The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-10-29
TO THE VOTERS OF KANSAS.
Startling Statistics Cost OF the LiquC
Traffic-FactS and Figures

Traffic-Facts and Figures
The accompanying statement of the
enormous cost and terrible results of the
liquor traffic, the burden of taxation,
the losses direct and indirect, the sorrow
and anguish that are pressing upon the
business interests, the hearts and homes
and individual lives of the millions of
the land call upon every man and wo-
man to use all the might of their influ
ence to throw off the burden and to
Danish forever this great curse from this
grand state of Kansas.
Vote for the amendment to the consti-
tuition and thus forever prohibit the
manufacture and sale of this dreadful |
and destructive agency.
Official returns show that in 1879 |
there were 153, 61S retail license saloons |
and 4, 497 wholesale liquor stores in the |
United States.
In 1878 there were 1886 breweries and |
4,537 disullerles.
If we allow three persons engaged in
each saloon and wholesale house and
five in each brewery and distillery, we
have aworkIng force of 511 .210 persons.
1t is a fair aud honest proposition
that the man or men not engaged in a
business that builds up the material
wealth, or happiness, or morality of the
nation, is so far destroying it. For all
good purposes such are non producers:
hence, their lost labor enters into the
calculation.
OGcial returns report 34I O4O 996
gallons of fermented liquors man
ufaclured in 1873 If the con-
sumers pay 10 cents per pint for
Brandy. whisky. etc sss, eas.6so '--''''''O
gallons. II the men who drink it
Il viii figure up a cost OF. So. s42 $50
81. 80 persons engaged in the man
involves an annual loss OF -. 1853 goo
l,404 1913 tipplers on an average
lose one hour daily, which. on
loss Of. 70 .' -. 4a,l2s,ea
army OF 10000 drunk ards, who
q cost OF. -. 100000
cents each. daily, amounting to- 1900. OOC
Their time Is lostto the nation. II
they were working, say at $50
beneattsd -. 100000
on mAnIdCS anu luIOCS, tue VIC
tins Of intemperance, cost the
nation for their support ut least
IS cents each, daily involving
Their time is q loss of =. ...-... 100000
1000 drunkards die annually who
ought to live 5. 10 or more years.
earning at least 800 per annum,
and hence the nation is deprived
of their labor, but Tor the one
sues OF 49,. ........-.... -. 5000. 900
On The same basis of calcuiatien,
$50 suicides are = loss OF. 5000
| 700 murders a loss of. 10 900
These foot up = total Of &2, sS2, 3ss, SEQ
This is a loss directly or indirectly of
$50 for every man, woman and child of
the fifty millions of inhabitants in the
United States.
In the state of Kansas alone last year
there were SO breweries and distilleries,
| 80 wholesale liquor houses and 1 1872 sa-
looms licensed. How many sell without
license we have no means of computing.
If these 1862 saloons and liquor stores
sell $40 worth per day for 313 legal
working days, the people of Kansas pay
$685., $50 for intoxicating drink.
In 1879 there were $50 prisoners in the
state penitentiary, 81 per cent. of whom
were there through the direct or indi-
rect influence of drink.
1t cost the people of Kansas $116,617.50
TO feed these convtcts, 100000 to con-
vict them and $500 to carry them to the
penitentiary; a total of $216,917.50.
Prohibition does prohibit.
The experience of Emporia fairly illus
trate that of other points. In 1878 with
| no licensed saloons there were only 81
arrests for drunkenness. In 1879 with
saloons licensed there were 223 arrests
| for the same cause.
But there are other losses impossible to
compute. They are moral and eternal
1000, 900 orphans are turned loose on
the cold charities Of the world; 100000
| youths are corrupted and brutalized;
SOC, 900 are made confirmed drunkards,
one tenth of whom. or 10000 annually,
drop into the drunkard's grave; $50
suicides; 700 murders; 1850 rapes, In
nocence falling prey to RIGHTEOUSNESS
and brutality 300. eco rioters, thieves, etc,
preying on the community; and besides
all that is involved in this great system
of crime and embraced. police, jails,
judges and executions, the untold
anguish of heart broken wives, mothers
| and widowa and children. and more
terrible still. the eternal wrath of the
holy God.
These facts and figures the people of
Kansas are now called to consider and
act upon. Let each man assert his man.
hood by voting for the amendment to
the state constitution and this great
monster wickedness shall be banished
from this beautiful heritage. May God
give Us the victory.
Issued by the Emporia Clerical Asso-
citation.