PROHIBITION IN U.S.A.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 10 December 1926, Page 11

PROHIBITION IN U.S.A.

ENFORCEMENT PROBLEMS. PAYMENT TO SECRET AGENTS SUPPLY OF LIQUOR. rll CABLE—PRESo ASSOCIATION- COPYRIGHT, Received 11 a.m. to-day. WASHINGTON, Dec. 'J. General Andrews outlined his plans bel ore tlie House Appropriations Committee. He declarea that little good liquor was .available and that the supply would continue to decrease. Most oi the- liquor now consisted of 'alcohol water and flavouring extracts. The chief prohibition question was to prevent the diversion of grain alcohol to the bootleggers. General Andrew 's.s special disbursements fund, used to employ secret agents, many of whom never appeared oil tlie pay roil, had increased from 250,000 dollars to bait a million. He explained that the fund was necessary because any agents would be killed if anybody knew they were working for the Government. He said that at the end of another year he hoped the number of the prohibition unit could be materially reduced and the grade materially increased. WORK OF ENFORCEMENT. Received 11.10 a.m. to-day. WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. During the fiscal year prohibition agents confiscated over 275,000,000 gallons of intoxicants, made 72,700 arrests, captured 12,172 distilleries, 12,24 S stills, 5925 automobiles, and 187 boats, seized 14,220,000 gallons of beer, 1,247,000 gallons of whisky, and rum, 808,000 gallons of wine. 193,000 gallons of cider and 12,248,000 gallons of mash from stills. Violators’ property’ confiscated was valued at more than 13,000,000 dollars. The treasury collected over 5,231,000 dollars in fines. Nineteen people were killed, of whom 13 were violators and six were agents. The “dry” navy’ seized 228 vessels. “WETSF ATTACK APPROPRIATIONS. Received 12.50 p.m. to-day. WASHINGTON.. Dee. 9. Representative Gal li van on Thursday opened the “wets” attacks in Congress on the twelve million dollars appropriation for the Prohibition unit in tlie Treasury Department’s Appropriation Bill. He said that almost a billion dollars had been expended on prohibition enforcement. This money would shortly’ be needed, because “south of the Rio Grande a storm is brewing, with the aid of the very elements engineered by prohibition in this country. I say that Red enemies of civilisation and of religion and Mexico are the allies of prohibition in America.”