The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-30
The SALIENT POINTS
rbf DIR. Edward Huntington viii,
iaas' Article ADpeariag UPen
the other Seven Columns
OF This PAGE.


isms' Article Appeariag Upon
the other Seven Columns
OF This Page.
- VERY MAN AND WOMAN who
r expect to take part In the
sfste-yxfde prohibiffoa con
sest next November should read DIR.
Williams article
To demonstrate whether the fore
going statement is absolutely pae,
Observe the following facts which
DDr. Williams sets forth:
ca While Mr.. COnger, the man
titiOns, has written an article in
favor of his petitions, he cited not
a solitary authority for anything
ca This is absolutely true. I'M
less one is willing TO accept Mr..
Conger'.' request 10 Write the gov
ernor of Kansas" If one doesn't
believe what Conger saysiN
~ go Writers of fiction like Will
liam 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 cite one solitary
authority for his statements.
ca On the other hand, DR.. VIII
liams makes no statement that he
doesn't back up by state OF govern
n Enent reports, or by bOth--and since
those statements are nied as au-
thsntic records, they are never dis
puted.
co. 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 lie deals with pauperism.
(cD He deals with crime.
I'd He deals with all In their
relation to the us of alcoholic
lfaaOrs.
portant declaration so often made
that "prohibtfiOn does not prohibit -
even in Kansas, where enormous
quantities of liquor are consumed
annually, according to government
DIR. Williams takes these matters
up In their order and demonstrates
that, as compared with Nebraska
which is a high license state, like
Washing ton-there Is a greater per-
centage OF every one 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
SURROUNDINGS states of Kansas, the
finals, in pauperssn. in insanity, and
comes very nearly consuming a.
much Iiaaer In the coures of N
miaths as does the state of Nebras-
of a "pfohibitory" law. Observe the
y following:
The government census report
shows that Nebraska decreased its
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 diffnffs
by pointing out that there are "a
eases of insanity an Kansas to the
10000 Inhabitants, as against no
And yet Nebraska controls and
policies and fines the handling OF
liquor in that state, while Kansas
prohibits by law the sale of all
liquors in it's state-and therefore
loses all revenues therefrom-
while liquor is being scfd.
When IL comes TO give the causes
of insanity and ascertain the num-
her who have been made insane
from alcohol-even there the record
p than In Nebraska-and vet the ORE.
tense is that Kansas uses nc
Dealing with Paresis as a peculiaI
form of alcoholic disease. DR.. Will
Hams demonstrates by the census
report that Kansas had so eases &c
each 1.000 eases of fa-astty, while
Sebrasixa had but 60, Iowa 80 and
Kansas again shows to afsad-
~ vantage when her penitentiary rec
ord Is compared with Nebraska.
Dr. Williams declares that Kan.
sas had % inmates In her peniten-
tiary for each 10000 Inhabitants
while Nebraska had but se-thui
concentrating the folloy of Will
lam Alien Whites ffcttons which ht
so glibly puts forth.
Another most essential point ts
be observed Is the fact that the
: warden's reports show that this
cause OF eriminality in Kansas was
the same old arch trouble-maker-
sisosos-that exists in other states
Indeed II per cent of all the case,
are attributable TO the use of alco-
hol-and yet Kansas is a "prohib-
ttOry stateiff'
DR.. Williams also points out that
offtetsf Documents show that aims
house pOpuIafi0n In Kansas Is n
per cent higher than in Nebraska.
eeie sans experts report thai
population In the alms-heases oi
Kansas in the same period that a
were confined to the alms-houses Of
Thus DR.. Williams demonstrated
from the record that Kansas has
more insane - more criminals and
more paupers per 100000 pepaIaffo
than Nehraska had. which Is a hIrl
license state, like Wassfnetsa.
Again DR. WaIIians. calls atten-
tlon the resa.res.e.t- OF the
WaSE# ffuror-snw, recently takinR
N<(f<-erf. ana resssrs.E r-ffrs.as and
.xpre@. companies 60 ne reports Of
sN tntssisans- 800 s.ss -.
NnrsSias TITS official report. ON.
Wnds thss Tepeka-Nhe capital OF
49, ou afS .is ne m6St h q Of 5s seq.
-, 1873, received more thar
FDOfB quarts Of liquor, of which
,,,o.4 se.eee quarts were rscefved IN
Tas-Ea has but ss.ees peopl-
cUta would be just hnff q Hatfen per
<r.rpufh for each mnn, ssomaas and
hosild--and vet Kansas Is the exam.
wr..Ie AZ what prohibition accom-
ttiishess when put unon the statuts
s"" tseeaase Of the feresotue IN.
.ssz II requested to exaHain'
rrith the utn.esf care this eompiia
tton from Dr. Edward Hussfssto.
tatliEasas. who speaks BY the care
- - fafzes his Statement from th'
esficiai repoft Of Kansas and tn
United staaes.