The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-03-13
oNE-THIRD OF NATION
Is Dry-Interesting Statistics
on Drink Question in
This Country.

thirty mllllOn OF people III Ain6rl-
ca, or more than one-third of the ma
TONS population, are living under a
prohibition law, says the annual re-
port of the Associated Prohibition
Press. a news service furnishing news
relative to the prohibition movement,
which has it's headquarters in Chica-
go.
The report, which is a resume of
the results accomplished by the .yari-
Gus forces working for prohibition,
states that the prohibitory area in
foreign countries has been greatly in
creased during the year.
In the United States the territory
gained by the prohibitionists is large.
In Tennessee, 1885 out of 1,S4S towns
have shut out saloons under the local
option law, and 1,732,737 people out
of total population of 2,020,616 live
under prohibition.
In Arkansas the advance of prohi-
tition has been equally marked, for
eleven-twelfths of the territory and
two-thirds of the population have
prohibition. The aggregate vote on
the liquor question in that State
changed from a license majority of
52,35S in 1904 to a prohibition MAORI
ty of 1858 in 1906.
In Georgia 1O3 out of 1877 counties
! in the State have prohibition.
Indiana is reported as having Gas
townships and 40 cities without sa-
looms. and Ohio has 1900 dry" town
ships. Vermont and New Hampshire
which repealed their prohibitory laws
are said to be returning to the fold
Vermont having but 25 licensed towns
out of a total of 40, and in New
Hampshire the increase for prohibit
ton during 1900 is given at 175 pei
cent.
Minneapolis is given as a good ex-
ample of large city which has en-
forced Sunday closing with good eff
fects. Mayor Jones is quoted as say
ing that the Sunday arrests since the
! law has been enforced were 25 pei
cent. less than under the wide open
policy. He estimated that Sunday
closing was saving the people of Min
neapolis $1,OOO,OOO annually.
The police records in st. Louis un'
der year of Sunday closing are said
to show a decrease of II per cent. in
Sunday arrests for drunkenness anC
50 per cent. decrease in the total mum
Der of Sunday arrests. In Kansa:
City the Sunday closing enforcement
is declared to have reduced Sunday
arrests for all causes IS per cent
Similar results are said to have beer
attained in Omaha, indianapolis
Louisville and other cities.
With reference TO Chicago, the re
port sets forth that the agitation Their
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day policy that has existed uninter
ruptedly for three decades" The eX
perience of San Francisco immediatel,
after the fire is given as an example
of the beneficent influences of prohi
bition applied seven days out of tn,
week.
1t is also pointed out that fraterna
orders, especially those maintaining
life insurance for members, have TAX
an decided stand against liquor
During the year the Odd Fellows o
New York, the Masonic Fraternity o
Kentucky, and the National Conclav,
of the Knights of Pythias adopted
ironclad regulations barring from
their ranks drinkers or men connect
ed with the liquor business.
The stand of the labor unions, in
dicated by the warning against intoX
icants contained in pamphlet ISSUED
by Samuel Gompers. is another mat
ter commented on.