New Britain herald., 1926-04-13
ASSERTS
 MORALS ARE LOW
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on the stand Stanley Shirk, re- search director Of the Moderation league, who produced scores Of charts, maps and statistical tables from which he deducted that in A57 cities and towns arrests for drunkenness increased from 2bS,074 in the first year of prohibition to iG5,0 In l92d, four years later.
 In &50 places, according to these figures, arrests for drunkenness totallcd 50G,1S7 in 1914 and 49s,752 in 1924.
 When VIC considers that drunk cnness generally has already in- and that drunken drivers and drunken children have increased iar above anything ever known be- lore in this country" said Shirk, i've cannot escape the conclusion that thc Nolstcad act has utterly failed to do what 1t was intended to l.o, namely, promote temperance and 5obriCtN
 Call Conditions Worse
 Moreover, since conditions have become worse, not better, each year and with the next generation drink ing as never before, there seems 10 bo hope that the Volstead act in its present drastic form will accom- pl!sh its purpose in the long run.
 From the experience, before na- tonal prohibition, of the states a, ,al ', lau hp experience o' the whole country dur ing ne dos,rictive years 191S-l919 and from the experience of tho Can adian provinces, we believe that greater degrecof temperance can be attained by q wide restrictive law than by q bone dry law which does not command respect Of a large part ot the people.
 eve are also Of tho firm conyic- ton that such policy Of wise restriction would have the incidental advantage of eliminating almost en- tirtly the sCandalous corruption and bribery of public officials, would stop the growth of the bootlegging millionaire class, would check dis respect for law, and would in addi- ton produce q handsome national revenue"
 Julien Colman, counsel for the vets, interrupted to have it noted on the record that the moderation league 'is a temperance organiza- t!on.'
 "1 assume that is taken for grant 41.' said Senator Ilarreld, repub- lican, Oklahoma. the only member of the committee present at that time.
 More Drunken Drivers
 EeSumihE his statement, Mir Shirll said that perhaps "tha most curious result of nationa, bono dryn"ss is the rrmarkatlo increase ill the number Of drunken drivers"
 "1'he police departments of the principal cities have been interro- gatcd. and many which classify ar ra.ts for operating q vehicle whlI" intoxicathd have responded to onr inquiry" h' added. "Thesc replies SHOW q ItllIiThdbit IIlil Dl liilN H' figures, when plotted on charts, snow curves which are almost fiat before tho NoI5tcad period. and thereafter shoot skyWarJ at an as- tonisling angle.
 In New York city. tho arrests from 1916 to 1919 averaged lGl. In 1920, tho first dry year. hey rose io 3&!. dropped slightly in 1921. and Then skyrockntnd to 94t hy 1924.
 Chicago shows substantially inc ~llno result. Arrests there increased No per cent. Washington shows all incrnaso of l026 percent. In Mill Walk"c. thc rise was 9554 per cent; Bo3'on %6i per cent; Scranton, Fa., SIS rcr cenl: Providence, R. l.. @44 per cent; Atlanta, too per cent; Nor- costcr. Mass. itS per cent New fia- ran. Conn. 713 per cent: Hartford %7S per cent, and Minneapolis, Minn. 9iG DOT cent"
 Boy and Girl TippIcrs
 S'hrk said an increase in drinking