The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-14
BUSINESS BETTER
WITH SALOONS
WIPED OUT
Residents and Records Of Jackson
Testify To the Citys Increased
Prosperity and Higher Moral Tone
Under Local Option.
Similar Sentiment Comes From Eaton
County, Hillsdale, Allegan and
Other DRY" Territory.


After trying local option In
jackson for twenty months, we
. are able to say that In our opIn-
TON u does not hurt business nor
diminish rents. Business condl-
lions have never been better In
jackson, and, although upwards
q eighty saloons were put out OF
business, there are practically no
vacant stores. The law has been
bmperfectiy enforced, yet condl-
tIous In general are much better
than they weno under. the license
kvsteA
uhe foregoing statement has been
signed and sent out by the following
leading citizens OF Jackson, Mich,
where local option has been In vogue
for the part two years: Lyman B.
TrumbulI, attorney; Thos. r. Bark
worth, attorney: T. s. Langford, ply.
sician: d. s. Fleming, broker; Chas.
M. Spinning. banker: Harry Holton,
manufacturer: George +. Austin, man
tifacturer: A. 8. Glasgow, dry goods;
M. w. HOFFMAN, druggist; Wesley
Seara register OF deeds; B. 8. Mosher,
grocer: Phillips q Glaspie, meat mar.
ket; Frank Mclean q Co., hardware
merchant.
Bank statements are also furnished
to bear out the statement OF the busi-
ness men. IL Is shown that the total
deposits in the 10 chartered banks In
Jackson county on Sept. %. 1908, when
saloons were open, were $6,161 ,164,
while on Sept. 1, 1910, after local OPP
ton had been In force for more than
o year, the total deposits amounted to
S7,48S,774, an Increase OF 1897 $40.
Bank statements from st. Joseph
county, also dry" show more de-
posits under local option than during
21.2 years of "dry' law. The author
tiles Of the county also report that
the moral and business conditions OF
the county were never better than
under local option.
In Allegan Too.
The following statements speak for
themselves:
1--WE, the undersigned, business and
professional men, Of the city OF Ale
gan, Mich, after having local option
in our county for over year and
half, believe that the result has been
beneficial TO the interests Of business
and the morals Of the county:
/ Ezra Bracket, o. w. Bliss, ID. l..
lTripenthal, Lee q. Dugard, Geo. j.
Phillips, J. w. Phillips. M. v. b. Nc
Alpine, A J. Colburn, VIM. q. Rowe,
Fred McOmber, s.. G. Brady, VIM.
Dannessburg, Stratton Bros. & Co., II.
d. Pritchard, II. T.. vanpell, III. 4. Ell
lott. K. J. Olmstead, A. K. Calkins, 0.
J. Armstrovy, G. A.. Fuller, Clare Z.
Hoffman, J. M. Mabbs, NJ. D., F. H.
Green, e. J.. Green, p. 4. Wright, l. c.
Montague, Malcolm Smith, M. d., Hen
ry Cook, e. ID. Frost, e. ID. Osmun, nj.
d., NJ. p. Grice, A. v. Brashear, q. ID.
Gordon, w. III. Warner, Jr., ]. w.
vicers, pastor M. e. church, M. ID.
Owens, Edury C. Reid, Fred e. Tan
ner, Geo. B. Harght, 8. p. Huasan. G.
II. Warner, Z. ID. Barn. b. b. Sutphin,
F. H. Williams, X. Bulthuis, w. II.
Bills, M. d., DR.. J. II. Van Ness, +. F.
Chichester, Frank Andrews, Artus w.
Sherwood, w. w. Miller, w. Clare
Fear, Carlton Jenner, K. M. Ruse, f.
G. Jenner, Arnola Killian, VIM. W..
Warner, G. r. Wilkes, Fairfield & Kol-
wood, A. s. Robinson, NJ. d., J. w.
Sooy, M. D., II. II. Cook, Scribe Baher,
mfr. furniture, v. w. Fener.
HiiisdaIe In Line.
1--WE, the undersigned, business and
professional men of the city of Hills
dale, believe that the effect OF the To-
cal option law under which We have
been living for a year and hall,
has been good In every way:
E. A. Dibble, wholesale grocer; G.
E. Singer, furniture and carpets; o.
w. Ferris, dry goods; w. III. Frank
hauser, attorney-at-law; f. A. Lyon,
attorney-at-law; Perry Brothers, cloth
ing; 8. J. Gier, supt. Of schools; r. G.
Thatcher, bookseller; b. l.. Dillon,
grocer; r. II. Roethlisberger, banker;
Chas. Hayes, dye works; Paul w.
Chase, prosecuting attorney; Guy M.
Chester, circuit Judge; Hayes & Min
er Co., furniture and crockery; e. A
Ruckman, shoe dealer; A. L. Guern-
sey, mayor, Hillsdale city; G. M.
Barre, president Hillsdale Screen Co.;
F.w. Stroat, president First National
Bank; Walter III. Sawyer, regent OF
the University of Michigan.
Writing TO III. III. Rood, OF the De-
troit branch Of the Michigan Anti-Sa-
loon league, Roy Wolfe, local option
worker in Cheboygan county, now
wet" tells Of hearing business man
and q saloonkeeper talking about COM
mericial conditions. Both agreed that
trade was bad, the saloonkeeper say
ing he had not taken In $40 over his
bar In three days, but that he was not
worrying, because he "had bunch or
lumberjacks working for him up in
the woods, and they would be down In
n month and blow In their winters
earnings"
Mr.. Wolfe says the campaign In
Cheboygan county is fast promoting
dry" sentiment, and predicts that
the county will support local option
in the spring election.
Eaton County Situation.
IT. II. Van Auken, president Of the
Commercial club. Of Charlotte, Mich.
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