The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-09-18
PROHIBITION IN MAINE.
Rev. John L. Harley Gives Statistics
from Leading Men.

Rev. John L. Harley Gives Statistics
from Leading Men.
Spartanburg, S. c., July 80, 1908.
Editor the Bamberg Herald: 1t IS
now time that the citizens of our be-
loved State should know something
of the willy ways and pernlclous
tricks of the liquor element OF TINS
country. l submit herewith some
facts for the consideration OF the
readers of your paper. There has
been issued recently full-page ad-
vertisement of misrepresentatlons
about prohibition in Maine. This is
being offered in plate form to the
daily papers of the United States Tree
of charge. If it appears in any paper
in South Carolina, let it be remem-
bered that it is nothing more nor less
than a full-page whiskey ADVERTISE
ment gotten out by the "ad.' man
of the National Liquor Dealers Pro-
tective Bureau, No 27 William Street.
New York City. This No. 27 William
Street. New York is the headquarters
of the "brewers' and distillers' ed
ucational campaign committee. Ihe
writer of these Misrepresentation
may not sign his name to his docu-
ments, so 1 suppose it might be well
to state: He is known as Cyrus y.
Turner. In this connection the fol-
lowing statements from a few OF the
officials of Maine might not be amlss.
Hear them:
United States Senator from Maine,
William P. Frye, writes August ~,
1907: ..~.
"Our statute has driven from all
the country portions Of the state the
sale and use of alcoholic drinks. In
the cities enforcement is more diff
cult, but in those where popular SEN
timent is behind it, violations are In
FREQUENT. In my opinion a good ma
jority of our people stand pat for the
law"
CONGRESSMAN Llewellyn Powers,
who admits that he is personally so
conservative on the prohibition issue
that he has frequently been opposed
by strong elements in his own party,
writes (1907:
1.-The selling and the public drink
ing of intoxicating liquors is decided
" under the ban of public opinion,
and the law has prevented absolutely
any selling in more than four-ffths
of the towns of Maine, and it has ta-
ken away very much of the tempta-
ton for young men to indulge in al
coholic drinks. / do not believe that
the people of the State of Maine will
ever permit the licensing of the sa-
loon in their midst again.
The following statements from
Charles E. Owen, Superintendent of
the Anti-Saloon League OF Maine,
bearing date July "a, 1908, are inter-
esting:
when we were under license over
fifty years ago Maine was one of the
poorest and most drunken States In
the Union. We are told that then
Maine men were spending $4,000
per capita annually for drink, and
that to-day they are spending fifteen
cents. The Maine farms were neg
lected, the people shiftless and their
homes mortgaged. Then there were
but five savings banks in the State,
with a total savings deposit of
$40, 100000. We have now fifty
seven savings banks; twenty-five
building and loan associations,
and thirty-seven trust companies,
with an aggregate savings account
of $113,000,000. We don't know
what license would have done for us
in this time, but we know that New
Hampshire reported loss of 80, 900
savings bank depositors during the
first three years of license after hav-
ing abandoned prohibition
In prohibition Maine 49 per cent.
of her people own their homes; in
license Massachusetts 10 per cent.
in license Connecticut Is per cent.
in license New York II per cent"
Our people are also being told of
the failure of prohibition in Kansas.
The liquor people have agents travel
ling all over South Carolina giving
away literature, taking orders for liq-
uor and drumming into our people
false statements in regard to prohi-
bition everywhere, but with especial
reference to Maine and Kansas. l
have met them, heard them talk, and
have more than once made, them quiet
as a church mouse by confronting
them with the facts. Hon. c. w.
Trickett, Assistant Attorney General
of Kansas, has recently published
statements from the largest banks in
Kansas City in regard to the effect of
prohibition on business. We give
these statements here without COM
ment.
Home State Bank of Kansas City,
Kan, February l, 1907.
'tMr. c. w. Trickett, Kansas City,
Sir: With reference to
your inquiry concerning condition of
our business as compared with that
of June, 1906, we beg to state that
our deposits have grown from $685.
900 on June 80, 1906, to $4,000
on 30th of January, 1907, an increase
of 40 per cent, and the volume Of our
business has increased in a greater
The month of January
just closed has shown a large in
crease in business as compared with
the depressing month of January last