The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-27
KANSAS PROHIBITION A SUCCESS.
Tho wsrkins OF Ovor Twenty Years OF
Anti.Liquor Legislation.

Tho Working Of Over Twenty Years OF
Anti.Liquor LegislatiOn.
To THE EDITOR OF The suS-Sir: The
recent vote on prohibition at Asbury Park
In which the temperance ladies took 80 active
. part and we're successful. has brought the
question to the front again. and the old query
10 heard. Does prohibition prohiblt?' When
Bishop Potter made the broad statement that
prohibition IL an impudent fraud ana an
impudept failure he evidently spoke his piece
without full investigation.
II prohibition does not prohibit ana more
liquor Ia sold than In license States. why
have not the voters OF Maine and Kansas
found out that fact and repealed the consti-
tutionsl provisions that so mlsrepresent their
sentiments, and why does the liquor seller
constantly fight prohibition In those States'
No one denies that some liquor IL sold In
violation Of the prohlbitory laws OF those
States, just a. all other laws are violated.
But after more than twenty years Of actual
test that the intelligent voters of those two
States resist all efforts or attempts 10 wipe
out prohibition and return to high license
certainly means something. Let US ex-
anime It,
The prohibition laws Of Kansas allow the
citizen to buy and drink and even " give
liquor to his guests at his table. There Is
certainly no restraint OF personal liberty
In this. The fact that citizens 0! these States
are thus allowed under the laws to ship In
and use liquors binders often the due en-
forcement Of prohbItory laws. yet this right
Is not curtailed In the least.
What do the official figures Of the Govern
ment show as to the amount OF liquor sold.
for Instance, In Kansas, as compared with
that sold In adjoining states?
Two years ago the total amount OF taxes
paid the Government In Kansas for liquor
licenses Including druggists permits to sell
on prescriptionO was Sll5. 4s3; in Nebraska.
adjoining on the north with one-third less
population). the amount was S2.776 900: In
Missouri. adjoining on the east, Is ,576 .s45.
OF fermented liquors there were shipped into
Kansas that year 9.o22 barrels Into Nebraska
266. 1902, and into Missouri the same year
Z. e99, IT'S barrels. These official figures show
that there ls 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, as officially
The ss license laws Of Nebraska and Missouri
to-day end have been each ysaG more
New York. where the Sunday law and the
ssos S eosed 0HffRh s GH
the n eltEens H q those States Intended they
sna he bunsss o aor sens az
table and unpopular. Instead Of having places
allurinr and attractive. where the boys are
!nal otisnse. and as O. result such places do
not, exist under prohibition. .
fseo Sre o 81 5
PIE. out Of IFS papers and periodicals IN the
Whisky 'n advertise though the very at
tractive inducements for the advertisements
were offered constantly. 1t IL, expected In
papers would exclude liquor advertisements.
BUT It is shown that in no other State than Kan
sas is practically united secular press refus-
Three -fourths Of the counties Of Kansas
have no places where LIQUOR is sold. and many
never seen a saloon or drunken man. In
few Of the large cities Of Kansas the prohibis
tory law Is openly. violated. and in some OF
sm Sa rum nnsa
for at any time. on the complaint Of a, citizen
The seller can be arrested and Jailed under
Gated and Destroyed. ~
When the has to down the 81 a key
usual fixtures Of a bar is in sight. be iden-
titled as a safe man, then pay two prices for
bad whisky. II is certainly discouTaglns. and
fui practise. What l. recognized in Kansas as
ths GROWING benefit Of prohibi ts is, Is that
Til. means safety and happiness to the heart
OF In n"d declsr ds Hh hat proSbiton is mser-
able fraud" Bishop Potter impugns TIE judy
mspt Of TIE people living in n more t. thar one
Whe e have .n sdoptH prohbton Or local option
III ss.S IT, S.: :sa
they ars taking Of Bishcp potter Is develop.
ms bs bxa MS tavern IN Ss% Yo
Where mild drinks are sold in the front de-.
paItment to women and children. and beer
men, with q semi-reading room attachment.
Have not the people who have tested the
workings Of pr pro ,btp for quarter OF
mission is so unpopular that, even test
ca. Elected s. The Be peo and :
than one-fourth the liquor is sold than in
license States ad Joining. be,n heard on this
They ' are being heard and needed all over
W missouri, where, Governor Folk is now
the Sunday closing law. has more
thar one-third OF her counties under pro-
H. 4: ss:. ses c ar ssss half
direct cause Of more than, half Of the evil
entirely extinct. in Kansas and Maine,
Kansas has fewer criminals con fined in
her penitentiary to-day than any other State
Of the same population. and more than half
Of her county noorhouses are unoceupied;
keeper. and nearly cne-half Of her poor farms
eighth Of her one penitentiary at IIeavenworth
is rented to Oklahoma for her prisoners.
In the meantime Kansas expends more
money each year per capita for esd,HHcation
Is very low and improving every year.
Last week Governor .Hoch II Kansas. In
Christening. the battleshlp Kansas. instead
Of handing hi, daustter the prooXerblal cham
With pure water taken from the spring where
John Brown was wont to nuench his thirst
This was in rosponse to the temperance
sentiment Of that State. where all the churches,
the Anti-Saloon League. the Woman's Tenn
perance unions. and an ORGANIZATIONS OF
temperance workers who have made life
study Of this vital subject declare TO the
world that locai, State and national pro-
hihition IL tire best and only remedy for the
acknowled eed evils Of intemnerance.
W. B. SLossoN.
HOUSTON, Tex, Aug. "a