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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02

begun for the closing Of jails In
many places. The prison population
Of the Bay State has fallen
more than so per cent; SO much, in
deed, that institutions like the great
state farm at Bridgewater, with its
hundreds Of acres under cultivation,
have suffered the most extreme DIFF
ficulty in handling crops
There is no question but that many
of the clubs have been hit by the re-
moval Of the convivial fluids, but as
more than 60 per cent of the saloons
OF the city have remained open for
the serving of 2.75 and other concoc-
lions, the citizen who likes the Eat
mosphere" has not had denied him
the opportunity Of continuing in it.
The nightly attendance" however.
is admittedly less, and the closing
hour, instead of the proverbial jam,
now boasts a chin line" only.
IS. x. o." Business
The theater business here is rec
ord breaking, but leading managers
do not profess to see the change in
the liquor situation as a factor.
Rather do they base the popularity
of the playhouses on the general
good times and high wages which
have given the people money to
spend.
Contrary to expectation, the
largest soda and Ice cream dis
pensers are not willing to go on rec
ord as to what extent the "dry"
regime has affected their business.
which is excellent, just as it has been
for the last three or four years.
These, too, believe that "prosperity''
IS the dominant factor, and few claim
any particular increase since the
first Of July.
There IS no question but that city
and state departments have saved
substantial sums. The cost of the
operation Of the House of Correction
on Deer Island has been cut nearly
33 1-3 per cent. The main prison
will be closed this winter for lack Of
"patronage,' and the inmates will
be quartered in the new section.
built for housing women prisoners.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02

mount in St. Louis. Banks, build
ing, railroads, coal mines, in fact
50 per cent of the business of st.
Louis is said to have been financed
out of the breweries. The great
breweries owned the banks and the
most prominent business corners. 1t
seemed that nothing could start un-
less it had the backing of the brew
ers.
The St. Louis brewery interests
led the fight on prohibition.
In great statewide campaign
made seven years ago they swept
the state by 100000 majority, most
~ run up in the large cities. st.
Louis had been taught to think that
if prohibition came it would die
Men who were in favor of prohibi-
ton for the world deprecated it for
st. Louis on account Of this citys
special interests in the brewing
business.
81 am in favor of prohibition in
other localities, but not for St.
Louis. This city will be ruined if
the United States goes dry was
the remark heard from many.
Property holders were scared.
Many of them disposed of all hold
ings and moved away. 1t was gen
orally held, prior to 1915, that st.
Louis was on the backslide.
st. Louis never has been so pros
porous as at present, though it IS
but fair to say it has only now
felt the full weight of prohibition.
One-half the number of former
saloons have been serving liquor,
beer openly and whisky to those
they know or think are call right. -
Prices are 80 per cent above 1914.
All but one Of the large hotels have
closed their bars.
There is great scarcity of houses
and apartments in St. Louis. There
IS practically no unemployment or
Increase IN poverty. The establish
ment Of several great Industrial
plants, the General Motors chiefly,
some great drug concerns, the
growth in the iron and steel trade,
shoemaking, etc, has entirely taken
up any slack in the labor market
that might have been left by the
retrenchment of the breweries.
The banks are organizing to build
houses for the expected influx and
to take care of the overflow at pres
ent in St Louis.
Most of the breweries have closed
down entirely for some time, but
eight of the former thirty-two have
been operating to fair capacity.
Most Of them have gone or will 20
into the beverage trade.
Police records show a decided de-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02
DIR. Charles ". Eliot

league, among the members Of
which were Charles w. Eliot, Pres
ident Emeritus Of Harvard Univer-
sity; Irving Fisher, Of Yale Uni
versity; John Hays Hammond, the
we'll known mining engineer; Henry
T. Kendall, president Of the Nor
wood Press; Louis F. Post, Assist
ant Secretary Of Agriculture, and
Henry r. Seager, of Columbia Uni
versity.
The first question on the list, "Is
read justment in industrial relations
essential to American prosperity"
was answered in the affirmative by
90 per cent of the voters.
SHOULD the obligations Of en-
ployees engaged in public utilities
vital to the daily functions of So
ciety be different from those Of
employees in private life? "-the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02

