Evening journal., 1907-08-26

counties of the Eastern Shore.
1t was mainly however, the repro
duction of an enthusiastic compilation
made at Denton, in Caroline county Il
may be stated in passing that this
county lies along Kent county. In Deia-
ware. contains 324 square miles to
Kents 615. and has 16,2iS In popula-
tion (i900), to Kents 32762. Kent
county has an assessed value Of Si7-
1890. and Caroline OF Si342s102;
Kent paid tax per capita In 1909
OF 81. and Caroline Of Sf27. Kent
county is licensed 70 scll liuuor and
among others contains the finest hotel
on this Peninsula. II time permits
there will be other comparisons be-
tween these two aspiring neighbors
For the time It Is enough TO look al
Cecil county. the close Maryland neigh
Dor OF New Castle county, ana also re-
ported 70 be a prohibition community
How far this is true viii be left TO the
unquestionable testimony OF q dozen Of
the foremost and most reliable men In
that county. Cecil county has an area
OF $50 square miles as against 4SO for
New Castle II contains a population
IA round numbers OF $4,000. or tenth
fewer than it did IN 1850. New Castle
contains $4,000 persons. as against
$4,000 in 1885, but several hundred
families and much area have been
added TO Wilmington IN that period,
taken from the county, while none has
been subtracted from Cecil county The
assessment values are practically the
same In the two counties. These coun-
ties are near enough alike, and Its pco-
pie sufficiently homogeneous to mako
out OF them a yld fair Intelligent
comparison. A subioined table viii
give the unpremdiced reader some con-
ception Of the differences that exist
between these two beautiful and at
tractlve civic communities
II Is notorious fact, supported by
the history and statistics Of every
county and territory In the United
states. that there As no such thing as
prohibition IN the sale, let alone In the
use. Of Intoxicating or stimulating
drinks. Prohibition Is not fact. IL Is
a mere assertion and pretcnse. Honest
men and women who unconsciously
recognize that two and two makes four
3ust as readily admit that there Is no
prohibition Il Is not always possible
10 know 20 what extent or proportion
stimuiants are employed An the so-
called prohibition areas. because IL Is
an Illicit. hidden and secret trafici
but no one al Elkton, for example,
seems 10 doubt that Cecil county, man
for man. drinks as much liquor, but
usually more and worse licuor, as
New Castle county. In New Castle
II may be readily determined how
much Is consumed. but never in Cecil,
for there Il Is a secret. hidden, invid-
ious and bv statute an Illegal traffic.
In Cecil lying goes with drinking; i'm
fact It goes also without drinking but
in New Castle the facts can be reach
ed. the traffic regulated and the
would-be liars made TO tell the truth.
In licensed counties. the traffic falls
into the hands of the irresponsihles.
as the testimony below well shows,
and that means the sale Of the worst
and the most injurious.
Such Is the testimony OF the best
men on the Eastern Shore. Such Is
the statistical and business contention
Of all railroad. steamboat, express ana
postal agents. The practical men all
agree that there Is no such thing as
prohibition ON the Eastern Shore, that
Il Is merely found in the books and in
the fervid rhetoric Of the prohibition
stumpers
There is Mr.. BENJAMIN Wells, the
overworxed express agent at Elkton,
IN Cecil county. In answer TO a
question as 20 the conditions In his
town. he replied like a man whose
mind was made up bv an abundance
Of time and fact: prohibition does
not prohibit Our jail is full now with
violators of the liquor laws, when six
or seven years ago or under our
license system. Sheriff Price talked of
closing up for want OF prisoners.
There were summoned to the last term
Of court in March last. 150 witnesses
who were supposed to have seen
liauor sold. and I have no doubt they
had seen II. but not single conviction
resulted. But the county paid them
$500 for their attendance here. There
were ten days wasted and not con-
viction. The folks don't want to con-
eict. Why should they? Every man
who can raise the railroad fare or the
express charge can get his LIQUOR from
Havre de Grace. Baltimore, Whining
ton or Newark. Delaware. Why should
not the rest OF the community get Il
through the speakeasy or the club
In the license days. five years ago
the workingman might waste a dollar
on Saturday night or he might indulge
himself to three or four drinks day;
but now he goes 10 Newark or VII.
mington and spends his railroad fare
money for drinks and nine times Out
Of ten brings a bottle home with him
or one man will be deputized to brins
home ten or a dozen packages for his
neiRhbors. 1 know Il. for they come
70 this office 70 meet the 1916 a. M
train from the north 10 receive theh
packages. To the others who do moi
choose to come here. must deliver
I have worked all night here on sat.
urday nights 10 get the stuff out II
I accepted all the invitations / get
well. I wouldn't get very far on IN,
Sunday morning rounds. Last sat
urday I delivered o keg Of beer to
man on boat for Sunday sailing. IL
had six boys with him. Tomorrow
night I. shall. deliver six kegs 10 a mai
who runs a Sunday club along tn
ureelx. Picnics along the Big Elk an
nommon. and the men and boys &c
drunk They drink until the stuff i
gone. No. no. prohibition does no
prohibit. On the contrary it create
weekly 6runkenpess and make
nrunlxards out Of boys"
Col. Isaac d. Dayis. scashier 10
many Yeara Of the Iclkton Nationa