The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-27

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It has brought un4fs&& sDrnGperity and
= nsr. ss e1 sp0. Ous oI wnat once was
has brought health and happiness to
countless thousands and given Kansas
ne IIn,a lowest death rate & any state IN the
for Intoxicating liquors. In Kansas against
rs per capita for the same purpose in
to ps S'er t ssate ,t e ssour We are abe
homes, schools. churches and keen In
our big state schools almost twice as
our population. and our schools have made
impossible the return Of the brewery to
this state. Colorado. with half our popu-
ian has al approximateiy eight hundred
saloon. Kansas, with twice Colorado's
population, has but eight hundred m
mates in its penitentiary. Kansas has no
The president of the State Bankers
association. e. E. Mpllaney Of Hill City.
Kan. on October l made the following
statement:
AS resident of Kansas for more than
thirty years and banker for tWo-thirds
of that time. I wish to say that regard
prohibition as the best business asset
Kansas has. Cities and counties where
this law has been best enforced longest
are the most prosperous. Prosperity and
development have come simultaneous
with prohibition. This is evidenced by
are us and our assessed property vAlua-
ton is nearly $4,000 compared with an
average of $1.o00 with the United States.
We also offer in evidence our empty jails
and poor houses
George H. Knox of Garden City, pres
ident of the state retailers association.
on October 6. over his signature as
president of the state retailers asso-
citation, says:
From my viewpoint as a retailer the
saloon is positive detriment to an lines
of business. Money spent for booze Is
to the local merchant for the support Of
the family, and when 1t goes to the sa-
loon there is absolutely nothing left to
saloon evil; our people are happy and
prosperous, generally own their own
homes. pay their bills. educate their chill
trip. The success Of the prohibitory law
proved in Kansas beyond a doubt and
find retail merchant in favor Of the
open saloon in Kansas.
Voice of Business Men.
E. E. Frizell, president Of the state
organisation of @comn1efcial clubs .sof
Kansas. on October 6. 1914. made the
following statement:
Kansas is essentially q farm homo
state. Our greatest assets are our home
builders. have dealt in Kansas land for
thirty years. know thousands of home
.
CHEZ because prohibition has banished
the saloon, which is the greatest enemy
of the home. The absence of the saloon
in Kansas has added real value to every
acre of Kansas land. and know because
/ deal in land. that prohibition is one OF
the substantial commercial advantages OF
our state. -a.
Now here we have the entire supreme
court and the governor. who are In
politics, and the official heads OF every
business organization in Kansas de-
claring that the law is enforced: that
its enforcement has made a better
state. And wish to add at the end the
statement Of the president of the Kan
sas Medical society, DIR. w. F. Sawhill:
1 have practiced over thirty years in a
city of several Thousand in farming
note the workings OF the prohibitory law
in Kansas. During that time / have seen
! the amount Of drunkepness diminished Is
per cent absolutely: and diseases that we
liquor have dirninished greatly. In my
earli = days practice 7hefe l would see
young men front the c6uhtfy drunk every
Saturday night I hate not seen one for
several years and my opportunity is the
same. There Is but one conclusion for
any honest man who has lived in Kansas
as have to make, and that IL that pro-
hibition has done more, for the people OF
the state morally. financially and physl-
cal1y than any other one agency.
Now, then, who shall be believed
man who fakes headlines and garbles
a business in which only the makers OF
criminals and breakers Of homes and
! robbers of the poor are benefited. or all
/ these men, heads of the great business
activities Of Kansas. who have lived for
thirty wears under prohibition in Kan