Show f 4 rl V J Bottled in Bond r tt 1 ov nv much bottled in bond whisky whisky V remains f l i d v in w warehouses reho ses t throughout the countr count coun- coun V t tr r 2 V V bo bout t gallons answers Mil Millard West Vest deputy commissioner of internal revenue Rum hounds I will figure out that this is 2432 drinks or twenty three for every man woman vO ona nan and child in It seems a lot V But But But- w warehouse stocks stocks' of whisky eighteen months V ago go were gallons compared with gallons liow now how The complete exit of v Ba Barleycorn l V except on doctors doctor's V pr prescriptions script scrip scrip- t I is i just V a matter of arithmetic In a very f few fv v ye years rs pure whisky hisky sold outside the law willbe will Q be worth orth a quart Therell There'll be ty of f Idols fools who'll pay tha that V i 2 P Pure Puree aged ge whisky nears extinction extinction- Poison P iso i I circulates tes in lIi its place Interesting dy fo for the s student dent of or criminology You r Vead that the mort mor- mor t lt V mong among prohibition enforcement officials ls alt along ng the Mexican border is higher than among tl the ilie American fighting forces that saw action in ib I fance France V Liquor officials watching for smugglers smuggler from Canada at Rouses Rouse's Point N. N Y report nonchalantly that pistol battles with rum ninn runners s are re almost everyday occurrences Most I if riot not V all I of i the bootleggers ers ers' carry automatic pistols I RICh ni ns n's cellar ellar stocks are looted So are arc bonded warehouses V Forgers turn out fake ale withdrawal with dr Val perm permits ts Counter Counterfeiters duplicate int internal revenue ev nue stamps by the hundreds of thousands The bootleg traffic has attracted to it an unprecedented ce- ce V dented V organization of dangerous criminals The spasm of crime accompanying the bootleg boot 1 leg g traffic does not mean that t prohibition is going to fo fo be a farce or r a failure re in the long run John Johna Barleycorn is like a vicious maniac who writhes f t V violently I lt f for r some some time after he gets into th the jl t THe tighten V in iii time V S Safe ate legis legislatures legisla a- a tures may have ave to amend laws ma make e it t a d death a h penal penalty y to sell sellwood ell wood alcohol and other po poison on disguised as drinkables What prohibition n needs ds r most ost is is realization by all citizens citizens' that wh when ill hey UY liquor illicitly they are aiding and abet abetting abet abet- ting ing a organization |