The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1928-10-01
AMOUNT OF BOOTLEGGING

Ek1lGt1IE AN3diu41l5 D0OIlGEEli1B IL III
course, more difficult TO secure. but all re-
liable reports show that bootlegging is
rapidly increasing.
The Chairman of the Liquor Control
Board Hon. Henry l. Drayton. recently
stated that about 10 per cnet OF the al
cohol sold for rubbing purposes was used
for drinking purposes and admitted that
bookkeeping IN one form or another had
become q serious problem. Sir Henry
succeeded Mr.. David Blythe Hanna as
Chairman of the Board and 1t is reliably
reported that Mr.. Hanna resigned because
of this increase in Bookkeeping and drunk
enness. Before his resignation he was
advised to lover the price Of liquor. but
ne objected, saying that the lower price
would increase drunkenness. so the
greater our success in selling liquor and
in making money, the greater our failure
viii be-
Canadian papers also report that boot
1eggers are taking advantage of the Elk
port Law. which permits breWereS and
diStilleries to export to the United States
although the sale of the liquor is pro-
hibited here. and purchase liquor for ex-
port but divert it back into Canada for
resale there at n lower price than the
government charges in It's dispensaries
KANSAS VS. ONTARIO
After reading the above evidence re-
garding conditions in Canada, 1t is re-
Ireshing to turn to an item In the Cotho-
tic Advance. the official paper of the
Roman Catholic Church for the states OF
Kansas and Oklahoma. ana read the fol-
lowing item
"As direct result of Prohibition Kan
saS has 5000 900 in banks and SGT ,0O0.-
600 in mortgages in other states. In Kan
sas there are
81 counties without any insane
ID counties without any feeble minded
96 counties without any inebriates
30 counties without any poor-houses.
5S counties without any persons III jail
los counties without any representa-
tiyes IN the State Penitentiary
Kansas has had prohibition in force
longer than any other State i'm the Union
and its testimony ought to count Tor
something in this Prohibition contro-
gersy''
GOVERNOR SMITHS SCIENTIFIC"
DEFINITION
Governor Smith seems to be unaware
that Congress called the most eminent
physicians and scientists before writing
the x Of one per cent clause into the
Volstead act. He likewise seems to be
unaware that the British government also
made an earnest effort TO give scientific
definition of "intoxication" Some ten
years ago there was published in Great
Britain by His Majesty's Stationery Office
unanimous report of q committee Of
outstanding doctors and scientists ap-
pointed by the Liquor Control Board OF
Great Britain. entitled. alcohol. It's Ac-
ton on the Human Organism" This re-
port has been repubhshed more recently
1t contains this passage.
1.-THE direct effect Of alcohol on the
nervous system IS, III al stages and UPON
ali parts OF the system, 70 depress or sls-
pend Its functions. thai 1t Is. in short.
from first to last narcotic drug
1T will be seen that mental changes are
naturally among the first of all symptoms
of arrangement TO appear With small
doses of alcohol. they may be the only
symptoms which are noticeable with
larger. they are the earliest OF the whole
symptomatic train of changes"
A point OF practical Importance IS that.
without signs OF intoxicabion IN the full
ordinary or in the legal sense OF the term.
the bearing and individual attitude OF
MIND suffer temporary change as an ef-