Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-04-28
KANSAS EDITOR ;
HITS BREWERS
William Allen White Wrecks
Liquor Camp.
REPLIES TO BREWER FOX

Interesting Duel of Words, in Which
Kansas Man Has All the Best of 1t,
and Gives Public New Evidence of
the Benefits of State Prohibition.
Piling up evidence and testimony
mountain high to substantiate his
claims for the benefits which have
come to Kansas through Prohibition,
William Allen White, the noted writer
and editor of that state, is over
whelmiEg Hugh Fox, secretary of the
United States Brewers association,
who, in his article in last weeks Sat
urday Evening Post, dared to Ques-
ton his statements made by Mr..
White in an article published by the
Fost last July, in which the Kansas
man gave facts to show the moral
and material prosperity Of that state
under Prohibition.
Mr. Whites rejoinder to Fox was
telegraphed from Kansas and reached
the papers by the time the Fox artl-
Gle was in the hands of readers. In
his reply White proves Fox pre-
varicator, and, where Fox calls in
question the Kansas mans figures,
White comes back with such a pre-
ponderance of evidence that the
brewers secretary is made ridiculous.
Mr.. White also furnishes new testi-
mony showing the benefits of Pro-
hibition in Kansas.
E. E. Mullaney, president Of the
State Bankers association, says: Il
regard Prohibition as the best busi-
ness asset Kansas has. Our per
capita bank deposits are S125 and our
assessed property valuation is $4,000
compared with an average of $1,000
for the United States. We also offer
as evidence our empty jails and poor
houses"
On Oct 3 Of this year the Kansas
supreme court signed a statement In
which the chief justice and the JUS
tees declared "the prohibitory law is
| we'll enforced throughout the state
1t Is as generally well enforced as
any other criminal law. The enforce
ment of the law distinctly promotes
social welfare and reduces to a mini
mum economic waste consequent
upon the liquor traffic and allieC
| evils. The saloonkeeper and his com
rades have been excluded from the
effective participation in the politics
in the state"
Says George H. Knox, president O
the State Retailers association, un
der date Of Oct. 6:
From my viewpoint as a retailer
the saloon is a detriment to all line'
Of business. Money spent for boozt
is generally money which should bt
! paid to the local merchants for thu
Eupport of the family. Our state Il
free from the saloon evil. Our people
are happy and prosperous. They pa,
their OWL bills, educate their children
and have money for an Occasional
trip. You would have to hunt tn
state over to find a retail merchan
| in favor of the open saloon il
Kansas"
E. E. Frizall, president of the stat
organization Of commercial clubs O
Kansas, says:
81 have dealt in Kansas lands 10
30 years. know thousands of home
seekers, who come here every yea
chiefly because Prohibition has bar
ished the saloon. 1 know that Pro
hibition is one of the substantial con
mercial advantages of our state"
A. P. Reardon, master of the Kar
Fas State grange, says:
"At the time Prohibition was ag
would drive out the breweries an
then the price of corn would be S
low we could not raise it. Since tn
breweries have been banished frol
Kansas the price of corn is great
increased. The boys and girls ar
growing up without seeing the insid
of a saloon. We have better locs
schools and are saving more money
This testimony is from w. F. Saw
hill, president Of the Kansas Medic;
society: "In thirty years practice
have had an opportunity to note tn
working of the Prohibition law. Du
iEg that time have seen til
amount of drunkenness diminish
per cent and diseases that we kno
are caused by the excessive use {
liquor have decreased greatly. Thel
is but one conclusion for any hone
man and that is that Prohibition hs
done more for the people of the stat
than any other one agency"
William Allen White asks WI
shall be believed-the man WI
garbles statistics in order that l
may promote a business in whiC
only makers of criminals and brea
ers Of homes and robbers of the POI
are benefited or those Kansas me
who are heads Of the great busine
activities of the state and have live
there for many years. In closing, M
White issues this challenge:
81 defy Mr.. Fox or any agent of Il
brewers association to name Il
official head of any organization
Kansas, whether Mason. Elk, bisht
of any church, the chairman of al
political party, committee or head
any organization of any kind that re
resents Kansas business, commerce
and industrial activities who is
favor of the resubmission of the pr
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