crease in petty crimes due to drunk
enness. st. Louis was an open town
on Sunday and the Monday police
court docket was an amazing thing
Monday mornings are now dull days
in the police courts save for motor
speeders. The Bureau of Police
Statistics says that the decrease in
general CRIME in the last year. since
semiprohibition went INTO effect, has
been 20 per cent, and since many
saloons were driven out OF business
by the heavy taxes or liquor the CO
crease in arrests for petty ofFenses
Of liquor derivation has been almost
80 per cent
So far there has been no evidence
that anything bat the motion picture
show has taken the place OF the So
loon. The picture shows are crowd
ed to the limit where they had room
to spare prior to 1919.
There IS steady incresss If
books and magazines taken out at
the Libraries, but the growth Is said
TO be normal. Club attendance has
fallen off and many of the social
clubs have gone out OF existence.
Other large social clubs view the III
ture with concern. There has been
marked Increase in the ice cream
and soft drink business. The the
alter business has been very good, bu.
st. Louis has only two first class
theaters where 1T had four FIVE years
ago.
Prohibition no longer holds any
terrors for st. Louisans. Property
holders who were scared BY ths
boyle three years ago are now get
ting higher rents and higher prices
than they ever expected. Practically
all property has gone up 80 TO 80
per cent regardless of location, and
for the first time since Chicago
passed st. Louis in population in the
'70s DO you fail to hear the age-old
question, What's the matter with
st. LOUISE"
The biggest brewing town in the
world, having some Of the largest
whisky distributing houses IN the
country, st. Louis was paralyzed
by the grim specter of prohibition.
Now she views the passing Of old
John Barleycorn with equanimity.
1t is but fair to say that the boom
IS not attributed to. and is not really
attributable to, prohibition. ST
Louis feels that if beer and whisky
were being sold at the old prices
business would be still better than
it is. But new industries and more
of the old industries have come to
take the place of the lost breweries'
and st. Louis, the greatest beer
town in the world, is content.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02
Profits Dfcindle

Wartime prohibition has knocked
that prospectively profitable inter
regnum in the head. The dealers
feel they have not had the oppor-
tunity to get out of business on their
feet, but rather are being kicked out
Of 1t. 1t is this vital point they are
ready to combat. 1t is this point
which the President brought out in
his message when he said
The subject matter treated in
THIS measure deals with two dis
tinct phases of the prohibition
legislation. One part of the (Vol-
stead) act under consideration
seeks to enforce wartime prohibi
ton. The other provides for the
enforcement which was made
necessary by the adoption of the
constitutional amendment. l OBJ
feet to and cannot approve that
part Of this legislation with refer
ence to wartime prohibition.
It has to do with the enforce
ment Of an act which was passed
by reason of the emergencies of
the war and whose objects have
been satisfied In the demobilza-
tion of the army and navy, and
whose repeal have already sought
ut the hands Of Congress. Where
the purposes of particular legis-
lation arising out Of war emer-
gency have been satisfied, sound
public policy makes clear the
reason and necessity for repeal.
at will not be difficult for Con-
gress in considering this impor-
tant matter to separate these two
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02
In Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. i
L Wartime prohibition in this
city has caused a remarkable
drop in petty crimes, a decrease of
at least 35 per cent in the number
of arrests and a considerable lessen
ing of the number of chronic DRINKS
sent to wards of hospitals.
The four months or rore Of pro-
hibition have brought these changed
wildly to the attention
of the police and city officials.
Coupled with this situation are
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02
Continued from page one

ners, for the first time since those
memorable two weeks in July.
Not that the Retail Liquor Deal
ers' Association, or probably any
other liquor interest. believes that
The situation as it obtained during
the middle Of the last week is any
thing more than temporary They
expect through the courts to show
the illegality of the Volstead act and
lav, been assured that in the near
future they may be doing business
without any pretense of not doing it,
That will give the liquor dealer the
opportunity which he wants, which
Is, after all, the chance to get out
from under.
AS matter of abstract justice,
the liquor dealers feel that when pro-
mbltlon became a part of our funda-
mental law, as it did by. constitu-
tional amendment, to take effect Jan
uary 20, 1920, precedent insured
them tolerance and reasonable
time to dispose of the goods already
on hand and to "save as much from
the wreck as possible"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02
Figures I ell a Story

