Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-04-01
PROHIBITION PRESS BULLETIN.
by John A. Shields, Minneapolis.

PROHIBITION PRESS BULLETIN.
by John A. Shields Minneapolis.
Since Jan. /, 1908, the liquor
traffic in Minnesota has made the
following record: IS dead, 81 in
jured, Z insane. The comparative
records made by the liquor business
in Prohibition Kansas and License
for a period beginning
March and ending March q is as
follows: Kansas 81 dead, ! injured,
none insane; Minnesota-24 dead,
10 injured 3 insane.
Both Sides INDUCED in a
double column front page "compar-
ison' of Kansas with Minnesota.
The propositions deal with statistics
that are not readily available, to
great extent, so we will content our
selves with calling attention to a
few discrepancies that appear bold
ly. For instance, the statement
that Minnesota has 200 prisoners;
the acutal number is just four hum
dred more, or $50. Kansas is cred
tied with 818, but no mention is
made Of the fact that a number of
these are Federal prisoners, the
Lansing Penitentiary being also
Federal prison, nor is it stated that
among others using the same peni-
Tertiary are Oklahoma and Indian
Territory. Kansas is credited with
Al paupers per 100000 population
as against % paupers for Mime
sofa. Now, we reckon the word Of
Governor Hoch is equally as reli-
able as the copy printed in Both
Sides;' the governor says that pau
perism has almost disappeared in
Kansas, and that the poorhouse is a
joke. Senator Charles Curtis writes
from Washington on Feb. "a, 1908:
There is no poverty in Kansas.
No community in the history of the
world was ever better off. The
poorhouses are usually vacant. The
only people you find in the poor
houses are helpless old men and wo-
men, or cripples who have no other
means of support, and are not
brought there because those who
should take care of them are spend
ing their money for liquor
Justice Brewer remarked at a
recent banquet, "You can't legi>-
late man into heaven. Prohibi-
tionists, however, aver that you
can put up some barriers on the
road to the other place. -Minneapo-
lis Journal.
The Brewers of the country could
hardly have made more unfortu-
nate selection for their ''horrible
example, of the results of prohibi-
ton in relation to the prosperity of
city than that Of Kansas City,
Kansas. The enforcement of the
prohibitory law there has resulted
in disaster to but one interest-the
liquor interest. It has worked a
hardship upon one class of citizens
only-the beer-sellers. In all other
respects prohibition has commended
itself to social, commercial and po-
litical interests Of Kansas City.
Enforcement of prohibition was
literally forced upon the city by At
torney General Jackson at a time
when public sentiment seemed to
be favorable to the saloon policy.
In the short time that has elapsed,
the success of the prohibition plan
has been demonstrated to such re-
markable degree that public senti-
ment has been completely reversed.
1t would be an impossibility to
force the saloon and the joint on that
city now. Every business man on
the Kansas side of the river is in
favor of prohibition; the property
owners are practically united in
support Of the law, and the citizens
generally are delighted with pres
ent conditions. The policy which
tn. liquor interests are advertising
in the eastern papers as ''ruinous'
to Kansas City, Kansas, has been in
operation Tor twenty-one months,
and, unfortunately for the brewers,
it has been the most prosperous
period within the entire history of
the city. Kansas City Star.
Apropos the recent spread made
by the Minneapolis Liquor Dealers
Association in the daily press to the
effect that the association will en-.
ter Immediately upon a crusade OF
law enforcement, the License In.
spector is reported as saying that
the new president of the associa.
tion was recently convicted for run.
ming a blind pig himself. 1t is
shocking to note that the interests
themselves claim there are thous.
ands Of blind pigs running in Min
neapolis, but the statement is even
more shocking when we remember
thai Minneapolis is not prohibition
but high license territory. Ever
since we were in knee-pants we
have been taught that "speak.