The daily progressive-miner., 1916-05-22
FACTS ABOUT
 KANSAS.ON THE
 WAFER WAGON
BY HON. ROYAL E. CABELL. FORMER U. s. COMMISSIONER
 OF INTERNAL REVENUE.

While in Kansas, in which the
 sale of liquor is prohibited for all
 purposes excepting sacramental,
 there were registered for the fiscal
 year ending June 30, 1913, 7Sa persons as qualified under the Fed eral laws to retail liquors; in the license State of Alabama, only l. 1855 persons qualified under the Fed eral laws; in the license State oi Arkansas, only S75 qualified under
 the Federal laws, and in the li-
 cense State of Florida only 957
 qualified under Federal avs. IT,
 respective, however, of the various
 estimates, both as to amount and
 price paid for liquor in Kansas, a
 consideration of the various facts
 disclosed by United States Govern
 ment statistics would seem neces-
 sarily to lead the unprejudiced
 mind to ask the following ques- tions:
 If prohibition is the cause of a wonderful low death rate, and pro- hibition does prohibit in Kansas why has Topeka, the capital of Kansas, death rate higher than that of seventeen capital cities in States in which liquor is lawfully sold. and its death rate is exceed ed by the rate in only seven capi- tai cities in registration area, four of which eleven are in prohibition States?
 If prohibition prevents death by violence, whether by accident or design, and prohibition does pro- hibit in Kansas, why do the regis tration cities in the State of Kan sas show a death rate from this cause higher than the deat h rate from the same cause in the regis tration cities of twenty-eight States in which liquor is lawfully sold2
 If prohibition prevents homicide. and prohibition does prohibit in Kansas, why is the homicide rate in Kansas higher than the homi- eide rate in fourteen out of the twenty-three registration States, at tention being called to the fact that of these fourteen States hay ing rate of homicide lower than Kansas, in twelve of them liquor is lawfully sold?
 If prohibition prevents suicide. and prohibition does prohibit ip Kansas why is the suicide rate in Kansas higher than in twenty-one States in which liquor is lawfully 1 sold?
 If prohibition makes homes hap py, and prohibition does prohibit | in Kansas, why is the annual av- craze divorce rate in Kansas high | CT than the divorce rate in twenty nine States in which liquor is law fully sold, and why the higher rate of divorce to wives on account of | drunkenness and cruelty, and why the rapid rate of increase in the number of divorces
 If prohibition is a benefit to the i church, and prohibition does pro- hibit in Kansas, why is the per centage of church membership in [ Kansas lower than the percentage | in thirty-seven States in which liq uor is lawfully sold?
 If prohibition saves the boy and girl. and prohibition does pro- hibit in Kansas, why is the rate of juvenile delinquency higher in the States of Kansas than in sixteen States in which liquor is lawfully sold?
 If prohibition improves the men, ta status of the community and prevents insanity, and prohibition does prohibit in Kansas, why is the rate of insanity in Kansas higher than the rate of insanity in six teen States in which liquor is law fully sold, and why the tremendous increase in the rate of insanity in Kansas in recent years, although so many counties report no in- sane, and why should it cost Kan sas nearly one million dollars an nually to care for her insane, ju- venile delinquents, imbeciles and epileptics?
 If prohibition eliminates crime. and prohibition does prohibit in Kansas, why is the rate of prison CTS confined for grave and lesser homicide higher in Kansas than iD twenty-four States in which liquor is lawfully sold, and for general offenses higher in Kansas than ip nine States in which liquor is law fully sold?
 If prohibition prevents pauperlsm and produces prosperity, and is the cause of thrift, and prohibition does prohibit in Kansas, why is tho nauner rate in Kansas higher