The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-10-16

reached such a high stage Of c@
cicuc, The men who have had the
rea' work 10 do In training tho
troops ion rhrr work in France look
upon The closing Of The liquor place
as the removal ~ the greatest 90.
stacle th,y had 10 fight Many bat.
TALON commanders declare that &c
per cent OF the cases Of their "erime
sheets" we're directly trseesble to
drink.
Posters IN lurid colors declarins
that Fifty thousand men Will be-
out ~ work IL ontario goes dry"
Million OF dollars In real estate
will be destroyed if prohibition car
ries' and similar warnings were
placed on all I'LL boards and IN
prominent places during Tie cam
paign which preceded tie abolition
OF the bar The real facts are turn.
ing out 10 be exactly opposite 20
the warnings OF the POSTERS Not a
man who wants 10 work is out Of
Job In Ontario today. The muni-
lions factories. the farmers and man
ufacturers are Clamoring FOR men TO
get out orders and shipments. In
addition thousands Of women are
working and in most cases getting
better wages than the men did Real
estate values instead OF declining
are increasing Many OF the hotels
which were forced TO close occupied
property that vas only too desir.
able FOR other business purposes and
Il was eagerly purchased by firms
and converted into stores and ware
houses. Many OF the hotelmen hayV
taken out standard licenses and arr
selling soft drinks and keeping go
ing on that and general boardin-
house business. They do nor pr,
tend TO be making much money. bu'
most OF them are men who have
piled up big fortunes from the
profits taken in over the bars ana
are not Worrying
London Is the second city in Can.
ada in production Of cigars, and the
brewers raised the cry that this
huge industry would be driven OUT
OF business if the baIs were closed
and thousands Of workers would hs
out OF positions Their predictions
were very far sstray as the clgsrmak-
ers have had their wages subStan.
tally increased since the bars clos
cd and some Of the larger factories
are advertising for more men.
With five our OF nine Canadian
provinces dry temperance work
ers are planning new and larger
campaigns aiming az Dominion wide
prohibition. They expect 10 accom-.
plish this by 1920 The western
provinces. which adopted abolition
OF the bar before Ontario. are lead.
ers IN the movement which is gath
ering momentum every day The re
suits in the vest since the bars
were wiped ont have been remark.
able The Royal northwest mounted
police report that crime il Al a mini.
mum and that many of The lock ups
have been without a prisoner for
months a. time Financial agen
cies declare that never in the his
tory OF the west have collections
heen so good This in the face Of
not too good harvest and a scar
city OF help that is Unprecedented is
an unmistakablc indication OF the
good results that have followed the
closing Of the saloons
While It is TOO early in Ontario TO
secure widespread reports that
might hc used tor comparative pur.
poses he indications are that such
crimes a- wife beating. desertion,
brutality Of little children, which
were fairly common and In nearly
every cas-, attributable TO drunken.
ness. will 70 reduced TO q negligible
quantity. The police declare that
never in their history has their work
been so light