Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-09-11
A KANSAS MANS VIEW.
Tells of Beneficial Operation OF Pro
hihitive Liquor Law in His State.

Geo. s. Linscott. who has lived In
Kansas 80 years and is visiting rela-
tives in Pennington, said in reply TO
inquiries concerning prohibition IN
Kansas: Eyes, we have q prohibitory
law in our state and good one, and
IL is as well enforced as the laws
against stealing and murder. In Kan
sas the manufacture or sale or giving
away of Intoxicating liquor for any
and all purposes is prohibited. The
possession of liquor in any place other
than a residence is prilna facie evil
dence of violation of the law. Any one
has a perfect right to drink all the
liduor he wants--his personal liberty
is not interfered Without he must re-
spect the personal liberty of others.
He must not give the poison to the
boys and girls growing up and the
men and women living in that COM
munity. Where liquor is shipped into
Kansas c. O. u. and a draft with bill
Of lading drawn against 1t, the party
making the collection, whether a bank,
CYPRESS agent or individual, is deemed
guilty of making sale and is liaoie
for the penalty. The owner of the
building where liquor is kept or sold
lis liable for the fine.
For many years the law was not
enforced. especially in the cities along
the border of the state next to states
where local option and high license
was the law In those cities of our
state a system Of monthly fines was
| in vogue under some suhterfuge or
other. Near the old Soldiers Home
were many Joints (baek-door saloons
drug stores. etc.l and pension days
imany old veterans were drugged and
robbed and some were killed
BAT public sentiment grew against
The liquor traffic and In favor of en-
forcement of the prohlbitory law.
When the American people demand a
certain thing they generally get 1t;
and in Kansas public sentiment favors
prohibition Of the liquor traffic and the
| law is enforced pretty we'll throughout
the entire state.
kansas City. Kansas. across the
river from Kansas City Mo-, is our
largest city and employs thousands of
men in it's factories and six large
packing houses-Armours Cudahys,
lSwifts, etc-and it DID have many
saloons operating under the fine sys-
tenn. One good day the attorney gen.
i
lloons, joints, dives and liquor selling
drug stores-padlocked the doors of
all he could find under the order of
l. the court. 1t was then that the liquor
Interests took pictures of vacant bust
ness houses in that city which they
are exhibiting and which they claim
shows how prohibition drives business
away. And l want to say right here
| - haU
that kind of business driven away.
was in that city few months later
and with one or two exceptions all
those buildings were occupied by le-
climate businesses. The city now has
a great many more people and about
half the number of policemen, and Is
improving right along-building more
schoolhouses, paving more streets ana
buying automobile fire engines, to say
nothing of new business houses ana
new residences. The money which for
nerly went to the liquor interests now
goes to the grocer the butcher ana the
merchant, and good deal goes to real
estate men and the lumbermen' Tor the
lIaboring man who formerly on return
from the saloon after pay day some
times did not have enough left To pay
| the rent, now IS DuSlhS AO'i'e anu
paving for it. l know you VIII agree
! that the home owner is the best citi-
zen.
! ..severa! years ago Carrie Nation-she
of Ratchet fame established a home
for drunkards wives in Kansas City
Kansas Last winter the trustees OF
, that home asked the court for permits
sion 70 sell the home because there had
been no occupant for many months
and were no drunkards' wives In the
city and they wanted to dispose of
TIE property and use the proceeds