New Britain herald., 1926-04-07
CROOKED JURORS
 HAMPERED WORK
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last September he said, diversion had decreased, but he calculated that the total amount the squad hac kept off the market would make about $2l6,000,c00 worth of bootlee liquor.
 The district attorney said hi: chemists found traces of poison ir oS per cent Of the bootleg liquor seized
 The condition of 1t depends or the conscience and technique of the bootlegger." he added, and the crowd laughed again.
 Under the old enforcement policy Buckner said, distiilers sold pure al- cohol to bootleggers and marked the sale on the books as that of dena- tured alcohol and the agents inspect cd the books and let 1t go at that.
 The inspection force was so in- adequate" he said, that the sales could not be run dows.'
 Tells of Big sull
 Buckner told of a single still in New Jersey, recently seized. which re-distilled 4.o00 gallons Of complete ly denatured alcohol day.
 Did they turn out palatable product?" asked Reed.
 ' don't know. but I assume so because If not there would have been agitation in my office about poison ous liquor on the market"
 Turning to "bootleg druggists" the district attorney said investigation had shown that the drugstores in New York city drew over 4S0, 900 gallons of liquor year. whereas the total amount for which doctors could legally issue prescriptions was only 24o,000 gallons.
 This illegal business" he said was on a retail price of s8 a quart. Cut only once, you find there is q total business of $l5,soo.000. There are 16 agents to inspect the drug stores and check up on the physi- clans"
 Senator Harreld protested that Buckner was indlcting the entire druggist trade by lnferring that all Of them "cut" the whiskey they sold.
 Do you think a druggist ~ho would sell whiskey illegally would hesitate 10 put a little water in it?" Senator Reed asked.
 No Bootleg Ethics.
 There are no Chambers of Con- merce in the underworld" said Buckner, and there are no ethics among the bootleggers."
 Two hundred and fifty Of the l. 500 drug stores in New Ycrk city now are under examination, the wit ness said. This work is only two months old, he added, and there is no saying what the final result will be.
 Seizures of ships around New York are decreasing, the witness said but dry United States Is ex- porting bootleg industrial alcohol into Canada to help the Canadian bootleggers to beat the Canadian government out Of taxes"
 A word of praise for General An. drews, the prohibition chief. was given by Buckner just before the committee recessed until tonight.
 General Andrews is the best thing ever had" he said
 Anxious to Hear Him
 The publicly expressed views of Mfr. Buckner as to beralization of the law unless it could be en- forced more effectively than it has been in the past, have not always pleased advocates of prohibition. and he has been counted upon by he wet field marshals 10 give i'm portant testimony in the building lp of their case against the act IS it stands.
 The third day of the first com prehensive congressional inquiry nto the effects of prohibition found he hearing three hours behind schedule. Mondays meeting having oeen cut short by one hour and yesterdays by two. The vets and 1rys each were allotted q hours or the presentation Of their views, with the schedule calling for four 1ours a day, and unless the time already lost can be made up this | week., 1t is likely that the hearing will extend beyond the two weeks init contemplated by the commit ee,
 Drys Start Monday
 Plans for presentation of the irys' case, which is scheduled to >egin Monday, were announced to- lay by the joint committee com orising legislative representatives # the Womens Christian Temper lnce Union, Anti-Saloon league. l Reform federation, National Temperance bureau, Good l remplars, board of temperance. prohibition and public morals Of he Episcopal church and the com- mission on social service of the | Methodist Episcopal church, South, |
 The witnesses for prohibition" aid the announcement, Twill come 1 rom every phase Of American life, | md will present their case without Erection of counsel Women will 1 lave the right of way at the hear ngs on Monday. They are coming rom every state in the Union. rep 1