The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-09-05
~ He IS WRONG, LIGHT WANTS
TO KNOW WHY
Reddick Fla, sept.S, 1919.


If the licensed saloons are good
thing for Marion county as whole.
let's vote wet, increase their num-
bers. If they are no good to the coun-
ty as a whole, let's vote them out.
Desiring to be fully, honestly and
thoroughly informed as to whether
the saloons in county or city are
a benefit or not to the whole public,
/ have impartially and honestly made
the following comparisons, taken
from the United States census reports
of 1910: the assessed valuations and
millage, the costs of the court, the
bank deposits of state banks from the
comptroller's reports, and the prison
information from the reports of the
commissioner of agriculture.
/ invite all to successfully and hon
estly prove that am in the wrong.
To everything have for publication
! attach my signature-Wets, please
do the same!
If the saloons in Marion county
have been an asset for the good of
the people as a whole, why is it that
Marion county-wet-has but four
state banks and one national bank,
while Alachua-dry-has nine or ten
state banks and one national bank?
And then the bank deposits are much
larger in Alachua county-dry-than
in Marion county-wet-accor to
population.
Here is a comparison of the popula-
ton of wet and dry cities, taken from
the United States census reports of
1900 and 1910:
Ocala-wet. Increase of $50, or
about 20 per cent
Lake City-dry. Increase of 1919,
or about 25 per cent.
Gainesville-dry. Increase of 2259,
or about 20 per cent.
Tallahassee-dry Increase OF
2O37, or about rs per cent.
Dunnellon-wet. Increase Of 527,
or about 40 per cent.
Eustis-dry. Increase of 499, or
about 125 per cent.
Fernandina-wet. Increase of 237,
or about 1 per cent.
Lake City-dry. Increase of 1919,
or about % per cent.
Gainesville-dry. Increase of 225O,
or about 20 per cent.
Tallahassee-dry. Increase OF
2O37, or about 70 per cent.
st. Augustine-wet. Increase OF
1922, or about 80 per cent.
DeLand-dry. Increase of 1928, or
about 95 per cent.
} Daytona-dry. Increase of 1892, or
about so per cent.
New Smyrna-dry. Increase of
74O, or about 100 per cent.
This shows that every dry city OF
like class has increased faster in pop
ulation than the wet cities of the
same class.
/ have not taken Jacksonville, Tam
pa, E6nSdCOlds GlC.S UCSduoO bhCAC 0A~
no dry cities to compare with them.
Please tell me why every wet city
or town above named has failed to in
crease in population as fast as the dry
cities and towns of like class?
Is it or is it not a fact that many
good people will live in dry locality
n fn Mo a
looms within its borders?
If so many people prefer to settle
in dry territory, why vote wet?
Here is a comparison of assessed
valuation, taken from the comptrol-
ler's reports of 1902 and 1911:
Marion-wet. Increase of S1,476,-
900, or about 40 per cent.
Alachua-dry. Increase of $2,430,-
900. or about 60 per cent.
Lake-dry. Increase of $1,023,000,
or about so per cent.
Levy-dry. Increase of $3,519,O0O,
or about 80 per cent.
Nassau-wet. Increase of 100000,
or about SS per cent.
st. Johns-wet. Increase of ST.
100000, or about So per cent.
Orange-dry. Increase of $3,110,-
900, or about 50 per cent.
volusia-dry. Increase of $685.
600. or about 80 per cent.
City and Town Property
Marion-wet. Gain, s335,000, or
about so per cent.
Nassau-wet. Loss, $4,000, or
about per cent.
st. Johns-wet. Gain, $1S6,000, or
about Is per cent.
Alachua-dry. Gain, $745,000, or
about 50 per cent.
Leon-dry. Gain, 100000, or about
so per cent.
Volusia-dry Gain, $1,6S6,000, or