Show CAN HE STOP I Suppose General Lincoln C An Andrews drews arrangements with England Canada and Mexico really put puta a stop to the the smuggling of ot liquor into into the be United States Will wm that dry dry up the I The prohibition unit was author author- authority ity lIy months ago for the statement that the amount of ot genuIne genuino smug on the market through through- throughout throughout throughout out the country was less than 1 per cent of ot the total Cutting off of less than 1 per er cent of ot the tho present available supply will not make an apprecIable appreciable difference Domestic production probably will Increase to offset even that There may maybe maybe maybe be some falIng oft off In quality but It it hardly appears that there wIll wIllbe willbe willbe Quantity be much reduction In quantity However General Andr Andrews Andrws ws Is also taking steps to prevent fur fur- further further further ther leakage of ot Industrial alcohol for reclamation dilution and sale sale doctored up as real old war prewar pre wet goods If It he succeeds succeed this wIll produce a real Impression at least for tor a time But moonshine How about that 1 The moonshine Industry already a big one Is susceptible to In in- in indefinite Indefinite definite expansion Andrews Andrewa talks about getting It under control but the supply at t any rate In wet centers center remains fully equal to the demand The general has now been nearly a year on the job It seems seems as If It he ought to have ha had hadIt hadit hadIt It under some sort of ot control al- al already already al already ready It If It can be done The difficulty In Is that the industry js Is profitable even though plants planta must be be replaced at the rate of ofa ofa ola a d dozen zen annually Under urban conditions operators risk rink capture as well as their stills sUIts but In the Country the moon shiners as often C I as not escape At liberty liberty all th they have to do Is re equip and start in again General Andrews remedy Isse Is se laws His HI Idea is that production of ot liquor can un be bo sup sup- suppressed suppressed suppressed pressed if It It can be made au- au suf sufficiently unpleasant for the pro No p-o- p producers when caught and that bootlegging will be ended when hen there no longer Is anything to bootleg But can he get the s1 laws This Is a very dry congress Yet It adjourned without passing the leg leg- legIslation legislation Andrews asked It may pass it next nett winter It If not not there Is 18 no prospect of ot a dryer one I II What advantage In a dryer one I I anyway This one Is dry b by a quarters three Quarters majority at least To turn the trick It looks as If all wet sources must be dried up smuggling Industrial alcohol leaks and moonshine stills It is conceivable that smugglIng and ond Industrial alcohol may be safey saCey dammed up but mo Ing lag Ing Is a a harder problem to solve Until Andrews finds the answer to It ho he hasn't won on his fight |