The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-19
THE SALIENT POINTS
Of DIR. Edward HunainstOa VIII
tanss' Article Appearing Upon
the other seven G0aumas
cd This Page.

Jams Article APpearing DpOa
tke Other Seven Columns
ef This Page.
- VERY MAN AND WOMAN who
r expect to take part In the
Statewide prOhibitioa con-
test next November should read DR..
To demonstrate whether the fore
going statement Is absolutely true,
Observe the following facts which
DIR. Williams sets forth:
Cd While Mr.. Conger, the man
who engineered the prohibition pc
dtiOns. has written an article in
favor of his petitions, he cited not
a solitary authority for anything
which he claims.
CD This is absolutely true, un-
loss one is willing TO accept Mr..
Conger's request to Write the gov
ernor of Kansas" IL one doesn't
believe what Conger saysiN
CD Writers of ncttOa like Will
Ham Allen White of Emporia, Kan
sas, have composed most extrava-
giant things about what prohibition
has done for that state-and yet
Mr. White doesn't elite one solitary
authority for his statements.
ca On the other hand, DIT. Will
iiams makes no statement that he
aoesn't back mp by state or govern
ment reports, or by bOth-and since
those statements are filed au-
thentfe records, they are never dis
puted.
t5) DIR. williams deals with ev-
cry aspect of the case which is
treated by Mr.. White. For exam
pie;
(a) He deals with Insanity.
OBJ He deals with pauperism.
(c) He deals with crime.
(d) He deals with all in their
relation TO the us of alcoholic
Finally. he deals with the sII-Isa-
portnuf declaration so often made
~ ~ IA
even In Kansas. where enormous
quantities. of liquor are consumed
annually, according to government
al reports.
DIR. williams takes these matters
up i'm their order and demonstrates
That, compared with Nebraska
which is a high license state, like
Washington-there is a greater per-
oentae e OF every enc existing in the
state Of Kansas than exists in the
state of Nebraska.
DIR. Williams goes even further.
and says that, as compared with the
surrounding states Of Kansas, the
latter leads in the number of GRIM
fsals, in paupcrEsm. in insanity, and
comes very nearly consuming as
much tiquer in the coures of AZ
pinths as does the state of Nebras-
ka, which has a controIIing instead
of "prOhfbitory" law. Observe the
following:
The government census report
shows that Nebraska decreased it's
insanity cases three times more
than Kansas did between 1900 and
1910. Read what he says in another
column upon this page.
He makes this statement dfffnfte
by pointing out that there are rs
eases of Insanity I'm Kansas to the
100000 inhabitants as against no
And yet Nebraska controls and
policies and fines the handling of
liquor In that state, while Kansas
h.
liquors I'm its state-and therefore
loses all revenues therefrom-
while liquor is being sold.
When II comes to give the causes
of insanity and ascertain the num-
her who have been made insane
from alcohol-even there the record
Is - per cent greater In Kansas
than in Nebrasl<n-and yet the pre-
tense is that Kansas uses mo
liquor at al1il!
Dealing with paresis as a peculiar
form of alcoholic disease, DIR. Will
Hams demonstrates by the census
report that Kansas had 50 eases to
each 1000 eases of insanity, while
Nebraska had but 80, Iowa 80 and
South Dakota 20li!
Kansas again shows to disad-
Vantage when her penitentiary rec
ord is compared with Nebraska.
Dr. Williams declares that Kan
sas had ~ ia%"t .eo IN IN her peniten-
while Nebraska had but ag-thus
demonstrating the folloy of VIII
lam Alien Whites fictEons which he
SO glibly puts forth.
Another most essential point to
be observed is the fact that the
warden's reports show that the
cause Of criminality in Kansas was
the same old arch trouble-maker-
aleoboI-that exists i'm other states
Indeed ~ per cent OF all the cnses
are attributable to the use OF alec
hol-and yet Kansas is a "prohib-
FHnN t.
Or. Williams also points out that
official documents show that aims
house population in Kansas is 70
per cent higher than in Nebraska.
Uncle SANS experts report that
there are b3 persons per 100 600 of
population In the alms-houses of
Kansas in the same period that "a
were confined to the alms-houses of
Thus DIR. Williams demonstrates
from the record that Kansas has
more insane mere criminals and
smore paupers per 100000 population
than Nebraska had. which is q hinh
AeeRse state. like washington.
Again DR.. williams calls atten-
tion to the requirements of the
effect, and reaulriaE raiIro.a- and
express companies to ME reports of
all fnaoxicanss shfpped fnto the
state of E<ansas--and this Is done
Tskine this official report. one
finds that Topeka--the capital OF
Kansas and the shire town OF Shaw
nke connty-in the month of Sep
f~mber. 1918. received more than
$4,000 auarts Of liquor. of which
over Da,oO0 quarts were received I'm
Toprkn alone.
A. Topeka has but $500 people.
this would be Just haff q gallon per
nnonth for each man. womam ana
ehfId--and yet Kansas l. the exam
ale OF what prohibition accom-
biishes" when put u~on the statute
bepksffs
reedeF Il requested TO examine
With the ufmost care this coppfla-
fion from Dr. Eawmrd Hunffmwton
Wfinsn.s, who speaks BY the card,
e he takes his etztement from TIE
official report Of ksnsa. and the
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