The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-06

pIemented by all she could coax ont
OF staunton. Taxes have not in
crcased
! The gentleman is hotel man and
says that the largest hotel in the
( CITY had to close. This was n hote'
rec nfly built and was run for a shoIT
time under the wet regime when III"
lsssee failed and gave it. up before
the city went dry. II was then leased
by the gentleman who wrote the
famous paper that We are now dis.
cnssing and a little later he bought
another hotel Just across the street;
neither OF these hotels had ever made
money for the owners and he closed
the leased hotel and is now running
his own house. No hotel that has
had a barroom connected with IL has
made any money in stanton during
the past forty years, hut the gentle
man has a competitor now making
money running q hotel that had
sWamped every man who tried 10 run
Il with a barroom. Hotels in Staun-
ton With barroom attachments have,
without a single exception. beers fl
nslcial graveyardS fog those who tried
t. run them
The disgusted people in stanton
includes tho liquor sellers who were
driven out Of business the jailer who
does not have prisoners 10 make II
profitable to hold the position. and u
few people who refuse 10 believe that
success In business can come except
through the door Of the saloon. The
houses OF the good people Of stanton
are not flled with the miserable liquor
thar is shipped from Harrisonburg.
and il is a mistake to suppose that
meI. drink more liquor when they
have to send away for It II this were
true the salooHkeeper would try 10
get as far as possible from his custo.
mers.
Tho declaration that all over the
prohibition South can he seen "a
sickening sight ofg drunkards OF the
worst order is not borne out by the
testimony Of the governors. Judges
ana other high officials of these States,
bat they declare to the contrary.
Another ipse dixit: III seems that
the financial world Is controlled by
the conviction that II State that pro-
vidcs statutory prohibition is com
posed Of 4 people a majority of whom
are narrow minded and fanatical and
therefore apt To- enact laws inimical
Ia the hest interests Of investors.
This means, ! suppose, that capt
talists viii not invest money in pro-
motion States. Let AS e. to the
record: In the ten year period ending
Jus i. 1910. in the dry South the
aggregate capital Of the national
banks increased i04 per cent against
s. Ter cent for the whole country and
lass than ) per cent. FOR all other
sections outside of the South The
aggregate resources OF the national
banks in the dry South increased i4s
per cent. against rs per cent. for
tn whole country and iess than "a
per cent. for all sections other than
the South. individuai deposits show
ed the same remarkable gains. These
are omcial figures given out by the
United states government. the most
accurate Of all statistics.
The Construction News shows the
following building statistics for last
November: In Milwaukee. IA beer CEN
ter. falling off of 90 per cent. /;
Rochester, another beer center, a fall
ing on of 81 per cent; Louisville the
whisky paradise. a loss of II per
cent. -. Louis, q loss of 10 per cent.
Rirmiug CHAM. dry, gain of "a per
Get &c, Atlanta, dry. a gain of 81 per
cert: Mobile. dry. an Increase OF sc
per cent, No falling off in single
dry southern town for which stats
tics are given. All statistics show that
the dry South is the most fiourishing
section Of the whole country.
The attack on the supreme court
be 'Ause 1t refuses to do the bidding
81 the liquor interests is worthy OF
attention and is in Keeping with
liquors attitude toward all law. The
court and the law that does not recog-
nize the supremacy Of the saloon mus;
he put down.
stanton is all right, business /.
good the people arc sober and con.
/ tented A visit to the railroad station
Will convince the most skepticaI
stanton liz no Longer bugbear tc
IN" conductors of the local trains
! Iht crowds leaving the station are
large, orderly and sober