The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.10, page 69, Mar. 1909, U. of Illinois Press

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MARCH · 1 Dog a. Do you think that the Negro race has more inclination to the abuse of liquors that tthan] the white, as is claimed by some people? or that it is only the economical position of the Negros which drives them to drink? a. Do you think that Prohibition laws are the best way to stop drinking among colored people? and do you not fear that Prohibition laws will result in secret manufacturing and secret trade of liquor? 4. Will the enforcement of the Prohibition laws not lead to the demoralisation of the police by means of bribery from those desiring to deal secretly in liquor? I. Is the use of intoxicating liquors regarded by the Negros, as it is among certain religious denominations of the Whites, as being a violation of the laws of God? And, if so floes not the sense of degradation which is felt by tad respectable man, who has yielded to liquor, cause him to become a social outcast? 6. As prohibition laws ruin flourishing industries upon which thousands of people are dependent, do you not think that there is a lack of compensation to those who find themselves without their usual means of support? 7. Do you think that such industries can be ruined! without compensation also being made to the owners of the industries? 8. The Temperance papers and the messages of several governors assert that there is an undoubted improvement in social conditions, as the result of Prohibition. Meanwhile, the consumption of liquor in the United States is increasing; how do you explain this? g. Do you think that the Prohibition laws when made general throughout the United States will stop the consumption of liquor; if so by what new tax do you think that the Federal Government will be compensated for the loss of Doll ~60,ooo,ooo of the internal revenue? You will oblige me very much by answering these questions, and I would ask you also to be so kind as to allow me to make use in my work of your very valuable views of this subjects. With kindly regards yours respectfully Count Louis Skarzynski ALS Con. 398 BTW Papers DLC. ~ Louis Bronislavovich Skarzynski, a Polish count interested in social welfare and social reform, had formerly worked under Sergei Witte, the Russian minister of 69