Study Sources G and H, Do these two sources prove that Prohibition was successful?

1925 and 1929 which shows a significant decrease of spirits seized than between 1921 and 1925. This suggests the Prohibition officers had scared the public into not breaking the law as they knew they would be caught. Another point is that the number of illegal stalls seized increased from 1921 where the number was 9,746 right on through to 1929 where it was 15,794. This indicates success because it means more Prohibition officers are taking their work seriously and enforcing the law. The source shows the activities of Federal government agents enforcing Prohibition. Federal agents are less likely to be corrupted than run of the mill policemen. Also the date is from the time of Prohibition, meaning it is a contemporary source. However stills and spirits were still being seized at an increasing rate meaning the public were ignoring the law and breaking it. If Prohibition was working then there shouldn’t have been nearly as much alcohol being produced. Also had they had more agents they might have seized a huge amount more of each because we don’t know how much there was out there. These statistics were given by Federal agents and from my own knowledge I know that some Federal agents were corrupted and bribed so you don’t know if you this source is trustworthy. Also from my own knowledge I know that by 1929 the majority of the public were openly drinking alcohol in their own homes, even the president! Also this data is typical of a Federal government agency that was under pressure to enforce Prohibition and was failing to do so. So they might have lied to give the impression that they had everything under control. Source H does not have a great deal of figures that prove Prohibition was successful. However one of them is that the number of drunk and disorderly is reduced from 6,097 to 5,522 which indicates a slight success. Also the high increase of incidents of drunk driving may mean the police were accomplishing more and were doing their best. But then there are lots of reasons why it proves Prohibition was unsuccessful such as the majority of drink related crimes increased: Drunk increased from 14,313 in 1920 to 51,361 in 1925, Drunk and disorderly  conduct increased from 6,097 to 8,076 in 1923, Drunk drivers increased from 0 in 1920 to 820 in 1925. This indicates that more and more people were ignoring the law. These statistics don’t inform us as to why Prohibition was failing but from my own knowledge I know it was because of the gangsters, crime, corruption and bribes. Also from my own knowledge I know that police departments were corrupt especially in big cities like Chicago that were hit hard by the organised crime. Therefore we can’t trust these statistics, as they might be even worse than these. In conclusion I believe that neither sources proves Prohibition was a success or not. Both have good and bad points and for source H especially, you can’t say whether it was successful or not because the figures are from one police department. Those statistics do not represent Prohibition for the whole of America.