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Show O O Q O DRY CHIEF SAYS 1 MILLIONS QUIT BOOZE POINTS CITED TO SHOW ROM LAW SUCCESS Property Seized in Last Year Estimated to Be Worth $12,000,000 17,000 PLEAD GUILTY Poisonous Quality of Hootch Decared Indication of Dry Law Enforcement WASHINGTON, Jan. 14. Facts and figures, together with an "even dozen unquestioned point- In proof that the eighteenth amendment Is being enforced en-forced ' were made public tonight by Prohibition Commlseioner Hayes in a statement on the evo of the second anniversary of the national prohibition act, which became effectio January 16. 1920. The twelve pointN cited as "so out- MuiuiuiK i n.-ii no attempt can oe maue , in denial'.' follow; Disappearance of open ilc of liquor 'Mtc-nieiii of the open drinking drink-ing in public dining rooms. Passing of the treating evil, which wii- recognised a.s the greatest i-ontribuiing agem-y In tiu- development of a liquor ap- pctlte ( losing of whiskey cure and i-'milar Institutions. Increased nstvlngs ecconnta Record breaking Chirstmas business. bus-iness. Increase! drunkenness. Prohibitive prices of bonded liquor for beverage use. Dangerous character or illicit w hlske i SurrcpUtlousncsa i' present-day present-day drinking Wall Of bOWlhlg minority lc would go to the length ol onder-mining onder-mining the constitution to nnHlfj an amQndmeut which their action demonstrate-- I- in actual effr i Changed attitude f former hostile hos-tile statesmen, political leaders and the press Mr. Ilaynes docla-ed that the prohibition prohi-bition amendment was being enforced to an even greater extent than had been anticipated -'"id predictions of opponents had not been borne out by actualities. CAUSE OF VN-1 Moiui Ml NT. "The chief cause of non-enforcement." he said, "was the appointment of wet officials and smuggling. This Is being corrected by the appointment of officials who are" in sympathy with the law and ly .serving notice on our neighboring countries that their flags are being used to protect smuggler! He declared enforcement would henceforth be a much easier undertaking under-taking for various reasons, including the attitude of tho public, curtallltr; of sources of supply, closer co-opora-llon of all enforcement agencies ami the "poisonous, death-dealing character charac-ter of practically all Illicit liquor now on the market " Arrests for drunkenness, ho d dared, dar-ed, have decreased 6S per cent, liquor withdrawals have been reduced 0 per cent, while last year's importation of liquor was one-half of one per cent of the total consumption of liquor in America the year before prohibition. MANY big SEIZURES. BeiSUreS Of liquor he estimated at Or.0.000 gallons of distilled spirits ano vlno9, while tho estimated value of property selr.ed during the past year waa 5111,907.000 The miscellaneous property seized consisted of 00o automobiles. auto-mobiles. 40 boats. 26 wagons and carriages, car-riages, 4 5 horses and mules, one airplane, air-plane, flo motorcycles, $7,500 In caih. .... . .- .1 ,. .4 ittVAn DtAL'c li-n irutia ui mini mu o.--i. m rchandlse. Under court proceedings Mr. Haynes said there were 30,000 federal lndict-ments lndict-ments 17,000 pleas of guilty, 21.000 convictions und 900 acquittals. Ap- Iproxlmatel s.t.ooo.ooo was collected I by the prohibition bureau, he added ! while the total of assessment was j estimated at $67,500,000. EXPENSES REACH MHiUONS. Expenses were placed at approxl-mnt. approxl-mnt. y 6 974,521 Upwards of :!U0 brewers have been I investigated and charged with violation, viola-tion, he declared, while some public officials have been Indicted and some have gone to Jail. "In 69 cities, with B population of 30,000 or over," he ald, ''and a combined com-bined population of 20.ooo.ooo Including Includ-ing New York, Chicago and Philadelphia, Philadel-phia, official and estimated figures show a decrease in arrests for drunkenness drunk-enness from 816,842 In 1917 to 107.-, 107.-, 7R. notwithstanding bad booe temporary tem-porary Individual hard drinking and a :eai t.. .lug all Intoxicated people.'' millions sv BAR OFF. Mr. Haynes estimated that 1 7,500, -0oo .innUers have quite llQUOi "From various sources, it is esti- ( Continued on Page Two) POINTS CITED TO SHOW RUM LAW SUCCESS (Continued from f'nge One) mated.' he said, "there were twenty million drinkers In the I'nlted Stales before the country went dry Of this number there are 1 G0U 000 who drink occasionally now, and another 1.000 -0f0 of old drinker -.ho imbibe whenever when-ever they can get it. If there, were 20.000.000 drlnk.-rs wlv'n liquor was I accessible and It Is doubtful, and If there arc 2.600.000 drinkers now, more doubtful, then I7.r-0o.o00 former drinkers have quit a wonderful rec-' rec-' ord. "Onl fifteen per cent of former drinkers are drinking now, and these are drinking but five per cent the Quantity of liquor formerly consumed while the entire drink bill of the na-' 'tlon hus decreased $2,000,000,000 a year." oo In Birmingham, lOng . there are 3500 persons named Smith and 420 1 I'namod Jones. ' |