Evening star., 1926-04-13
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| said, young girls, 13 to IA years of
age, go out joy-ri6ing with boys, and
they expect the boys to bring liquor
with them. immortality among the
young he said, is increasing greatly.
prohibition has made itself very
attractive to the youngsters" said the
witness. "They want to know alH
about liquor. Road houses are on
the increase. Young girls go there
now who never went to such houses
before
During the first year of prohibition,
Father KasacZun told the committee,
the moonshine made in the homes was
not so well made, but the people have
now learned how to make pretty good
liquor.
One Out of Five Not Making 1t.
Il asked q member of my commit
tee. a miner, before I came here If il
would be correct for me to say that
one out of every five families in the
community were making liquor to-
day" he said. HE replied to me that
! would be correct to say that one out
of every five families was not making
liquor"
He described conditions in homes
where he had found mothers drunk
and children of or doing the cook
ing.
Fatty Arbuckle parties take place
at the Summer resorts on the lakes" "
said Father kasaczun. He said that
they had been described to him by a
younger brother.
Sometimes the young people wear
nothing at all and think nothing of
it," he said.
Young girls. he said. are leaving
home in some cases because their
mothers and fathers drink. He told
OF the case OF a boy who died in a.
hospital after his leg had been ampu.
tated because of an accident in the
mines. The parents, he said, came to
the hospital drunk.
Family Life Corrupted.
Prohibition. he said, has corrupted
family life in the mining regions and
1t would be a blessing to the country
II the Nolstead act were modified.
i believe in regulation and am a
supporter of temperance" said Father
KasacZun.
Where does the liquor come from
which these people drink" asked
Julien Goldman, attorney for the wet
forces.
Ninety per cent of it from the
''9 III lHe noHeS. was the reply.
ME. Goldman wanted to know If the
suggestion made at the hearings by
some of the witnesses that most Of
the liquor now used is made from
alcohol obtained from denaturing
plants. or from renatured alcohol.
was correct. Father Kasaczun said
1t did not apply in his district.
would the situation be improved
II light wines and beer were permit.
ted. asked Mr.. Goldman.
Yes" said the witness.
Closing Saloons No Help.
Senator Harreld of Oklahoma. act
ing chairman Of the committee. asked
II the situation would not be much
improved II the Is saloons and other
places where liquor was sold in the
town were closed.
Rather Kasaczun replied that he
gid not think it would make much
dinerence. that the people would lust
make more liquor in the homes.
Mr.. Shirk. in explaining the survey
made by the Moderation League, Inc.
on the matter of arrests for drunken.
ness, criticized a statement made by
wayne b. Wheeler, general counsel
or the Anti-Saloon League. before a
House committee. In this statement.
80 SSSANAt 4uA' w AF'7Clci SdlU Iner6
were 100000 less arrests since ma
tional prohibition. than in O similar
period prior to prohibition,
HE took the years 1914 to 1917 and
averaged up the arrests, and then took
the years 1920.1922 and did the same +"
snid Mr.. Shirk. LAS a matter of fact
the figures for arrests for drunken.
ness in 1923 went very much higher.
that"
He said that the Moderation League
had been led to make its survey be-
cause of the startling figures for ar
rests for drunkenness published in
1924 by the World League Against
Alcoholism. He said his league had
communicated with the police depart
ment of every city or town in the
United States having u population of
5000 or more.
Increase Early in War.
THE figures show that during 1914
and 1915, before the war boom got
under way, the arrests for drunken
ness repained practically stationary"
he said. During 1916 and 1917, war
boom years. there was a perceptible
ncrease-following the known rule
that, other things being equal, drunk
enness increases with good times and
decreases with hard times.
I'm 1918 and 1919 emergency war.
time restrictions on alcoholic liquors
Car short of bone-dryness. however)