 81 public officials quite as much !
n not more, than the officials In their
conduct express the public wishes,
Another present day difficulty is
n certain type OF Misrepresentation
which Ia persistent and specious In
type. one purpose seems TO be TO
destroy the morale Of the public most
Interested In prohibition. and next TO
and hamper the officials OF
the government entrusted with the
duty of making tho eighteenth amend. n
ment effective. Notwithstanding all N
that have been presented 4
and will be presented from time to
time, they are considered but incl.
dents In the larger progress OF our
work and every effort will continue
% he made TO produce the best pos
'ible results. and the record OF ac-
here submitted is am
pie justification for large hope for the II
uture."
Outstanding Facts
Outstanding facts presented in the
eport of Commissioner Haynes, to
which attention is particularly direct
d. include the marked decrease in
of whiskey from bonded
the decrease in fraudu-
ent Withdrawals due to the devising II
+ new forms for withdrawal permits
nd doctors prescriptions: the con-
entration of bonded whiskey In H
twenty-five central warehouses: the II
Sc of injunctions in closing places II
here liquor was sold; and prosecu
ons instituted against bootleggers
nder the conspiracy provisions OF the
nited States criminal code. II
Withdrawals OF whskey in last cal
ndar year amount to about 1,s19,sss
allons, as compared with 12.2se.529
allons in 1920. before the beginning
T the present enforcement regime.
he withdrawal permit form now In
Sc is claimed to be practically impos-
BILE to counterfeit, and the Quanti-
es withdrawn are perforated into the
,dy of the permit by an especially
asigned machine.
Since the designation of IS central
arehouses as concentration ware
Buses. eighty outlying stora &c houses
I'VE been discontinued and their con-
nts transferred to concentration
.rehouses, approximately 100000
lions are now stored in these places.
id since December $4,000 barrels
lve been moved, without, according
MIR. HAYNES a single theft in trans
Concentration of medicinal stock
uor will be practically completed
thin the next year, 1t is said effect
2 an annual saving of about $780,
0 IN guarding costs, In addition to
eater security.
The effectiveness of the paddock In
notion In stopping the sale OF IL
or Is the source OF great satisfac-
n to the federal authorities who
i'm that its accomplishments have
vet reached the limit of their pos
ilitles.
Rreweries Cut Down
Il is further pointed out in the re-
It that at the ting the national pro
,ition Law was passed there were
10 breweries operating in the Unit
states: while today there are so4
weries In operation During the
iod from June 1921 through
rch 81. 1929. there have been as
wers convicted. IA sent to jail,
2, 600 in brewery fines imposed and
breweries closed. mi
,ince November. 1921, there has