The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-28
GOVERNOR Of KANSAS OENOUNCES
ISLANDER Of HIS STATE BY LIQUOR FOLK
Presents and Asks the American People Judge Kansas
Prohibition in the Light Of
Truth

his propaganda, when he carefully re-
I Trains from saying that the divorce
rate in the prohibition State of North
Dakota is only SIS: that In Arizona
oshen iieense) 1t was 100; in Arkan-
sas tthen license) 1856: In Colorado
tthen iicense) 1853: In Idaho tthen
license) 100; In Indiana. l&2; in Mon
tana. ie7: in Oregon tthen lcense)
1874; in Oklahoma tthen Heense} l2s;
in wyoming IFS; In Texas l3i; in
Washington then license) 1s4-when
he ignores these Significant facts and
continues his false figures there is no
reason why he should receive consid-
Grafton.
Ar. Cabell says that Is license States
have a rate of divorce to wives because
of husbands drunkenness lower than
the rate In Kansas. But he carefully
kicks sand over the important fact
that drunkenness Is not a cause for di-
vorce in Vermont. New York. New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Viz
ginia, North Carolina and Texas Even
then, what Is the sense in saying that
Is license States have a lower rate
Of divorce for drunkenness than Kan
sas? It simply makes obvious the fact
that 80 States have higher rate.
In regard to his divorce question.
something further should be said. Dr.
voree Is not co4.44v.. among foreign
born citizens or among the population
OF our great industrial centers. Some
women accept their daily beating an
com iainiugly. In States where the
population Is largely native American.
where women demand consideration
on the part OF their husbands, q rough
tongue flashing is very apt 10 result in
q divorce.
Prison.
/ II liz stated in this literature that
Kansas has a higher life prisoner rate
than u other states. But II omits
the important fact that there Is no
capital punishment in Kansas. Kan
sas nprisons Its murderers for life;
Illinois Furnishes them with death.
The thing IL so obvious as be ridicu-
lous
We suggest to Mr. Caheii and his
employers that they present to the
people of the United States these facts;
The prison rate in 1910 for the en-
tire United States was 1914: In Kan
sas II was I'll; In North Dakota,
another prohibition state. IL was ss. In
the same year the rate of commit
ments to prison In the United States
was $40 and in Kansas Ii WAS only
goo, while the average rate of the
license States In the West North Cen
trail Division. in which Kansas is To-
Gated was ass. The following table.
showing the rate OF commitments to
prison in the whole United States, In
the division of States In which Kansas
Is located. and in all the States OF that
division brings out the truth in start
ling fashion;
United States, 52o Minnesota, 4se.
Missouri. 4si: South Dakota, 27s: Kan
sas, 2Ho. West North Central average
Of license statesl. +s5: Iowa tthen IL
censel. ass; North Dakota, fs3, Ne
hraska, 4ss; Colorado tthen licenseD.
efa
I Delinquent Juveniles.
! In regard to the question OF Juvenile
delinquency. Mr. Caheil says that 10
States had lower rate than had Kan
sas The fact Is that some of these
States had no Juvenile delinquents at
all. because they had no such system.
Consequently. they show up much bet
ter than Kansas.
4 1t also affects the situation that some
States that have juvenile delinquency
systems have them in an undeveloped
state; some States have an extensive
parole system; some States spank the
children for offenses that put them In
charge In other States Why should
not Mr.. cabell say that North Dakota,
! a prohibition State, has the lowest
Juvenile delinquency rate In the West
Central Division OF States? Why should
he not say, for instance, that Ne
braska which he compares with Kan
sas, had percentage of discharge and
parole of 81 as compared with a per-
centage OF 80 in Kansas? These are
some of the things that II Is neces-
sary for Mr.. Cabell and the Wholesale
as a British grainship avoids the CLINT
OF a periscope.
Pauperiam.
We are told that IA States had n
lower pauper rate than Kansas, The
sentence Is not complete or 1t would
read. "and SO have "A higher pauper
rate than Kansas" Mr. Cabeli says
that Nebraska has only slightly
higher rate OF pauperism than Kansas,
Nebraska had poorhouses In only 81
out of 90 counties. and that Kansas
had poorhouses In ~ out OF l05 coun-
ties
! complete study OF the question OF
j pauperism furnishes one Of the most
amazing arguments for prohibition
For instance, II we take all the pro-
addition States and all the license
States tand they are both so well scat,
tered as to make a comparison fair).
we find that on the basis OF the GEN.
sus of 1910 the paupers in the United
States would number:
At rate for the continental United
States. SS.S19.
1 II the rate in the license States pre-
vailed throughout the country. los. sos.
II the rate In the prohibition States
prevailed through the country, 27.s0s.
! II the Kansas rate had prevailed
throughout the couatry. 22,s1s
f. The United States as whole, ac~
] cordInE to the nEures Of the CENSUS Of
1910. had q poorhouse commitment rate
Of Ss.3. The license States OF the Union
Had rata, Of 110, and the prOhibttion