Show S 'S SS I S The Domestic Supply I 4 F FOR COR OR the week just ended eded Philadelphia re ports six dead from drinking poison liquor foo ent to hospitals and ind waiting trial on charges of drunkenness All AIl of this Is is-in is in a dry to town in a dry state in a dry nation one which is is' famous famous' amous' amous for its p peaceful pursuits We shudder to think W what It Philadelphia's Phila Phil delphias delphia's record might have haye been If if it were not for the restrictions of prohibition or W via waS prohibition the chief stimulant to the debauch Government activities ties beyond the threemile three three- mile limit are going not going to check conditions su such h as ts were revealed in Philadelphia The Philadelphia disgrace cannot be blamed to imported liquor Home production at alone ne' ne is responsible 1 The chief effect of prohibition so far fir has been beeh to shut off the supply of good liquor r replacing placing jt it with a I doubtful variety variety vari van ety which very often proves to be poisonous The chief problem before enforcement officers today is to shut off the domestic sup sup- ply If moonshine op operations rations cm cam b be successfully suc suc- suppressed a dry nation is possible Beside this problem the suppression of smuggling smuggling smug smug- gling is comparatively easy For this reason if it would seem that the energies of the enforcement enforcement enforce enforce- ment forces should be devoted to the home supply first When home production is suppressed suppressed suppressed sup sup- pressed the country will begin to togo go dry and not much before |