The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-03-11
A WET AND DRY MAP
SHOWS WHISKY STATES
FOUR YEARS OF PROHIBITION
SHOWS MANY LOOPHOLES
IN MOST OF THE STATES.
GEORGIA is AMONG WETTEST
Getting Drink Not Difficult in the
Atlantic Sea Coast States. California
Is No Sahara, and Whisky Is Also
Easy to Find on the Pacific.

WASHINGTON, D. Gin the Of
fee OF the department. of justice in
Washington bangs a map of the
United States that is known as
| the "wet and dry" map of the coun-
try. 1t shows just how wet" is the
United States after four years of pro-
hibition.
The United States is entering on its
fifth year of prohibition. On Jan. 10,
1919, breweries and distilleries ceased
TO operate and saloons closed their
doors or kept them open to sell soft
drinks or ice cream or both. At least
they were supposed to do so.
And now the question: How dry
is the United States?'
Eighteen states are marked in inky
black on the wet and dry" map in
Washington. That means that in these
IS states it is only necessary to pin
$40 bill to ones coat lapel, wink twice
at the first stranger one meets, follow
him to the nearest alley, and quart
of liquor will change hands while a
policeman stands on a near corner
studying the heavens to determine
whether it is going to rain or snow
in the next "a hours.
1t does not literally mean that, but
it serves to show how easy one can
get a shot" a pint quart or even
La whole case in those states.
New York Leads.
The "wet and dry" map shows that
the great state of New York is 95 per
cent wet. 1t is hard not to get a drink
in New York Visitors TO that state
are finding it hard to refuse. Prohibl-
ton enforcement agents admit that
every day water is becoming more
and more superfuous.
The inky black, covering the IL
states, means that the states are from
90 to 95 per cent wet. Louisiana and
Georgia are 90 per cent wet Califor-
MIA is IS per cent wet If the Pacific
ocean were whisky instead of water
7 it wouldn't create much of a stir
: among the inhabitants OF California
because whisky is SO easy to get any
way
The rest of those Is states that are
from % to 95 per cent wet are as fol-
lows: Connecticut, Is per cent wet;
: Florida. Is per cent Illinois, 65 per
cent; Massachusetts, 90 per cent; Mis-
sissippi 90 per cent; New Hampshire,
90 per cent; New Jersey, so per cent;
PENNSYLVANIA, 20 per cent; Rhode Is
land. Is per cent; North Carolina, 20
per cent; South Carolina, 90 per cent;
Vermont and Maryland 90 per cent;
, Delaware, rs per cent.
These Is states contain more than
, hall the population OF the country.
r Their total population is 56,l53,7O0
persons
The states marked in black with
5 white stripes on the map are those
r states that are so per cent wet. In
: other words. when one goes out to
r look for a drink it is fifty-hfty
chance that he is taking. It is some
thing like Tipping coin-head or
} tails
The ffty-ffty states are Washing
: ton, Oregon, Montana, North Dako-
= ia, Kentucky, Michigan and MinneSo-
, ia. The total population of this group
is only 2,653,796.
: Third Group.
The third group Of states are mark
/, ed with black lines on the map. 1t
means that they are from 20 to 40
per cent wet. They are Indiana, Mis-
souri,. Texas, Virginia, West Virginia
and Wisconsin The total population
: is 18,281,129.
The fourth group are marked with
E. tiny dots 1t looks as if pepper has
i been sprinkled over them. They are
from 10 to 20 per cent wet. They are
Alabama, Arizona, Maine, Nevada,
Colorado, New Mexico and Ohio. The
,0nrfo4;nr, i - 900 Z22
The fifth group are entirely white
on the map These are the white
states" They are from FIVE to ten per
cent wet. They are Idaho, Kansas,
Utah, Iowa, Nebraska, Oklahoma,
South Dakota, Tennessee and Wyo-
r ming.
Perhaps the best way to illustrate
the effectiveness of prohibition en-
forcement is to quote figures. Now
figures show that there were many
more arrests and convictions for vio-
lation of the eighteenth amendment
in 1923 than in 1922. This may indi-
cate either that there were more vio-
lations or that prohibition enforce
ment was more effective. Whatever it
indicates, the figures are interesting.
The Statistics.
In 1928 there were oo,936 arrests
for liquor law violations. In 1922
there were 1928 arrests.
In 1923 there were 34,067 convic-
tons for illegal sale and possession
of liquor In 1922 the number was
I22,749.
In 1928 disti1leries and moonshine
plants to the number OF 12,219 were
seized In 1922 the number was S,3l8.
Distilling apparatus seized in 1928
numbered 1902 pieces. In 1922 the
humber was 102,897
The value of property seized by
prohibition agents in 1923 was SILL
1927 In 1922 the total value was
l$5,S72, 094.