Show pj r I l c cl A AS HAD HADi i J. J I TRIAL fAl 1 e eDrys Drys r Drys Dr Y C I im Man Many any Y AdY Ad Ad- Advantages vantages eS in Year ear t of Drouth j By George B. B Waters Correspondent t. t N N. N E. E A A. A Staff staf WASHINGTON July 13 has had a year of or prohibition pro- pro Amerla Has It been a success John F F. Kramer head d of ot the this division f enforcement pro pro'S prohibition r rn tt it has been a marked says S 'S t o osue him when I called caned on But ss sue success UC RU nc he Q didn't ld t try to make me believe rial he had d all the saloons saloon s closed that In Jail the bootleggers all n and d fa We b C b ve tl figures ures to 0 o show that are only about saloons there th New ew York said Kra- Kra D' D In rU have almost ill Beer seems cems to disappeared eared red except In Pennsylvania Pennsyl Pennsyl- dJ P i Intoxicants are more plentiful vania sofa sofa- f Pennsylvania and New Jer- Jer Jery ful In Jey y U than In on any other states e er Ai As tp lq te theby the greatest tes t benc benefit l t N I rought sought rought by a years year's prohibition has been getting ng would sa say that It drin kout of reach of ot the theOS theO'S trong who o ha developed and girls vs a oy o S O Jo o 0 appetites for ito it Children Ch Benefited A A toper with an insane appet appe- appe liquor will drink up his t ite to for Cor perfume bu but t one ono never rd J of or a n. normal bo boy contracting i ibe he habit of ot drink by attacking a bottle oWe Nor is Js I 1 and razo containing alcohol substitute for Cor a roadhouse deuch de- de deuch uch by oung young men and women many of or the old drinkers re re con all these I ions lons thc they can get set Leave e the law on tl e boors two more years ears and nd drinking drinkIn drink drink- Jn In ing will bo a lost art J The year preceding prohibition Americans spent rot for booze boose The league r i claims to have figures showing that the p p st year ear the tho drinkers drinkers' ha o ha c placed of or this this' his 1 I. I l Ip p banks spent of it t for tor candy cand and that tho the other went for Cor soft drinks I moving ln s pictures theatres tobacco bootleg g booze automobiles clothes shops shoes groceries furniture etc But the bulk of ot this second I billion went for soft drinks and movies mo Saloons Cause Trouble r r Kramer says most of his trouble trou trou- b ble e. e have ha come from Crom former i- i loons bona that kept hanging on to see the supreme court was go- go to f dO Before prohibition t there ere wore ware KG saloons in jn America and perhaps not sot now speakeasies speak speak- where here persons who Mho are arc known can drink t The persons employed at making bore berc and whisky a year r ago h have hc c gone bone into other trades and there thero is still a labor shortage e. Probably the greatest economic r has been the sobering up u and tod rehabilitation of or men who in the wet days were 1 either incapacitated the day after ater or in Jail or In hospitals r 1 Many of ot these were common r drunkards Increases Efficiency The drys say that scattered figurea figures fig fig- ures urea show workmen's efficiency has bas 18 been increased 15 per cent crime reduced 50 CiO per cent drink drink- ing reduced 66 per cent that 60 O- O OO O persons have been saved death ath from alcoholism and that bushels of ot foodstuffs were ere diverted dl from strong drink to other channels At Baltimore a movie show was Installed this year at central police polke po- po lice Jice station to amuse Idle 1110 police police- wen en n Prohibition cut down their theft y ork At eleven of ot the principal cities in n New cw Hampshire arrests for Cor Drunkenness numbered 1600 for fore toe e last six months of or 1920 as in similar I period or of dt The sheriff of or Carbon county quit holding Suny Suna Sun- Sun a y religious services at the Jail use there were no prisoners tI e attend In Philadelphia arrests tor or drunkenness were Wet Net Jul July dr dry July 1919 Ili bJ Erie Pa the cost of ot feed feed- g prisoners in July 1918 was wasand 1151 and In ln July JUI 1919 t reduced to des despite ric sing riDing prices Cut Cost Coat Thomas ThomasT T W. White tetta t state supervisor super of ot adminis- adminis Uon n saYS ya Prohibition cut down t rr curt court maintenance b by one The Tha Eo government go fiscal analysis t L et t Worcester W ster r. r Mass Maes shows sav- sav savings 11 e f f ings nga banks accounts show an Ine In- In create of or 50 per cent since July I 1 I feer Enforcer Kramer says Bays Keeley Keele- Keele all over O this the countr country 1 have aVe had to quit t the he last latt one ono tolu to r lu throw up the beinG at Co- Co I urn us o. o Workhouse Abandoned The he commissioners of or tc ten Penn Penn- bull b lull counties had planned to count ten a ten ten-c y workhouse for 0 Plans for tor financing It I Is I ere tre about read ready before n A meeting was held heldI I f y the commissioners November B fl 1 lain 19 crl Rere tre and a all agreed that there therean i 1 no Prisoners s to b be a s sent cot to an and this tho joint join t organization of ot um stoners was Wn J d disbanded and this f plans ana dropped f 1 Warden Lewis 8 hl jan Jail f It aya arrests for drunkenness have ha 80 per cent in his Warden city L Lee c Baltimore jail says arrests for all caus causes s have havo been e reduced CiO 60 per ver cent I Is In Connecticut the state farm r I drunkards has been ban ban- r r Arrests Cut I Ii j 1 In 4 Boston the i to arrests from Jul July y a d rho 1918 were iad Bono In 1919 only She Sheriffs reduction of or riffs I all over Cr the tho co country arc are h because they can cnn no not tc t terl make a Q living JIving t feeding D ris 1 1 This used Cd to b bo the Prin f source of revenue to a a. sher- sher t J e r t r Tex Tox the city farm Carm had from irom GO 50 to loo i 1 1 r prisoners all nil the time became ab absolutely absolutely nb- nb depopulated when prohIbition prohibition prohibition pro pro- hit It was finally rented to a n Japanese Many US j over tho the country are being converted into hotels and apartments to solve olvo tho the housing shortage Dont Don't Prohibit No prohibition hasn't completely complete complete- ly prohibited But Dut It has ruined John Barleycorns BarleYcorn s business The enforcement bureau hero here holds to tho the the theory or that tho rho higher higher- I I the thc pries price g goes the thc more successful successful success success- ful tul the law is At the tho Chicago I convention booze was selling at atI 1 I 7 CO to 15 a a. pint demand strong Buying It by the tho dring one pays about 75 a n. quart in New York In Wichita I a Falls II 9 Tex the oil i region it reached th the maximum price of ot 20 20 a half pint Cash too tool Uncle Sam lost ost In revenue but made it up In other ways That Is offset twice by the tho billion the thc people saved and twice more b by the tho billion bUllon they saved and spent for tor more substantial luxuries lux lux- uries urles and necessities Tho rho cost of enforcing prohibition for the year ear W was S Lest cst wo we forget forget- In western Massachusetts persons died from drinking wood alcohol and about that many man moro more ID is New York and New ew Jersey from the same sane cause But the tho saved from alcoholism offsets that |