, 1881-03-06

The Government tax on eacn class was -
s1oo So and $50 respectvey nsin.s Ih svera1e ..u
number of dealers for that year ana @ we iaa tao
that lu 1875, the year OF the change III re ln%'
crs, = retail mnlt dealers. and 9wholesaie mali
dealers, and that in ls70 there were ~ rctau
dealcrs wholesale dealers, 81 retail malt aea.s
ors, and l8 wholesale malt dealers. This ,S shows
decrease in the retail 1i1uor-dea!ers or ~ ana
of the Wholesale liqnor~deners OF IL wnlle .ne ne
retail malt dcnfers hnVe increased s. @nu Sne
ruging these, and we have total decreasn OF ~
classes OF dealers OF 413 IN the Fourth Golecton
District of Michigan. Druggists are Included:
TIC Collector Of the district informs me that
there has been an Increase OF fifty IN the drug
pists. which would still further swell the eires
shows that the system OF taxing und reg
ulattng the business has tended to curtail the
traffic 1x,a,
which furnish a much stronger argument N
favor OF the present law. In our City OF Grand
Rapids have had tho samG Cnlet OF ro,Ge 'of Of
one year. 1915, when another served, ano SUI,
stantlally' tho same police force throu ghout' ana
tho police administration has been steady ana
uniform have from the records Of the Police
Department the torat number OF arrests from
all causes in our city made by tho & p9en ,.,he1 bcr
Of arrests during each Of said years on CHARGES
Of being drunk and disorderly., 1t is .said. ana m
perhaps trnly that nearly a., the dTne N tne
therefore, the figures which am about % give
show any material chnngc In the number OF
arrests to have occurred In 18s5,whcu tho change
in the law wus made, unless some other good
reason Gun be given. I shuli say 1t Is caused oy
rho change in the law. and that tho cnanso
shows decrense of intemperanc1 ana crime.
Il have tnkcn the total number OF nrre5ss Ior
all causes for the years ISL, 1873. b.4 anu 1o.'.
and averaged them und find that the averngo :t
number OF arrests for these four years was I'D
and have likewise averaged the nuuioer Ior
the five years beginning with 1S16 ana enuine
with 18S0 nnd find the average number TO be
LOGS or precisely 200 less per year under tho
present system than under prohibition, and this
Notwithstanding m increase Of 25 per cent III
population. In order to make tho onAnKe more
marked, have taken the average for the three
years Immediately preceding 1873 and COMPARED
it with tho average OF the thrce years
Immediately following $50, and hnd me
average decrease Of the total arrests
for the years 1876, 1871, and lo.8 over
tEosc of ISL. 1873, and 1874 to be 5H. Next
have taken the whole number OF arrests for
drunkenness and disorderIy conduct for the
same periods, md find tho average number Tor
the years 1872, 1873, 1ssi and 1875 to be 8b, anu
in like manner tho average number Tor Ing
years beginning with 1916 and ending with 1SSg. ~.
10 be $50, showing an average decrease Of S54.
70 show the effect nf the change In the law
made in 1875 still more clearly, compare the
average OF tho three years Immediately pre-
cediug and Immediately following 1879: for the
former period the nvernge number OF arrests
for this cause was 617, und for the Inter perou
5l) or an average decrease OF 81, and this, not
withstandinx our large increase In Populnuon.