Denver labor bulletin., 1917-10-13
ATTORNEY GENERAL HUBBARD SAYS
PROHIBITION HAS REDEEMED DENVER
Convincing Statistics Prove that City Denver
and of Colorado Are Much in Moral
and Financial Way Since the Saloon
Evil Eliminated.

keepers, thruout the state, have few
cares. There was a 80 per cent to
40.5 per cent decrease in inmates of
the county jails of this state in 1916
as compared with the five preceding
years, and September, 1917, except for
bootleggers, finds them comparatively
empty. This latter fact has been
definitely ascertained and is not a mere
guess.
Best Cure for Social Cancer.
There is a decrease in offenses
against our criminal law of approx
mately 81 per cent in 1916 and 1917 as
compared with 1908, 1912 and 1915,
which latter years afford a compare
tive average of all years from 1907
to 1915, while homicide and suicide
have decreased 62.2 per cent. Other
offenses have decreased in this state
under prohibition in the following per-
centages: vagrancy, SO per cent; dis
turbance, 81 per cent; gambling, 32.4
per cent; keeping gambling houses,
70.4 per cent; contributing to houses
of prostitution, 92.3 per cent; keeping
houses of prostitution, S5-3 per cent.
The improvement in 1917 as compared
with 1916 is very marked.
Home Protected by Prohibition.
The states greatest power for might
and righteousness has been conserved
and increased. Under prohibition di-
vorce decreased 80 per cent, non-sup-
port 33 per cent and juvenile delin-
quency AZ per cent. Colorado families
have more food, clothing, pleasures
and advantages under prohibition.
Warden lyman states that for every
three prisoners received at the Colo
rado penitentiary in 1915, one prisoner
is received in 1917. The institution
had s27 inmates on March l, 1916. 1t
now has $50, and thirty releases will
be made next month. Of all prisoners
formerly received at the penitentiary,
70 per cent were non-residents. Re
ports from bordering wet" states in
dicate that a large proportion of this
class of trouble-makers has moved.
The number Of persons committed to
the state reformatory has decreased
an average of II per cent this year.
a 10 per cent comparative increase
in Sunday school attendance is regis
tered in state and church membership,
creased, fairly estimated at IS per
cent.
Visitors spent $4,000 900 while en-
joying Colorado's mountains and sun
shine in 1916. which broke all previous
records, and so far as estimates show
at this time, the present year will ex-
ceed 1916 by s5,000,00 or so per cent.
The increase in hotel and restaurant
patronage corresponds.
Denver Reborn Under Dry Law.
1t is estimated upon the federal gov
ernment's statistics that the consump-
ton of Intoxicating liquor in Colorado
during 1918 was twenty gallons per
capita Figures for 1914 and 1915 are
not at hand. In 1916 this per capita
consumption decreased to five gallons,
and this figure is attributable largely
to quantities shipped into the state in
anticipation of statewide prohibition.
Recent laws have reduced the intoNi-
eating liquor consumed in this state
at the present time as beverage to
that unlawfully imported or sold or
remaining on hand in private resi-
dences.
1t was the opinion of many that
prohibition would prove harmful to