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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1924)
Paee Two " THE EVENING HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON I'MIIUV, I'KIIM'.UIV H, IIKM Dooze Ring All-Powerful in Great Britain a Yet Nation' Faces Rum-Runninff Problem , ., ........ ,.. t V Usv T tf.Vi' V V iOUM PAPERS iv.vtll J ckkt i"Kr,fc mvJE. i i n' H. 'ii i - it . asisw r . W3- ft 1 1 ' ' air" - -XTOIT fclRttTDftS 1n'"6iC "WHISKEY !AHO 6R6wavICER.NS ARE. MEMBERS OF THE HOU5B Of ' 4MO4lS. IM NBA 'Service .Staff .Correspondent. IYDON. Feb.8.A dark night. Fog alone the.vC0aat.-A troIei conies to deserted cove with, its load o innocent fish and-not so innocent boon. . ' ' No, ibis is not about the United States Rum ' Row':irherc ships are smuggling British booze to Ameri can bootleggers. Thl's particular story deals with British boats nrhich smuggled French "bbote ih'to merry England. ' ' - - -.""''" For Just as antl-bobse rules (be r.-Mt in the United States, bo booze is all powerful in Great Britain. It is powerful In parliament, pow erful id the feartj1 machines,' power ful in society and powerful 'the press; It even has its friends in the churches. It' baa no strenuous op position" in the colleges and universi ties. It permeates all. 'branches of British life. Tbat.l why the makers of bocr, s hiaky, and gin in Crat Britain don't worry much. ' r" Peerage JTow. tic VBcpragc" " The last parliament had in tne House 'of Lords 13 members who were directors in ten ibig whisky or brewery ;cpncprps,, X.numberVf . these had made their entire fortune out of booze. In the House Common's there were 16 brewers and' dJstlHors interested In 2? companies whose 1250,000,000.: i . . Nona ot the lgJ newspapers . of Great Britain is' pwped bribe beer ana wniBKy lorae, out tne press, as a whold; is faVorable4o' theTr busl notg for tiro reasons; the , owners think ' ha fcublfo asntimeat 'favo:S the Wets 3d a the: owners make huge sutaa tf booze aitieHisemehis'. Mak ers of well-known brands of whisky, beer and gin take columns of space In British newspapers to .boost their wares. ' .... Not. only: that, bui the big depart ment stores of Great Britain have liquor departments- on a scale of lavishness never known even In New York and Chicago. It is no unusual thing to see these department stores taking a qua.tter bf a page at a huge price' to' advertise their bargains in 1 IqUor. It 'IB no unusual thing' to see soma ad waxing lyrical in' its phrase of-lOO-year-olff brandy-i-"the very soul' of the grape" and only ISO a bottle. Wiitb Great Britain the moot highly taxed' country ' In "the world, the bosse interests liava another poten tial argument. They point oat thai owing to high taxes on their busi ness, alcohol has yielded an increased roVeoue ot about 1:50,009,000 per uanui (which could, not be raised o easily aUO, o enpedjtiputly any place else. i . ''.;. i - ' And so Just a bootlegging i a recognized -, , "business" along our coasts, so snrugging Is tt recognized "business." Jong the Kngllsli chan nti 9o,mujcb to, that parliament may be asked to provide iftoney for a coaat guard, , ,.-,.' iln the V'ulted States prohibition Is' the causa oj; bootlegging. In Eng land too main cause of sniuggliiiK la, tapes. ... . , . - Betora the war .the British revenue tap .on Erqnpl), brandy sad on Kuro paj.n. wlas. wa. inerely nominal. It dhlfl't nay to. emuls, I - .. . .. Af,4vwnr, citadvlups; clapgcd tlila. In, the endeavor to. moke Its. budget bale. n, the gourHnient'ps soaked, all liquor, with very heavy duty, A bottle of whisky which sells re; tall ut 12 shillings and i pence lins already bwiu. titled . S, uilllngs auil 5 pence Half iiMrtj. Ih other" irord, twOfl'tiVda pi ,w)iiJJbo, 'consumer pays for the boose is government tax. Half ot wliitt. the consumer pays for French bmly.vla .accounted for by governmoiU tax, WJInej are taxed nnywhers from two shilling') up to 6 and 8 shillings por gallon. ,, Mulieniipu (let lUrl Ilunning Hum. With a gOTCrnment tax of ovor 12 ipr bottin,. Iho KiiinffKlo:- jcqn tally afford to take -the risk and" spilt what is saved on the tax. In otiier words, he can aelj his boose to tne dealer for S1 less thaii it would cost him to buy from regular whole salers, i '. ' .Often the smuggler can get tho full price that Is paid for booip on SERVICE QUALITY Phone 577 for Super Quality Groceries and Fresh Vegetables Imperial Lettuce Fresh Tomatoes Brussels Sprouts Garden Spinach Cream Squash Green Onions Cauliflower Parsley Large Artichokes Belle Peppers , v , .,y. ; HQme made Cakes ' - HURRY CASH GROCERY The Grocers Two Deliveries 524 Main Street J which the tag is paid for this reason: brandy that goes through tho gov ernment hands Is watered down to a certain proof. Hraudy that conies byway of the smuggler Is not water cd down. It Is full ftrcitfth and therefore worth far wore ( to tuu drinker, The business of .boom hiuubbHK In Knglnud Is almost vutlrely lu Hie Imnrts of the fUhormon of tho south ern and southwestern Kngtliii enMta. ; KvuV morplng tluuo mon put forth In their stream trawlers or gttji olitie muter boiUs and beud ucivmh the Kngllsh ohnnuel to the fishing sections near the French coast, llore they also find French una Helgmu fishermen, who sell brandy, rum, wlue and liquors by case loi.U. . iln the evening the llria-h return with two load one fos ulght traf ficking and one for daylight. They have their pals along the coast who guide thorn to secluded civoa by means ot signal lamp. Her the b'ooie Is quietly landed. The falling boats' then Innocently mnltc for the nearest harbor Which has a flan mai kt, anchor fur the night, and dis pose of tholr fish In lie morning. ' The owner ot fishing boat can muke moro out of l!s con-rt'jrnid IniotCthan out of his fish. ,; Read the Uorald Want Ada. Saturday Specials On account of our increased business, wo have added another French Pastry cook and invito you to visit us and give our Pastries the once over. See this list and select your Sunday Dinner. ... ' Tutti-Frutti Cake Vienna Butter Sponge Charlotte Rouge Chocolate Eclairs Cream Puffs Napoleons Cake Red Rock Cottage Cheese Special French Pastries Boston Cream Pies Black Berry. Tart Salads of all kinds LET US BE YOUR BAKER Golden Krust Bakery Phone 22 We Deliver K':, STAND IN LINE WITH OUR LEADING CITIZEN5 Every since this bank opened for business, it has helped many of Klamath's leading ritiseus build their business through wise counsel and proper credit facilities. The. in stitution is proud of the succ-:;g of these men.'. . H Invites you to stand in line with these leading citizens and to . make .' of and enjoy the same facilities. .' 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