Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-03-17
P rohibition In Kansas
A Statement of the Result Following a
Few Years of Fairly Efficient
Law Enforcement.
aW Enforcement.
BY GOVERNOR w. R. STUBS.


Prohibition judged by stand or fall upon its
merits The people of Kansas very progressive positive and
immensely in their ideas and habits prohbory
had given better civilization higher type
womanhood would have been repealed increased
drunkenness crime and perjury saloon claim has
saoonkeepe would all be supporting the law fighting
for would increase their
First drunkenness reduced
point drunken city Topeka
inhabitants during the
not have recollection of having drunken home
city of Lawrence place of for years.
in making campaign through the and delivering public
dresses 90 counties do not recall seeing drunken during
the year.
Second. of ot.know
conviction for perjury growing of the pohibitory
Third that the pobto law is easily reed
as any other law the books
decreased the
influence temperance legislation At the time
fifty of j without prisoner under convic
ton Last forty of the los counties did send prisoner
to the pententay We have only convicted prisoner
s for 900 inhabitants almost unbelievable fact in Grim
n statistics And the attorney general estimates rs of
these prisoners Jail for violation of the prohboy OF
the convicts penntay only 143
singular that while only per
natives have figures from the warden at Joliet and
Chester Ill., which show that forty of their convcs
ves of Illinois We have powerful saloon Kansas
pull keeping the criminals they make out of the hands of the
law.
Fifth that the business of Kansas made remarkable
since the the saloon and adoption of
The records the bank comptroller
the federal treasury which have with years de-
Kansas banks have increased from
o0o and during the under rigid enforcement
the law bank deposits capita have increased from 500
Since complete Prohibition became effective 1909 bank deposits
have increased 81 100000.
Some years ago Garry the Associated
tiles of City home for dunkards wives During the
preceding the closing the joints this home full OVERLOOKING
Within about year after the joints closed there
been converted into school for girls
Sixth Prohibition has worked wonders in the private credit of the
Goces and butchers tell that who dead beats
under the drain of the saloons have become debtors of reliability and
standing bad rarity Garnshment have
practically disappeared from the courts.
that the charge of higher public on
practically bulletin issued by
department really wonderful revelation in favor of
Wichita So 2 capita Springfield Illinois, ST. 49, and in
Chicago The bulletin shows the of the police depart
eight cents capita Springfield 82o and at Chi
S64 From another authoritative get that the cost
othe police and militia only
nuay 81 in Illinois, twelve times heavier with
only four times much population
Eighth During the taxable property
annually aggregatng increase of 81
600 900 in ten years. years property taxed
per basis amounting to 1927 0oo The total tax
able property this year at ninety per vaua
Kansas today stands second among
Union capita The census will show
that it stands first in home owning citizens
Ninth wasting their time and their money tool
public sentiment with ref
erenc to auper Fseven of the los counties of
the state their farms Cook county alone in
Illinois with all its palata saloons and vibrating breweres has lit
than we have IN the entire state OF
The good state of Illinois has Just 100 per cent more pau
pers than Kansas according population.
Tenth Kansas more free from mental and ner
vo than the Union and that authntcat
scientific facts will that our temperance policy tor thirty
is largely responsible condition Kansas has fffour
counties without an IDIOT eghtseven counties without an
sends people the
hospitals at Dunnng Kansas has in all her charitable