Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-30

It's per capita in Illinois are $40; in
Michigan $40 and in Missouri less than
$40. The deposits per capita in Kan
sas are $104. Is it mere coincidence
that poor old prohibition Kansas has
organized more banks than any other
state in the union, with prohibition
Nebraska second and prohibition
Maine third? Is 1t coincident that
the liquor states come next, graduated
from the one with the least saloons on
down?
81 see by government reports that
Kansas consumed 100000 barrels of
liquor during 1906. 1t startled me-
until looked a little farther and
found that rich old Illinois had con-
sumed 100000 barrels during the
same period.
Booze and Bankruptcy.
"The time has come for the bust
ness men to realize that booze aud
bankruptcy go hand in hand. When
great issue like this is before the
people, the man who sneaks out and
refuses to face it is an undesirable
citizen. In some states there are
| hypocrites in the churches. | am as
Stunning that this is not so in Iowa
There are enough Christians alone
here to carry this election If there
were no hypocrites among them.
"a hypocrite is the most despised
man on earth. He is despised by God,
man and devil. He is despised by God
because he'll pray loud and long for
prohibition and then go and vote for
saloons; he is despised by the devil
because while he serves the devil he's
too big a coward to come out in the
open and acknowledge 1t.
sYou're going to support the sa-
looms for revenue! If you do you are
as responsible for the resulting crimes
as the man. behind the bar. You are
saloon keeper; you are a partner to
the business.
Sell Votes for 81.
sI understand that the revenue to
| this city from the saloons Is about 81
per capita. So you are willing to sell
your votes for that! It's pretty cheap.
Out in Kansas colored mans vote
brings So. | know widows down in
Kansas City who are no longer bend
ing over wash tubs because their sons
are not spending all their time and
money in the saloons. Yet you bust
ness men, for 81 piece will vote for
! saloons. How much ought city to
get for making the widows toll over
steaming suds? One man out of every
i five must sacrifice boy to the sa-
looms. Hadn't he better go and lay
his own son on the altar and save his
neighbor's boy? How much ought q
city to get for the young men given
i every year to the saloons?
i after the saloons closed in Kansas
CITY we had to hire eighteen extra
school teachers We voted 100000
for school engagements and additions
II Six hundred boys and girls, between
the ages of twelve and sixteen entered
the schools. Where from? From the
4 families where they no longer had tc
help support family impoverished be
cause the father drank. How muc1
ought we to pay to send those coo
boys and girls back to the sweat
shops? What Is it worth to the city
Carrie Nation built home for
drunkards' wives In Kansas City. Now
that home is empty and has beer
turned over to the school board and
young ladies' school is there. What
is it worth to the city, to fill it with
drunkards' wives again?
Are Renting Pens.
eve have so few criminals in Kan
/ sas that we have been renting oul
nenitentiaries to Oklahoma. Now Ok
lahoma has gone dry and we must
seek out Illinois or some other whisky
| state if we want to use our pens. Yor
say you can't enforce the law? You
say the town will be filed with boot
4 leggers? Iowa has the same laws as
Kansas. Kansas City has population
of 101 900, and the suburbs bring thai
up to 100000. 1t ranks seventh on the
dist of manufacturing cities Of Amer