The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-15
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,v,ae OPEN ana wi.hou, ais,urbsne. by The

w,:'c open and wi,hou, disturbanc. by the
can aansder .he sac, ~ md no; be t eon
v!rced that Statewide prohibition Increases
rather in"n di'ninishes the consumption OF
second: The States OF Main. and Kaasa.
ab!o history under Statewide prohibition.
Mainc has had prohibition sixty Years Dur
ing r,n boa, =; p9'g g4" 81 Ia: In
ls19 20 ~. 90 IN 1910 a. the p-.sidcn, of Ia.
''ptohib.;!on in Maine produced political
wars. tn"es much Of tho time on the courts
sherins and deputies tofn.nis annually
bitter con;Fovers!es, and seriously affects all
MAINE THE LAUGHING
sroCk OF NEW ENGLAND
The state OF Maine has MADE Itself on
laughlngs,ock a: New England. ana :nuch
,ner i. crafts. ono OF me Leading prohibition
- OF ihe ,couniry. reports In recen; Issue
was. In ITSELF. sufficient to keep European
IN feccn, speeeh ,nais sy aTor e' Fts
sersia. OF bo;;on; before an asrieul;ural
ve.oped than any state In Sew England:
state during The last twenty-five years be-
cause OF prohibition. Mayor Fitzgerald
Il have been witness Inyseif to IN. NUM-
be- OF her harrooms open Ia most places
without a. collar .: revenue going the
state. i. therefore. urge Maine 10 give
serious attention % the question OF good
roed. IN zane aud homes, settlement; o. the
The. State OF Maine. while maintaining it-
now adopted n system Of having It's local
Officers ,un on me question OF enforcement
RI. i;nv..nor Of ,h
OF tho sixteen counties IN Maine. TIE shcf!rs
%Sfs e9iHf ih d.y iniTs VII IN ssyGn
"hIch tn" larger cities ar" located. ia,
;orc-inent platform and tho towns o! Maine
AZ" As vide oren any towns IN the coun-
Ky me divorce rate L. three tiInes as nigh
~ Maine a. IN Pennsylvania. The juvenile
delinquency rate IL equally high. and ;he
u tho general b-,,erInen; OF the conditions
o; - people, and surely no person would
poin; 70 Maine as other than a horrible
IN kansas the soil Is probably the riches,
IN the Union. and Kansas IS often pointed
billion VIII do Yet. upon Investigation, /,
I'LL, H be K t9Ind 'h@S G na5 fw9 or 'hres eogn
tio' area, from which ;he figures quoted are
tiven; ihat kan5a' In fourteen years has
;hat Kansas divorce rate per 1853 Is over
;w!ee high AZ Ne; Pennsylvania; that in
Kansas - pc! cent o: the population IS afili-
ated with any church. IN Pennsylvania Al
per cent; ;hat ;he Money In bank in Kansas
per capita Is. according to recent report
% the Comptroller OF Currency. SOD In
Pennsylvania. SOS; that the savings accoun,-
II Kansas run ~ per capita IN Pennsylvania.
s3i per capita: that Even II We gran; that
al IA" Inhabitants Of Kansas are IN insane
asyiums who should he there. the rate IS
abnormally high. 1870 persons In Tho State
being now 20 confined; that the birth rate
IS low In Kansas and decreasing. and infant
mortality rate high and increasing: that no
very considerable cities have been built In
the state; no very considerable indus
tries ~ enterprises. other than ag:cul-
tural. have originated or eve!oped there.
and except for the astounding fertility OF the
soil and the ecccntr!c!t!cs 81 many o. It's
Inhabitants. Kansas has not particularly dts
tnsG!shc' !tse!: amongst IN. sistcrhooi @:
states. y recent interview OF James l..
House: a student o: prohibition. IL o! inter
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