Evening star., 1926-04-14
BEER WOULD AID ENFORCEMENT
OF DRY LAW, ANDREWS ADMITS
Many Would Drink 1t Instead of Bootleg, He Tells
Senate Investigating Committee-Kettle and
Towel Will Make Still, Says Reed.

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swamp, 1 don't think they get a
search warrant" Gen. Andrews eX-
planned.
"Then they invade the private
premises of q citizen of the United
States, which are guaranteed TO MN
under the Constitution" demanded
Senator Reed.
MY answer may be incorrect
Used to Get Tips.
a long discussion between the Sen
atOr and the witness followed, with
Senator Reed condemning the ract
that underworld men" are employed
to dig up evidence OF this cnarac
ter. Gen. Andrews insisted that
after a "tip" Is received, the agents
then watch the place and get the
evidence themselves. Senator Reed
declared he had heard of cases
where the underworld men" had
sworn out search warrants, but the
witness disagreed with that point 10
the extent of his knowledge.
At this point Senator Harreld de-
Tended the prohibition agent who
raided a still without q search war
rant, declaring one Is not necessary
in an arrest for murder.
Senator" said Senator Reed
you'd better go look up the law
between q felony and a misde-
meanor."
Senator Harreld declared they
ought to make 1t felony to keep
still"
"You would be willing to. no
doubt" retorted the other member
of the committee. "Why not got
the Constitution and the Magma
Charta and burn them both"
Against Breaking Law.
Gen. Andrews related that on his
first day in office he urged his men
to restore respect for the Federal
law, I told them I don't want any
thing done that would not be accord
ing to legal procedure"
"You couldn't restore respect for
the law unless 1t had been impaired
or destroyed by previous policies,
the Senator Interrupted. Am l TO
understand the day has passed when
prohibition agents without warrants
break down doors with axes, threaten
women and children with revolvers2"
II think So" said the witness.
81 hope So" replied the Senator.
Senator Harreld thought prohibi-
ton agent had the right to take
still on view Just as he has the right
to make the arrest of a man lighting
in house.
"The Senator doesn't understand
the distinction said Senator Reed.
I'm glad the Senator is not a prohi-
bition administrator"
With the increasing effectiveness
of the border patrol and the Coast
Guard against smuggling, Gen. An
drews thought, in answer to a ques-
ton from Mr.. Goldman, that the home
manufacture of liquor would increase.
Get More Than One Out Of Fifty.
Senator Reed said that If $4,000
stills were captured In 1925 there
must have been 172 900 violations OF
the law during that period. and al.
lowing an average Of three persons
to each still, there were 100000 such
violations. In New England there
are 81 agents. $50 the Government
has 81 men to smell homes of 10000
600 people in New England and to
think they got one out OF fifty? Hon.
est Intun, general?" asked the Sen
ator.
I'VE get a great many moro than
one out of fifty" the general said.
The cold truth about this matter
Is that whereas there was practically
no manufacture in the homes before
prohibition, the people have gone into
the manufacture of liquor to such an
extent that in one year $4,000 were
caught and they probably were not
one in ten"
II accept all but the last statement,
Gen. Andrews declared.
"You can't afford to hunt jackrab-
bits when tigers are in the forest and
they're multiplying as fast as jack
rabbits do" commented the Senator.
Injurious to Morals"
"Now I want to ask you as a man
and a citizen, do you not think that
the manufacture of liquor In the
homes has tendency to put the
American homes into direct and init
mate contact with liquor?"
"Of course, 1t does. They also know
they are violating the law" the wit
ness said.
But the bringing of children into
contact with it in the homes, the
secrecy, the avoiding of the police
isn't 1t, now, ask you as man and
a citizen-isn't it utterly destructive
OF Lne morals OIL LHe AIIlcIlCztu HOIilo
where this goes on?"
"Unquestionably it is seriously in.
furious"
wouldn't it be better If the parent
went away to a place for his rum?"
81 don't want to answer that. I feel
It should be seriously studied"
Reed Gives Recipe.
Standing up at his place before the
table, Senator Reed addressed the wit
ness: do you know that the max
ing of whisky is q simpler process
than to make good bread? All that
Is necessary is to take some corn
meal. pour water on It, take a cake
of yeast and wait until the process
of fermentation starts up. Alcohol
then is produced. The sole question
thereafter is to separate the alcohol
from this Soured corn meal or rye or
any other substance"
Before it turns to acid" interject-
ed Gen. Andrews.
This sour maSh," continued SEN
ator Reed, resembles a process we
used to employ to feed the pigs. AL
co1ol volatilizes at 1870 or 1870 degrees,
so all YOU have to do is to heat the
mash to q. point high enough to
yolatilize the alcohol. You catch those
fumes, cool them to a point where
they turn back to liquor.
"That can be done by putting a
bath towel over the mouth Of tea
kettle, ring it out and a man can get
as drunk as he wants to on 1t. So,
any person who has a tea kettle.
quart of corn meal, bath towel can
actually make whisky and get drunk
on it,
That's true" said the general.
H~4k - Ar1rv rvreH
can constitute O STILL" the Senator
nd6nd and than he launched into a