Evening Star Newspaper, July 25, 1923, Page 15

‘Mdking Liquor Hard to Get, Sweden’s Temperance Policy Price, However, Is Kept Low Enough to Discourage Bootlegging and Smug- gling, Offictal Explains. could got enough brandy to get along . e would find it difficult to get drunk 2 “I belleve that we have practically accomplished these objects,” said he. “Our effort today s to restrict the traffic even more rigidly. “We pro- pose to move right up to the line of practicaiity. When we make rum 80 hard to get or so costly that smuggling and moonshining is en- couraged, we defeat ourselves.” Sale Under Monopoly. Without following the fight for temperance through all its ramifica- tions, the right to sell liquor in weden today Is vested by law in the monopoly of which Dr. Bratt is the head. This corporation must turn over all its profits in excess of § per cent to the state. In 1865 the state’s revenues from liquor amount- ed to 50.782 kroner, BY HERBERT COREY, Bpecial Correspondent of The Star. . STOCKHOLKL, Sweden, July 25.— Bratt says there should be no rela- tion between rum and religion. They have no more in common. he says, than pigs and knitting needles. Unfortunately, he says, rum has gotten Into rellgion, or religion into rum. “Prohibitlonists in Sweden,” he sald, religious fanatics. Total abstinence has been made a * condition of salvation. Thes believ that no man shall enter the pearl. gates who takes hot schnapps fo Cold in the This 4s too The liquor problem is one of,civic ad- ministration. 1t must be dpnsidered as it relates to economlcs and the police.” If it were not for the infustbn of . religion into the situation there would 0 question of prohibition in } 's Bratt. He does not be- | will ever have pro i ber. order-lovin; Swedish people are in the maln satis fied with the present strict tion. But the fight for prohib will continue indefinitely, he thin Eaxy to Make Change. we ever prohibition,” he said, “we will have more trouble than you have now. We have too many frontiers and too much - gling would be too easy. Fortu 3 for us, if we do not like the experi- ment we can go back to regulation in a year. Your system is too cume bersome.” f For fifteen years Ivan Bratt was a | physiclan In the city hospitals of |y, Stockholm, specializing in social evils Ho becamé a convinced anti-alcohol- If he could he would take alcohol from his people Drinking s a habit,” he told me, and a bad one. It is not a_ disease, as some The abuse of llquor is responsible for all the 1ills charged agalnst rum. ‘When he began his fight for temp- erance Swedish men were notoriously hard drinkers. The severe climate, the huge meals of meat and fish ha- bitually eaten, and their superb con- =titutions were perhaps responsible. They can, upon occasion drink hard now. A host at a recent affair. who #s in & position to get all the alcoholic supplies he needs, told me that they can drink like horses and with no more bad effects. Regulation His “My woman guests, Iy drank at all. Yet the p consumption showed _that e had disposed of a bottle of pagne and three-quarters of a bottle of whisky. But no one was even Jingled.” . Bratt determined to do two things, rssible, First, to eliminate the element of greed, which led to the elling of liquor pub. “have Dbecome r consump- liquo as decreased ely forty quarts to less than f as high as we “without too industry of the price Dr. Bratt, encouraging the ade c to obta o reasc paratively easy fc a “mot-bok,” br sta {he can obtain his fou of brandy to take home cach month. The law requires that the possessor of a mot- bok shall have paid up his taxes, and in this particular is lived up to. It also demands th ot-bok owner shall be a pers not an alcoholic, a come toq recentl ai This prov her blinked at o UTE have on the public for 1 suspect ise the per. ist a Alm, HubDsSON COACH THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1923 sons not of excellent character but: full of thirst would buy. in the boot- leg market. i Finds It Hard to Puy. Strangers—sueh as myself—can only. legally buy hard liquors with meals, when two falr drinks are allowed each man and one dgink each woman. In practice this limlt is often slightly exeeeded in one's own hotel, but It 1§ difficult, as I know by experience, to buy a bottle. I made an experimental |dash_abous Stockholm and got the bottle, but it was hard going. | “Our whole plan is to weiken the traflic so far as we can” sald Dr. Bratt, “but not to encourage it by too | strict’ repression, which would lead to | law breaking.” 