New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-25
,,,,orc ,vD PROHIBITION.


a,n;oro sidol;,bt is thought to have been
thrown on the working OF the fiohiOis'o ~
in Iowa by census reports lndlcatins ." 80.
NAL backwardness in the growth Oh Ino 10" e.
nonuation within the decade Inc hsuie'
the four adjoining States snow thaV u" -. r.
oon+oco of Gain in Missouri is 23.o6' IN llihois
o. 90 in Wisconsin 1924, and III Miineso'a
&c ?. while Iowa's gain is only 17.6s' Inc
sooords for tbe prevous decade afford sly
,iGoort contrast Iowa then grew more RAPID
T., I'm other Wisconsin Illinois or Missouri
obo,v;no an increase of 3G.06 per cent, agaihSS
OILS in Illinois, 24.73 in WISCONSIN, ""u
Oh OF in Missouri. In Kansas, the otner So
Prohibition State, the percentage OF inCi o
coll from 173.35 between 1870 ana loo0 ~
orlv Az Of in the subsequent ten years Az
oordnc 70 the last census, thirty-one states eA-
ceoded Iowa in increase of population ior 'ns
decade, while in the previous census BIO ''0'N
thirteenth in the list. ~, for-
The author of the effort to connect Vl'o 40"
inp-off with the operation OF an oonoAioI 10
measure is Mr.. f. w. Faulkes, CEDAR n@plu'
od;tor who suffers under the discredlt OF nav
;na offorcd IN furnish billygoat to eau up
al tho tin plate made in America" put u
whose argument so stanch q Republican organ
~ "Tbe Chicago Inter-Ocean" has surrehuoiou
fourteen columns Of its space. lhere % "o
question that the figures are not 10 DC OK
nl,;ned on anv theory of deterioration III the
Stoto,s natural aIlurements. The superior growth
Of Illinois is applicable by reference 10 Cnio'so'
whose wonderful advance in population Is aiono
y material item in the total. Minnesota mas en-
~ .,D,t o.
loved n period of "boom" with when ING uo-
velonment of the new States is manifestiy con-
corncd But why should Wisconsin and MIS-
scuri tho one still partially closed to setteniehU
bv ;ts dense forests. the other unIecomlnehueu
INV any fresh attractions, exhibit so important
nrononderance? Iowa is on the direct hlSn-
wav 70 the Far West Her SOIL climate ana
rainfall are unchanged, and no other peculariVy
of local government can be Gted as likely "
ronol settlers. The Prohibition Amendment 10
tbo State Constitution was passed in 1857 III
1ss3 the Republican Legislature, III Difference
70 an unmistakable public sentiment enacted
tho nresent law, so that it's working mas ex-
tended over seven-tenths OF the periou repre-
scented.
Whatever may be said as to the significance
of these facts, which are not to be Hghtiy seV
aside. Mr.. Faulkes is clearly wrong III MS minor
conclusions. The Republican Legislature tnat
gave the State Prohibition did so with I'll
reserve of principle. We declared men, anu
have since maintained, that the experiment was
Of doubtful exrediency, and the results so lar
have vindicated our belief. lntrustlng It's ell
forcement to the local authorities has no doubt
helped its Illustration, but the mere fact that
restrictive regulations were formerly even hard
err to apply proves nothing in favor of the ulti-
mate wisdom of Prohibition. In fact, the law
has amounted to practical local option. Wher-
ever the whole community has supported 10 IL
has worked well, and there only
The inevitable Prohibitionist deduction tnat
Prohibition in all the States would neutralize
local losses will carry small comfort to those
under the immediate necessity Of accounting Tor
tho nresent results in Iowa and Kansas. Mean
time any other direct and valid explanation Is
wanting