The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-08-12
NEHO'S COMPLIMENTS TU 7. S. S
(Continued.)
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In Missouri, license State, it cost
cents in 1850 and II cents in 1870.
The increase in population during
that period was: In Maine, y per-
cent; and New Hamp ! per-
cent; in Vermont, Z $40 percent,
and in Missouri, ll8 $40 percent.
Maine in 1860 received in taxes,
State, county and municipal, 2,257,-
2l3, equal to 50. 30 to each person in
the State. Now if prohibition de-
creases taxation, as our prohibition
friends claim, it certainly ought TO
do so in the banner prohibitions State,
Maine, but we find the contrary TO
be the case. In 1880 there were
paid N taxes in that State So, 1872
I35, equal to s. SO to each person.
This is more than twice as much as
in 1860. (See L. S. Statistics, Vol.
2, page ,5J9,)
Missouri received in taxes in
1860, 81, l09, sos, equal to So. 40
to each person. In 1880 she
received Slo,2G9, 1856, equal to
81 73 to each person. Taxation has
increased almost three times as fast
in prohiition as in license State.
Maine had in 1880 a State debt of
S22, 406 $50. The population of the
was 648 ,936 souls. This makes the
debt equal 10 about $34.55 for each
p rson. (See U. S. Statistics, Vol.
2, page SOP
Mssou in 1880 had debt of
$57 ,4S7 1884. Her population was
2,l6S $50. This makes the debt
equal to about SIG. 80 for each per-
sou.
Ohio had debt in 1880 of $685.
654 5O7 and population of 3, 1885,
062 souls, making the debt equal to
about 5l4 for each person.
From The above statistics it will be
seen that taxation and debt are the
highest in prohibition States, and
still, in view of these facts, our pro-
hibitlon friends claim that prohibit
ton laws decrease taxation and debt.
We stated in the beginning that
we would also prove that there was
more lliteracy in prohibition than in
non-prohibition States. Now inr the
proof: Maine in 1850 had +. population
of 5S3, 1863 souls and 1856, ,222 child
rem attending school, equal to 81 per-
cent In 1860 she had population
of S,279 and school attendance
of 1920 persons, or 30 percent.
In 1870 she had a population OF $685.
9l5 and school attendance of 1885,
14O, equal to "a percent. In 1880
she had a population of 64S,936 and
a school attendance of $50, ,Sll, equal
to % percent, showing a continual
decrease of school children. (See U.
$. Statistics, Vol. 2, pages l,64O-
| 1,64l.
Vermont, another prohibition State,
had in 1850, before prohibition laws
went into effect, population of
314. .12U and school attendance OF
81 242, equal to 29 percent. In
1860 tie population was 3l5 ,O9o and
school attendance of 1866, equal
10 % percent of the population. In
1870 the population was $50, 900 and
the school attendance 70. 1879, equal
to 20 percent. In 1880 the po-
pulation was 1872, 1856 and the
school attendance 73, ,l59, equal
to 20 percent. New Hampshire,
another prohibition State, had in 1850
population OF 3l7 1916 and a school
attendance Of 8,221, equal to n
perc, nj. In 1860 the population was
1926, ,073 and The attendance S2,934,
equal to % percent. In 1870
the population was 3lS.30Q and
the school attendance 63,S24, equal
to 20 percent. In 1880 the popula
tiunwas 34G, ,99l and the school at
tendance ga $50, equal to l8 percent
From the above it will be seen that
the school attendance fell off during
prohibrlory liquor legislation, in
Maine 25 percent, Vermont 81 per
cent aud New Hampshire 33 percent
Let US look now at license State
Missouri had population in 1850 Of
6s2 ,O44 and school attendance OF
! 80, 2S5, equal to l3 percent. In 1866
the population was 1,lS2,612 anc
the school attendance 203 ,488, equa
to II percent. In 1870 the popula
ton was | ,721 ,295 and the school at
tendance 324 348, equal to IL per
cent In 1880 the population wa
2,l6S 2S0 and the school attendance
1856 .0o2, equal to % percent-a con
tinual increase.
If prohibition is what is claimed
for it by its friends-the road t.
prosperity the people of the prohi
bition States ought to be happy: bu
let us examine the manufacturin;
statistics OF those States and compar
them with others where people ar
not blessed { p with prohibitory leg
islation, and we will find that manu-
featuring is on the decrease IN th
former States.
Maine in 1850 had a population G
53S, 1863 souls; her manufacture
products were worth S24, ,661 ,051
In 1880 she h Il a population of GAS
936 and her manufactured product
were WORT SO ,S29, 1913. New Jel
sey, a Lo onibition State, an
whose every corner has a salool
had in 1900 population
400 555 G,ut. nparlv 100 M