Show DRY SENTIMENT 1 ON if fit INCREASE IN MEXICO Despite s itc Political Opposition Prohibition Move Is 3 1 Gaining Strength Ti X By L. L L KIRBY Universal Servi Service e Staff C Correspondent MEXICO CITY Mexico Oc 23 23 z v lf o ico Is going through a a. period aim sim J flat to the Raines law lav days In New ork DrInkIng places are arc supposed to be closed on all alt holidays and from irom t Saturday noon until Monday ronday morning But al a sorts of ot devices are resorted toS to S in In the effort to evade the la law t e i i. i Prohibitionists who are arc gaining 1 strength here keep a w watchful eye upon the restaurants and hotels and are are- quick to expose the frauds practiced to fill WI the till and cheer th the y thirsty I S Some mo o or of the newspapers seeing this rowing growing In tn favor or of or closing drinking places have taken Up tho the Issue and aro arc devoting much space to J the evils of or drink anti and the lawless f character of or some somo of or the city's resorts CAN CA'N CAN BE HAD ll I On Oa Sunday it is still possible to buy f j liquor In Jo certain places which are arc on o bod d terms with the police No ex- ex expo W po ure has has' yet been made of or tho mariner mariner In these places get ct J poTice protection but it It It-is It Js is whiz whis- is i. J that tha there thero Is graft along lines exposed In New York and elsewhere I 1 during tho blue law days which pres pre- pre preceded s ceded prohibition In some places if it you ask for lea lear r and wink at the tho waiter waller you get I brandy brindY It If If you ask for ginger al ale S 1 also with wink and fL t t a knowing i. i smile you you get a highball served In fir j I a a. a china chins cup t j The Iho prohibition agitation has hag extended ext extended ex ex- t J tended to Tampico and elsewhere At Tampico drink has caused much InConvenience inconvenience In- In I Convenience e to the oil companies t In-t It j is not uncommon for large numbers of ot n en to stay away from work on of I Monday MOnda to recover recover from the tho effects of ot l on Sundays with wIt the proceeds proceeds proceeds pro pro- of the money received on Saturdays IS HINDRANCE TO WORK i There Thero Is also much drinking during the tho week weel and tho the Mexican laborer filled d with mescal Is worthless and often orten troublesome I But the thc trouble due to drink Is not f confined to the Mexican workmen f r Foreign mechanics including dIng AmerI Amer- Amer ri 1 I leans who have been brought to tol l Mexico Mexico- o at high salaries because of their I-their skill or tIr expert knowledge of l certain crafts lose mull muli time because i of or drink Some fall faU complete completo vieto vie vie- r tiros to the the fascinating native drink tequila This has bas a potency and enslaving enslaving en en- slaving ln power like that of ot absinthe and the tho victims consume bottles of ot the tho fiery liquor r In an ah amazingly short time Sometimes they remain drunk I for two or ot three weeks doing no work Hi ri arid and holding up operations because their f U their skill is Js needed to direct forces iC u of or Jess less able workmen Sometimes they drag along through sodden days drinking from hidden bottles of ot liquor and seeming to attend to their work but doing little of value AMERICAN PATRONAGE Th The open saloons of Mexico have haver r brought a of American 24 j drinkers drinkers to Mexico Many of ot these imen t men could earn better wages In the United States Even at Tampico where the highest wages are arc paid irv oaY i because of ot the n need ed of ot skilful work- work 10 jp men by the oil companies the earnings earnings earn- earn earnings ings of ot good mechanics are arc not better than than in the United States and the 5 climate Is extremely unhealthfuL v While the ranks of tho the prohibition prohibition- 9 fists in Mexico are arc growing there Is la sa formidable opposition to the new dry 1 hi I measures enforced here bem Keepers of ot drinking places everywhere are op- op po J ed to the order forcing them to r. r clo close clone e on the days on which they formerly for for- merly did their most profitable 5 business ALLIES OF WETS 3 t There here is a subs substantial element allied t with the wets Clubs do not want to toJ er s J J close their bars on the days' days when bk eb their members have time to gather i for tOl friendly Intercourse hotels and restaurants do not wish to be com com- I. I polled to to refuse their patrons liquors on un the days when their dining rooms I ate are most moat frequented and the patrons I themselves s object to being deprived I of alcoholic beverages on holidays I I An And the patr patrons ns of ot the hotels and i restaurants enjoy a a. bottle of ot with wine with their Sunday dinner Include some men of great influence The opposition to the dr dry regulations regulations regula regula- as been strong enough to cause the hambers chambers of commerce commer e of ot Mexico to protest to the government against the new laws Jaws |