New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 17, 1919, Page 10

—— " % BShirking (0 Be Allowsd by - Aoy Official ¥ashington, April 17.—There is to »nq shirking government offi $in the enforcement of the w: flé prohibition act if it remains on Statute books. The attorney gen- AL will instruct his agents, through- Bl the nation to sec that its provi- Bus are complied with, beginning By 1, when the use of grains, ce- 18, fruit and other food products prohibited in the production of T or wine. The division of in- Stigation will have charge of \)s‘ Drk. The program to be carr r- i B ment of j fress repeals the d out by stice, unless con- aw, or the presi- i proclaims the termination of the jgmobilization of the ‘army and it # Drovides that the attorney-gen- 11 particular attention to fic provisions of the act and direct s aus tants to enforce them. This 1 course with all new fed- ¥al laws of extraordinary impor- ance. It was donc in the ca fli ‘espionage act during the war. ' Agents of the department will be Blrenjarized by the oflice of the divi- lon of Investigation to look out for s of the will be general fforcement. Need Big Sums of Money. In spite of the fact {hat congress jprovided no fund for the vast task hrust upon the department of jus- ice, the attorney seneral will da his tmost with the regular force at his ommand. The Barkley enforcement bill, which was reported to the house [from the judiciary committee just [before congress adjourned, carried an ppropriation of $1,500,000 for the gnforccment of this prohibition law Jand it is estimated by expert hunters pf moonshine and bootleggers that 2 creditable enforcement of the law pprould cost nearer ten millions than the tigure named in the Barkley measure. It Is believed - that it would require more than a million dollars to en- force the law in New York city alone. In the absence of a fund for that particular purpose the department of justice will exe to cre ate a deficiency in case extra money is needed. Some of the var funds for enforcing the espionagoe act will be ! Jle until July 1, but it reverts to treas after that date. The department of justice will he aided by the hureau of internal rev- enue, | which is required to enforce revenue laws, and {he provisions relating to the manufacture, sale and distribution of wine for sacramental, medicinal, or other than Dbeverage purpases. 1t will he aided by the de- partment of agriculture, which {hrough the bureau of chemistry, ! Jooks afier the enforeerient of the pure food and drug act Hunt For Moonshiners. Tt was oxplained today by an of- ficial of the department of justice that (he burcau of internal revenue wiil continue its ork of running down the moonshiners in the south. forts were madc to cscape that ta: but southern senators and representa- d the coeimissioner of in- ternal enue to kcep his forces in the ‘“wel” districts. It was argued by treagury department officials that since the prohibition laws had done away with the necessity of a tax col- lector for = spirit revenue agents should net be required to do police work or act as sheriffs. 3ut the will of the congressmen prevailed. Rep- resentatives of the lureau of internal revenue are still employed in chasing illicit makers of imtoxicating liquors in “‘dry’ Anti-: that the enactme of new prohibition act. informed that the a desirves a strict E-LELAND’S THI ILIVE STORIKE S OF EASTER . Easter has long been established by tradition as the time for fashion to appear in her most radiant attire. 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They do not relish o shown-down fight between those bit contending forces, It is the plan of tie ienders to make lots of cam- paign thunder out of the pr »f ihe war, but democrat B Lot before the h on is over theiv opponents p to their yver prohibition and , the repub- recontative the judiciary trong for Mon- that is brewing. 2al of the w is grow 2 the h: 14 their ind dry” laws, but a he pools taken by the kers shows o-thirds of : member, and even n yreater per > sengte of con- | * proiibitiey o1 defeat of any