There were to-day at the House OF
Correction 319 prisoners, of which
lit were males and 14l females.
One year ago there were 426 prison
crs, of which psi were males and
175 females.
Frank A. Cooke, general superin-
tendent of county prisons, said that
prohibition has materially reduced
the number CT prisoners sent to the
county prisons, especially the Moya-
mensing prison at Tenth and Reed
streets.
eve used to have an average Of
twenty-five persons committed here
every day on charges of disorderly
conduct before July u he said.
Nov we have only two or three dis
orderly cases a day.
Disorderly conduct cases, the
superintendent said, were those in
nearly every instance which grew
out of drunkenness.
Director Wilmer Krusen OF the
Department of Health and Charities
said that while it is yet early for
much effect from prohibition to be
noted at the insane asylums and the
home for the INDECENT, there is al
ready decrease in the number Of
inmates in the municipal institutions
since July !
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02

the reports Of theatrical managers
and owners Of ice cream and soft
drink parlors that their business
has increased enormously in the last
few months as result Of prohibit
ton. Scores of new soft drink pal
aces have been opened in the last
few weeks; old places have been en-
larged to meet the growing trade
which in many cases has jumped
several hundred per cent.
Loss of revenue to the city de-
rived from liquor licenses when real
prohibition goes into effect in Janu-
airy is not troubling city officials,
who, viewing the results of war
time prohibition, declare that the
loss will be more than compensated
for by the millions Of dollars saved
by the city in hospitals penal insti-
tutions and asylums.
Nearly S2,000,O00 in liquor H.
cense revenue has come to the CITY
treasury annually It is predicted
that in the first year of prohibition
the saving in the maintenance of
institutions will be several millions.
Less Police Arresfs
Superintendent of Police Robin
son stated to-day that as soon as
wartime prohibition went into eff
feet there was an unusual drop IN
the number of arrests all over the
city, and that this number has been
going down weekly. In the police
stations of the tenderloin. where
scores of persons were brought daily
on charges of various ofenses, the
cells are virtually empty. Of a Sat
urday night at one Of the tenderloin
stations, where as high as 100 per
sons were formerly jailed to await
a hearing in the morning before the
magistrate, the number now has
dwindled.
DR.. Joseph c. Doane, chief resi-
dent physician Of the Philadelphia
General Hospital, pointed out that
while during the four months of
July, August, September and Octo-
Der in 1917 there We're l,00S per
sons admitted to the alcoholic ward
at Blockley, during the correspond
ing months Of the present year,
since wartime prohibition has been
in effect, this number has been re-
duced to 200 persons, smaller num-
Der during the four months than
during any single month In 1917.
At the present time the alcoholic
ward at the hospital is virtually de-
serted.
William A. Patterson, superinten-
dent of the House of Correction.
said that since July l there has been
q gradual falling off in the number
of prisoners sent there, until now
there are fewer than one-half the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02
allOting on the Great Problems of [ndustr
Their" Vote ON the Labor Problem

Results Of balloting series Of qtestions
sporadic By "yes" mo" drafted 'nder the super
vision Of specal committee Of the National Eco
nonic Lcdgue:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02
+ rot. irring Fisher

' NAA>AA ~A%PAN w oAAO0lA Clic'A q
in the profits of industrial
undertakings and be given
an active part in the man
agement in connection with all
problems affecting their welfare is
the opinion of IS per cent Of the
members Of the National Council
of the National Economic League
as expressed in a recent vote on
twelve questions concerning the
labor problems Of the United States.
The incorporation of trade
unions, the maintenance Of the
open shop and equal opportunities
for women in industry with equal
nay for similar work and efficiency
we're also favored by the same high
ercentage.
These questions were formulated
by special committee Of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02

number of prisoners at the city's
workhouse.
On last March 81, Superintendent
Patterson pointed out, there were
S72 prisoners at the House Of Cor
rection, of which GIL were males and
POI females. On June 80, the day
before the wartime prohibition be
came effective, there were 57S
prisoners there, Of which 1868 were
males and 215 females.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-02

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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-04-21
WHEN WITNESS SQUISHES THROUGH
YOUR SHOES

Squash, slush, squiggle-oooooh, what dis
tressing sensation wet shoes are: Every step you
take on the streaming pavement sends another
tricke Of wetness sQuishing through your shoes.
Every step you take sends another apprehensive
chill chasing up and down your spinal cord like an
expert pianist running off a bunch of practice
scales.
Squiggle, squgge, squish-you leave damp
trail behind when you finally enter the office and,
squashing up to your desk, you stamp vigorously
as though that will take all the dampness out of
your shoes. An unexpected but decidedly vocifer-
GUS sneeze sends you palpitating to the radiator
where you uncomfortably jam your feet against
the heat disseminator and wait to warm 'em up.
The soles of your shoes dry out quickly and creak
with the heat. But inside your shoes the damp
ness fingers around like the remembrance OF d
mid-wnter cold Shower bath. w.
Another startled sneeze causes you to gulp
with dismay. You look around quickly to see if
any sly "flu" germs are lowering near, but you
find that the only individuals watching you are
the grinning office people who seem to be expert
encing great delight in your misery.
Your shoes continue creaking and shrinking.
Presently your feet feel like they were in wise.
You realize that you are unbelievably uncomfort-
able and you feel like you're going to have chill
that will rattl the rafters. You phone your wife
that you feel so badly you are coming home. She
says: 81 told you So Next time it rains you'll
do as l tell you and wear your overshoes." You
say yes, that you've learned your lesson and that
next time you surely will wear your overshoes
But-and this is the sadest thing about wet shoes
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-04-21
WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH THE
GOVERNMENT?

