The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-06-21

levy Of sl.5t on each 800 valuation.
take the city Of Cleveland. that recently
1 gave zI.oVO votes for prohibition and
saloons. with an income OF tsssOOO
thereIrom. and yet the city has a bond
/ the CITY Of Greater New York. with over
| l%.VoO saloons and a bonded indebted
ness OF $685. $4,000 with an annual In
with tax rates OF <i.77 to $3.50 on the
/ hundred In the respective borroughs OF
year TO maintain her police dspartment
required. IN part. to protect the city
against vice made and created IN its
! l.,Vov SALOONS. Has II ever occurred to
you that the city OF New York spends
IN interest charges alone sixteen times
] as much money every year as the state
lof West Virginia appropriates out of
her general revenue to ma utain her gov
eSrnnament and institutions and over $500
schools Did II ever occur TO YOU that
INC city OF New York. 10 maintain her
times a. much annually as the state OF
west virginia appTopriates FOR the rore-
going purposes Take the city OF Chi
therefrom OF S7152OOO In 1915 the
budget presented to the city council. for
Us action. 70 maintain the police de-
I this, tho United Charities Of Chicago
made an estimate OF the amount expend-
ca IA the city for the care OF defec-
tves and dependents. not including the
criminal class. collected from private
& =
The Cook county lnhrmary. built year
before last. has over 1900 inmates. aud
they are finding it necessary TO put cote
IN the Corridors 20 help take care ~ the
overflow. The county Jail IL crowded 20
] the point OF indsccnCy and already there
4 u "a strong demand that Il be enlarged.
says that ninety per cent Of the inmates
are there because OF driug The sup
least ninety i've per cent 81 is innate TGS
are there for the same cause. and one
! or the sad features about Do all is that
a large part OF the Inmates In the jail
Take the city % Pittsburgh. The
city has as saloons. with a revenue 81
! fsV5. 1000 annually and eVpends TO keer a
| police department. 40 Tor charity 81
propriated In West Virginia for :he pur-
poses before stated. Take Baltimore
/ With bonded indebtedness ~ $500
900. and a revenue from saloons Of
100000 and e tax rate reaching -. %
I on the hundred aud expendinE annually
,nsnt with ~ cbsrg,- p 81 1Ti.,',
ness and ip.5s1 charges OF disorderiy
conduct annually.
Comparisons
compare The ncuree or THE cities give
/ en YOU with the average rate Boo West
I virginia for an purpo-es. including stale.
county. district Erd municipal. ~ .4GS
on each 500 valuation for taxable rur-
poses.-a state With the lowest iyeraEe
Virginia g. Kansas. "a proh hilton state
| for many years.
axe again the states Wf fluIu. Penn
/ sylvauia. Maryland. NlrriuIa AMI Ken
tucky.- our neiEhb1rs. Tho AVERAGE pay
ment for every citizen for stat. Eog-
Pennsylvania e II. lIaryIaud Ss.s-. Viz
giuia f3Z2. Kentucky g138
Compare these average figures with
The average FOR West virginia 81 g. a.
! our ucighmore ere " 81. snd wc arc DRY
'lt ia not right however. 60 cousidr-
M. que, lion from Q monetary stand
eefa 10 state. The happiness and tho
general welfare Of tts citizens are tha
/ fir-t obligation ~ ri state. The genera
Z future rieu and women. will grow info
the fuI stature ~ manhood and w1mnu-
ha.irF healthy bodies clear minds. lnI
Glenn morals VIII p. worth more Co., fHH
sta" than HN the material wealth. Such
generation VIII 30 m asset more f0
ha dcrircd then gold. yea even more
fhnu fine gold compare. Or gou can
make such comparison the $3.50 600 OF
WITH o. generation ~ boys and rIris mon
aud wnf0en. that know not the salOuu.
ComparC me 'f 1000 ~ revenue fhaf
90 Hfnfs mlrhf receive from fhe liuuHr
huainrea win the cum az sos. 1000 Hn1
thft formerly vent out OF the state one
nuaiiy to ugrsheHe end hrinE liquor irtp
ZOOS go b. d. when hrourht rerrr what
car lo -alf Tor it' ffd De- really make
ior hnpniners--it wiEht have made
somebody ffei good f1r ono daf but
very bod the dav after ff brought
crime even o. the extent ~ murder rf
go ih,n any other factor. g. rseronsi-
pie for llHN meu.arn0af ~ them YOUNG
being TODAY in fhe state r~rItenfIBrv.
l' moro han nnv other factor ir re-
ep0reI bia Cor 1cts being fn the state
aryIuma to-day
Fewer Crimes Committed
.-..l.' crlminel cDur, ~ MCuoweu
IuIr let last neVrr had term without
murder rnan on Ifa docket ThHf rnuef
he.gre ne lirst " iast July. sent on IN
rFcrt term That average since Tufv
lFf. lest hes fallen go per cent fu che
county ~ IerkrlrV. since July fsf Lac
The rrnnd iurira Tor two terms N count
returned no indictmeutaaaeor -ethfrr that
BAD nnt occurred ir me prior hiqfory. ~
The county
~ fr-cnd ioid m. that hla hrnther. q