The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-08-02

(Signed DAVID o. MCKAY"
ogden, April 15, 1910
"To the Mayor OF Lincoln, Nebras-
kn-Denr Sir: | understand that for
some time there have been no H.
censed saloons in your city, and OBJ
serve that at a local option election
held on Tuesday of this week, the
majority voted in favor of continuing
the policy OF no saloons. am anxious
to learn something of the effects of
this policy, and Will dean II great
favor II you will write me answering.
as fully as you may In a letter. the
following questions
a Have the authorities of the
city experienced serious difficulty in
enforcing the laws or ordinances
against the sale OF Intoxicating
liquors In the city; and, If so, from
what cause or causes has this diff
Guilty arisen?
40 Has the consumption OF intoXi-
cants and drunkenness increased or
decreased under the no license re-
gime?
"3. Have crimes and criminal
prosecutions Increased or decreased
since saSons have been abolished,
md to what cxtent'
"a. Have taxes for the ordinary OK
penses of the city government IN
creased or decreased under the no IL
ccnse system. and to what extent2
"5. What effect has the abolishing
Of licensed saloons had on the morals
and welfare of the people OF the city?
SC What has been the effect on
the business and property values of
the city?
81. What has been the attitude of
faculties, teachers md students in the
State university and In other institu-
tlons OF higher learning IN the city on
the question OF licensing saloons2
IS What has been the attitude OF
business men generally, other than
those engaged, in some way. in the
liquor traffic.
II am anxious TO secure this inform
alton at an early date. and trust that
7 am not asking too much of you.
Very respectfully yours.
(SignedD "A. w. AGEE"
"a. w. Agee, Ogen. Utah. Dea-
SRI have just received your let
ter OF the 18th inst Tho city of Lin
COIN ElOSSu llo oeAiOoho ph NhN '@N
dav of May, 1909 We have therefore
been dry just about one year The
matter was submitted to the people
on May Ath, 1909, and the dry ma
jority was 3I6 il was re-submitted
on April 18th of this year and went
dry by a majority OF 936. ! Will ans
wer your questions in the order In
which you asked them.
First We hace not had any seFi-
ous difficulty In enforcing the law
against the sale of liquor in this city.
My experience of this year has con-
v.nced me that the unlawful sale OF
LIQUOR cannot exist in any place for
eny length OF time without the
knowledge of the police, and that
ii the officers who control the police
wish TO enforce the law II Is no more
difficult to enforce than laws against
any other ordinary crimes My OBJ
servation has been that where there
seems TO be difficulty in enforcing
tine prohibitory law IL arises from the
fact that the officers do not wish TO
enforce It
Second. The consumption OF in
toxicants here has decreased very mG-
terially. There Is probably not moro
than 10 per cent OF the liquor con
sumed here now rs compared witG
former years In this connection
wish To say that the unlawful sale OF
liquor I'm drug stores. roomlng houses
and dives Is very much less under
prohibition than under the license Sys-
tenn We have never had year In
which these places gave us so little
trouble as this year. People who
claim that prohibition cannot he en-
forced, point TO Illegal sales in drug
stores and such places, assuming that
when we have licensed saloons liquor
is not sold In such places, but this
assumption is not true. When there
are saloons there is more liquor sold
In authorized places than when there
are no saloons,
Third. Crimes and criminal prose
cutlons have decreased | am unable
TO give the exact figures,
Fourth. Taxes have been in
creased in the exact amount OF the
license money which we formerly col.
,ected from the saloons OF this city,
which amounted in the last year TO
something over $4,000. This went
into the school fund. Therefore. taxes
Tor city purposes have been un-
changed.
Fifth The morals and general
welfare OF the people have been bet
tered In a marked degree. This is
especially true among the laboring
classes. There was scarcely an en-
ployer of labor In the city at this last
election who was not In favor of the
dry policy, because OF the marked
Improvement among the laboring
men.
Sixth. Our business men. almost
without exception, report the best
%ear's business they have ever had.