The White Ribbon. “For God, and Home, and Humanity.” WELLINGTON, MARCH 18, 1927. WHAT PROHIBITION HAS DONE FOR AMERICA.

White Ribbon, Volume 32, Issue 380, 18 March 1927, Page 7

The White Ribbon. “For God, and Home, and Humanity.” WELLINGTON, MARCH 18, 1927. WHAT PROHIBITION HAS DONE FOR AMERICA.

Some time ago a par with this heading appeared in a Dunedin paper. It quoted the Chief of Police at Topeka, Kansas, as saying: “That boys and girls do not think they are regular unless they become half intoxicated. The girls will not go out with boys who have no flasks to offer.*’ The Idaho Chief of Police, dealing with the same subject was reported

to have said: “There have been outbursts of immorality among them that are directly traceable to the greatly-increased consumption of liquor.” This paragraph was sent to a friend in U.S.A., and by her submitted to Mrs Charles Reeks, the wife of a member of the Kansas State Legislature. Mrs Beeks writes: “The Chief of Police, Topeka, Kansas, is to send me a statement. He said he certainly had been misquoted, and would take the time to go over the records of his term of 3 years, and make an accurate statement as shown on his books. Miss Dobbs, the State Secretary of W.C.T.U. in Kansas, is in Topeka, and she has procured a statement of conditions in Wichita from the Chief of Police there, which he was very glad to give me. The following statements come direct to this office from the Chief of Police in Topeka, and in Wichita, Kansas. We wonder if all these misquotations are -accidental? TOPKKA POLICE DEPARTMENT. Topeka, Kansas, February Bth, 1 927. Mrs Charles Beeks, C o. House of Representatives, State House, Toi»eka. Kansas. Dear Mrs Beeks, Complying with your request for a quotation from me on the subject of the violation of the Volstead Act by the younger generation, we have made a survey of the Police Court Dockets for the years 1923, 1924, 1925, an 1 1926, covering all cases for liquor or moral charges on defendants under the age Oi 2- years, and I have to report as follows: 1928. Girls: Liquor 1; Dope 1; Disorderly conduct 4; Commitment from the Board of Health 12; Disorderly House 1; Total 19. Boys: Liquor 49; Disorderly conduct 11; Dope 2; Total 62. 1024. Girls: Liquor 1; Disorderly conduct 12; Commitment from the Board of Health 6; Total 19. Boys: Liquor 50; Disorderly conduct 9; Dope 1; Total 60. 192 ft. Girls: Liquor 2; Commitment Board of Health 13; Disorderly conduct 8; Total 23.

Boys: Liquor 60; Total 60. 102(1. Girls: Liquor 2; Disorderly conduct 6; Commitment from Board of Health 14; Total 22. Boys: Liquor 50; Commitment Board of Health 3; Disorderly conduct 1; Total 54. If I can be of further service, please advise. Yours truly, W. G. TANDY, Chief of Police. STATEM-ENT OF CHIEF OF POLICE, WICHITA, KANSAS. March 21st, 1 926, I was appointed Chief of Police of Wichita, Kansas. Numerous complaints came to me concerning young girls and boys drinking. This was taking place at chicken-dinner farms, dance halls and parties. The Sheriff of Sedgwick County sent his officers to these chicken-dinner places, and in a short time there were no more complaints from them. We declared war on the bootleggers and drug stores that sold liquors and jake in Wichita, Kansas, and the past few months we have arrested only a few young people with liquor in their possession or for being intoxicated, and after twenty years continuous Police experience. I attribute this condition to just one thing—the strict enforcement of the prohibition law. Jt matters not where it is, there is only one explanation when young people are permitted to get drunk and carrouse, and that is lax enforcement of the law. (Signed) I. B. WALSTON, Chief of Police, Wichita, Kansas. February 7th, 1 927.