Kully to the percentage of the drunkenness in Richmond since the prohibition law was enforced on November 1 is caused by a similar substitute for whisky, of which there are many. According to police officers, this statement was made by the officers after watching the men arrested at the various stations, and the bottles confiscated. On Saturday nights within the past month, the number of "drunks" at the stations have been in some instances fully 50 percent as numerous as before prohibition.
Those addicted to the use of liquors have sought various substitutions, which are said to be even more harmful than whisky. Essence of lemon, readily procurable at any drug store, has become extremely popular recently, as has the more obnoxious bay rum. Both are used extensively separately, and also mixed, others have resorted to the use of various brands of bitters, but the results are the same. Essence of lemon, however, the police say, results in the worst "japs." This preparation has somewhat the same effect on a person as a small quantity of cocaine, and tends to cause the drinker to flutter. Even a small quantity, as little as two ounces, the police say, will make the drinker in excess.
The drinking of clothes men of the Police Department are reaping results, and the number of arrests for violations of the prohibition law are increasing. More arrests are made for illegally transporting liquor than for any other violation of the law.  The Mapp bill, and the police admit that they are not by any means capturing all of the violators. 