The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-23

the four classes he named. with re-
gard to the percentage Of prisoners,
paupers, the insane, and the indus
tries.
In two of the States in which
Statewide prohibition recently became
the law, Georgia and Tennessee, he
named the cities of Savannah. ATTAIN
ia and Macon, and Nashville. Chatta-
nooga and Memnhis. respectively as
being cities In which there were, for
g. time fragrant violation of the Law.
But in spite of these violations he
showed that the number of prisoners
In these two States was smaller than
in States having open saloons
Kansas Unique Record.
Kansas" he said presents the
unparalleled record Of having in two
thirds of its counties not a prisoner
In jail for crime, and some or the
counties have not called a jury for
the trial of criminal case for ten
years.
Figures presented as to the num-
Der of prisoners TO the hundred thou
sand population show that In prohi-
bifion States there are ninety-hVe
prisoners for each 1o0,000 population
In States that have been dry for ten
years or more there are eighty-four to
the 100000; in nearly dry States. 1l5
per 100000: partly licensed .1ls. and
licensed. 1870 The State Of Virginia,
he showed has 100 prisoners out OF
each 100, 900 population.
AS to paupers, Mr.. Cherrington
showed, there are for-ty-six to the
100000 in the nine prohibition States;
ffty-four TO the 100, 900 in the seven
teen nearly Prohibition States; % to
the 1000 in the Thirteen partly
licensed States, and 12T to the 1000
In the licensed States.
As to insanity, the proportion TO
the 100, 900 was shown. In prohi-
bition States, 11e: near prohibition.
$50; partly licensed, 242: licensed. 2T5.
Virginia has 176 paupers per 10000
population.
Claims ms Manufacturers.
Mr.. Cherrington turned to the claims
Of the brewing and distilling industries
and presented a few figures to show 1t
Is not the great friend to labor that
they claim the industry to be.
The percentage of all the expense OF
manufacturing except that OF raw ma
tertaf is shown in all industries to be
Sd. While Sd per cent Is tho average.
the percentage ranges in the car build
ing industry from SIS per cent. down TO
as low as Is per cent in some of the
smaller Industries.
The per cent of the expense OF man
ufacture of malt liquors gong 70 laoor
IL 20: patent medicines. Is, and dis
titled liquors. but per cent.
The average paid for raw materials
in all industries is ss per cent In the
case OF malt liquors II Is 80 per cent
and In that OF distilled. IS per cert.
The average miscellaneous expense
for all Industries is 81 per cent; malt
liquora, 50. and distilled liquor, -
The Gibraltar OF the liquor traffic IN
this country, the speaker said. is In the
few large cities. In the tifteen South
ern states there are s.5ee saloons. Ia
Chicago alone there are 7.2oS.
Native Torn Folk Dry.
Gre half OF all the people living uu-
der licenses are In tho four States
New York. New Jersey, Pennsylvania
and Illinois: ons-fourth are in SIX
elites. and one half OF all the saloons
In the United States are In fourteen
cities, Mr. Cherrington said.
He next cited figures TO show that in
the license territory the bulk of the
population IL foreign born. mississippi
has less than i per cent Of its popula-
ton foreign born. The foreign born
population of these wet cities is: New
\ ork. rs per cent: Chicago. IA; Boston,
rs; san Francisco. es.
Mr. Cherrington reviewed tho fight
for prohibition, and predicted that ma
tional prohibition will soon free the
United States of the saloon evil.