The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-12
''DRY'' IN KANSAS
GOOD M FOR JER-
SEY, SAYS SPEAKER.
James H. Inman, of Baker University,
Kansas, Tells Nutley No-License
League Prohibition Is Success.

James H. Inman, of Baker University.
Kansas. addressed the members of the No
License League, of Nutley, at Connolly's
Hall. that place. last night, his topic being
The Effects of the Prohibition Law IN
Kansas" Mr.. Inman declared that since
1880. when the law prohibiting the sale or
manufacture of intoxicating liquor In Kan
sas went into effect, there had been a
steady growth and an apparent betterment
of business conditions in general in those
sections where the measure was strictly
enforced. The moral tone of the people
had been uplifted, he said, and people VINO
had been opponents of prohibition before
the passage CT the law were now heartily
in favor of IT. He read extracts from A
large number of interviews with prominent
men Of the State attesting 10 the good eff
feet of the law. 1t was shown that in
Kansas City the abolition of the liquor
traffic had resulted in cutting down the
police force TO one-half of what 1t WAS
numerically before the law was passed
Bank deposits increased enormously and
merchants reported that their list of debt
ors had grown comparatively small,
In some places In the State, Mr.. Inman
said, saloons We're wide open, because Of
ficials refused to enforce the law, and II
was Impossible to elect men who would
enforce 1t. because of the general char
acter of the citizens there. He thought
that prohibition law would work well in
New Jersey. If the people could only have
a trial of it he believed they would be
astounded by the good effects and never
want to go back to the old conditions.
The meeting was presided over by A.. r.
Taylor, who, in opening the session. re-
ferred TO the object for which the league
was formed, namely, to reduce materially
the number of saloons in Nutley. There
were other things of Importance that
should be considered by the voters. he
said, in addition TO the saloon question.
lie spoke of the need of q sewerage sys-
tenn and advocated the auditing of me
town accounts every year by a competent
ACCOUNTANT. Ii Is not merely a question
of honesty In officials, he stated. but of
.Thonesty and intelligence combined. An
annual auditing would cost a little money
Mr.. Taylor said, but the people ought 10
be willing to spend 1t.
j. II Yarrow spoke of the conditions in
the members TO get out and work for
votes for the men Endorsed by the league
for Couneilmen. The hope of success In
the First Ward seemed quite f%orlorn, be
a good chance of e~lecting Mr.. Fox, the
Democratic Councilmanic candidate, who
has been Endorsed by the League. The sit
1ation In the Third Ward, he thought, was
there would work hard they might be sur
prised at the results. He advised the
members to forget party ties and to urge
their friends to do the same, for II Is
the welfare of their particular COM
munity rather than that of the county and
state that should principally concern them.
Joseph Mutch spoke along the same lines
as Mr.. Yarrow. For the people of Nutley.
lac said, the saloon question was the main
issue, and 1t should make no difference
whether a candidate was a Republican OF
a Democrat. his views on the LIQUOR oues-
lion were what counted.