The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-03-27
THE CADILLAC EVENING NEWS
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF WINFIELD
Winfield, Kansas
March 10, 1915.
q. y, Woodwork, Pres,
Crystal Falls, Mich.

Crystal Falls, Mich
My dear Sir
Ihaye your favor of the 18th inst. which have read
with great Of interest Ihave been here in Winfield
since 1872 1872 to 1880 we had open saloons We had
town 600 700 people at that time and had from
three to five all the time 1T very common thing
then to see drunken streets and not unusual
thing for drunken into Office to do business
Our prohibition went effect May 1880 For the first
ten years thereafter had keep the fight order to avoid
the influence Of the saloon element and even after that Tor
time WI good many joints where clandestney liquor
sold and had quite little done by what called here
booegger but Immediately after the adoption OF the probl
ton quite little difference in the amount OF liquor
sold here Winfield and in the State OF Kansas con-
nua fight was kept up until during the last years feel
justified in saying prohibition absolutely prohibits This
law just well enforced today the law against horse
stealing, murder and any other crime.
AT the present time we have single jontn our town
and very thing that you seen our Streets
even the influence of liquor, much less drunk 1t y
still thing for drunken man into office or one
and pretend do business There no law be-
heve believe the Of opinion throughout the
State would bear that better enforced than pro
bon Ourbusness better throughout the State of Kan
sas since prohibition has into effect We have pros
porous and the farmer boys intelligent more
ambitious and better in every way
Before had prohibition it very common thing for
of boys the country to town and indulge in
what they called good time first getting what they called
'stoot and then committing other criminal offences, moral
offences everything demOaZe and debauch young man
hood We have nothing Of that kind in State
think am position deny every statement that the liquor
men claim your letter Travelling statesmen do more bust
Kansas today than before in our history Your
third paragraph absolutely without foundation because ON
laws thoroughly enforced and moral conditions are bet
ter than ever history of State and better than III any
State that has the open saloon.
We have great many young people State who have
never open saloon have boy eighteen years ole
who has saloon unless to Missouri Kansas
CITY, Chicago Boston, he these things his alb
soue disgust and wonders why they permitted we nave
more money Banks per capita than other State
fhQl N on
reduced their mortgage Indebtedness rapidly than an.
other State We have less people in ais or poorhous
and charitable institutions than other State although
practically new. Any fall.mnded man trayelni
through State of Kansas but be impressed with Tn
ceanness Of our towns the prosperity OF our people, and IN
high ideals entertained, especially by our young people
would be very difficult for to make up mind 70 move an
place where they haye open saloons although ann man pas
sixty would be quite as obnoxious to me as to my cdre
who saloons want to to you most en-
y rhaticaIy that in Kansas prohibition prohibits
think nothing has spoken this more emphaticay than
our vote last year for Billiard who the Resubmsso
ticket which supposed to try the strength Of the senmef
az orr people toward the saloon question He got pra
tcally and was so completely showed down that believe
will be many years if again. when anybody will run for an
Office in Kansas on Resnbmssion ticket
think this matter we'll coveedby article the Sa
fday Evening Post of July IL 1914 written by VIM ALE
White Editor of the Emporia Gazette Mr. White is boz
Kansan of our leading newspaper men and an author
some repute and not crank on any moral question.
fwan to you, and send anybody whom yc
please Kansas for its proof that the liquor question IS dow
cd absolutely except possibly in Wichita Leavenworth kans
City, Kansas biggest cities and what they do there must
done strictly under Anything think, better than
open saloon would prefer the joint boolegger but
practically have both Of these things wiped out our State al
makes Kansas of the greatest States OF the Union FRO
almost any viewpoint Our schools and colleges filed Wi
bright and brilliant young people whose parents have nev
been contaminated bexcesses in liquor and other inmol
theories and believe that the future OF Kansas brighter
day than before and this to bright young peol
with no bad nhertance but with ideals that reach up we
>ampe Of what prohibition does for State and especially
"a ntat N.ond coming generations
p have any particular questions YOU would like to
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