Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-07-17
AGAINST
Hy LOUIS HEINRICH,
~ csideEt Brewers association OF
tho Northwest.
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INITIATIVE MEASURE NO. 3.
Statewide frOhibitiUn-Answ =
Facts, Not Theory.

The statewide prohibition commi;
tee OF Washington, in it's official ar
gument in behalf of initiative meac
re No. 3, gives what purports to e
statistics concerning conditions IL
prohibition Kansas. These alleged sta
tistics are taken from speeches made
by Gov. Hodges and Attorney Genera
Dawson, of Kansas, leaders and ca...
paigners in the cause of prohibition
The figures quoted are not taken
from any recognized authority and do
not state the facts.
They will be taken up in this an
swer in the order in which they arc
set forth in the argument for the bill
The true value of all the wealth, by
states per capita, in 1904, the lates
report available, is found on page a.
of the Special Report of the Directo'
of Census on Wealth, Debt and Taxa
ton. Kansas is there credited with
$1,468. Washington had $1,806 "a
the same time. In Kansas only $40
per capita was exempt from taxes.
while the Washington exemptions to-
tailed SIP per capita. The true value
of all property in Missouri was ST.
lat per capita. with per capita ex-
emptions of $40.
COmptrOller's Report.
The report of the comptroller OF
the currency up to June A, 1913, the
latest from the government presses.
page 40, shows total bank deposits in
Kansas per capita of $1OO.12, with
$4.12 per capita in savings banks. o.,
the same day Missouri had total de
posits per capita of $137.43, with
$3.50 in savings; Washington $780,
80 total deposits and $37.62 savings.
Kansas, with 100000 persons.
government estimate. had 1881 au-
tomobiles on June 80, or one for each
44.9 persons. Washington, with L.
100000 persons on the same day, had
36,405 automobiles, or one for each
37.4 persons.
There is no way to tell how much
Kansas spends per capita for liquor
as the bootleggers do not keep books,
but Kansas people do ship in liquor.
which is registered under the law
and the reports filed with the county
clerks show total registered indi-
vidual shipments of 100000 quar- :
of liquor in 1913, mostly whiskey.
Insanity in Kansas has more than
doubled during twenty years of proh;-
bition. In 1890 Kansas had 1874 in
sane persons for each 100000 Of its
population. In 1910 it had increased
to 1922 (see page rs of the statis-
teal abstract of the United States for
1922, and on June l, 1914, the num-
Der was 2O2.4.--( Report Kansas state
board of control.)
The facts are that in 1913 Kansas
had 1883 inmates in it's county jails.
-(Reports of county sheriffs, 1879
In June, 1914, Kansas had S92 PEN
itentiary inmates and Washington
6e6. Kansas had 3S5 reformatory In
mates and Washington 1872. Kansas
had 3,427 insane and Washington o.
719. Kansas had AS Juvenile delin-
quents and Washington 30S.-{ Gig
ures taken from reports of the state
board of control, Kansas, and state
board Of control, Washington
AlmshOuse Statistics.
According to a table on page % of
the statistical abstract of the United
States for 1912 paupers per 100000
in almhouses on January l, 1910.
were Kansas, 43.5; Alabama. SAT;
Florida, 27.5; Louisiana, 11.S; Min
nesota, 33.1; Idaho, 29S; South Da-
kota, PAS, and Wyoming 10.
Kansas is not in the registration
area, hence the death rate is an un-
known quantity. The death rate of
Missouri is 13.1. instead of II, and
Washington is So, the lowest in the
Union.
Nebraska, Colorado, Washington,
Oregon and California all exceed Kan
sas in per capita expenditures for edu-
cational purposes. Kansas per capita
is $3.50: Washington, S49.36: Ne