Show PROVIDING DRINKS FOR THIRSTY ONES House Committee Hears o of Methods to Evade Prohibition Prohibition Prohibition Pro- Pro Laws WOMEN SEEK STATISTICS Federation of Women's Clubs Asks for foi Appropriations to Look wok Into Indu I Industrial lu Cont Conditions r Republican Special Washington ion March The Tho Tho house committee on Judiciary Is holding ng a series of hearings on the bill limiting the cf effect effect ef- ef feet of the rc regulation of commerce bet between between be be- t tween the several states and territories This bill hill provides that thit the Ule Interstate commerce c character of oC all shipments o of oC Intoxicating JI liquors shall terminate terminal I Immediately upon UlOn their arrival withIn with with- I In the tho boundary of the slate state It In which the destination Is situated nm and before the delivery of tho liquor to th the c. The effect of this le legislation would be to prevent prepaid and C C. O. O D D. packages es of liquor ale beer etc getting into prohibition states Supplying Prohibition States Many fan Interesting statements have been beon made before the committee b by persons who are ute pressing pc the legislation and according according ac ae- ac- ac cording to them there are arc man many methods by br which intoxicating liquor Is brou brought brough hl Into states tates and sold soh Representative Representative Gronna of North Dakota In a statement made to the committee detailed detail detail- ed the manner In which railroad station agents and express agents have become purveyors pur of oC JI liquor through a clever scheme which Is quite generally worked work work- ed not only in North Dakota but In other oth cr er prohibition states stales A station agent agentIs Is made the consignee of oC an nn assortment of packages es some containing whiskey others beer heer ale etc U Upon each Is Js a number numb r and the name n of oC the station and the state Some thirsty citizen desiring a libation of or booze waltzes down to the station and md I asks Iks ks the station agent alent or orn n agent ent for the express company compan as the theca ca case c ma may be If he has a package e addressed addressed ad ad- dc-cs dc dressed ed Xo No 1 1 Jonesville New ew York The TIle agent looks over his packages fInds the thc number asked for or und and upon receipt of the amount marked on It It turns It t over The consignors always address packages to the same station by the same numbers from 1 U up and the patrons of ol the agent generally know what number to ask for and md the latter Is Kept Inept well stocked by th the consignor If the above hill bill Is enacted Into a law lawIt It will prevent this and other forms Corms of bringing ln Into prohibition states the tho enormous enormous enormous en en- quantities of or liquor and beer consumed consumed consumed con con- In them Data Duta on Women Who Pho Work olk The General I l Federation of or Women's Clubs of or America J Is Is- circularizing congress congress con con- gress for an appropriation to enable a bureau bureau bureau bu bu- bu- bu reau of or experts to lo make mak a scientific In Investigation In- In Into the industrial conditions of oC women In the time United States Slates The secretary sec sec- of or commerce and labor has requested requested reu re re- re- re quested u the appropriation Hon basing his re request request re- re quest upon UlOn a n recommendation contained in the Presidents President's annual message The latest census reported C women women wo wo- men engaged In gainful occupations and andor of or this number were reported aa as working in manufacturing establish establish- ments H it Is Js claimed that women hate hu e affected the labor market to the demoralization demor demor- of ot wa wage e rates rales that home life has lias been affected d that marriage has decreased de de- de- de creased that or d divorce IK la Increasing and that the thc birth rate barely exceeds cds the tho death rate Tho The federation believes 8 that the proper conclusions lons with reference to thc these e claims can enn be reached cached only after a a. thorough Investigation atlon and the appropriation appropriation asked for Is to bo he expended In securing reliable data the result of which would be of great reat value as a basis for general central as well wen as local legislation |