The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-18
MORE FALSE STATEMENTS BY THE
JOURNAL
JOG RNAI4

U The Relieto Herald Of this week has allowed
The Rev. George W. Mcdaniel os this city. To
i reproduce in ts columns the false statistics. 50
! called, disseminated by he agents 81 The Anti
saloon league through The Etehmond VIZ
rinian, the virginia Issue ard other publications
rurporfiug 10 Si10w the cost q tho tlq1or trafhe
In Virgin OF course the article ly Rev. Dr.
Mcdaniel was written tefore The Journal had
forced the organ Cf the Arti-~1luon League to
sronfess that the figures we're not from the re-
spors Of the auditor of public accounts which
II does this morning In connection with It's pub
Y T.ration * q letter from Ar. Moore, asserting
that he was rot authority for the widest figures
xpsesentea and credited 10 hIm,~-Rithmond Even
Mig Journal
This statement is false, II has no foundation
ID fact There ts not stirred OF truth TO support
III. It is, therefore, Characteristic of the Rich
unond Ereninp Journal
/. .The false statistics" The Anti-Saloon
League has not disseminated through The Fir-
sinian, the Virginia Issue, any Other publiea
1ston, any false statistics The Anu-Saloon League
hrs published printed statement giving figures
rom the auditors report showing the cost Of
Insanity paupertsm and crime TO Virginia in
s1sis In that statement were two ESTIMATES
~ the States investments IN penitentiary and
hospitals The statement called attention to
these ESTIMATES. The statement said that
these were ESTIMATES The statement said
Auditor Moore, who had pronounced them very
conservative" Auditor Moore, in a letter printed
III The Vsrgsnian ON Wednesday, said that lie
sShen and now" considered these ESTIMATES
avery conservative" Mr.. Moore has never been
nnoted as authority for any other statistics. No
others have been presented or credited TO him.
N the statement of the Anh+saloon League
Snerta,n PERCENTAGES of crime were used.
These PERCENTAGES are correct They are
used by courts, economists, and soeioiogsts
throughout the world. They were not credited
Is Auditor Moore The TTgtniaH, the Virginia
Iss1e and the Anti-saloon League have never
shown these PERCENTAGES To Auditor Moore
for his Confirmation. They have never been pub
Iished by any of these interests as having been
confirmed by Auditor Moore.
q "The Journal had forced the organ Of the
] Artisaioon League TO confess that the figures
were not from the report of the auditor of pub
He accounts which It does THIS morning" This
statement is false. The journal knew IT was
false when it was written. The Viroantdn stated
yesterday morning and tbs morning previous that
nc PERCENTAGES used in the statement were
not from the auditors report The statement
docs not credit the PERCENTAGES TO the
auditors report IL credits 10 the auditors re-
mort the figures taken from that report 1t credits
Is Auditor Moore the statement that two EST
asATEsused N the report were pronounced by
him to be 'very conservative"
:. "A letter from Auditor Moore, asserting that
be was not authority for the widest figures pre-
sented and credited to him" Mr. Noores letter
dld not assert such thing. 1t did not say these
PERCENTAGE figures had been presented and
credited to him" by The FirgfHtan. They have
been presented and credited 10 him only by the
Richmond Epening Journal.