Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-30
RESULTS OF NO LICENSE.

According to statements made by tho
Associated Prohibition Press. there are
now In this country. eight Prohibition
states with total population OF 49,
100000. There are also $50 Prohibition
cities In 35 states, with from 5000
to 10000 inhabitants each. having a
total population of 100000 and an
average population of nearly $4,000,
Practically 100000 people, OF whom
at least 100000 have been
added within the past four years, are
living In Prohibition territory which
now comprises nearly two-thirds of
the nations area, The liquor traffic
is largely conferred and protected in
one hundred cities of twenty eight
license states.
Whether these statements are strict
ly in accordance with facts. or not. 1t
is certain that the prohibition senti-
ment has made rapid strides forward
lately. and every bit of testimony as to
the merits. or dement's. of prohibition
has become matter of interest. Some
important figures have been made pub
chief of police of Atlanta, has pub
lshed statistics of the results of the
first three months of prohibition as
compared with the same three months
of the year previous-January Febru-
AIRY and March, 1907. There was, he re-
ports, no decrease in the burglaries
and thefts, but the total number Of
arrests fell from 5,277 to 2,010, a de-
crease of 1867 Arrests for disorderly
conduct were cut in half and those for
drunkenness were but 323, as con-
trasted with 1898. The Atlanta Chief
OF Police claims that this correctly
indicates the great decrease In drunk
enness; and the result has been fewer
complaints of severe distress among
the poor and more cash for house
hold expenses.
A contributor to Golfers Weekly. in
a prize essay on "a Year of No-Lic-
ensc." sums up the results as follows.
I'VE had good saloons If ons may
so use the words. The keepers and
their families were our friends and
neighbors But they We're too many
they grew insidiously upon us. They
took the best corners: they interpene-
trated and ciutched the town. Their
hold was increasing upon all the forces
OF our lives. But, worst of all, they
stood open there day and night to our
youth--easy schools of habit, with no
entrance requirements and minimum
fees--sanctioned by us. apparently.
And now, "a year without thenl-and
what of 1t? Well, no one disputes that
the gross quantity of alcoholics con-
sumed in the community--farms and
ed: definite physiological gain any
way The conformed drinkers have
drunk less and been drunk more times.
The doctors tell us that's better for
them. Some have shown considerable
periods of sobriety. The wives general
~, with Mrs. Hurd. prefer the spree
career. Variety, even in pusillanimity,
Is worth some thing. Hard cider has
been in increased demand, and one
tourist son sent to his dis
gruntled and dyspeptic father a full
hogshead of jamaica rum. Only the
pump saved some of them af
ter this. But to our young men with
habits forming (and our girls are, of
course. equally involved). with too
much Misunderstanding yet, and blood,
to sneak for drinks, who wero
going to the bar because the man
ahead went-to these we turn and find
such a years record of advancement.
and social good-living, of increased
town pride and athletic success and
right marrying. that for these alone we
are ready, with the farmers wife. to
go down In the dirt to keep the saloon
from establishment In our town.