Show RUNNERS USE fAST CHASER CHASERS S IN WORK Liquor smuggling Is the biggest In Industry Industry Industry In- In along the southern Atlantic coast The rum deluge goes on on swe sweeping from Florida and Georgia ports to dis- dis disant ant parts of the United States In spite o of prohibition laws and enforcement enforce enforce- enforcement enforcement ment efforts Rum smugglers and bootleggers along the Florida coast make malte no secret of their lack of fear o of punishment Fear of o the law was reduced to a minimum when a t. t fast revenue cutter was withdrawn from the service at Miami The craft had bad excellent lines and speed and was suitable for the Job of ot catching rum smugglers R. R S SI Miller present commanding officer of the tho th decrepit revenue rev revenue nue cutter I VIdette stationed at Miami was I given charge of the boat He Immediately Immedi I had her engines overhauled The day the Job was completed MU Mil Miller ler started out ut with the best rum catcher In southern waters And then the fast boat was removed from his command and taken to Key West In place of ot the fast boat Mill Miller r was given n Vidette tte an anold an old t tub b with with- witha a cannon that will wil not shoot and a speed o of six knots knots' an hour One man a former government official cial olal asserts he can can do what the pros pres present present pres- pres ent eat government agencies have n not t done dam dam the deluge Charles H. H Nesle says that In a a. single sin sin- gle gb year he can make himself rich for life Ufe If it the government will pay him a bounty of o tenth one-tenth the foreign value o of all liquor he seizes from smugglers 1 I Nesle formerly was a a. department o of Justice agent He says he knows the Inside o of the rum running situation The Tho government has offered him a ft aJob Job lob as prohibition agent agent at at a month salary Nesle rejected this of of- of o- o fer The average foreign value of or whisky imported Into the United States last year rear was a gallon or 1608 a case o of twelve quarts A bounty of 10 per cent on all liquor seized would net the raider 1 60 a case as Capture of ot only three cases a a. day would pay a prohibition agents agent's salary Nesles Nesle's novel offer to the tho Ao government govern govern- m- m ment to stop smuggling on n a commission commission commission commis commis- sion basis was was made shade known during the tho Investigation made by N. N E. E A. A service o of f the tho national breakdown of prohibition tion Lion enforcement Aside from Miami and Savannah the chief rum smuggling ports along the lie southern coast are Jacksonville Fernandina West Palm Beach and Port Pierce In Florida and Charles Charles- ton S. S C. C There Isn't a single resort where li liquor Ii- Ii quor cannot be purchased at low prices and in large quantities Palm Beach Maim and St. St Augustine Augustine Augus Augus- tine are expecting a rich harvest from the tourist trade this winter One big h hotel tel owner candidly sold said I hope the government doesn't do anything to stop the liquor coming In Inthis inthis inthis this winter because we wo are aro depending on booze to keep the tho hotel filled with contented guests And Arid I hope liquor stays cheap like Ilke it Is now They feel the tho same samo way about It at West Palm Beach a station stat a rene from the famous resort and arid one ne of ot the wettest spots in the South Liquor can be had for tor 25 cents a a. drink St. St Augustine is equally wet At Fort Pierce a Junction point midway midway midway mid mid- way between Miami and Jacksonville liquor comes In iri from West End End- In Inthe Inthe inthe the Bahama Islands six seventy miles away away Scotch whisky can be had hod for tor 4 a quart Jacksonville has a cigar store where whore whisky Is 8 a quart and gin 6 but the dealer will sell only In case caso lots A taxi driver In Savannah is selling Scotch ch at 35 a case and offers t to ship It to any destination with safe sate arrival rival guaranteed His method Is to pack I the liquor In a n. steel box hermetically sealed and and lab labeled led Cann Canned d Goods I Fernandina Is isone one o of the biggest I I ports In the South for tor smuggled booze i from the Bahamas The desolate nature nature nature na na- na- na ture o of the tho coast and the tho numerous coves and Inlets make smuggling easy An eff efficient clent government enforcement I agency exists in Jacksonville headed by Howard P. P Wright division superintendent superIntendent superintendent super super- of ot the tho department o of Justice I But order No 68 described in an earlier article does not permit him to togo togo togo go go after atter violators of the liquor law I There are aro at present two prohibition enforcement agents stationed at Jack Jack- I sonville Wright says If it the government govern govern- government ment should ever ver ask him to enforce I r the act he would have to I have two twenty-two men In addition toI to his present force o of six to enforce the law Jaw in Jacksonville and vicinity I I So far ar the government has not asked the department o of Justice agents to I prohibit lUn- lUn I |