Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-16

q paddock snapped shut on the door OF
Z palaiS de this or thar. the same club
| reopeneo shortly under another name
| IN another location. Let rs
Keep an obServant eye on the continuity
OF this gripping spectacle The agents
can't lose, the night clubs won't. but
/ now about the taxpayers? Enforcement
can De accomplished at far less cost
The suggestion that no doubt the IN
formation tabout the intended raids
was kept secret from the other aren.y
| III washington. for otherwise there
| would have been a riot among the en-
forcerS for the honor Of invading the
metropolis" comes from the BellinShan1
Herald independent Republican,. while
/ the Bnghamton PreSt (indeDsnder,r
Republican, feels that the America
public will quite generally agree tina.
the agents and their wives and friends
must have a good time seeing high lie
as II is III these VolSteadian DAYS"
Quoting statement from Prohibition
commissioner Doran. indicating a puy-
pose TO concentrate the Federal forces
ON the sources of supply" the New
York World independently directs At
tention to the fact that I'VE are now
told that drying up Broadway is one Of
the major problems of enforcement "
and refers TO the matter as "a sillv per
tormance.' The Columbus Ohio state
journal independent Republican, re-
MARKS We imagine the 1873 indic.-
mentS obtained might have been OBJ
tanned at vastly less cost to the govern
ment and at vastly less peril GO the
Federal agents morals The Cleya-
land News independent Republican,
holds that these little raids have ac-
compliShed nothing toward uncovsrine
the sources of supply though the none,
might have gone FAR If diverted for tina
purpose"
THE prohibition authorities" accord
ing to the INDIANAPOLIS News tirdr-
PENDENT have been praised for then
extraordinary success In finding rha-
liquor was sold in these resorts in viA
lation Of the law, For several years IL
has been assumed that the Federal
Government would not find ont abaQ.
these sales. Patrons of the clubs. eS-
pecially those from the West. rlarVelgg}
az the success OF The club prOprietorS III
being able 10 sell liquor 10 any one Will
the money % buy. and Stiu keep che
trafhc secret from the Federal Gov
eminent. The Government ).
liable To so broke before Il completes
At> NC" NoEk enforcement caUN43&N
Other parts of the country viii have
% be visited, FOR there must be na
favcritism"
Why, We wonder" asks the Omaha
Wofsd-Herald Independently. was the
S92 champagne necessary The Vol
stead act says nothing Of champagne
particularly, nor does the eighteenth
amendment, A bottle of Scotch. as
evidence, would certainly have done
lust as we'll Furthermore. the Chi
cago Tribune independent Repub-
licanl contends that every one i'm tha
United States except the prohibition
unit has known the alcoholic content
ot New York and Washington social
life"
In more serious yein the Bangor
Daily Commercial independent RepUh-
licanl Says Every indication exists
that the Federal enforcement officials
are very earnest ia their eadeavor u
decrease the molStneSS Of New Work
The clubs cannot continue the
sale Of liquor lf the authorities are
determined 10 step that sale"