PROHIBITION'S TOLL
OVER 300 PERSONS KILLED IN SEVEN YEARS. SIXTEEN THOUSAND SENT TO GAOL. ENFORCEMENT COST OVER 62,000,000 DOLLARS. WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. Prohibition enters its eighth year to-day. The Wets and Drys agree that it has cost more in money, prison sentences and lives than the enforcement oi ; any other Federal legislation.
Fifty-one prohibition agents have been slain during the period and it is estimated that over 250 violators have been killed, although ■ accurate figures concerning the latter are unavailable. Sixteen thousand five hundred and five persons have been gaoled. the number increasing each year, until 4SS4 were convicted in 1926. The seven years’ fines and,- penalties collected totalled 33.229.093 dollars. while 62,631 .UCO dollars have been expended on enforcement. Ihe additional cost for 1927 is estimated at 11,993,000 dollars.— A.N.Z.C.A.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10308, 18 January 1927, Page 5
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131PROHIBITION'S TOLL Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10308, 18 January 1927, Page 5
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