The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-06-15

THE relation of the liquor trafli
to the alarming growth of insanit
among our people is engaging the II
terest and attention of the world
best scientists. The United State
census reports for 1910 show the mum
Der of insane in hospitals per 100000
population in the nine prohibition
states to be 119; in the seventeen
near prob bition states. $50; in the
thirteen partially license states, 242
and in the nine license states, 276.'
' Here, again, this county suffers
great financial loss from the care OF
/ those who become insane through
strong drink and
Whereas, The proof of the econo.
mic saving Is in actual experience the
attention of this organization is call.
ed to the experience Of single city
in this state where the blight of he
open saloon become so marked as to
cause the License Court of Chester
County to revoke q saloon licenses,
FIVE of the revoked licenses being
hotel licenses Of the City of Coates
vile. In a report made by the Grand
Jury Of that county to the Court,
dated October 8, 1918, only seven
months after the revocation of these
81 licenses, gives the following sig
nifcant facts and figures: THAT the
greatest decrease in crime occurred
principally in the sections of the soun
ty where liquor licenses had been
curtailed and wiped out" The Grand
Jury followed this with the unique
statement in the history OF Grand
Jury reports in speaking of the Grim
inal indictments submitted to the
court:
THE debasing influence OF the sa
loon has been so apparent in a ma
jority of the cases that we feel com.
PEELED to make the observat on that
the general public must pay the price
of permitting the existence of the
highly Objectionable sources of
crime"
Three Coatesville banks furnish
other testimony Their statements
self explanatory:
de pos is in the National Bank of
Coatesville on February 4, 1913, were
81, 703.233; deposits in the same bank
October 81, 1913, were $3,036,773 AS,
4 gain under no License of $l,333, 537,.
IS, or so per cent in eight and a half
Deposits in the National Bank OF
Chester Valley on February 4, 1913,
were 1861 ,07l. 23; deposits in the
same bank October 81, 1913, were ST.
9l7G73 so, gan under no license
If $256,602 80 or almost 80 per cent
N eight and a half months.
Deposits in the Coatesville Trust
on February 4, 1918, were
1914, 1921 81; deposits in the same |
bank November /, 1918, were $l,117,.
IA OS, gain under no license of
ii42, SAC Al, or over 60 per cent in
light and half months.
Gains in the deposits of the three
ranks under no license were $2,O32,.
S6.2S. Added to this is a gain OF
1000 in the savings departments
# the three banks, making total
;ain under no License Of $2,26s, 7S6.2S
4 5000 90 per capita"
But even more significant to bust
less men and taxpayers was the ac'
ion Of the County Commissioners of
hester County:
"On Monday, December 10, the |
commissioners reduced the county tax
ate from 1-3 mills to 2 mills. I'm
Ike the Grand Jury the commission
RS made no comment, and taxpayers
4 the county needed none"
nd
Whereas, These are days of eff.
iency. stop the leaks" is the watch
word of commercial and industrial
supremacy When a commercial or
can effect saving OF
uch enormous sums through reduc'
ion Of taxation, when added to that
hey can bring about moral condi'
ion in the county, state and nation,
t becomes, not alone a commercial
but commercial obligation
'estlng upon such organization as
his is to take a stand for efficiency
n the elimination of the cause OF
his ever increasing taxation upon
Dusiress; therefore be II
Resolved, That the Pittsburgh Board
Of Trade place itself on record as fav'
nrable to the passage of the bill
now before Congress submitting the
question Of National Prohibition to
the several State Legislatures, that
the question may be settled in har'
mony with the will OF the people.
We. the Betterment League endorse
the stand of the Pittsburgh Board of