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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-07-02

and consequently had the last year
of the first term OF Local Option and
then the first year under saloons in
1910 and was elected again last year
for a term of four years and feel
that | am somewhat familiar with
the affairs OF the city and the oondi-
tious existing for number of years.
And | have no hesitaney in making
the statement that the conditions in
reference TO crime, disorder, business.
home life and on conditions in gem
cral under Local Option and National
Prohibition have been much better
than under saloons, and firmly be-
lieve the worst time the city ever
knew under Local Option and Pro-
hibition was better than the best un-
der saloons.
Our population in 1910 was 3l,l40
and recently reported for 1920 as AS
8l8 and that surely indicates sub
stantial growth, the first four years
of which was under saloons and the
last six under Local Option and Ma
tional Prohibition.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-07-02
FEDERAL COURT FINDS
FOR KENTUCKY DISTILLERS
Under Ruling, State of Kentucky Can
: not Collect Floor Tax of Fifty
Cents Per Gallon

A federal triumvirate composed OF
Judges Arthur c. Dennison of Grand
Rapids, Mich, United States Court of
Appeals for the sixth circuit, A. NJ.
J. Cochran, United States Court for
the eastern district of Kentucky. and
Walter Evans, United States Court
for the western district of Kentucky,
on June II in Lexington, KY, after
hearing arguments'in the case of Ken
lucky Distilleries and Warehouse
Company against the Commonwealth
of Kentucky, found for the plaintiff.
This means that unless the United
States Supreme Court otherwise de-
crees the state of Kentucky will collect
no further floor tax of fifty cents per
gallon on whisky and will pay back
that which it already has collected.
Attorneys state that an appeal will
be carried to the Supreme Court at
once.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-07-02
A. ]. Faust, Mayor, Lawrenceville

Our city has been dry for several
years but being located near Vncen-
mes, Indiana, not much difference
could be noticed until Indiana went
dry.
Since then a radical change has
taken place, especially since we have
had National Constitutional Prohibi-
ton.
I believe our records will show
only three or four. arrests for drunk
enness the year last past. Crime has
decreased. No disorder traceable to
booze and the groccrymeh say that
bills are much more easily collected
than before the elimination of drink
In my judgment there is not bust
ness man of good repute in the city
that would go or want to go back
to conditions such as obtained be-
fore the adoption of National Prohi-
bition. / have heard few men sug-
gcst that the sale of beer and light
wines might not result in harm but
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-07-02
John w. Reeve, Mayor of Pinckney
VILE


am proud to say that the people
of this city and community did not
wait for the nation to go dry to out
law the saloon but they made our city
dry number of years before War
Prohibition went into effect.
The fact is, we have been dry long
enough now to so convince the cit-
zens OF the advantages of Prohibition
that the last time the effort was made
to secure vote on the proposition
the advocates of the return of the sa-
loon were unable to get. enough,
signers on their petition to call the
election. Some of the men who were
formerly engaged in the saloon bust
ness are now engaged in legitimate
business and do not want the sa-
looms again.
We have practically no drunken
ness on our streets, the police court
is IDLE, the Jail is empty of DRINKS and
disorderlies and business conditions
generally improved in that men who
formerly spent their money in the sa
loon and compelled the good natured
merchant to carry them for the neces-
saries of life, now pay the men in lcgit-
innate business for what they get and
take care of their families. In fact the
business life, home life and affairs in
general throughout our little city arc
so much improved under Prohibition
that no one now has The hardihood to
stand up and even hint that they arc
in favor of the return of the saloon
As was the case everywhere
every time the question of dispensing
with the saloon was voted upon it was
argued that the city could not exist
without the revenue from the saloon
and that we would be compelled to dc
without electric lights for our streets
We arc not only doing business in
very satisfactory way as a city, but
enjoy the same electric lights that we
have always had and have reduced
the indebtedness of the city since the
saloons. were dispensed with, and arc
enabled, as direct result of the abb
sence of the saloon, TO dispense with
the services of a City Marshal and
administer the affairs of the city in {
more economical manner
| have been of the opinion for many
years that prohibition OF the liquor
traffic is the better policy for any
city, state or nation, and since actua
experience in managing the affairs o
our little city have had no occasion
to change my views, but on the othe
hand have had them strengthened.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-07-02
Prohibition Good
For Edwardsvine
Only One Person Hurt, FINANCIALLY


