Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-06

BIGGEST DRY CITY.
Gov. n. w Hoch writes entertaining
~ and insuuctlVoly about conditions In
Kansas. He says
1.-THE state was never so free from
aalopNs and johns az ID IL at this time,
and by the way the state was never SO
prosperous materially and financially,
| do not believe that there are any
where on earth 100000 people maln-
tanning higher standard of morals
than Is maintained by the 100000 peo-
pic who constitute he population Of
Kansas, nor de- believe there Is a sim
liar number OF people anywhere on
earth enjoyius u greater degree of ma
gorial prosperity and among whom
poverty and pGupori6m arc so little
! known. We have not only proven the
wisdom OF the prohibitory policy so far
as the moral aud Intellectual interests
OF the people are concerned, but we
have established its wisdom from
financial standpoint. Incidentally l
might remark that Kansas City Kan
sas. Is the largest city in the country
without saloon, and that Topeka is
the only state capital whore liquor is
not sold"
PROHIBITION IN TEXAS.
Local option prevails In Texas There
are ll7 counties that arc absolutely
dry, IS that are partially so. and a. that
are totally wet. Governor Campbell
writes:
Nearly all the counties that are to-
tally dry and the 81 that are partially
dry have become so since 1893. and
something like fifty Of the counties and
many of the precincts IN other counties
have adopted prohibition IN the last
four years, The effect has been to
greatly decrease the consumption of in
toxicants II has decreased the state
revenue to considerable extent. and
greatly decreased the amount of crime
In the dry counties after The law has
been enforced long enough to accom-
plish its legitimate results. The saving
of court expenses for decrease i'm crime
is bieved to- fully Offset the loss of
revenue from closing the saloons
GOVERNOR FOLK SHARES THIS
VIEW.
Governor Folk of Missouri, takes the
same view as Governor Campbell. as
to the saving OF court expenses. He
aays With reference 10 temperance in
his state"
Local option and high license pre-
vail in Missouri, no liquor being sold
in 80 of the 70 counties. The decreased
sale and consumption of intoXicants
have had a tendency to reduce crime.
and by consequently reducing the Grim
state. The closing of saloons on Sun
day has reduced crime 60 per cent"
GOVERNOR CUTLER. OF UTAH,
| Expresses largely the same views. Lo-
| cal option and high license prevail, with
partial prohibition III many counties.
| He writes;
There has always been a strong sem
| timent in Utah against the liquor traf-
fic. The Mormon Church requires to-
tai abstinence of it's members Other
| churches are also insistent on this
point II Is a foregone conclusion that
| the morals OF community are Inn
| proved by a decrease in the sale OF
| lquor. The revenues of the state are
increased, because temperance leads to
frugility and thrift and the accumula-
tion by citizens of taxable property"
NO JAILs IN NORTH DAKOTA.
Governor Burks of North Dakota,
laconically writes concerning prohibl-
ton in his state:
I'VE have had prohibition In North
Dakota so long that in some counties
there are no jails. There is not much
crime In this state
Governor Warner, OF Michigan writes
that the state has local option, but that
while there has been marked growth
OF temperance sentiment there are not
many dry counties.
Local option prevails in every one of
the eight counties In Connecticut, and
each of them is partially dry. Each
OF the four districts in Delaware wiz
decide for itself this fall whether liquor
shall be sold or not.
Florida has local option and high
license, with prohibition in "a OF the
As counties. There HIS been "A marked
growth of temperance sentiment, but
no appreciate effect has been shown
on the revenue or prison records
Kentucky prohibits the sale OF in
toXicants in 90 of the ll9 counties
and II is predicted that several more
counties will go dry soon.
Maine has prohibition, but a cores
| pOndent says that there are three o
four counties which 'nullify'' at times
though there has been a better enforce
ment Of the temperance laws recent!
than there had been.
Maryland has local option and pro
hbition prevails In many counties
Montana has local option laws, bu
there are no dry counties There WA
one dry county few years ago. but
has since gone wet
Nebraska reports that under local op
tion no intoYicants are sold in eight o
the 30 counties. and in 500 cities AM
towns. with prohibition sentiment de
yeoping rapidly
New Hampshire reports show tina
whisky Is sold IN only about one-nit
Of the counties. New York New Jcr
sey. and New Mexico have high II
cense. but are represented as show
ing no important growth of temperate
sentiment.
SALOONS AMONG TARHEELs.
Local option in North Carolina ha
almost wholly eliminated the salool
from the country districts and fror
many of the towns. The dispenser
exists in several counties. A groa
growth of temperance sentiment Is re
ported
Alabama has license OF from 5000 I
$3.50 No statistict have been furnishe
as to the prevalence OF focal option.
a decided growth OF temperance sen
timent is reported from Indiana, wher
bar rooms are called Sample rooms,
but whereas local option exists, Their
arc not many dry communities re
ported,
Governor Goodlng says that Their
has been no marked growth OF IN
temperance sentiment in Idaho durin
recent years and that there Is no loca
option licenses ranging from 800 :
$500