The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-14
DECLARES MACK
IS MISINFORnED
Ogden Man Challenges State
ments OF Actor With Refer
enee to Prohibition.
QUOTES SOME FIGURES
TO SHOW CRIME IS DECREASING
~ ATLANTA.

II Tie salt Lake Herald
have just read the communicate Of
Willard Mack which aupsa-s in The Her
ald Of this date. in which re attempts
u Show that prohibition. wherever tried.
IS destructive u business interests He
seems 90 overlook the fact that TO-DAY.
after more thsu twenty-five years Of pro-
llttipn- Kansas i perhaps the most pros
brIols state iu the Union Some people
sleer ~ Kansas. bat the fact remains
That her people have more money IN the
u7sss today in proportion 70 the uOpu-
lalipi' ~ TIE state than have the people
o. almost alF other state in the Tnicu.
blt BIZ Mack tells Us that Atlanta.
Ia one The pride Of the south. IS nov
nql.aiessiF dead on account 81 the DO
lllluon iaE OF that state which went
into effect Jan. T. 111S
Further On Dos speaking OF the effects
n lrohiniiion on tie amount Of drunk
en1ezs. De SAYS
DO ycu imaeine that your police rec
ords viIl sloE that the drunk and dis
urdrrlT iist las diminished II YOU GO
Bon e5i b. saGiy disappointed. The only
clileFelie- you VII notice IS tilat instead
81 YOUR Officers arresti1E men under the
Influence Of liquor ir tie main streets.
lnfF HI have % drag them out Of alleys
and ig1rHa-s- and God knows where.
a5ia lis honor Hii face Just as many on
Monday morning.
This reference 20 Atlanta is very uufcr-
tiiuate for tl- defenders Of the liquor
cts Do show that the drunk and dIs0.-
derry list has diminish % uotWithstaud-
ing ths assertions Of the writer Of that
ticl@- Perhaps he imagined that no
one ir This state knows what the police
records OF tI-at city DO show on this ques-
ton. but I have before me letter from
Tire clerk o. that court under date Of
tae stH Of this month giving the off
ciai figures for tee year i.s7. the last year
under license Laws in Georgia. and also
for the year 1s-S- the first year under pro
ina r~aan- mo
a. 10 whether or not the nFGhibitorT law
h7d proved beneficial. le saws
= viii give you the record of 1873 and
lsl and you can draw your own con-
Ciusions.
Tie records given are as follows:
Total number of Adults tried .-.....-s =. ss5
Total number OF DRINKS tried -------- s-isJ
1gl8
Total number Of eases tried -.-.----l2, rs
fetal number Of DRINKS tried ------ -.5I7
These official figures most effectualiy
Tefute he claim of AIR. Macs. that prOhi-
biti0n does not diminish drunkenness ami
that CHS honor viii face just as many
fdrunlysi or Monday morning under pro
hibition as under license laws. They show
that prosecutions for drunkenness TN the
city of Atlanta has been reduced s. per
cent. and for all crimes nearly % per
cent during t,e first year Of prohibition
- prohibition viii accomplish trese re-
suits H. q single year, is it not worth
sriai2
But this letter also refutes the assertion
that Atlanta is ''hopeiessly dead" The
writer saws.
Business in Atlanta Is good and the
Vaiue Of property has increased since pro-
Hibition went into effect. The morals Of
the citYrars much better Streets where
there used to be so much lawlessness are
now quiet and there is more business
done c.tF that did more business dur
Ing the season Of panic in 1878 than when
prosperity was at high tide aud IN which
property values have increased. cannot
be very dead" Some people have very
peculiar ideas as t0 what 90 takes 10 make
a Give" CITY Respectfully
A. ". AGEE.
ogden. Utah Feb 13. 1sa.