Arizona republican., 1916-09-11
TEMPERANCE TALK
 BY DR. HARKER

One of the strongest attacks made upon the demon booze in Phoenix in many day, was made last night, when pr. Ray Clarkson Harker, of the First Methodist church, delivered a prohibition sermon, that for brilllance and fire, has seldom been equalled. Herbert E. Nixon, was in charge of the music.
 The large audience was deeply moved by Dr. Harkers remarks. The sermon, was in the nature of an ex- pose of the liquor traffic, and the benefits which have accrued since the advent of prohibition in Arizona. The sermon in part is as follows:
 There are three reasons why we do not want the saloon back.
 l. The Effect of Prohibition on Business. On the first Saturday night after the saloons were banished from Arizona, all the bakeries of Phoenix ran out of bread and cake, and four of our meat markets ran out of meat. Drnnkards' children were getting more bread and cake and meat.
 l examined the records at tine city | Eall several times after prohibition came in and found that while the | saloon was here 1t was costing Phoe | rix from S350 to S400 per month 10 take care of our prisoners. After the saloons were gone, that cost decreased | to from $30 to $50 per month.
 The city of Phoenix saved $20,000 the first six months. This was | brought about by the decrease in the expense of the city jail, by the reduc- 1 r. and by the decrease in the cost of prosecutions in the coarts. In ten days after the saloons went out the chain gangs disappeared from our streets and the man who had | charge of the chain gang was out of a job
 One of the superintendents of the mine at Ray was in Phoenix some months ago. I asked him concerning | the effect of the abolition of the saloon on accidents and the mine. | told him I wanted a careful answer for desired to quote him In a moment he answered that they had kept account of that very thing and that it had reduced accidents in their l mine 90 per cent.
 The Copper Queen, the largest insti- tuition in our state employing labor, 1 says that there is 31 Der cent saving in efficiency among our men since the saloon was driven out Before prohi | bitjon came 80 per cent of our men | reported for work or days after ! idN 0dH. f'illNt HiOiiAbiAAbN dN Dtl | cen. report and all in better condition.
 4 mother of six children in Bisbee in paying for fifty dollars worth of groceries said: This is the first time since We were married that the child ren have had the clothes they needed and our bills were all paid"
 .. The second reason why we do not want the saloons back is The Ef- feet of Prohibition on Crime. -n the great industrial trouble this last year 2 GOO men were on strike at Miami 3.000 at Ray and 5000 at Clifton and Morenci. SO per cent of these men were foreigners and so per cent Mex iran. The fact that there were no murders speaks well for the men and 1t speaks worlds for prohibition.
 On January 1, 1915. the first day the saloons were closed l visited the Phoenix city jail. There were 61 in iail, among the prisoners were wo- men. I looked over the record book and found there had been from 40 to so people in Jail for months. On Jan uary G. 1915 I visited the jail again and found that tfere were fl in jail On February l6 l visited the jail again and there were six in jail. No women we've there.
 During 1914 the. last year of the saloon. we had 15 arrests as daily average. I found some days in the early months of 1915 when there were no arrests
 The total arrests for 1914 in Phoe- nix for all causes, were 4.75o. Total arrests for 1915 were 17s0. Total ar rests for drunkenness. in 191i were 2674. Total arrests for drunkenness for 1915 were 224. heard Dear Wedges, who had just come from the Florence state penitentiary. say that the inmates at our state prison had reen reduced 50 per cent.
 We lad 90 murders in our state ir the last months that we had tn, saloon. We had six murders in th' first year and half after the saloor was hanished
 In Pinal county there were IT mur ders the last 6 months of the exist ance of the saloon there. There wa no murder in that county in the frs 6 months without the saloon.
 On Labor Day 1914. the last yea with the saloon we had so many ar rests that We had to hire additiona tail room to take care of our prison CTS. On Labor Day 1915. without tn saloon. and with similar celebra ton, held at the same park and un der the same auspices and there wer no arrests.
 l0t lblTu reason WHY we OD nc want the saloon back is because c the Effect of Prohibition on the Nor als of the People
 A confirmed drunkard of Phoeni said. six months after the aboitio Of the saloon "I have been a whiske soak for 20 years, but thank God l ar now a free man.
 Among the signs the liquor force of California have erected is this one Prohibition will paralyze California We have had prohibition in Arizon for almost two years. What has pro hibition paralyzed here? Has it pal alvzed our sunshine, or our noun tains. or our alfalfa fields, or cotto fields, or schools. or our homes. our churches? I'll tell you what
 has paralyZed
 Before the decision on personal us it was paralyzing our chain gang, ot police courts, our Keeley Institute our jails. our state Denitentiary.
 was paralyzing the tears of drunl ards children and the heartaches drunkards wives and the tears
 anxious mothers.
 Tn 1912 Colorado went wet by 4300