The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-11
BLISSFUL KANSAS CITY. no
IRIS WET iND ~ PERIOR Ia
hINSiS CITI, nan.
The Idea BeInE mat the Missouri par,
Gets the Bar Trade Of the Mama,
Part. which Then Goes Turbulrr'r,
IIOme % bother Its Own PoIIrcutr,.

Col &. D. Moss 81 Kansas cav ".
who until year ago was on tn t..,.
in Jackson county. told ye~t"rdav SONS.
reasons why his town il 80 difer-rr from.
the town of the same name which BIZ. I'D,
the other side Of State Line str,-t
In Kansas city. Mo they have all H..
conyeniences and advantages ~ an DID,.
to date metropolis according 10 Col Mos.
and in Kansas City. Kan. they haven
enough money To keep mp a decent r,ollo..
force and al adequate fire department, or
to clean the strcets properly or even T.,
pave them.
Its largely a qIIestioC - Cor-Irr.
tion. said Cot Moss at the Nolcpir -p..
haps Il would he NOR" exact to Sav Cha.
IT il a QUESTION 81 having a supply for ...
demand demand arises m Mans.
City. Kan. There il no local supply P.
meet that demand. The citizen with.
whom that demand arises simply shake
on the mud Of his home town. walks f.v
steps down the street and then en'"rs
land Of peac" and plenty. wher" prohtr..
tion does not corrupt and where -
ton u deserves.
goods IL shipped from Kansas CITY. No
20 Kansas City. Kan. which does NJ
come under the eyes of the Kansas state
officials. though its effects may ana n,
presence be detected. Cargoe- leave %
street nj almost every hour e n" dav
hut a great deal IL sent across after nigh
fall. when navigation il easy on ac,uun'
Of the many lights along the cour~"
There Is one block m Kansas city VI.
that used To- be known a. the W.'tr.'
block in the world There wen. four.
teen houses on each side and that block
contained twentv-oighi saloons H-
Gently the trafic on the sidewalks hecar'
so congested that ia. authorities had rr
cut down IA" number IN tw"iy" OF fiftc,u
but u - still cungcstNd
But what ! intended to point ont -
that Kansas city. Mo, contains NOR"
than 6D -alo on- and from each uf
them IL gets "A good sum for "A liCcn~.
Kansas City. han. has no Silnpns. -. f
loses all the money n might deriv" n, u
LICENSES. ne citizens spend "Cru-- f."
border rsle money they might spend Il
home. and n they tdk' too much they 20
home with II and make trouble for their
own policemen.
The rey"nu.. derived from the al. ~
liquor LICENSES IN Kansas city. Mo, -
divided. on.-third going To the school
fund and the rect 20 the roads m Jack
Son county. This 3 ives Ne t@25 49, 70
wear 10 spend on roads IN the county ,
greater sum. ! imagine, that any Other
county IN TN. country II aile ~ deyH's
to that purpose A. a result JaDA-.u
county has ejO miles - road that are finer
than any 10 be found IN England amt
b..= da- they are dustless because they
are kept sprinklsd With oil We ar" ADJ"
- buIld every wear twenty to twenty five
m lies - new road. and To- keep m" I'D
ones IN apple pie order
In Missouri We are getting i''."
sCaTv over the talk about putting pruhlnI.
ton into IN" State COnstItut ION. ana Iu
Kansas City. Mo We don't want ~. 10.
cause We have an object lesson AZ our
doors We remember too what hap
pensd over therp when they first got pru-
hibtiun For -nme time the 2SO - lonn-
that Kansas CITY. Kan. used Ia contain
kept open. and the formula was Tor their
proDrtetors To IL. hailed to court every
morning and fined SIS.
This gave the town n lot NJ money 20
spend on policemen and hremen and so 90.
but five or six years ago they started 90
timing not only the proprietor Of th" plaC.
but the owner 81 the building ant ~"
brewery that had sold beer 20 tte place
and fixed IL so that the fines paid u wort
mostly "a the prosecuting attorneys g.
make them jealous Ia closing up saloons
Owners were fined from $50 "a t2On ant
there was fine rakeoh for LAWYER.
clerks sheriff and prosecuting ATTORNEYS
The result was 20 leave Kansas city. Kan.
IN the state IN which u H. today