The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-02-03

viii demonstrate.
When uo-liccnsc came into force
four years ago our population was
5,571; today 80 Is G.SS5. Nearly 200.
houses have been built in town this
year. Builders are still busy hay
ing foundations and work will be
pushed on straight through the win.
ter in spite of the hard frost and deep
snow.
Thirteen new stores have been
opened on our main street since no.
license came into force. and several
small stores are going up i'm the out
skirts. There is not one empty store
in town. Some of these stores are
converted hotels; some entirely new
buildings. one hotel under license
paid S1a0O per annum in rent; the
same property maze into stores and
rented under no-licensc, pays $2,3O0.
The assessed value of hotel property
affected by no-license has gone up
20 per cent. Building lots have in
creased from % to 100 per cent dur
ing the past year
Despite the fact that the crops In
this district were last year the poor
est in many years, Orillia's business
Is hrst-class. our customs revenue
and postal returns lead all towns of
like class in the province, and the Of
iicinls tell me that this years figures
viii beat every past record.
Orlllia killed by no-l.cense! | do
not know Of a town in Canada en-
ioNug greater prosperity or making
u more solid and healthy growth. The
municipality owns a power plant
which has cost In the neighborhood
Of 1926, 900, and is embarking on a
further expenditure OF 100000 for
it's enlargement; $4,000 of this
amount was voted this year and the
work is in progress. The demands
for light and power are SO great that
our plant has been taxed to It's ut
most capacity ann we have had to
strain every effort to keep up the
service.
As 10 hotel accommodation, while
we have fewer hotels, the accommo-
dation given the travelling public Is
better than 1t ever was under license.
Some of the hotels of former days
scarcely deserved the name.
thing to see drunken man on our
streets. Some come IN from outside
places, ana occasionally one sees the
effect of bottle-drinking, but the per-
ccntage is very small We have our
police force down To two men--one
day man ana one night man. The
chief also collects taxes and performs
great many other duties, The town
is sober, clean and law-abiding.
A striking fact is that for two years
we have had hundreds of foreign ma
vles engaged In the town and neigh
| Iborhood in railway constructions and
not one of the hundreds has appeared
I'm our police court for any cause
whatsoever Would this have been
true under license?
| our police magistrate was appoint
cd some Years ago Mt salary of 5000
Under the statute he Dis entitled 10
81. 900, but under no-license his du'
Ties have been so light that he says
he Is ashamed to ask for the increased
amount.
The dispensing of charity by the
municipality is now confined to cases
of sickness. OLD age or misfortune
| The neglect or husbands anu NHbo
earners 10 provide for their families
has almost entirely disappeared
could name "a number of men whC
under license were of little help u
their families o. TO the community
who are now useful citizens
Orlnia is fast becoming a mapulac
turing center, and every manufacture
I'm town has recently signed a state
ment fully endorsing and testfying L
the general good effect of no-license
The manager of a large industry Jus
locating here has publicly stated tina
lone of the Inducements this town OF
lfered was its reputation as the mode
drv town of Canada" all OF whicl
goes to prove that given fair chance
and decent enforcemenb no-lcens
should prove a blessing to any com
munity The Vindicator Of Jan ~
1912.
The famous French sculptor Rud
took especial pains to warn his pu
pills away from the saloons. lie al