The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-04-17
At least seventeen of the men gave
this as a cause of their downfall and
present condition.

present condition.
Prohibition and Property.
Other speakers called attention tc
the following facts, which were pre-.
scented to the committee as arguments
for prohibition in the District of Co.
lumbia.
In the city of Rochester, N Y.
with 600 saloons, there were four
times as many murderers last year
as in the whole state of Maine under
prohibition.
In the number of homes owned by
the people prohibitionist Maine leads
the world. In New York with her
$4,000 saloons, II out of every 100
families are home owners; in Massa-
chusetts, 1S; in Maine, 40. Maine
is the only state in the Union which
has more savings bank depositors
than it has voters. And one-third of
the entire population, including wo-
men and children, have savings
bank account.
Over one-half the area of the
United States is under, and more
than one-third of the population now
live under the prohibitory law.
Atlanta, Ca, had the experience,
just recently, of having every cell in
the police jail empty, something that
hadn't happened before in fifteen
years.
In Knoxville, Tenn, the number
of arrests under license was from
$50 to 100 a week, and under prohi-
bition 80, or less than one-fourth.
In GAINESVILLE, Tenn, since the sa-
looms were closed in July last, the
police record has shown a decrease
of so per cent. In October, 1905,
under license, there were 112 con-
victions and in October, 1907, under
prohibition, there were only twenty
five.
In Newark, N. j., under four
weeks enforcement of the Sunday
closing law, the Mondays deposits
of the workingmen in four banks in
creased more than $4,000, or at the
rate of $4,000 for the ten savings
institutions of the city, these figures
signifying, the committee was told,
that Sunday closing alone is good for
an annual increase of 100000 in
the deposits of the workingmen of
the city of Newark.
Case of Kansas City, Kan.
Other speakers told of Kansas
City, Kan, which, with a population
of 10000, ranks seventh in the list
of manufacturing cities 6f the coun-
try. June 8, 1905, there were 210
saloons in Kansas City and thirty
days later every one had been closed.
Here are some of the results that the
committee was told had been ac-
counted for:
After seven months the juvenile
court of Kansas City, reported an al
most total suspension of demand for
aid for dependent children. Children
who formerly had to help a drinking
father make a living for the family
are now attending the public school,
and 1t has been found necessary to
employ eighteen additional teachers.
The secretary of the Associated
Charities of Kansas City has reported
that although the population of the
city is rapidly increasing the num-
Der of cases of restitution is decreas-
ing materially.
The lumbermen report that so
many new buildings are being erect
ed that it has been almost impossible
W supply bu0 ucIldHu.
The timekeeper of one of the large
packing houses reports, the commit
tee was told today, that the estab-
lishment can afford an increase of
wages because of the increased eff
cheney of the men.
Many other positive statements of
the nature of those given above were
made by the different speakers, who
submitted printed matter and data Of
all kinds to the committee in support
of their assertions.
Percentage Of Arrests.
A. e. Shoemaker, attorney for the
League, presented to the
committee for inclusion in the print
ed report of precincts in the city Of
Washington, the population of each,
the number of arrests in each and the
percentage of arrests to population.
In the first precinct, which con-
tains the disorderly section of the
city, with many saloons and speak
easies, he gave the population as
1895 and the number of arrests last