1t would seem to the onlooker that the line has just about been reached. Rumor—obvicusly well grounded-=has it that boat after boat lands in iStockholm by night laden with con-; | fraband. On the other hand, this year's {crop of youngsters for the army wera all sober. Five boys had slight hang- overs, “In every other year,” I was told, 1730 or 40 per cent of the boys used to [ present_themselves for mobilization neatly drunk.” —_—— } NOTE ISSUE ALLOWED. The Elgin, Joliet and Eastern rail- road has been authorized by the [Tnterstate Commerce Commission to sell $2,000,000 in equipment trust se- curities to provide funds for new roll- | ins stook- | Mrs. Frances E. Larkin is secretary- {treasurer of the Olean, N. Y. real lestate board. NINE JAPANESE SOUGHT IN COUNTERFEITING PLOT Scheme in Honolulu Largest Ever in United States, Officials Charge. By the Associated Press. HONOLULU, T. H., July 25.—Fed- eral warrants were issued here today for nine Japanese charged with par- ticipating in a counterfelting pldt. Nearly a quarter of a million dollars in bogus bills are in the hands of federal officlals. Takejiro Yamasaki, charged with Being one of the counterfeiters, was released under $20,000 bond.:Sensaku Uchiborl,-charged with passing $5,000 | spurious bills, was released under $5,000 bond. The others are in jalil. Hikogore Yonekura, an expert en- graver, formerly employed on & local Japanese newspaper, charged with superintending the printing of the Dbills, is preparing a confession, he told Federal Judge Joseph B. Polny.| dexter today. Yonekura sald pe did. not want to be released from jail be- cause he had not finished his con- fession. Federal officials said they had dls- covered two plates for manufacturing. bogus bills. They said they believed the plot to be the largest counter- feiting scheme ever discovered in American_territory. It has been op- erating about two years, they sald. with us—not an uldr prices that is just achieved. ‘splendid savings. $5—%6- Shoes—reduc All are makes Shop—and its reputation available. 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This s the reason for our cut prices—read the story, then come in: The American Home Furnishers Corporation is CLOSING OUT THREE STORE Suffolk. The immense are GOING OUT OF BUSINE! SRS Metal Beds Reduced Choice of Steel and Brass bie of the chain of which Phillip Le Terms, 50c Weekly Special! 4-Piece g Full Vanity Suite, Tomorrow vast stocks of bedroom suite bargains will be thrown into this sale. Never such Bargains as these in Bedroom Furniture. The suite shown above is just a sample—there are many more such values. This handsome suite, as illustrated, is American Wal- in Newport New: tocks of OUT AT SACRIFICE PRICES through the remaining stores is one. Nothing spared—everything reduced. come tomorrow—SAVE ALMOST HALF. No Extra Charge for Credit' Cape Charles and these retiring stores, which immediately, is being SOLD vy & Company of Washington Ao Hana a clean sweep— Terms, 1792 nut, finish Tudor Period design, beautifull rich, lustrous brown. A full skirt length v cluded, a bow-end bed, a large dresser and of six drawers. Liberal terms to pay for i charge Yor credit. : Terms, $19.50 Cash—$2.50 Weekiy Odd Dressers Choice of many styles of our dressers in oak, walnut or mahog . Pick ont a big. roomy dresser match bed and chiffo- s $18.75 this sale Terms, $1 Weekly Refrigerators Delivers Any Moqgl he Phillip Club_Plan : Refrigerator to 3 for only and _ divides e ar balance into club dues payable at your conventence. Prices start at. Itallan Renalssance Perfod. Notice that a Jatest style, fashionable oblong table is in- cluded. The other pieces of the suite are Renaissance Walnut Dining 4 Suites g ‘A_genuine Walnut Dining Room Suite in 189: buffet, china r;nh:;:e! flndl four slde chairs prIs with genuine lea T:rn;(‘:;ls SRR : .Trade in Your . Used Furniture We give you a liberal al- lowance on your USED turniture to apply as part payment on any NEW fur- Altufe yotl’ want Ask about this plan. 735 Seventh St.NW. WASHINGTON, D. C Bucks Gas Ranges he famous Bucks Gus Range is noted as a reliable cooker, baker and fuelsaver. And remember, your used range will be taken in American ¥ safe. burner sizes. housekeerp model, stand, at sale price Terms, ent. As low One month, 85c One week, 25¢ Duofol p into a full size don Yo without Other States Daily and Sunday Daily Sunday 60c 25c 20c 10c d Beds D t that during e $92 50 , S1 Weekly y finished a vanity is in- a chiffonier t—no extra_ Oil Stoves Cut Tome Oil Cook See our light- p ing, 2-burner $1 Weekly Overstuffed Living Room Suites Big, deep-seated, luxurious suites, with : in fashionable thin, flare-arm_design. e cushions on all pieces. Upholstered with an extra good quality The three picces include davenport, chair and fireside chair. Low bungalow style seats. 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