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Show PROHIBITION AND CRIME. Prohibition will have no effect-whatsoever upon crime, according to Henry Barrett Chamborlin, director of the Chicago crime commission. The statement state-ment was made before the current events class of a university and the announcement is made that it caused surprise. Mr. Chamberliu declared that the best of the criminals, that is those who are more shrewd and therefore the more" dangerous to society, do not use intoxicants, but have been water drinkers. Mr. Chamberlin is supposed to be an export on crime so his state- j ment should be accepted upon its face value. We do not need to take Mr, Cham-berlin's Cham-berlin's word for it, however. We can study what has taken place in Utah since prohibition went into effect. One thing that has happened in Ogden Is worth noting. The "Black Maria" has ; disappeared. There is little use for the "wagon" which was used principally princi-pally t'o pick up drunks and carry them to Jail. There is no doubt that small offenses of-fenses have been reduced by prohibition prohibi-tion and we believe that there has been a reduction in such violent crimes as shootings, stabbings, and other crimes often associated with drunken orgies. But nobody must get the idea that there is no further use for policemen. Thero renlly Is .i greater demand for trained and Intelligent police offlcera than ever before. In the first place it takes a clever peace officer to obtain evidence sufficient to convict many of the more shrewd dealers or makers of Illicit liquor. Burglars arc becoming more scientific and therefore harder to catch. The automobile bandits is a foe that is causing police many worries. wor-ries. The profession of peace officer should carry with It more preBtlge now that tho public Is beginning to understand un-derstand tho policeman does more than merely pick a drunken wretch out of the gutter, load him into the patrol and dump hi'm into the drunk house of a police station. oo |