The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1919-11-21
ILLINOIS FAIRS PROVE GREAT BENEFITS
DERIVED UNDER NATIONAL PROHIBITION
Reports From All Over State Show Increased Attendance
Indicating Prosperity Under Dry Laws
GREAT CROWDS GATHER WITHOUT DRUNKENNESS
COMMON In DAYS OF LICENSED LIQUOR SELLING

COMMON In DAYS OF
Springfield Has Greatest Crowd in I
Drunkenness
FAIR OFFICIALS ARE GREATLY
Statements by Illinois fair officials
Prohibition are striking and convincing
Believing that the effect OF Prohi'
the attendance. receipts, order, accide
with former years, questiouuaire was
Not one OF the many replies received Il,
TO indicate that the closing of saloon,
In every report received greatly incr
cases double that of any previous year
reports showed that order was never
creased but rather diminished. The +
OF the letters received;
Iroquois County Fair, Wateska, III,
Am pleased to state this years at
tendance was the largest by nearly
hall during the ;i years existence OF
the faif.
The people in appearance we're
prosperous, clean and intelligent
looking. The best behaved crowd we
have ever had on the grounds.
No drunkenness and no arrests.
No crimes nor any undesirable eon-
dit'ons. Everybody spending money
freely and having good time.
August the 10Th OF this year Bar
mum {. Bailey and Ringing Bros.
combined shows gave their perform
ance ON our FAIR grounds to a rec
ord crowd, more than their seating
capacity. and no drunkenness or
rowdyism Of any kind
Wyoming Fair, Wyoming, Ill.
Our fair has been pretty clean, but
this year was by fsr the best ever.
]. We, as an association, are very
mucT pleased to have lie Saloons go
and sincerely hope they are gone to
stay. | have at times interviewed
concession men and they invariably
say with a clean fair ike ours that
both old and young will now buy
something to cat where formerly it
mostly went for drink.
Sandwich Fair Association, Sand
wich, Ill.
We had the largest attendance at
our 1919 far that we have ever had.
Everyone had plenty of money and
was willing to spend it,
Everything was orderly and no
trace of liquor could be found.
We had no accidents, no arrests,
nothing to disturb the peace and quiet
Of the fair.
We have had for years a Chicago
detective who is acquainted with all
the Chicago crooks and he generally
picks up few and sends them home;
this year he did not find any.
Prohibit tion is certainly success
in this neck of the woods; children
have more food and better clothing
than ever before and dead beats are
few and far between.
The Peoria District Fair, Peoria, Ill.
Up to Tuesday night our attend
ance was double that of last year.
From that time on we were rained
out for the three hest days, but re-
gardless OF this fact the attendance
was beyond our expectations.
Expenditures were considerably
greater than in former years.
Order has been excellent for the
two years; we have not allowed any
Intoxicating beverages to be brought
on the grounds during that time,
either to be sold or given away.
Accidents, crimes, etc, were prac-
tically nil
Fulton County Fair, Lewistown, Ill.
The 1919 attendance shows an in
crease of l02 per cent, and the larg-
est attendance over any year for FIVE
years. There seemed to be a
marked degree of congenial good
fellowship and the crowds this year
were easily handled. There might
have been some private drinking OF
Intoxicating liquors, but no public
demonstration resulted from the
same. We feel that the bone dry law
will aid the fair attendance and the
keeping of order.
Other Fairs Report Improvement
The Rusbvlle fair reports attend
ance double, receipts much greater,
no arrests and no accidents. Condi-
tons much improved.
The Benton fair reports attendance
larger than ever. Order fine, little or
no drunkenness, no accidents, no
crimes.