The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-10-29
SALOON AND PROSPERITY
Convincing Figures From Wet
and Dry States.
LABOR VS.. LIQUOR TRAFFIC
An Appeal to the Good Judg-
ment of the Voters.

Every public spirited citizen is
interested 10 the general prosperity
Ut the country, and 10 particular Of
his own town, or community. A
fair index OF the prosperity OF any
community is the number OF families
that own their own homes.
Statistics compiled by the census
bureau inOl90O, aud published by the
Anti-Saloon League show conclusive
ly that those states which were ''dry"
or mostly dry at that time, had a
much larger percent Of families who
owned their OWE homes than did the
s'wet" states.
In New Jersey (wet) there were
4O6, ,993 homes; l38,O55 families
owned their own homes, or 33 percent
Of the whole number. Maryland |
(wer had 239. .s73 homes. The nun.
ber Of families owning their own
homes was 80, ,702, Or 81 per cent.
Nebraska (weD had 2l7,99O homes.
The number of families owning their
own homes was l2O,705. or IS per
cent. Delaware (wet) had 80. O07
homes, 1854 families owned their
own homes, or "a per cent of the
whole number Of homes. In Iowa
(mostly dry there were 478,7iO
homes, and the number Of families
owning their homes was 2S2, 100, or
SO per cent. Maine dry had l6l,-
5S8 homes. The number Of families
owning their own homes was l02, 537,
or SO per cent Vermont dry had
| 80, $50 homes. The number OF fami-
lies owning their own homes was
H.75l, or 50 per cent.
The conditions that existed IN
North and South Dakota were almost
Identical. South Dakota was wet
although some Of its best towns had
no saloons. North Dakota was dry.
There were 80. 200 homes in South
Dakota. The number of families
owning their own homes was 81, 1856
or SO per cent In North Dakota
there were 66, $50 homes. The num-
ber owned by families was 40, 1853. or
"A per cent, a showing Of 5 per cent
in favor OF dry North Dakota over
partly wet South Dakota.
The improved condition OF labor
under 40 saloon rule is an indication
of prosperity. which should satisfy
any unpreJudiced MUD.
} The great labor organizations Of
, the country are convinced that the
lIQuor traffic is labor's greatest enemy.
quote an extract from the ''Literaiy
) Digest. which was taken from The
J Union Labor Advocate" Of Chicago.
1t says:
1.-THE remarkable impetus received
by the prohibition movement In tht
: past two years has brought out man,
problems. One of these is the atti-
tude of labor organizations. Invit-
ing every individual who labors t.
\ jon in uplifting toll and diminishing
The amount OF human misery, organ
n ized labor draws into its ranks mel
who are engaged in the liquor tratfi
in various ways. These are NATURAL
8 alarmed at the prospect that thei
II occupation may be taken from then
T, and they be forced into the ranks o
Al the unemployed. In the hope q
b stemming the tide some have Ell
10 deavored to array organized laDo
v against the prohibition movement
re So far, however, they have had littl
,e success. The liquor question ha
g. many angles. There is the argumen
'. that law is brought into contemE
I'd whenever it ihterferes with tn
o. liberty of a citizen, but the defnitio
al Of liberty is not easily agreed upor
ed There Is the lamentable fact that
I'D percentage of the people would
killed by the speedy and thorour
u withdrawal of stinulants whie
tn alone keep them alive. But agaih
he these is the record OF long years
.er suffering of liquor victims and the
Of families, who are powerless to pr
le, vent or cure the disease-for 1t Is
To very serious disease that drags do"
morally as wei. as physically. Whe