The Dermott news., 1915-01-14

railroads, an oil mill, compress. an
ice plant. and cotton factory. More
over her real estate has climbed from
81 and $40 per acre to $40 and $50 per
acre. Moreover, her capitalists have
more bank stock under their control
town of the same size in the state.
And the only banks they have lost
money on this year so far as ! have
I learned were those located in saloon
towns. as Pine Bluff and Little Rock,
/ for example
2. A case equally strong can be
made out in favor Of Benton in Saline
county. town where lived for two
years after leaving YOU eight years ago.
/ Till about l. years ago they had some
fine saloons She believed. as some
people now do. that saloons paved
streets. built sidewalks and improved
business. Just why she believed this is
not easy to see. When the saloons
were closed II years ago. she did not
udNt d lopN VI iltlNthI SNiCtNH, Ipl even
graveled streets as for that nor foot
of concrete sidewalk anywhere. She
had no light plant. no sewerage, no
water works system. nor anything to
show for those thirty years of Rum
Rule but eleven gravcyards.
When saloons closed she had one bank
capitalized at $1,000 court house
worth $500 when il was built: a school
house worth less than $500; one rail
road, and not mill of any sort in town.
Moreover. land could be bought at
from soc to s. per acre all over the
county. The population was below zoo
people when the saloons closed
How stands the case now She has
a population OF nearly 5000. TIVE banks
four railroads.; half dozen mills; :
miles OF concrete sidewalks. foar miles
Of graycled streets; school property
Worth Sio.ooo u court house worth
$50. toe; and moreover, real estate has
advanced from soc 70 s. per acre to $25
and 50 per acre.
3. From the last census report we
take the following During the last
ten years Little Rock ana Argenta IN
creased in population TO-. while War
rem cry increased Dos in the same
time. Helena tweU went 5S9o increase
in population, while Hope tdry1 went
III a increase. Camden twet till re
centlyD increased i0eo. while RI Dorado
increased a3eo Pine Bluff CweU in
creased fo'o. while Mariana dry
went up Isl %
/. If We go out of the state To cities,
counties and states that have tried
prohibition longer, We shall find these
economic principles hold to still more
marked degree.
The Comptroller : Office of the city
of Knoxville, Tenn. showed a gain in
business Of Sit. 600 the first year sa-
looms closed in that state The Miller
Store Co. Il big dry goods concern.
found that their business had increased
Sl57, 600 the first year of Tennessee :
statewide act. The revenue for the
school fund was $50, 600 more than any
year of the whiskey rule. Moreover,
without increasing the rate of taxation
one iota. the city met its running ex-
penses and appropriated to public i'm
provement $56, coo more that year than
she had ever been able to appropriate
in any single former year
Cambridge, Mass. is now city of
ll0. 900 people She closed and abol-
ished her saloons - years ago. At
that time she was village of 5000
people She is now larger than Der
mott. Pine Bluff and Little Rock all
combined. Her real estate is worth
49, more now than il was when the
saloons closed. WaXahachie. Texas. up
till eight years ago had saloons But
they We're put out. At that time there
was not a decent school house in the
town She had a population of 5000 at
that time. Since closing saloons. she
has put $50. 900 into a college. and her
population has gone from 5000 TO 81. 900
people.
). Kansas adopted prohibition in
1889. She then had less than 1000 coo
people. She now has a 1000. 600 pop
uation, who have more money per cap
tia on deposit in banks than Arkansas
and Missouri combined When the
panic of 1907 was on and Wall Street
was in "A frenzy of fear, the local banks
of Kansas picked up $50, 200. 900 out of
their vaults and dumped it into Wall
Street To save the creditof the country.
and still had enough left to move her
own crops and care for her >, 600. eco of
people. She had on deposit in her banks
TO the credit of her people last year
I $500. 600. 600.
Since the year 1900. the wealth Of
the state of Maine increased $3.50. 900. e
/ 600, while Vermont, whiskey soaked