The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-27
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Tue wsrilng Of Ovef Twenty Years o.
Anti.Liqusr LesisiatiSo.

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TIE wsrielng 81 0vNf Twenty Years "
Anti.Liausr Lesisiatiso.
TO tn. EpIToR OF THs Sux-.-sh' The
recent vote on prohibition st AsDury F0s'
In which the Temperance ladiss took % acuve
. part and we're suocessful. has orcuent Mo
question to tho front again. and the old gnery
II heard. Docs prohibition prohibit" When
Bishop Potter made the broad statement tnss
prohibition Il an impudent fraud ana an
impudent failure be evidently spoke his piece
without full Investigator.
II prohibition does not prohibit ana more
iiquor IL sold than In license states, why
have not the voters Of Maine ana Kansas
found out that fact and repealed the oonsti-
tutional provisions that 80 misrepresent tnelr
ssntiments. and why does the liquor selicr
No one denies that some LIQUOR 10 soid In
violation Of the prohibitory laws OF tnoee
States. Just - all other laws afs violated:
But after more than twenty years OF actueI
test that the Intelligent voters OF those two
States resist all efforts or attsmpts 70 wipe
out prohibition and return TO high license
certainly means something. Let us ex-
anime IL.
The prohibition laws Of Kansas allow the
citizen TO buy and drink and even 70 give
LIQUOR to his quests at his table. There ID
certainly no restraint OF personal liberty
In this. The fact that oiisens Of these States
are thus allowed under the laws TO ship IN
and use liquors binders often the due en-
forcement of prohibltory laws. yet this right
is not curtailed In the least.
What do the of1cial figures OF the Govern
mont show as to the amount Of LIQUOR solo.
for instance, In Kansss. - compared with
that sold In adjoining Statesf
Two years ago the total amount OF taxes
paid the Government In Kansas for liquor
licenses Including druggists permits to sell
on presoriptions) was tiis,4so: In Nebraska.
adjoining on the north with one-third less
population). the amount was Sa.77e,eOo; In
Missouri, adjoining on the east, .s4s.
OF fern1ented liquors there were shipped Into
Kansas that year 9.o22 barrels; into Nebraska
SS,7s2. and into Missouri the same year
2.sss. ITS barrels. These offlcial figures show
that there Is but one dollar paid to the national
Government for license tax In Kansas to
more than $40 In Nebraska. and $40 In Mis-
souri,, and the amount OF liquors. a. oiiicislly
reported. shipped into each State bears about
the same proportion. >,.
The license laws OF Nebraske ana MISSOURI .sSnn
often violated than are the prohibition laws
q Kansas ls not ths sHIns true o. n "sn sse
Mx Ye o n wes1f speny se ae .nd
tinuousiy violssed, THE The prokibifory laws
e Kansas and Maine sss s d0nE % shsy
sPS the 81 b;usine ss 81 Isao! :silns ai:J5.pu p:
table and unpopular. lnstesd OF hsvips places &c
educated 70 become drunherds: t K . riH9 4.
inal onense. and as q result SUCH places DO
not EXIT Snder he.tSy public sentiment
where, in response to the wishes Of the pso-
ss. out on p IL pagers publish
whisky advertisement, though the very AZ
tractive induce ments for the advertisements
most most states that religious ana tempefanse
But its shown that in NO other State than kan
h nne y q he eecuntes of K.n...
sS G. k Kas gSys sS III. a Ss2s
f Few Of The large sties q snsss he prohibi;
t s1ey .mseT ons are an1 part Of the
time. but IL is a decidedly unsafe. business.
for at any time on the complaint 81 2 citizen
Gated and destroyed.
When the topper has 70 60 down ~ me ~ H iss
usual fixtures Of bSr 70 In sisht: % idesn n.
only osS tth those who have TIE drink habit fully
fui practise. What Q recognized Y Kansas a.
sss7s site 4 +: ever y :sa4 iii
This means safety and happiness to the heart
able frsHd Bishop potssr mp1Rns the ads
@ q ths PsGpss e1r vnF H. X t sa' ss.
who have adopted prohibition q local option.
which Il local ,bs s ps so. o .sn:
n Under hIsh license and seen tie practical
,sss arg a * o. s:Sop Potter nS
H.. Seen eSEy s aRa ~ reyssn
where mild drinks arc cold in the front do:
paItmspt to women and children ana i beer &c
Have not the people who have tested the
c.ntaTy % s.
By the test Of experience. and where resub-
mission is so unpopular that even 2 test
ist1re elected By the people. and where less
than one-fourth the liquor IL. sold. than In
License rs, States ad!otnIing. ben heard on this
they iy0 are being heard and needed all over
h., ,s sn,s s;sss . Es
than third Of her counties under pro-
seu ss ss1. ' Of Tai. e. o cD1s half
direct cause Of more than hslf II tho evil
entirely extinct In Kansas and Maine.
Kansas has fewer criminals con fined in
her pententiary to-day than any other state
Of the same population. and more than half
they can 7 afford to pay the expenses of .
keeper. and nearly one-half Of her poor farms
are rented out TO farmers or sold. and one
eighth OF her one pen,tentlary at 1eaven worth
IL rented to Oklahoma for her prisopes.
In the meantime Kansas eKpends more
money each year per O. plta for education
than any other State and her rate OF illiteracy
Last week Governor Foch OF Kansas. In
christening the battleehlp Kansas. instead
Of handing his daughter the proyerbisl cham
pa rne to break over her prov. filed the bottle
with pnre water taken from the spring where
John Brown was wont to n,lench his thirst
In the early fighting days of Kansss.
This was In Response to the temperance
sentiment Of that State. where ali the churches.
the Anti-Saloon League, the Womans Tenn:
perance unions and all orxanisations OF
temperance workers who have made . life
study Of this vital subject declare to the
world that local, state and national pro-
hibltion is the best and only remedy for the
aokno wIedsed evils Of intemoersnos:
HOUSTON, Tex, Aus. -.
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Japan's Triumph ana The CArlstiAA Rsliglsa.
To TIE EDITOR OF TEE Sur-Sk: The las,
twenty Ave years have ssen . greater change
In mems opinions upon religious questions thar