The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-09-27
WARM PRAISE
FOR PROHIBITION
Endorsed By Citizens Of Dry
State.
CONDITIONS ARE IMPROVED

Governors. City Officials, Newspapers,
Business Men and Labor Leaders
Unite In Declaring That With sa-
looms Gone There Is Decided I'M
provemsnt In Moral and Material
onditions--Former Vets Admit
They Were Wrong and Have
Changed Their Minds.
Columbus-The Ohio Dry FEEDER
alton, having in charge the campaign
for statewide Prohibition, has Sc
cured from officials, newspapers, and
commercial bodies in states now dry,
evidence showing conclusively that
Prohibition helps business and labor,
promotes public morals, and decreas-
es crime and drunkenness. The tes-
timony is most direct and convincing
and is expected to aid materially in
creating Sc ,iment in Ohio favorable
to the adoption of the dry amend
ment at the November election. Here
are a few extracts from letters from
officials and newspapers in some OF
the dry states:
WEST VIRGINIA.
Governor J. J. Cornwell: "The state
has been greatly benefited by state
wide Prohibition. Crime has largely
decreased. Pauperism is less. Labor
has profited. Savings accounts have
materially increased. Health and
general welfare of the people have
improved and business has been ben
Gifted. Were the question again sub
mitted to vote, it would receive a
much larger majority than the ma
jority given when Prohibition was
adopted"
Charleston Leader: Business is bet
ter. Labor is satisfied with the new
condition, and labor unions and their
officers have given public endorse
ment to Prohibition"
Wheeling Telegraph: "The results
have been wonderfully beneficial, both
morally and commercially. We trust
our great neighboring state of Ohio
will become dry"
Clarksburg Exponent: "The COM
munity in general has been much ben
fitted by the elimination of the reg
ular pay day and Saturday night
drunks that were such a nuisance
when we had the open saloons"
VIRGINIA.
Richmond Journal: 'In place of sa-
looms have come candy shops, gro
ceries, delicatessen shops-in short, a
proportion of all the varied retail in
dustries."
Richmond Square Deal, Official Or
gan of Lab0r-"Excepting those EN-
ployed in the breweries and liquor in
dustries proper, working men have
been even better off than was expect
ed by advocates of Prohibition"
Mayor Harvey, of Portsmouth;
"PrOhibition results obtained in Vir,
ginia have been entirely satisfactory
Mayor Mayo, of Norfolk: "Under
Prohibition crime has diminished ano
business has been benefited"
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce: GAS
to any statement that Prohibition has
hurt this city, it is utterly false anC
absurd"
Atlanta Tradesman: "The moro
thoughtful moderate drinkers arc
rapidly becoming total abstainers."
Savannah Press: prohibition ha;
brought prosperity to many familie.
that knew only poverty before"
Americus Times: Every Prohibi
ton law which Georgia has had, has
5ettered conditions"
Athens Banner: wThe Prohibition
law has been one of the creates
blessings that has ever come to thi!
state"
NORTH DAKOTA.
Governor L. J. Frasier: II believe
l voice the sentiment of large ma
| jority of the people of the state by
declaring that we would, under no cir
cumstances, have our existing law
governing the liquor traffic, modified
in any degree whatever"
Fargo Courier News: "Prohibitiol
is a dead issue in North Dakota be
cause it is a success"
jamestown Daily Capital: "The ef
feet of Prohibition has been entirel
salutary to business, labor, and tn
general welfare"
Grand Forks Independent: "a pop
ular vote of North Dakota citizen
would overwhelm any effort to max
| the state wet arainn