It would still require an appropriation substantially the same as that which it now receives even if the task of fighting ruin running were not a part of its duties. It is manifestly unfair for anyone to suggest that this item be counted as wholly chargeable to the enforcement bill of the Nation. This is equally true of the appropriations for the border patrol. An intoxicant is not the only thing smuggled into America. Drugs. jewels. and aliens are also brought in via violation of law. The men who smuggle intoxicants are often part of the same crowd that smuggle drugs and that bring over aliens who could not be admitted through the ordinary immigration channels. The actual fact is that the enforcement of prohibition has not added to but rather subtracted from the costs of government. While it was never intended as a revenueproducing measure. it has. nevertheless. brought back into the General Treasury. through the fines and penalties collected. nearly as much as was expended from tht same Treasury. while if we included the suims that flowed into the treasuries of the various States from the fastemptying purses of the liquor criminals. we would find the net gain surprisingly large.
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