The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-24
UNCLE SAM HAS PLANS TO FOIL
 RUM RUNNERS
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foreign flags should not continue. Means will be found to stop it.
 What has been done to meet the situation?
 To disclose in detail the govern ment's methods in effect and pending for grappllng with this nefarious practice would be tantamount to a dls-service, to the American people. such a disclosure at the moment Is incompatible with the public interest. Publicity now would tend to delay the success of the practical methods some adopted, others contemplated for removing the stain of illicit liquor from the American coast line.
 But this much can be said We have measured our problem and we know its full dimensions. They do not alarm us. Rum running Is doom ed, and unless I mistake the clear in- dications, the day of doom is near. We are not idle in the face of our great task; measures the most eff their strength against the Illegal trade From the nature of that trades existence, 1t has chosen the dark in which to work. Very well: we shall meet it-are meeting it- in the dark, and fight our battle in the night.
 Results Claimed By Government.
 While we may not discuss today the details of what we are doing and planning, there Is a related topic whose mention here is entirely fit and proper. It Is what we have done already. Of that. there is an open record
 During the fiscal year 1922 efforts of the prohibition units limited fla cllities for combating the smuggl CTS were reinforced with the excellent cooperation of the facilities, also limited, of the Coast Guard and the Customs Service. These various agencies seized during that year 29 vessels, of which eighteen were under foreign flags and eleven un- der the American flag. Ten of the To foreign vessels were seized within our three mile line. The other eight were apprehended while beyond the three mile line. but lowering near 1t, all being well within the four league zone. Some of these were to smaller boats, by them to be smuggled ashore. Units of the so- called prohibition navy. including subchasers, participated in some of these seizures.
 Along the waters of our northern border, and, at times, at Atlantic and gulf points, the prohibition unit has in operation a fleet or speedy motor boats. Through their agency during the fiscal year 1922 forty motor boats were seized for transporting liquor. 22 arrests were made and quantities of beer and whisky taken.
 Smuggling of liquor, good and bad is a problem which we do not under estimate But it will be a diminish ing problem. It is noteworthy that in all her history what America wills to do she does. Also. as an Ameri- can citizen, I make this observation because 1 am convinced that when the problem is properly appraised by those foreign countries, whose sub jects are now engaged in this snug gling traffic. their assistance and CO., operation will not be wanting.
 Nations Impure "Whisky."
 The laboratories of the prohibition unit have analysed approximately SO 900 samples of bootleg whisky dur ing the past 12 months. Less than 1 per cent of all these samples analyZed were found to be pure whisky. The other 99 per cent were contaminated-most of them by dan eerous or poisonous ingredients.
 In the light of these analyses, it seems obvious that it is almost i'm possible to obtain good whisky from illicit sources anywhere in the United States today. State chemists and pri vate investigators confirm our find