Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-08-21
Marvellous prosperity of Kansas.

l am going TO assume that you know
of the marvellous prosperity of Kansas.
You must have heard of its wonderful
march in material progress. Uncle Sam
is impartial in the compilation Of his
statistics, and the net result is that at
various times in the last 90 years Kansas
has ranked first in CORN first in wheat,
frst in both Wheat and corn both in bush
els and dollars. Sometimes Illinois or Iowa
wrests from her the first place in corn,
but in wheat, kaffir, milo maize and al
falfa the Suntlower State is far in the
lead, The Kansas hen, the Kansas hog,
the Kansas horse, the beef steer and his
sister are all in a class by themselves
with these there is none to compare.
Our bank deposits lay all others into the
shade. More of our working people own
their own homes than any other working
people on earth.
There are thousands of young men and
women in Kansas, yea, tens of thousands
of them, married, living in their own
homes with children about their door
steps, who have never seen saloon.
That our progress and our unequalled
prosperity have been wrought largely by
prohibition no man can deny, 1t is APP
parent and self-evident, 1t cannot be
duplicated elsewhere where liquor selling
is permitted. Prohibition has developed
side by side with our farms, our shops,
our banks, our factories, our packing
houses, our mines and mills and ware
houses and railroads. 1t is rooted down
to bedrock with our homes, our schools,
and colleges and churches and institu'
tiOns of charity and correction.
These are in a deficient and partial
degree some of the results of what pro
hibition has done for Kansas. And to
those who think that prohibition is a
bad thing, you must admit that prohi'
bition has not prevented this marvellous
development, this universal and uniform
prosperity, this prevalent, widespread
and largest measure Of happiness enjoyed
by any like number Of people the wide
world roundca Prohibition has not pre-
vented or Murdered anything under the
sun which can in any way contribute to
the sum total of human happiness.
Prohibition as Compared with
High License,
l have been asked to discuss the rela
tive value of prohibition and high license
as means of abrogating the evils OF
the liquor traffic. There is no relative
value. High license is'not a means Of
abolishing the evils Of Intoxicating
liquor. The only solution of the liquor
problem is its total suppression. Higl
license Is first of AN confession thai
the liquor business is bad business Il
b bad business. And . tax upon bat
business, a cruel, vicious and wicked
business, means that the state says t
the rumseller, "YoS are Oorrupting tn
morals Of my people, you are uhderrnin
ing the manhood Of my young men, yOV
are robbing the cheeks of my young wo
men of their bloom, you are poisoning
the blood Of my babes, you are wreekini
my homes, filing my jails and furnish
ing a spawn for the brpthel, You are a
the back Of al the villanies of the age
and are tuningHy people into drunksrd'
lunatios, and suicides, and you make
very large amount of money out Of thu
Infamous business and shall requir
ysu to stand and deliver 10 me a yer,
considerable portion Of this dirty none,
Which you are making in this villainOu
fashionl" High licensed The money Q
blood and tearsI Such money is q
surSsdI It does the state ne good, VIA
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