The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-26

- rsoik, Va October IL. 1917.
Kew, James Cannon, Jr.. Sapt,
Anti-saloon League of Virginia.
Richmond. Virginia.
Dear Sir:
! ] am in receipt of your favor OF the
Z 18th, requesting an expression OF my
\ views watn special reference 10 the
effect of prohibition In Virginia. /
y would presume that the same excel
lent situation prevails throughout the
state as in Tidewater Virginia, where
the elimination OF intoxicants has
: Been blessing from both material
ard moral standpoint, and / am sure
that II an election was held today.
that the state would be nearly unan-
: luminous in continuing the present
law.
Very truly yours.
s~t CHAs sYER.
Wholesale Machinery.
Richmond. Va. October 20, 1917.
Rev James Cannon, Jr.
- Supt Anti-Saioon League OF Va,
Richmond. Va.
Dear Sir:
In reply to your letter of October Is,
my observation OF the working OF the
I, prohibition law in Virginia is that ID
has produced splendid effects in the
neral and physical weli-being OF the
r.peopie.
My own experience as an employer
- Of labor Is that our men are much
/. better off and there is an absence of
: the crossness and inability to do good
; work that In always present when men
u drink at nights or on Saturdays and
nSundays. We know a number OF our
men who were always on the verge
mAof poverty who are putting money in
The savings bank every week Other
- employers of labor tell me they are
having the same experience.
am in a business that deals largely
with grocers and market men and
sthese men say that their business has
been much better since prohibition
= went into effect than ever before.
!, Their customers are buying more ana
are better able TO pay for It.
] have been told by number of
men in different lines OF life that they
!, voted against prohibition but. IL they
had TO do it over again. they wou.i
/ vote In favor of II in view o. the
: splendid results II has brought about
! Ia Improving the moral and physical
~swell-being of the people.
- Yours truly,
,sv JOHN s. MUNCE,
General Manager Kingan Co.
49, Norfolk, va, October 90 1917.
-
4 Superintendent Anti-Saloon League
of Virginia.
toa, 7o1 East Grace street.
Richmond, Va
81 Dear sir;
Your letter requesting my observa-
.tions as to the working OF statewide
prohibition in this state was duly re-
ceived and l take pleasure In answer
: ing the same.
when our law went into effect on
-, November l. 1917. the first most no.
ticeable result was In connection with
S the large number of vacant business
"a ehouseS---vaeant because they had been
i saloons. But almost Immediately this
1 situation began to adjust itself New
\ lines Of business opened up. neighbor-
ing stores were enlarged to include the
J vacant saloon property. and now there
are practically no vacancies where the
premises are suitable for ordinary bus
iHess purposes.
. - The effect on our people has been
IS wonderful Although Norfolk is grow :
~ Ing now more rapidly probably than
.; count OF Its war activities, and Its
= streets are crowded. a drunken man Is
:, n most rare sight. And while consid-
=. vrable liquor has been brought In
49, -Si~ Va-v little drinking DONG. In
r~nother words, whiskey - practically
j al wes. sud lose who respect the
= public opinion that has condemned 1t
j. do not want to have anything to do
rs-with it, And the power Of public
i opinion was 90 strpng that. as prom
,t.tnen{ saloonkeeper told ms, as soon as
/, The state had been carried for state
vvide prohibition Ana before the law
actually went into effect. men who
w4re y tho Aabtt q drinking - public
bare Sefe ashamed te h. seen entnrtnG