The Washington times., 1932-07-11
Not Murderers

These booteggers strange to say, do not the
country. They do not commit murder with mpunlty
They do not form combines for the protection of milk
dealers and dry cleaners bombing their places of bus-
if protection not paid They do not dare
the government to come and get them the government
without dare, comes and does get them They sell
pretty foul alcohol to people who have forfeited the
right to drink good liquor There their function ends
They are smugglers and the government spends few
thousand kroner year for a coast guard l am told
that one of their favore devices is to load sort OF
torpedo with liquor and to draw after them through
the Hailed by coast guard boat they take careful
note of their position and unshp the torpedo which
obgngy sinks to the bottom and stays there until the
next day, when it is rescued
Among the good citizens another form of lawbreaklng
seems moderately popular At certain hours of the day.
and if you not buying meal you can get only weak
hghbas-Scoch or brandy to speetc deptn d IN he Te
girls behind the counters have measuring glasses; the
walters compelled by law to pour minimum amount
of soda which makes your drink take on the Color oA
weak lemonade.
To the confirmed drinker this weak highban is
nuisance Nor he order two and hope to get both tots
of liquor in glass; All he do-and am told that
he occasionally does it's to small vial of his
favore tppe and then when the waiter has departed
add this to the already poured for him in accord
ance with the law It is cumbersome method and not
popular. Instead the Swede drinks light beers and
wines. He seems to be perfectly contented.
Kreuger' f -
Next to the liquor question: the problem of Ivar
Kreuger is of chief interest to Americans and the c
zens of Sweden have grown pretty tired of being asked
questions about him. They will not believe tor momenC
that the dishonesty of this romantic fnancier hasn't
put everlasting stain their honor They tnd 1t hard
to imagine that many Americans say Kreugers only
crime getting caught The odd thing is they know
very little of Kreuger himself
His control of industry in Sweden has been exaggerated
His payrolls constituted only about 22 cent of the
weekly wages of the country. And what is more i'm
portan to Sweden he did not involve the whole country
in his specuations The wealthy part of the nobility and
the international set may have followed Kreuger but the
mddeclass investor was too conservative He invested
in land buildings railways securities of various sorts
The smash-up of Kreuger made difficulties for bank
tw but it did not ruin the capital city of Stockholm
Swedish journalist told that the breakdown of the
Kreuger enterprise in godsend to the coun-
try Kreuger took money out of Sweden to finance his
chimerica schemes in Rumana Poland wherever he
fanced he could become the mysterious behind the
scenes. That money is gone but good money does not
have be thrown after bad The costly lesson has been
learned and whatever money Sweden has for investment
is far more likely to be put into domestic industry
Commercial and industrial people tell you that things
in Sweden are hard but they unanimous in believing
that the cause is worldwide. Things have not grown
more difficult since the Kreuger debacle That was an
incident