The Glenwood post., 1916-02-19
In a Speech at Cheyenne Colo.
rado's Executive Shows
Success of New Statute
ENCOURAGES THE DRYs

Denver, Feb. 12.-In an address
which he recently delivered in Chey-
enne, Governor Carlson went into the
results Of the prohibition law and its
effect upon Denver as a convention
and business city. The governor said:
"Finally upon the first of January,
1916, the city of Denver with popula-
tion of 255,000, the city Of Pueblo with
a population Of $4,000, together with
the rest of the state went dry Many
people thought that Denver would no
longer be convention city, that busi-
mess would stagnate, that poverty
would increase, that lawlessness would
be rampant, the poor unhappy and
without entertainment. What have
been the results? 1t was said that if
Denver went dry tourists would not
come there and conventions would be
failures. 1t was freely predicted that
the stock show held last January would
be the last one ever held if the state
went dry You will be interested ta
know that there were over sixty thous-
and paid admissions, that this was the
best attended stock show ever held,
that there were three million dollars in
sales, the greatest amount of sales ever
recorded at stock show in Colorado,
and that the merchants of Denver are
unanimous in declaring that the stock
men left more money in Denver than
ever before.
"Our people were deeply interested in
the effect that prohibition would have
upon the coming of tourists. Here
again we did not rely upon theory or
supposition. In 1911, Colorado Springs
was 'dry' and Denver wet During
a season of that year over one hundred
thousand tourists routed through Colo
RADIO by way of Denver and Colorado
Springs remained in wet Denver, an
average of one and one-half days and
and average of three and one-half days
in dry Colorado Springs. This was
among the facts that convinced US that
the magnificence of our mountains, the
gold of our sunsets, our Notwithstanding
climate, our trout teeming streams were
the things that brought the visitors, to
and kept them in Colorado and not the
saloon.
"The first month of statewide pro.
hibition instead of bringing business
stagnation as was predicted was the
most prosperous Colorado has expert
enced in many years. Eight of Den
ver's principol banks had an increase
of $575,OOO in savings deposits ovcI
January, 1915; over two thousand new
savings accounts were opened and the
bank clearings for the month were
$8,00O,OOO larger than for January
1915. Department stores report that col
lections for January broke all records
One ,of Denver's largest department
store's collections increased 25 pei
cent. Denver credit men have told me
that hundreds of long overdue accounts,
which were considered uncollectable,
were paid up. Jobbers and wholesale
firms report remarkable increase in
business in the small towns of the
state.
"In Pueblo, our second largest city
the January, 1916, bank deposits were
$4,000 more than January, 1915. In
January, 1915, the postal savings de-
posits in Pueblo were $1,000; in Janu-
ary, 1915, they were se3,ooo.
"Those who expected lawlessness t.
follsw were sadly in error, In the city
of Denver in January, 1915, there were
212 arrests for drunkenness; in Janu-
a,y, 1916, there were So arrests; in
J.ndary, 1915, there were 90 arrests for
disturbance; in January, 1916, there
were 40 arrests. in January, 1915, there
were 421 arrests for vagarancy; in Jan-
uary 1915 there were lis arrests; in jan
usry, 1913, the total number Of arrests
in Denver FOR all causes was zoos; in
January, 1915, the total number Of all
causes was 1858. On February i, 1915,
the county Jail Of the county Of Den
yer held 22S prisoner; on February l,
.1s1e, loe prisoners; on February !,