The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-10-16
THE SALIENT POINTS
Of DIR. Edward HustsnSseu Williams
Avtteie Appearing lyon the
Other stu Columns. OF
This raG~.

rvERY MAN AND WOMAN whs
n, expects 20 take part In the
Statewide prohfbtftea contest
next November should read Or. VIII
Hams article.
To demonstrate whether the fore
. going statement Il absolutely true.
observe the following facts which
! Ir. Williams sets forth.
Cd while Mr.. ConEer. the man
. who engineered the prohibition petit
} tions. has written an article In favor
) of his petitions. he cited not a soii-
! tary authority for anything which
he claims.
ca This Il absolutely true. unless
one Is willing TO accept Mr.. conger's
request TO Write the governor Of
Kansas 10 one doesn't believe what
\ Conger sayrl,'
t8 writer. of fiction like VIII
Ham Allen white OF Emporta Kan
sas. have composed most extravagant
things about what prohibition has
! done for that rtats--Rnd yet Mr..
White doesn't cite one solitary su-
shertty for bis statements
tp on the other hand. Dr. VII
1iams makes no statement that he
ds~snt back mp by state or govern
went reports. or by hoth-and since
} those statements are filed o..
; shensc records. they are never dis
; puted-
; tsl DIR. william. deals with every
y ospe~t Of the case which IL treated
! BY Mr.. white. For example.
. fs) He deals with insanity.
- CD He deals with psupertsm.
&c He deals with crime.
y td) lie deals with all In their re-
> lassoa to the use OF si~oAsss~ tta"evs-
: Finally, he deals with the aii-iss-
Dsrtant declaration so often made
! that f~proAisitioa does not prohie,t."
4 even In Kansas. where enormous
= quantities of liquor are consumed
!. annually. according 20 governmental
: DR.. Williams takes these matters
! up in their order and demonstrates
y that a. compared with Nebrssks-
> which is a high license state. like
= washfnzton--there Is a greater per-
; centage Of every one existing In the
Z state OF Kansas than exists In the
state OF Nebraska
DR.. Williams goes even furthsF.
: and says that. as compared with the
( Surrounding states of Kansas the
Z latter leads In the number Of erin
' tnal.. In psup~rissn- In Insanity, and
~ comes very nearly eonsuming
> nseh liquor In the course Of ~
> month as does the state of Nebraska.
. which has n controlling instead OF
y ''prohibitory" law. Observe the fol-
. lowing:
Inc government census r~psft
= shows that Nebraska decreased tts
= insanity cases three time more than
Kansas did between 1900 and 1910.
4 Read what he says In another coll
I umn upon this page.
He makes this statement definite
Z by pointing out that there are -
!. cases Of Insanity In Kansas 10 the
> 10000 Inhabitants. as against 10 In
: Nebraska
!. And yet Nebraska eontroT. and
; policies and fines the handling %
= liquor IN that state. while Kansas
= prohibits ny law the sale Of all
: ttQuors in it's stats--and therefore
: loses ali revenues fherefromr--w lille
liquor Is being sold.
When IL comes TO give the causes
OF Insanity and ascertain the number
who have been made insane from
aicohoi--cv~a there the record In ~
per cent greater I'm Kansas than In
Sebrasks-and yet the pref~nse IL
that Kansas uses mo liduor at all TT
Dealing with paresfs as peculiar
form Of alcoholic diseases. Or. VIII
Hams demonstrates by the census re-
port that Kansas had so eases TO
each 1000 cs.~. Of insanity, while
Nebraska had but 30, Iowa 30 and
South Dakota 20iii
Kansas again shows 10 dissdvsBt-
age when her penitentiary record IL
compared with Nebraska.
DIR. Williams declares that Kansas
for each 100, 900 Inhabitants while
Nebraska had but 3S-thus demon
strating the folly OF william Allen
Whites fietion- which he so Rlibiy
puts forth.
Another mos, essential point to be
observed Is the fact that the vsrdsn's
reports show that the csuse OF Grim
fnality In Kansas was the same old
arch trOuble-rn 49, alcohol -- that
exists in other states.
are attributable 70 the use of alcohol
and yet Kansas fl a "prohibitory
gtate"itf
DR.. Williams also points out that
official documents show that aims
hous~ population in Kansas r. 20 per
cent higher than IN Nebraska.
Uncle Sans experts report that
there are 80 persons per 100000 Of
population IN the nIms-hou@e. Of
Kansas In the same period that -
were confined 70 the aims -houses Of
. Thus DIR. williams demonstrates
from the record that Kansas has
, more fnsane-more criminals md
! more psupers per 100000 population
than Nebraska had. which is a high
license state, like Washington.
Again DIR. Williams calls attention
70 the requirements Of the Mahin
fquor law, recently taking effect.
and requiring railroads and express
1
. fcanfs shipped Into the state Of
! ksnsas-and this II done by counties.
|, Taking this official report. one
! finds that Topeks-the capital Of
Kansas and the shire town Of Shaw
B nee county-in the month OF sepfem-
; her, 1913. received moro than $4,000
, quarts Of liquor. Of which over DO
: 900 quarts were received In Topeka
alone
A. Topeka has but 1900 people.
IL LD fafa anr
month for each man. woman and
chiId-aud yet Knn-ns n the
. pie OF what prohibition accom-
piishes' when put upon the statute
books'.!
Because OF the foregoing the read
err II requested TO examine with the
? utmost care this compilation from
DIR. Edward Huntington wiIifs ms,
who speaks by the card, MS he takes
his statement from tho official re-
port OF Kansas and tho United
states.