(From Edwardsville Inelligencer)
Within less than another week
Edwardsville will complete the first
year under Prohibition. From re-
ports today the city has been on its
good behavior.
Only one resident of Edwardsville
Police Magistrate ]. w. Buckley
has been materially and financially
hurt by Prohibition. 1t was said to-
day "his business has been shot to
pieces" There are no more Monday
morning scenes in the court with a
number lined up for drunkenness or
other disturbances and hearing the
Judges familiar voice in announcing.
judgment, Three dollars and costs"
Occasionally Magistrate Buckley
gets a case in which the city ordi-
nances have been violated. He must
look to most Of his income now from
wedding ceremonies.
There were fourteen saloons i'll Ed
wardsville when Prohibition went
into effect last July. One place, the
cafe operated by Sehnert Brothers,
was closed and the thirteen others
converted into soft drink establish
ments They have been doing what
appears to be good business in dis
pensng Notwithstanding drinks, cigars
and candy.
So with the passing of the old
time saloon only one building was
vacated and within a few days a
clothing store was moved into it.
The building vacated by the clother
has since been taken by another.
Building owners have not lost through
the change, as their places arc still
rented.
A survey in the business portion Of
the city, within two blocks of the
court house, shows there are only
three or four desirable buildings that
are vacant, Some that were empty
for years now contain other busi-
nesses.
Chief of Police Thomas Moriarity
said this morning that no more than
six intoxicated men have been ar
rested in Edwardsvillc during the
past twelve months. In five in
stances they were persons taken from
street cars or men who became in
toxicated in other places.
Chief Moriarity said that the Pro-
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-07-02
Peoria Prospers
and Is Happy Dry
Distilleries Transformed, Drunkards
Reformed, Business Booming,
Banks Busy, Workhouse
Closed

| (By Glen D. Valley, of the Peoria
JournaD
One year of Prohibition has not
hurt Peoria as business city. Credit
men for large department stores are
not slow to tell one, that collections
were never better. One man, Jack
Miller, manager of the Hartman fur
niture company says the doing away
with the saloon, has made the home
more attractive. 1--WE never enjoyed
such a large volume of business" said
Mr.. Miller "Men are going home
with their money. Their wives are
buying things for the home, more
than ever before
Only three additional persons have
asked for aid, from the county, dur
ing the past year, according to the
County Overseer of the Poor. The
expenditure for charity from this
source has fallen off so per cent, ac-
cording to county officials.
The juvenile probation officer says
families are living better than ever
before and the amount of dependency
has fallen off considerably during the
past year. Even at Christmas time"
said the probation officer, families
had Christmas trees for their children
who have not had one for many years
Prohibition is a great thing"
Banks say the savings accounts are
growing steadily. Men are taking a
just pride in watching their efforts be
crowned with sober results.
Even the distilleries, the largest in
the world, have been transformed
into the manufacture of food prod
ucts and are employing ten times the
help, than when they were manufac-
turing liquor.
The House of Correction which
has been one of the "booze time"
landmarks has been closed. Not
enough prisoners picked up any
more" said city official, ito pay for
its upkecp." Crime has decreased,
the jails are emptying and everybody
is prospecting in Peoria.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-07-02
Joseph H. Davis, Mayor of Murphys
boro

