Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-06

Vermont. In 1852 the prohibtory
liquor law was passed and during the
decade to 1860 Maine gained less than
per cent. in population, the smallest
gain of all the states of the Union ex-
cept New Hampshire ard Vermont.
| Prohibition had now become the set
| tied policy of the State, and from 1860
! to 1870 Maine, for the first time in her
| history. showed loss of 1864, the only
State in the Union that suffered loss
in population, except New Hampshire,
which following Names example had
ladopted prohibition in 1862 From 1870
to 1880 Maine gained in population less
than four per cent, the lowest per-
centage of gain of all the states of the
| Union except Vermont
| From 1870 to 1890 Maine gained in
population less than two per cent, the
smallest gain of any state except Yer
mont, whose progress has been so slow
that, compared with her sister states,
she almost seems to go backward.
From 1890 to 1900 during the decade of
the most marvellous development in
wealth and progress IN the United
States that the world has ever wit
messed Maine has gained in population
five per cent, the smallest gain of every
state except Vermont, Nevada, and
Kansas. The state of Kansas, the only
prohibition state in the West, presents
another striking illustration of the
| blghting effect of Prohibition, Kansas
was admitted to the union, in 1861 with
a population of 107, 306, the most fertile
state in the union, twice the size of
Ohio, larger than all New England,
about the size of Great Britain. In 80
years her population increased to
| ], 42I,O?5, y gain of more than 1890 per
cent. In 1890 the Prohibtionists and
Populists got control of her. "Jeshurum
waXed fat and kicked" They defeated
John j. Ingalls,, one of the most brill
| liant men that ever sat in the Z. ,.
Senate, and they elected in his place a
luXuriant growth of chin WhiSkerS,
raised by a Populist Prohibitionist by
the name of PETER. They adopted
! prohibtOry liquor amendment to the
| state constitution and during the last
| decade from 1890 to 1900, Kansas from
being the leading state i'll the great
North Central division, has fallen to
| the rear end of the procession, and has
| gained but three per cent in population,
| including Mary Ellen Lease and Carrie
| Nation.
| Mr.. Speaker the figures of the United
| States Census show that during the
! first fifty years of her existence, or UNI
| til she adopted the Prohibitory liquor
law, Maine gained IN population more
I than five hundred per cent. In this
| fifty years succeeding that, during the
greatest era of progress in the world,
she has gained less than twenty per
| cent the smallest gain of every State in
| the union except Vermont, | respect
| fully ask any member of this house
who believes that prohibition is a good
| thing for Maine to explain these facts
and figures.
| Mr. Speaker desire to briefly cal.
attention to the condition of the farm
| ing interests of Maine under the pro-
| nibitory liquor law. l hold in my hand
| the official abstract of the last United
| States census of 1900 1t states the
value of farm land with improvements,
including buildings, for 1880, 1890 and
| 1900, as follows
PROHIBITION STATES. ~
1880 1890. 1900.
| Maine. $10a, s357 615 $9s567 100 s95, 90. 80
shire, IS. S34, $3.50 Go, 49,. 600 70,1243Go
Vermont, 100. 0l0 S0427,490 S3,011 $40
Total, S2S7, 53S OLA S245 157, 300 S249 sos 1870
| The figures show the loss in value of
farm lands with Improvements, includ-
| ing buildings, i'll the prohibition states
since 1880, to be $37, S59,454.
| l would like to have some of our Pro-
hbition friel,ds account for this result,
| to the farmers of Maine.
| Mr. Speaker, / call attention to the
| progress and development of manu-
| facturers under license and prohibition.
| The census 1900 gives the value of the
| manufactured products of all the
states. which is shown to be as fol-
| lows for New England:
| Value of manufactured products:
PROHIBITION STATES.
1880 1890 1890.
Me. sl9,829, l9G $95, 6S9 300 $l2l 36l APP