New-York tribune., 1909-03-27
rs SPROHIBITION RIGHT"
DEBATED IN MILWAUKEE.
Nc Decision IN Contest Betzceer
.HGgor Rose and DIR. Dickie.

Milwaukee March 6-The hrst Of series Of de-
bates was held tonight on the question. he
solved. Tha, prohioition. applied u the manu-
"a cture and sale OF intoxicating beverages, Is
right Mayor David : zFlose u Milwaukee took
the negative. and Dr. SAMUEL Dickie. president OF
A3tion College Albien- 1lich- spoke for the pre-
hihitionists Il vas the first OF three debates the
second 10 be held al Chicago and me tnlfd al
scne cts 20 the South
Mayor Rosa ~ q. recent Louisville convention
challenged the Prohibition party 10 produce It's
best speaker 10 meet him on the question dehateo
1o-nicht and Dr.. Dicke vas the accredited repre-
sentative cf the Prohlbitionists against Mayor
Rose who Is generally known an advocate Of
sane regulation % the saloon There was no
decision.
Dr. Dickie said, ia part.
The prohibron Of he liquor tFsf52 is light ri i
saloon IS The foe If capital but PieeIlnently zen ne
nery Il lah9r II paGSyzss Je am Nm % from -T n7aT
lucrative csIIings decreases his power as pToduc-
- s5sss5 sT,5 igsr IaIore1s who compete
a.ssslroGsly w.ta sol1r ana ncusLT3ous %4rkiel, "a n
few men in proportion 10 the capital invested as
Tie lqaor business breeds criminals The testi-
rnouy Cf prison chapsins. OF wardens, sherf1s and
Judges Of the criminal courts warrants me asse
or indirectly uaceable 10 the use Of intoxicating
He great majority Of retail liquor sellers are
features Of the Wisconsin statutes TO selling on
Sunday and legal holidays are openly, shame
Pi5hildtion is right because it has been found to
Be the most efficient method Of restraint
In arguing that prohibition is wrong. Mayor Rose
treated tire subject from three points-the Biblical.
the ethical and the material. He showed that
while the evil existed when the Ten Command
nents were written attempt was made to in
5ect prohibition in the DecaIogue. and he cilal-
lengeG any one TO find one word in the Bible sd-
vocatiuE the theories Of prohititionists-
Treating the subjec, from the ethical side he
took the census figures Of the government and
records % cities and states to prove that p-ohibi-
rior increased crime. insanity. deaths domestic in
felicity. pauperisn and stagnated business He
took the criminal records Of Milwaukee a wide
open town. and showed that the arrests per capita
fewer than in lie prohibition states OF Maine,
Kansas and Georgia He showed that more
drunkenness existed in Maine than in Wisconsin
He quoted census figures 70 show that more in
sanity existed in prohibition states than in neigh
boring wet" states. and that the death rates in
Maine and Kansas were higher than III the wet
states adjoining
Much was said about thousands Of drunkards
diving every wear. he said. but he quoted census
figures 10 show that persons died from
w-hoop5ng cough and measles than from alcoholism.
Alcoholism caused the deaths OF Ga persons in
eve-y l056a while digestive diseases caused 25l.3
deaths in every 10000
The AIavor s,oted figures to show that there were
more divorces in Kansas and Maine than in Wis
coosin that prohibition states also had more pau
pefs.
lie showed mat me Eallk ueEGSltS OF uFN states
were smaller than in liquor states. and said that
prohibition had been failure wherever tried, be
cause il was impossible 10 correct the ills and
weaknesses Of human by laws IN the South
theory had failed, and liquor vas TO lie had
there not only bv whites, but by blacks, and
marked increase ;n the drug habit noticeable
q Na1ion-vde prohibition. he said. would mean a
loss rf s2l5.g30a Of revenue year TO the govern
uleut. would seriously affect the farmer and the
ahor-r Of the country because the brewers ami
az fff frt4 -F.Tffg
Of gram year Prohibition would paralyze bust
ness cripple railroads and hurt every walk Of life.