Some short time ago | took occa-
sion 10 look up some statistics in rel
erence to conditions under saloon re-
gime and since. In police court
find that during the month Of July,
1917, there were AZ arrests with saloons
running; July, 1919, with saloons gone
but plenty OF booze around but 10;
August, 1917, AZ arrests; August, 1919,
II. After the Nolstead act in force
for the first two months we find
November, 1919, but 3 arrests and
December complete including Christ
mas when we always had more ar
rests than any other months we had
but two. Our dieting bill for pris-
oners has run as high as 500 per
month but the last bill sent in was
for three months dieting and it was
for only $3.50, an average Of $40
per month.
Something like six months ago our
Police Magistrate died and we have
not thought it worth while to elect
another as there is practically no bust
ness for one. We have had as high
as SO saloons in Murphysboro. We
have now but eight soft drink parlors
and all business places with exception
of two are full, business is better,
bank deposits increased and home life
improved 100 per cent.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-07-02
TAX RATE DECREASES
IN SALOONLESS OMAHA

The tax rate in the city of Omaha
has decreased from SOLO per thou
sand in 1916 when the state was wet
to 1923 per thousand in 1918 with the
state dry The number of police has
decreased in the same period from
1888 to los. The number of persons
given poor relief decreased from
1884 in 1916 to 798 in 1918. Mayor
Z. P. Smith of Omaha in statement
says:
Business conditions were never
better in Omaha than they are
now. There is greater demand
for residence, stores and ware
houses than there ever wac be-
fore. l do not know of vacant
store in the city that is fit for
occupancy. / know it can not be
said that Prohibition has de-
stroyed business in Omaha. We
have had number of large ho-
tells built in the last two years.
Others are in the course of con-
struction at this time, and yet all
agree that hotel accommodations
are not equal to the demand.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-07-02
KRAMER SAYS SALE OF
BREW MATERIAL ILLEGAL

The illegality OF the sale of malt!
and hops was pointed out in lette
from John F. Kramer, Prohibitio,
chief last week The letter in par
reads:
This is manifest attempt to
sell materials for the manufac-
ture of Intoxicating malt liquors
IN homes and wholesale and in
consequence is in direct violation
of section Eighteen of the
Amendment Any person selling
these materials under circum-
stances which would point that
they were to be used as intoXi-
cants is liable to fine as a con-
spirator.
The letter was also interpreted tc
mean that dealers selling fruits
raisins, yeast and other material!
from which alcohol may be distilled
will be subject to arrest if they know
materials are to be used for illega
purposes.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-07-02
II. L. Lester, Mayor of Streator

II II. LSSlCis NAdJoi Vi ohSdtoi
Streator has had from 40 to 65 sa-
looms for a great many years during
this time there has been a great deal
of drunkenness and generally several
Saturday night arrests and always
more or less inmates, SOLDERING up in
the city Jail.
Since the beginning of Prohibition
there has been an immediate change
for the better. We hardly ever see
an intoxicated man, and the habitual
drunkards have gone into steady emf
ployment, our city courts have but
little to do. Crime has decreased
very markedly. There is less disorder
of all kinds Our city Jail was empty
last 4th of July for the first time for
years, and a number of fathers pur-
chased presents last Christmas for
their children for the first time within
the memory of the children, thus the
moral uplift home atmosphere and
good cheer have all been placed on a
higher plane.
Our business houses have been re-
novated and remodeled more during
the past year than for 10 years back
From business standpoint our little
city has taken on new life. The only
disadvantage and the only regret is
that our state legislature did not make
provision for finances to take the
place of the money derived from the
saloon licenses before enforcing the
Prohibition law AS it is nearly every
municipality in the state is in guam
Diary as low to meet the yearly ex-
penses.
Personally l am pleased over the
results of Prohibition. And | am
against the use of alcohol in any form
for a beverage.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-07-02
THOMPSON SHES CASTOR .
IN INTERNATIONAL RING
New York State Senator Announces
His Candidacy for Governor on
Strict Law Enforcement Platform.

