Arizona republican., 1908-04-26
IRREFUTABLE EVIDENCE.

With SucA overwhelming testimony, it seems strange to us that Los An g-les. San Francisco. Oakland. PhOe- nix. or any other city, in the Union. for that matter, will not at once and forever eliminate the saloons. A re- cent editorial in the Kansas City Star brings out the beneficial results of prohibition in Kansas City so clearly and so strongly that refutatiOn is inn possible. The Star says:
 The significance of the recent story published by the brewers in the East as to the 'ruinous effect of prohibition in Kansas City. Kas.. is in the fact that no other city of 100000 people ever attempted to surrender the reve- nues derived from the liquor trade The most serious blow that could be delivered against the saloon would be an actual demonstration that q city so large as Kansas City, Kas.. could prosper without this revenue. It may safely be concluded that here is the bug under the chip so far as the brewers are concerned.
 To concede that the revenue from saloons is not absolutely essential to> the material prosperity of the great cities would merely confirm the claim or the prohibitionists that the saloon as an institution is q useless burden upon society. No other plea has ever been made for tolerating its legal eX- istence and the brewers are therefore keenly awake to the importance of the issue involved in the law enforce ment policy in Kansas City. Kas.
 .l.- country to this particular city, the li- quor interests. with their usual pro Ucnsity for doing the wrong thing. have perhaps rendered a fine service to the cause of prohibition. For. not withstanding their claims that Kansas City. kas.. has been injured by the loss of the revenue from saloons, the fact remains that the city has prospered to a greater degree than ever before, even in the matter of its finances. Taxes have been reduced; every com mercial interest has profited by the eliminations of the joints. and the most ardent advocates of the revenue policy have been converted to the wis dom of the prohibition plan. The truth is certain to become matter of general knowledge throughout the country because of the emphasis placed upon this case by the brewers themselves
 In later editorial the Star says:
 Enforcement Of prohibition was lat erally forced upon the city by Attorney General Jackson at a time when pub lie sentiment seemed to be favorable to the saloon policy. In the short time that has elapsed the success of the prohibition plan has been demonstrat- ed to such d remarkable degree that public sentiment has been completely reversed. It would be an impossibility to force the saloon and the joint on that city now. Every business man on the Kansas side is in favor of pro hibitiOn: the property-owners are practically united in support of the law. and the citizens generally are de- lighted with present conditions.
 The success of prohibition is not limited. either. to Kansas City. Kas., in its application to the cities of Kansas. Leavenwortk and Wichita were numbered among the wide-open communities where the hostility to the law was strong enough to make state interference necessary. The results have been identical in both cities with the experience of Kansas City. Kas. The chief concern of the people in Kansas City. Kas.. in Leavenworth and in Wichita now is that the brew CTS shall not he allowed under any circumstances to regain their old standing
 The policy which the liquor inter- ests are advertising in the Eastern pa pers as 'ruinous' to Kansas City has been in operation for 21 months and unfortunately for the brewers has been the most prosperous period with in the entire history of the city
 If Jesus were in Los Angeles would he defeT until the next city election the driving of the money changers from the temple?
 THE EMPTY CELLS.