The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-11

'lI'N "n'lc Ulr ShlOOnN nave Dccn
! closed was cited in sermon at the
Exposition Park PRESBYTERIAN church
by the Rev George $ Fulchts as an in
dication oi what Dallas may expect as
a resul, oi the city voting DRY
Five Things VIII Happen.
There are five things which We are
told VIII happen when a city goes dry."
hr sald Our friends representing the
liquor interests tell us that people will
not move TO a drv town and therefore
the population will decrease We are
thcntold that miles Of vacant rent prop
er,y Will be seen in the dry CITY Then
WE are assured that taxes will of ncccs.
'ity increase because OF the loss of
revenue from the saloons In addition
to this we are told that the whole bust
ness of the city will fall of and the life
4 ot the city conc almost to a standStill
while the expense Of the ciNy rises high.
er and higher to meet the lawlesSneSs
, of men driven mad because they have
no liquor
This is very terrible picture were II
not tor the tact that IT is not true. The
time has come that we can appeal to the
facts as established by other cities
/ hese cities show consistent story
from the other Slde--a story OF pros
perity
Dry Cities Prosperous.
birmingham found that at the end
OF the first wear of M saloons Us popu-
lauon had increased 4OO5 Kansas CITY
Kan, IN nine years OF no saloons in
creased from 7OOoO to 10000 Denver
IN one year gained 1900 population and
the pos'of'lce receipts showing that mail
was dcllyered 10 pcrccn, more houses
man IN the wet year Waterloo Ia in
the tlrst two years without the saloon
increased 1000. this was more than
twice the increase Of any two wet Years
Seattle added l7S0S 10 its population.
hcSc figures, ot course, diSprove the
clam that there will be q grca, number
Io' vacant rent properties Birmingham
SAYS there were fewer vacant houses
IN the dry wear than IN the preceding
wet wear Waterloo spent one million
dollars more IN buildings the first sa-
loonIcSS year than IN the wet year he.
/ Il"ic, adding seventy -four new building,
ana lhcn ~ the next dry wear sixteen
new buildings. and lt the end has seven
less vacant buildings than in the we,
| yc" ot l9l2 Busrnc,, J., good when
the saloon goes
Seattle was able 10 reduce the fax
rate from 1903 mills to 1911 mills and
the CITY budget was reduced SlSibIg
the first dry year.
/ Very interesting are the general bp,-
mess conditions I'm Denver the total
/ bank deposit, increased SViOnOnl
savings bank deposits increased SaUOO
INV. In the first year 1SOO new s,,
/ ing> bank accounts were started The
no'ial saving, bank account, increased
SllSON In Birmingham the hank
clearlngN Increased - per CEN, Wheel
! ing, W Va, passed Akron q I'm clear.
anccS hv SNmOOOO, and passed ounys.
town TSoOOOO0 Seattle bank clear.
ings increased under prohibition Sl77
.mUn and bank deposits increased
, NSlSl9li Waterloo report, am IN.
crease oi bank clearing, of SllWOODn
Savings banks report an increase of N
percent Building and loan ,amplny
investments IN two year, increased 81
H5OOO Spokane bank clearing, m
creased Si1WNOO0
Home Owners Prove Wisdom
Kansas City Kan, has the prca,
est number oi individual home owners
per capita OF any city m America
tina, is good business
Crime has decreased
ATLANTA reported that IN the first
month ~ prohibition there were ll5
fewer arrests than IN the corresponding
month oi the wet rule Denver reduced
|l,' crime record m six MONTH, from s.
Pll to Ill0 ior the period Seattle re-.
duocd the crime record for the iir,, wear
from l0lR to 5.444
Ihc CITY ~ Dallas did not yet back
from the saloons enough ro ply the prn
portion of police expense, the ,,ty +.
pat :" hanllc the saloon product Last
. wear there were 1OCgS arrest, IN Dal,,
.-4Iil were drunk and disurl,ry More
. than ~ percent The cost uf Nh, ppl,r,
! department was SoiONl7 The ct,
. received from the saloon, enly7 5O
. ! he saloons cost the riN more thar
'h'v paid u', to consider amy " the in
p direct cost,
b, 'Dalla, without the saloon will bc
ICity Of beautiful homes lis pr,,,l, .,,,r