The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-14

distilling center and a wet town. but
a,ae increase In prohibition sentiment
is decidedly perceptiole. A leading
Peoria distiller said recently that his
business would be gone in ten years,
and there is hearsay testimony that
others have acknowledged the same
thing Peoria has Sunday opening OF
saloons in violation of law.
PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
Sunday opening Is still tolerated IN
Pittsburg, but the increase in tenn
perance sentiment during the past two
years has been amazing. The action
OF the Pittsburg Board OF Trade in
favor of national prohibition. the pre-
valent hostility of Industrial institu-
tons, and the increasing influence or
the temperance people seem to point
Z. a decided advance ir the near
future.
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA;
Saloons are not closed on Sunday in
Sacramento, and the only law they
seem to observe Is the State lar
closing them at 2 A. M. There seems
to be an increase In prohibition senfi-
ment due to the national agitation.
SAGINAW, MICHIGAN:--Sagin
saloons ran an open business In vio-
,ation Of the law on Sunday five years
ago. but are now closed. The num-
Der has deer eased to I for every 500
OF the pulation. and there has been
a little proEress In eliminating the
worst saloons. One industrial plant
recently forbade any OF Its employees
TO enter q saloons during working
hours Temperance sentiment Is on
the upgrade.
SIT. JOSEPH, MIssouRI:-Every
now and then. some saloonkeeper Is
convicted Of violating the Sunday law,
hut the saloons always consider this
as merely a little Joke between friends.
Seemingly, they do just about as they
please. on Sunday or any other DAY.
There In g. slight growth In fhe OPPOSE
ton to the liquor traffic,
SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA:
Santa Barbara closes its liquor
torres on Sundays. This marks an ad-
vance over Ave years ago. when tney
we're permitted to remain open. NO
drinking Is allowed on the premises
In Santa Barbara liquor shops ano
no quantity less than quart may be
sold. 1t ia indisputable that Santa
barbara opinion Is turning in favor
of prohibition.
SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA
The mayor of Scranton insists thar
he saloons are closed on Sunday, buf
many citizens seem to entertain
dlfrerent opinion. There has been
a decrease In the number or saloons
during the past Ave years: music mas
seen prohibited and manv hackrooms
an the mart of industrial n'nnts to dis
f,riminate against drinkers. and tenn
perance sentiment In general seems
10 be Increasing.
SUPERIOR. WISCONSlN:-The
.aw against Sunday opening is well en-
orced now. The saloons were nomi-
nally closed On Sunday Ave years ago.
out the side. doors were usually open:
Employers of labor are almost all
dry in sentiment. and opinion generally
is becoming more and mora unfavor-
able to the liquor traffic.
SYRACUSE. NEW YORK.--The sa-
oons Of Svi acuse vioYate the Sunday
closing law with impunity. There
$, eme to have been little fmprov~r
ment In regard to allied evils, ana
slight progress has been made during
the past year.
TERRE HAUTE. INDIANA:--Terre
Haute saloons remain open on sun
DAYS. independence Day. Memorial
Day, Thanksgiving Day. seven days q
week and twenty-four hours a day.
During the past Ave years they have
Increased In number and Nave con-
stantiy become more vicious. The To-
cal coarts and police system seem
TO acqulesce in their control The re-
cent political scandals in Terre Haute
have aroused extreme resentment
against saloon domination. Since the
pa ssage OF the liability law, Industrial
plants view drinking men with more
and more disfavor.
WILK ES-BARRE. PENINSULA.
NIA.--The saloons are tight closed
on Sundays, although five Yeas ago
they remained open. they have de-
creased in number, Naeir open hours
have been restricted. and they are
more and more restrained from al
lance with other evils. Industrial
prob bition sentiment his marvellous
ly increased during the past four
years and pubic sentiment is SO great
orally in favor OF prohibition that
every daily paper OF ever party edi-
torially rebuked the Congressman of
he district of voting against the Hob
sen bill.
WILMINGTON, DELEWARE:-
TIE number of saloons In Wilmington