joining as is thaddeus russell, professor of american studies at occidental college in the man who believeservently in sen. thank you for joining us. >> sure. no problem. matt: i understand you disagree with our set up that the government has good intentions to begin with. let's set that aside and talk about the road to halifax of things like prohibition, uni, big a ten days of the st. lawrence and alaska have on not mistaken. this is a museum. don't worry about it. [laughter] but i have heard you give a pretty interesting rap of the effects of prohibition on prostitution in the west to those businesses and people. what are some of the effects? >> it was unjust and the west across the country. the 19th century prostitution was technically illegal but it was not in force in most places. prostitutes were free to practice their trade on the streets and in brothels. cut that gave prostitution tremendous protection from violence clients, the police. they were relatively well paid. the law of supply and demand, not much supply in great demand. madames who own the brothels were among the wealthies