Senator George +. Thompson has
announced his candidacy for Republi
can nomination for New York Gov
ernor. Senator Thompson has come
out four-square for a strict enforce
ment of the Eighteenth Amendment.
The following is his declaration:
| believe i'll strict enforcement
OF the Eighteenth Amendment,
The repeal of the us per cent
beer bill, the passage of necessary
enforcement legislation, and
wiling submission to the man
date of the majority expressed.
I Do not believe in any conflict
between the state and nation i'll
the enforcement OF the federal
constitution. Neither can the Re-
publican party afford to take the
immoral end of moral question.
Senator Thompson has long rec
ord Of faithful service as state leg
islator. He has always not only
voted right on moral issues but has
been an aggressive worker i'll behalf
of such issues.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-07-02
STANDING AT THE DAWN
Geo McGinnis

DIR. Chas. Gilbert Davis, one
of Chicago's prominent physi-
clans and author of 1.-THE Phil
osophy of Life" and do 1t
Now" and a number of medical
works, says in regard to Pro-
hibition:
In my professional work
| am sur, that | can al
ready see there is a
change IN the pathological
condition of the public in
general; there is wonder
full change in the cases of
disturbed nutrition arising
from the effects OF alcohol.
From observation in my
own practice | can say that
Bright's disease has dimin-
ished over fifty per cent.
With all the agony and
storm and stress that today
weigh upon human life |
can see that as race we
are standing at the dawn
Of new day, a day full
of life, health, happiness
and a greater advance of
evolution than the world
has ever seen.
Oh we booze croakers who
imagine that liquor is the staff
OF life and the sine qua non of
human joy, the world today is
taking your insane rawlings
cum grano sails, for science is
proving that rum is the kill-joy
of health and happiness.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-07-02
SCIENTIFIC TEMPERANCE
FEDERATION ELECTS HEAD
Full Complement of Officers Chosen
to Set Forward the Standards of
the Federation the Coming Year

The Scientific Temperance Fedora
ton, Boston, at a meeting held
recently elected as honorary presi-
dent, Prof. Irving Fisher of Yale Uni
versity, and as honorary vice presi-
dents, Dr. Richard Cabot and DR..
Thomas NJ. CarYer of Harvard Uni
versity. DIR. Haven Emerson of Caval
Medical School, DR.. Adolph Meyer
of Johns-Hopkins, and DR.. Harvey
w. Wiley.
Other officers elected were Mr.. Err
nest H. Cherrington, president; A. J.
Davis, vice president; Cora Frances
Stoddard, executive secretary; Mrs.
Emma L. Transeau recording secre-
'tary; and Miss Edith M. Wills, field
secretary.
The Federation activities for 1919
have included extensive work in sup
plying Information on special topics
to writer's and workers not only in
all parts of the United States but in
foreign countries. Considerable lit
erature and many articles on the
temperance question have been pre-
pared for various organizations and
periodicals.
The reports showed that despite
Prohibition the education of public
sentiment will long be necessary,
while the demands for information
from other countries will require in
creased activities.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-07-02
H. N. Schuyler, Mayor of Pana

This is what might be called coal
mining CITY," we have about ono
thousand miners. Prohibition has not
made as much change in the first year,
as it will later, for the reason that
more or less alcoholic drinks was put
away in cellars, though it has been
used moderately. We have had some
disturbances, though at the police
magistrates Office, there has been
much less crime reported. AT least
fifty per cent less than the year be-
fore. During the year, we have had
two murders. One of them caused
by drinking, the other jealousy and
whisky mixed.
Upon the whole there has been an
Improvement, and | am OF the opinion
that the improvement will be more
noticeable during the next twelve
months.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-07-02
BIGGEST THING THAT
EVER HAPPENED
By F. c. Krysher, Mayor of
Carbonate

Going dry is the biggest thing
that ever happened for Carbon
dale. Our common topers have
sobered up. The blear is leav-
ing their eyes, the bloat is gone,
children are in school. better
clothed and better fed, their
wives do not have to take in
washing to buy necessities of
life. They are paying their
bills, in fact, | know several
who are blessing the dry act.
Business here in Carbonate
is better now than it ever has
been.
Our city has made two ar
rests in the past year on &C
count of drunkenness. We used
to make from IS to 80 and up
per month. