The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1915-04-16
GOVERNOR ANSWERS ATTACK
ON PROHIBITION IN KANSAS
Success OF Law Aested In His Bulletin BY Statements of
fcials, Editors, Bankers Commercial Clubs and Bust
ness Men and Cergyme of the State.

TOPEKA, Kan, April 15.-Govern-
or Arthur Capper of Kansas in a spe-
cial bulletin just issued by the Temper
ance Society Of the Methodist Episco-
pal church, denounces the SANDER of
his state by liquor interests, and fol-
lowing a forceful presentation of nu-
merous facts asks the American peo-
pie to judge Kansas prohibition in the
light Of truth. The protest has been
called out, the bulletin states, by the
fact that the National Wholesale Liq-
uor Dealers association is circulating
much literature throughout the coun-
try, which is so distinctly misleading
and harmful that prompt and forceful
Reputation Of it's contents is imper-
alive.
The particular article to which the
governor takes exception as not giving
fair statement of facts is being cir
culated under the title, "Facts About
Prohibition in Kansas" The article
deals largely with census statistics, but
according to the governor, twists them
to suit the purpose of the article, and
omits figures which would show the
advantages of prohibition as state
policy, leaving the readers to infer
that the advantages are all on the
other side. The bulletin takes up each
topic dealt with-the death rate, d.
vorce, prisons, juvenile delinquency,
pauperism and liquor consumption in
Kansas-and shows the fallacy of
many Of the statements presented as
facts.
Witnesses Marshaled.
Then follows a summary of the
whole matter in these words: "Let
US call the witnesses and see what they
think Of prohibition in Kansas. If
any one should know, they should
know, for they live with it and under
it,:
The governor Of Kansas says pro-
hibition is great success.
Every state official who has spoken
out says prohibition succeeds.
More than 700 editors and newspa-
per men Of Kansas in state convention
, unanimously Endorsed prohibition.
Every political party in Kansas ia
vors the prohibition law.
No minister has ever opened his
mouth in favor of return to license;
neither has any school teacher.
The president of Kansas retailers
says prohibition pays.
The president of the State Bankers
association believes that prohibition is
tremendous asset to Kansas.
One hundred and sixty-six bankers
have filed their testimony in favor of
the law with the temperance society
Of the Methodist Episcopal church,
and only six could be found in all the
state who doubted the wisdom of this
legislation.
The president of the Kansas Medical
Society believes in prohibition.
The president of the commercial
clubs Of Kansas has said that prohi-
bition has added real value to every
acre of Kansas land.
Supreme Court View.
The supreme court has testified in
the following strong language to the
benefits of the prohibition law:
"The prohibition law is we'll enforced
throughout the state. It is as general
ly we'll enforced as any other criminal
law. The enforcement of the law dis
tinctly promotes social welfare and
reduces to minimum economic waste
consequent upon the liquor traffic and
allied evils. The saloonkeeper and his
comrades have been excluded from ef-
fective participation in the politics of
the state"
And to completely settle the ques-
ton for all time the legislature of
Kansas, not by majority, but unan-
imously, passed the following concur