Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-11-14
PROHIBITION IN IOWA.
s1orN c1rY's MARVELLOUS GROWTH.


been of incalculable value to Iowa. Our
city has made a marvellous growth since
the law was enacted, and while we do
not attribute it all to the law, there is
no question i'm my mind but IL portion of
our prosperity is due directly to the
beneficial results of the law. Our heavy
packers, manufacturers and others en-
ploying large numbers of men prefer
that as many restrictions as possible be
placed over the drinking places. And
while it is still possible in all our large
cities for the totally dcpraved to find a
place in some clubhouse or shed off from
an unfrequcnted alley where he may
find the vile stuff, such places have no
charms for the young or social drinker,
and are patroniZcd only by the criminal
class lost to all sense of respect for them
selves and their friends. Were the
question resubmittcd to our people to-
day, a large number of conservative
business men would vote for it who
voted against it before. Yours truly,
w. Z. HIGM.AN,
President National Bank. Sioux City.
FROM THE SECRETARY OF oTTUMW-A $
BOARD OF TRADE.
S. II. Harper. Secretary OF the Board
of Trade. Ottumwa, Iowa: give years
ago we had three national banks, whose
combined deposits were about $500,Ooo.
These three banks have to-day about
sSOo,OOO on deposit. Some two years
ago two savings banks were started here.
and their deposits now amount to nearly
100000. The population of this city in
1885, by the State census. was in round
numbers 900: the Uaitcd States census
for 1890 makes our population about
$4,000, The city of Ottumwa was never
so prosperous as it is now. Last year
an electric street railway was put in
operation, at an expense of $4,000 to
$4,000; also a steam-hcating SYSTEM at
about the same expense. This year the
citizens built a magnificent coal palace,
at an expense of 100000, cuts of which
appeared prominently in late numbers of
Hulper's Weekly and Ffu11t Leslie. The
two brewcrics located here have been
changed, one into pickle factory, the
other into an oatmeal mill"
WILLING TO CONTINUE THIS "BU>I NESS
DEATH"
i. E. Tone, coffee and spice mills, Des
Moines. Iowa: Gin reply to yours Of the
18th, will say that we are willing to con-
tinue the business death that is reported
against this town OH account Of the pro-
hibition movement, as we are having a
much greater increase of population
than our neighbors on the river. who
pay no attcNtion to the open saloons"
COLLECTIONS EASIER THAN BEFORE PRO-
HIBITIoN.
j. r. NORM. wholesale dealer in eggs
and butter. Cedar Rapids, Iowa: "Stores
generally report collections much easier
than before the prohibitory law passed,
and give as a reason that the laboring
class spend less for drink and more for
the nccessaries of life. Our city has
grown from 10000 or Whereabouts in
1880 to $4,000 in $780,"
FROM A DAVENPORT MANUFACTURER.
e. i. Hayward, Slaves, Headings.
Hoops, Shingles, and Cedar Posts, Da-
vcnport, Iowa: Cuisines in Iowa has
not been injured by prohibition, as is
proved by increased deposits in savings
banks, cmptying of the jails and pcni-
tentiarics. and general prosperity of all
classes, beyond precedent. All above
conditions are facts known to all honest
people and proven by statistics. Several
retail firms in our city claim an incrcas-
ing business for 1890 over all other years.
Prior to the outrageous Original Pack
age decision the law was enforced in "a
very large part of the State. Is to 90 per
cent, and the business and social inter-
est improved in all localities where it
was enforced"
HOW MUsCArlNE HAS GROWN.
John Mahin. Postmaster. Muscatine.
Iowa: "The following are the receipts of
this Office in what is known US the postal
account for the past five years: For tis-
cal year ending June 30. 1856. $14. 7O7. GS:
1887. $14. 1850. 10: 1883, Sis, l39. 70; 1889.
$l5.75s: 1890, $l?,57713s You may
safely say that the. growth of this State
and city has not been retarded by prohi-
bition. We people of Iowa know that
the prohibitory law is a; blessing in the
proportion that it is enforced. i
When the Legislature gives Iowa the me-
tropolitan police law that Kansas has,
together with it's law authorizing the
State Attorney to appoint Il deputy in a
county where he deems it necessary. the
prohibitory law of Iowa will be as we'll
enforced as is the prohibitory law in
Kansas.
DIES MONIES GREAT PROSPERITY.
Il. S. Jaquith, wholesale dealer in rub
Der, boots and shoes. Des Moines, Iowa:
Regarding the assertion as to the detri-
IIlcHtil cucCG vi DrOHlDlIlOn on inc DuSl-
ness of this State and city, would say.
decidedly, 1 fail to see it. The actual
figures of increase in population are a
pretty fair guide as to the general tone
of business in a city. and if you will
refer to past census reports you will find
that the 1850 census gave Dcs Moines a
population of little less than 90, 900.
the 1885 local census $4,000, and the
1880 Government census Il little short of
$4,000. From 1880 to 1885 we lived I'M
der license; between 1885 and 1890 pro-
hibition came into effect. You will
notice that the ratio of increase is fully
as large during the years when the enc
mics of prohibition have done their best
to prove that prohibition had killed us,
and it seems little unreasonable in the
face of these figures and facts to ask me,
to believe that our business interests
demand a whisky imitation"
BUSINESS HOUSES IN PLACE OF SALOONS. :
Lamoinc Mott, Grain and Flour, Des
Moines, Iowa: "Sinte Prohibition be-
came Il law the saloon element have prac-
ideally left the city, and in the place of
the saloons are mercantile houses with
men engaged iii different kinds of bust
ness. Our city had Il population in 1850
of ono and now ,yr have E3 mn