La Junta tribune., 1914-01-24
Fact. You Ought To Ksow.

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Vehicles for land transportation. .S5S
Lumber and its manufacturers. .720
Leather and Its finished product. $50
Iron and s,ell and their products .4s6
Paper and printing %3s
Liquor .....t....... .104
Relation OF liquor to crime In Ey-
ans, Colo.
From January i. 1907. to January
/. 1908, there were fourteen convic-
lions Of felony in the district court
of Weld county directly traceabie 10
the saloons In Evans.
From April /. 1908. when the sa
looms were voted out, to April !
1912. when the saloons came back.
there was only one conviction OF fel-
ony In the district court of Weld
county from the town OF Evans.
Since the return of the saloons In
April. 1912. the old record OF crime
n being exceeded.
GRAND JUNCTION
During the last year of saloons
tis0s1 there were 325 arrests for
drunkenness and all the drunkards
were not arrested.
During the year 1912 there were
seventy one arrests for drunkenness
During the last year OF saloons
there were ,iNty-three criminal cases
tried at the last term OF the district
court in that year.
During the present term OF the dis
trict court there was one criminal
I case tried
KANSAS
. when Kansas became prohibition
Ia 1883 there we're ss7 prisoners in
/ her state penitenuary.
T In 1904 after Il years of prohibi-
. tion she had ZOO prisoners in the pen
itentiary. a reduction OF 2s7, altho
her population had more than doubl-
ed during these years.
During these same years seventeen
out OF her lO5 counties flagrantly
violated the prohibition law These
seyenty-fiyc per cent Of all the erin
iuals ia the penitentiary and three
fIfth OF all 'he boys Ia the reform
school
This last fan Kansas had siNty-fiye
counties without a prisoner In their
county goals.
IN eighty-sey.n Of her los couu-
ties there are no insane. In nfty-
four OF this number there are no fee
BILE minded Ninety-siS counties
have no inebriates. aud In the other
nine they are a. scarce as hen
teeth. Thirty-eirht county poor
/ houses are a. empty as last years
locust she'll. and most OF these have
been 30 for the best par, of decade.
The pauper population OF the. Nate
falls q little short of 500. That Is
one pauper for each 5000 Of the
Kind making a living and a good on.
the kind that nov own ts2 .ooo,-
Gee worth OF liv. stock and IN Tn.
last twelve months have added more
than $4,000. .ooo To their taxable
personal property
The saloon advocates In Colorado
are claiming that the saloons ar. a
business asset To the state.
According to the Internal Revenue
reports Missouri spent last year on
liquor the sum of sst"o per capita.
The state OF Kansas spent si..s
per capita.
The assessed valuation OF property
IN Missouri las, year sas $500 p~s
capita, In Kansas It vas tl.7so p-r
capita.
The bank deposits In Missouri las,
Year were t.o per capita. In Kan.
sas they we're tiis per capita
The first year after IN. closing Of
the saloons. gambling house, aud
broth-ls In Kansas City. Kansas. Mr.
Broka~. on. of IN. leading bspk.,,
OF that city. cam. ou, In hi, oxp
signed statement and said that the
deposits In his bank had inrrra .-d
during that year by mor- than f.
million dollar. These d.posits ere
made In the savings d.partu,.n,
largely by the working people OF The
city.
It Is always claimed by the saloon
advocates tina, Just a. much liquor or
even more l. sold In dry territor, a,
In wet Did II ever occur To yoH. Mr..
Voter that n that were true that IN,
great liquor dealers Of this rouUtrv
would b" In favor OF prohibition Al,
over our country All they r.
abou, l. tn. sal. of liquor H.csp :.
IL not tru" l. tn. reason why tb,.v
ar" fighting ro hard To keen Coi,r..
Ia In. Ia.