The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-26
City's Leading Men
Oppose Prohibition
A n address to the public was
. issued yesterday by lead

ing business men, bankers.
professional men and others, urg-
ing the electors of Salt Lake City
TO vote against prohibition at the
election to be held June 81. The
statement is entitled can Appeal
to Reason. " 1t gives in detailed
form the reasons why the sigma
tories believe prohibition would
be i'll advised, and sets forth con-
clusions drawn from the ex-
periences Of other states where
the liquor traffic has been pro-
hibited. The text Of the address
| follows:
TO the voters of Salt Lake City:
a prohibition wave, such as has
swept over many states and subsld
ed. is now breaking on The shores of
Utah
II will. on June -. be left TO the
voters of this, city to decide whether
the licensed liquor traffic shall be
| abolished here. regulated by law.
| In the interest OF law. order. busi-
ness. progress and morality. we. rep
rcsentative merchants, bankers, pro-
! fcssional men and business men gem
orally. make an appeal TO YOU to '-ote
against prohibition,
| We question no PERSONS motives:
our appeal is only to the reason of
| voters 10 vote for what is best In
the light of all tho evidence at hand.
Prohibition has been tried In many
| states, covering all sections OF the re-
public. with the result in every one
| that prohibition does not prohibit.
| Reformation does not come through
forced draft Rather the invariable
| results are Increased misdemcanors.
crimes and lawlcssness. an increase
| IN the use of intoXiCunts and a low
erng Of the characters Of thousands
of people.
We have the records. supplied by
cities. with i,5t7,25s inhabitants.
which cities extend from Maine south
| To Alabama. and west 10 Kansas.
which show that IN those cities last
| year there were l2i400 arrests Of
| which s.. $50 were arrests for drunk
cnncss and BITS arrests for Illegal
sales OF liquor
License and Regulation.
| We have also the records of forty
| cities containing 3.425.SIl inhabitants
which have licensed and regulated sa.
looms. They cover every section of
the country: Last year MS supplied
| by their chiefs OF police. there were
In them 1858 arrests, OF which
30 $50 were for drunkenness.
In the hrs, named cities the figures
| show one arrest for every thirteen
inhabitants. and one arrest for
drunkenness for every thirty inhab-
In the licensed cities the figures
| are respectively; Arrests for all
crimes. one for every twenty-tnree
| inhabitants: for drunkenness, one for
| every ciShty-three inhabitants.
In the dry towns more than 10 per
cent OF arrests Tor drunkenness in
| tie wet less than 80 per cent
| In the first eleven months Of pro-
! nibltlon In eight towns of Oklahoma
| there were 10 552 arrests. OF which
AIS were for drunkenness, In the
| second eleven months. these figures
had increased 10 1906 and Gi16. re-
| speCtlvely.
In 1910 IN Milwaukee. where there
| Is licensed liquor selling. out OF her
| rests for drunkenness: or one TO cv-
| cry 367 people.
| In Columbus. Ga. Augusta, Ca,
| Savannah Ca. Wilmington. \. c..
| Lewiston. Me. Bangor. Me, and
| Portland, Me. the arrests for drunk
! euness averaged one for every tweD-
ty~one inhabitants.
The Conditions in Maine.
Maine has been a prohibition state
| for many years. but has voted Tor
| This law goes Into effect In Scptcm-
| Der, 1911. The rcpor, of the state
enforcement commission shows that
/ in 1910 the commission instituted pro-