The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-11

WilliaM AIlen white Ii Satur-
DAY Evening Post.
BOARDED the WATER vleoIl''


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Os1s0 VVn : q MAaaOMt = 1oCo On
prnhskition Wheels
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Better Homes, schools and C1t1.
10nSh1p - q Result.
william Allen White Of Emporia this
week told the story Of the effective
Aght against liquor in Kansas in q two
page story in the Saturday Evening
Post under the caption, How Kansas
Boarded the Water Wagon"
For 80 years, White says, the state
has fought the battle for a permanent
place on the water wagon-and now
she has won. Instead OF the natioE's
per capita OF more than ~ for liquor.
the booze per capita cost In Kansas
IL $.M and the balance il spent for
better; homes, better schools and the
development OF a better citizenship.
Telling of the result of the 30 years
war against booze In Kansas, White
rays in part:
It will pay us, therefore, to look at
And naturally one must go at it back
ward to get the perspective on it. The
effects Of alcohol ON q person produce
q looeening Of the restraints which hold
him to conventions. A few drinks
make man talk more, sing more.
swear more, spend more, fiirt more
and generally deport himself ON a
moral plane rather lower than the av-
erage. He is a little crazy, a little lazy,
a little weak-willed, a little vicious. q
little prodieal. a little thriftless. 4 lit
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liquor. And il he is adequately stewed
as to his nerve cells and brain areas
most Of the time. there are wide areas
of his mind that act abnormaily more
or less of the time. So he loses his
Judgment. his money his good name.
his talents. his general poise and ball
ance.
And here. also a state IL like a man.
Given the excessive 1se of honor in n
state. and the state insane asvlum. All
IN. Thai state Is losing somethine Of
it, Fundamental sanity. The noorhonses
ali IN indicatinr q lack Of thrift. the
A lis become crowded. inf1fca tins NOR
Al decay. ana the CITIZEN. az tho .tafe
who arc q. cell. ~ ! h,,rnon hodv die
rather earlier ana oftaner 4h.r thev
should A hrfef survey ~ the Karsas
sit,,a fior aimee .ho ~. NOV, her lcnC
hor ~ fspht for state sohriatv seems )"
.how thot The eesects ~ 800 rt,,s ~
Co. +a+a 90 a~octiv 4hose 49, &C
aeon in = sohered man
There ia NOT a great difference in
nonnIa zion between Coolr conntv ri.
no;s and the stats of- Kansa. Vet tbere
80 49,. rI.i,a 80 trsana =, ~ go
cr,,vt,S o.vi,,,r rhar ~ ;,,s.n. ~.
crin,inals the hovs and 1;ris at the
lreTor,,,. +orv TIC fees,ie.,,,i,,dad and
49,. ,,-s.c,,sr. a. r.rs.. .eii. - 49,
itcnttar;os -s-
1ero is .no+tar c,,r,,,,. .,a ,,,,,v,,-
ID IT, ,."s fa,.,a. I'LL.
dars' fawer bo,,tc;Sies o,,5 rav,a. acc;-
d ~ ~ ~ saott tiss =, -. =,
this T. one ~ The iowest sra rates s :, the
wo.,d -. enA r...ss.s .ha -. ~.
.nr,,., H. A1 el'o1se Nv
! T,,a sf<.,+ - 49, -.... a..
N.sate go. -. s'Ao 7A1oOM, wn le
rr,riisr. &c s,,scadss III ,.dantns ~,
oh,,,s,,,. .saeS :. ~. -
i..s.a s.,'. =. ~ 49, . me "a
G,,re5 Ts..s s.;.s1 - t. - -.
r,n,,s st.+a. .t.c..r 49, 1.u s 70.
fswa, Saoths frc- 1-;a~oso s;... @s
+h"n 49, et,s.--tax ,cas
Of wh;.isx 70 Eidnau +ro,,h, t :. 81 ..,oii
Lrc.-n tTat iii. :. - 49,. = ~ =,
LII VI aa,,,4 .,s a aac. aone proves
Dn,,a,-,ho- Ethe.e - - S...s
1s,,a ,,,,r+,e- =, Tersas Tast,, : 49,
~ tho.a cc,,r+ia. Ala -,t .a,.d . e.
oner ~ tl,a nenitentiarv Ia ~ vaor nd
az counties did not send an insane ma :
tfent to the asvInm' In ~ Counties
no iurv has been called in fen wears
| to try q criminal case. Fiftv-three
counties have empty iaile. Thirty
eight counties have empty poorhouses
and the second lowest death rate in
America is the Kansas death rate of
seven and q half a thousand
Moreover, the bank deposits in KAN
sas have increased In ten years from
one hundred million to two hundred
| and twenty million dollars. And it
should be remembered that these bank
deposits are In the hands of the many
and not or the Few, Tor the financial