The Washington herald., 1907-10-23

IF the prohibition laws IA Kansas don't
stop drunkenness in that State said
Philip Rappaport. attorney at law, with
Offices at Indianapolis, Ind, and In the
Metropolitan National Bank Building,
this city. I can't see how the drink evil
viii cease in Washington If Congress
should see TT to enforce prohibition for
the District Of Columbia. The people
everywhere in the United States are the
same. The desires Of Washington people
are the same as those Of the people OF
the States Of Kansas or Maine"
Mr.. Rappaport has made a thorough
study of the question, and claims that,
according TO reports and statistics COM
piled by the United States Census Office,
there are more arrests for drunkenness in
prohibition States than in States where
saloons are licensed to do business.
Prohibition in Kansas.
Speaking Of prohibition in Kansas. Mr..
Rappaport said:
The laws Of Kansas provide for regis
tration of sales Of liquor in drug stores.
The buyer must make application for it
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State. and must be bought by the drug
gist ar a certain price each. Thus. il is
possible in Kansas to note the effect Of
prohibition since recently the lid was put
on by the governor and the attorney gen
eral.
up to less than a year ago saloons
were permitted in Topeka The owners
Q So. 20 "a
revenue for the city but otherwise they
were not molested. The drug stores then
did very little business in that line \
few hundred sales were all they made.
"On May l the Topeka Journal said
Already there have been over 1900 safes
reported. which Is the largest ever re-
I corded in this county. Last month the
total reached u.0o0 after jump from
2000 in February
In lis issue Of October 10 the Topeka
Capital says: During the month the
number Of liquor sales again broke the
/ record -Four drug stores were raided,
three druggists turned in their permits
TO sell intoxicating liquor and one plead
ed guilty 10 keeping and maintaining a
liquor nuisance. Reports yesterday We're
hled with the clerk OF the Probate Court,
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sales made by the druggists in Topeka
during September are greater than ever
before. The number Of sales reported
was 229S For the month Of August
also a record-breaker. the sales reported
were &.447. This leaves an increase OF
/ 536 liquor sales for September.
Makes Increase a Surprise.
What makes the increase still more of
a surprise is that Topeka druggists have
lately formed the habit Of compelling ap-
/ plicants for liquor 10 swear that the
/ liquor Is wanted for medicinal purposes.
/ Formerly the applicants for pleasure in
liquor form merely signed their names
/ 10 a blank Now the druggist asks spe-
ciically what disease the liquor is TO
/ cure. After ne has finished filling out
/ the application, the druggist holds up his
hand and announces. You DO sOlemnly
swear that the statement made in this
affidavit is true, SO help your God II
was thought this ceremony would cause
a falling of In its number Of liquor sales,
/ but the theory has been proven wrong.
In Birmingham, Ala, the citizens
/ make tremendous opposition TO threaten
/ ing prohibition. Two prominent citizens.
I Mr.. 7 c. Mcdonald and Nj c. l. Dabbs.
/ have gone 10 Maine 10 investigate its
/ effects there. In a letter 70 the Birming-
/ ham Age-Herald, Of October l3. from
Portland they say.
/ The amount Of drunkenness we saw
/ here Is simply frightful We could not
/ begin to state as fact the number OF
places where liquor may De bought. One
| person told Us there were 800; another
/ said there were at least 300 open bars.
/ In many instances women and children
/ do the selling