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Show PROHIBITION Association Opposed to National "Dry" Legislation Legis-lation Makes Report on Alleged Discoveries. Couples Unrest in Mining Min-ing Camps With Use of Illicit Whiskey Making Men Morose. i Special to The Tribune. WASHINGTON, Nov. lu. The Association Asso-ciation Opposed to National Prohibition, Prohibi-tion, which has had investigators traveling trav-eling through the western states studying study-ing conditions among the laboring classes, today mado public a report on conditions found in several states, Utah among them. From the report the following quotations are made: "Salt Lake was one of the largest home brewing cities visited by tho investigators. in-vestigators. Malt syrup, hops and yeast were selling extensively, while everyone had a recipe for brewing, of which he was especially proud. As a barber shaved a customer he would brag about his beer recipe. DRUG ADDICTS TRAIL DOCTORS. ' ' The arrest of drug addicts had increased in-creased in Salt Lake 200 per cent under prohibition. While these addicts were constantly breaking into and robbing drug stories at night the physicians of the city were afraid to leave their medicine cases for a moment in their automobiles as they were followed about by drug fiends on the watch for a chance to steal a supply of drugs. Distilling plants with a capacity of several sev-eral gallons of whisky a day were being be-ing sold readily at $00 apiece. "Labor here, as everywhere, was turning to the radicals and I. W. W. In the mining camps of Eureka, Bingham Bing-ham Canyon and Park City and the smelter camps of Garfield and Magna, all in Utah, the investigators found the miners much unsettled. They were moving about from camp to camp, becoming be-coming very easily dissatisfied with conditions. Most of them were reading read-ing radical literature and joining the I. W. W., which preached more wages and a six-hour day. There was no beer or wine in the camps and the men wero forced to pay high prices for vile moonshine moon-shine whisky which was making them savage and morose. A drink witii twenty twen-ty per cent of alcohol made from dry grapes was selling at high prices and the miners wore paying thirty-five cents a drink for vile whisky. FARMER SHINERS FLOUT OFFICERS. "Utah farmers and ranchmen wew suffering from shortage of 'wet' supplies, making on their premises many kinds of brandy, such as peach, and homemade wines. These they circulated cir-culated anions their friends without danger of interference from tho authorities. au-thorities. "Federal officials informed the investigators in-vestigators that the fanners and ranchmen ranch-men in Idaho, In common with those of the oilier western states visited, ere enjoying their home-made brandies and beers and wines while the miners of the Coeur d'Alenc district were found to bo drinking moonshine whisky in the absence of !eer. They had been rendered very restless. ' In Coeur d'Alenc. Gem. Burke, 7ol-logg. 7ol-logg. Nine Mile canyon and Mullen thev had gone on strike. WhIV) many of fheiu remained in these camps endorsing en-dorsing the 1. VY. W; and Ceafling radical radi-cal literature, a thousand of them had headed for other camps, too restless to remain. There was no beer or wine in the camps, only the viler sorts of whisky which sold' for Sv5 a quart. THIRSTY MINERS' TALK IS SINISTER. The investigators, iu their on words, "listened to more red ravolntlon-arv ravolntlon-arv talk in the t oner d'Alcne district than anywhere else. It is not parlor vaporiuirs of tlie sort one hears among the boudoir Bolshevists of the east. It is threatening and sinister. "A prominent mine owner of thei district said to one of the inveetiga-torsi inveetiga-torsi ' I contributed :i big check to help make Idaho drv in the sincere belief j that it would be a good thing fox every- bodv. and particularly tin- miners. Well, it has no' turned oat lhat way. I am sorry to say. There is more whisky (Continued on Page 1, Column 3.) ASSERT UTAH W IS FAILS (Continued Fro.n 1'age One.) (Irinkinu today in the (,'ocur rl'Alene district on tlm part (if the miner Hum there ever wai during the period when license prevailed. ' ' ' CASE EXAGGERATED, FEDERAL OFFICIALS SAY OF REPORT Tn reviewing the foregoing Washington Washing-ton diapaUh. f. ininbi-r. Internal revenue reve-nue collector for the d strict of Utah, said the messHK -Iwm d . x.iggra I Ion. although portions of It were measurably true. In commenting on the part pertaining per-taining to the sale of intlxocnfing liquors In mining cnnpt of t'uih. he said; "The portion that relates to the I'tah milling camps ts measurably true. Deputies Depu-ties from th s depart mi nt ba e found that miners are able to iroriire Intoxicating Intoxi-cating beveragei of nuc-ttlnnable character, char-acter, which art- hfing aold under cover and In a few casea ate being oponlv sold. "The average miner, however. In not different In his actions at present than heretofore when liquor uhh sold hi sn -loons. An to whether condition are worse m rice prohibition baa pi . ailed, am unable to say. "Attempts are being made by deputies depu-ties of the bit ernal revenue depa rt inent at this time lo eliminate thebaic of liquor In fill I 'tub mini i r Cftftlpl, and much Is beiriK jierompllshed. nil hough It will fHke some time to el I in ina I e t he I ri f f t completely. com-pletely. A report has Just been tecclved from on of my dtptltftl In I prominent I, 'tab mining camp, where he dtSOOVSTSd six plfierH where bit ox leal Ing drinks are being f urnln'ied the miners, The keep era. the deputy said, even wem as far as attempting to resist search with the use of f I rear ma. A I Ibis camp i ro gal -lOM "f liquor, mostly of home manut'nc. t lire, wei o SSlSSd ft t)d dest i n v(. Kvl -denee ban been obtained and tlin keep-er keep-er will bo prose' ru ted. ' Mr. I unhn r Mild RlSl he was Dn&bll tn make a Mlalement regarding the portion por-tion relating to the Increase of drug addicts ad-dicts since proli Ibli l"ii 1 lg V Cershon, special agent for the department of Justice, in reviewing the W.t- h Ing ton dispatch, said : "The report shows grea t exaggeration, and although t he portion relating to the sale of moonshine whisky In mining cnuipa te true In n manner, the conditio condi-tio ns In the cnuips are better now than during the period of the open saloon. "The unrest which Is exhibited at present pres-ent In the mining camps cannot he at -trlbuted to the use of llqiinr. for the Seders who are respotirtihle for these OOndltlOBl arc ISir ton wise to become hoouers. The present unrest Is that which follows every war and renin I in until conditions become settled." Both Mr. tlerstion and Mr. I h)nbfl r. tn reviewing the it&tomentt tsJd t hs ' while they were opposed to the open saloon. In their opinion the regulated sale of light wines and beer In the Tnlled mi a ten would solve the prohibition problshv |
