The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1930-07-01
PROHIBITION AND CRIME

the crowded condition of the prisons
throughout the country is due to the fact
that they are filled with prohibition law
yiolators is not borne out by statistics
which have been gathered by Representa-
tive Bachmann, West Virginia, who began
an investigation on his own account to
discover whether or not the inference so
widely entertained Is correct. Figures
which he obtained in a personal poll of
wardens of the various penitentiaries
showed more than twenty-five per cent of
federal prisoners were held for liquor law
offenses but only three and one-half per
cent of those in state prisons were prohi-
bition violators.-Beacon-N Paris.
DIR. F. SCOTT MCBRIDE
We congratulate Illinois on furnishing
the nation with man of the ability of
F. Scott Mcbride, superintendent of the
national Anti-Saloon League, who leads
o great dry host against the cohorts of
old John Barleycorn and Mr.. Curran of
his adVersarieS before the investigating
committee in the United States senate
Thousands of his countrymen are back of
Mcbride in his efforts for home and
native land. Illinois is proud Of you and of
your leadership in state and nation
Putnam County Record, Eureka.
NATIONAL DRY CHIEF PRAISES
WORK OF KNIGHT
In letter of commentator received by
States Attorney William d. Knight from
Prohibition Commissioner j. M. Doran,
head of the United States treasury'S dry
enforcement bureau, Mr.. Doran states
that his attention has been called to the
enforcement work here and extends
thanks for the local cooperation.
IF we could have such cooperation on
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problem of prohibition enforcement would
be practically solved" Commissioner
Doran writes
The letter refers to prosecutions in the
county during the last few years.-Star,
Rockford.
PROHIBITION
The federal government has, if we I'M
derstand it, only 1000 prohibition agents
but there are 10000 state, county and city
police. Obviously, the attitude of the local
officials are the key to the local problem.
Gazette, Durdnd.
THE POISON IN LIQUOR
People died of alcohol poisoning before
prohibition. Thousands died every year
from delirium tremens; other thousands
died from ailments due to heavy drink
ing of liquor. That was under a so-called
regulatory license system and when liquor
was manufactured under approved sani-
tary conditions Which all goes to prove
that liquor manufactured under any con-
ditions is a poison and unfit for human
consumption. - CoD1ntercial-Ne1OS, Dan
Uille.
THREATENS DRY CONGRESSMAN
Preparing for a nationwide fight in
November against candidates who oppose
repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment, the
Association Against the Prohibition
Amendment has sent QUESTIONABLE to
all candidates for congress, asking: DO
you favor repeal of the Eighteenth
Amendment to the constitution of the
United States?"
Those who refuse to answer or favor the
amendment will be opposed, it is an
nounced. and a fight will be waged
throughout the country to decrease the
dry majority in congress. Wet leaders
predict that the campaign will result in
the election of from fifty to seyenty-five
members of the next congress who will
favor some change in the Volstead act.
Patriotism is at low ebb when it at
tacks the constitution of the United
States without first obeying it.-Connler-
ciaI-NeDS, DanUiUe.
DIDN'T PUT ANYTHING OVER
They say Barney Snow who now heads
the Cook county Republican central
committee mt zone over" on fhe Demo-