The American republic has just astounded the
world by it's accomplishment in war. The democ-
racy they said was inefficient has proved the
spirit of action the soul of bravery, the heart Of
achievement
In conflict in which all the other nations
transcribed the impossible time after time, the
United States caused the hardened veterans OF
the allies to stand agape at the performance OF
supposedly green troops and played an important
part in crushing the most formidable military
machine civilization had ever seen.
Evidence multipIies that America had just be-
gun to bring her terrifying reserve power to bear
and that performances verging on the miraculous
were expected at once. -.a"
In short, the United States of America has just
demonstrated that it is the most nearly perfect
political organization ever created.
And now comes the suggestion that all this be
thrown away that the good of all the American
system Of government be discarded because OF de-
fects found here and there in it.
There are Americans who listen to that sug-
gestion and give credence to the line of reasoning
that holsters it up. They are, for the most part,
those persons who were slowest to realize Amer
ica's duty toward the world in the war.
Let the challenge be hurled against the ira
.ucers Of the American government that they shall
produce one full and complete example of state
that is more desirable than this republic before
being allowed to preach reform by violence.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-04-21

OUR soldier boys, and to pay for bringing back
those who already have returned.
When that is done the job will be finished.
And not until then.
We can't avoid it and we can't evade it, We
cannot shift the burden. It is ours. It is pa
triotic duty; solemn obligation to our boys who
sacrificed far more than we to win the war.
The unfinished business of this war lies before
u.s., The Victory Loan is the implement with
which we may finish the job We were not slack
ers from April 6, 1917, to November II, 1918.
Shall we be sackers now?
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-04-21
LET'S FINISH THE JOB

Y On. the sixth of April, 1917, the people of the
United States entered the war From that day
until the eleventh Of November, 1918, we Ameri-
cans kept our shoulders to the wheel OF endeavor.
We saved and sacrificed We toiled and fought.
I've struggled whole hearted and well toward the
goal Of victory. We laid aside all other things
and concentrated upon winning the war. War be-
came our chief and foremost business.
n We are not yet finished withit. # 1,
For this job was not only task Of manufac
turing munitions of war; uniforms ships and the
transportation of supplies and troops across the
Atlantic. 1t was not only matter Of firing guns
and going over the top. 1t included the financing
of our part in the war; This financial obligation
began with our entry into the war. But it did
not cease with the signing of the armistice. 1t
will not end until the boys have been returned
to their homes; until Uncle Sam has paid all Of
is-AMERICA'S-w bills '0."s
That is why we Americans owe it to ourselves
and our government to lend of our dollars in the
Fifth Liberty Loan, which is our FIRST VICTORY
LOAN. This will be our last chance to lend money
in popular subscription campaign to the govern
ment, for the financing of this war.
Billions of dollars had to be spent during the
months we fought because we had to prepare rap
speed at moment when France was weakening
and Great Britain was unable to bear the strain
alone. It is true that we wasted money, but we
fastened We won. And this after ALL is the
main thing.
These war bills, the rehabilitation of our army,
and the returning of our boys from foreign lands
back to their homes and civilian fe are our chief
concern. Most of the billions we are now asked
to lend has been spent, and it remains for our gov
eminent to borrow the money from citizens, to
pay up the bills, and then commence reducing the
size of the national debt by taxation.
Our war debt must be paid. Not living per-
son in this country can escape paying his or her
share. We will pay that war debt when we wear
clothes, eat food, when we play and when we work.
Our chidrens children will pay. For years we will
pay, pay, pay. That is taxation.
This Victory Loan is NOT taxation. 1t is
merely method whereby the government fl
nances it's obligations until they are paid. The
government might step in and raise the entire
amount by taxation, levying heavy upon every
person. It prefers to pass the burden of payment
over period Of years, thus tightening the imme-
llfate load. 10 do this, there must be money bor-
Eowsd And who, better than Of themselves, should
ne peopae of this country borrow money! To
theen, bstter than to themselves, should they pay
|ntefsst7
YSo. citizen Of America, now are asked to
md money q yourself That, in substance, Is tie
$500 81 til Victory Loan You are asked to
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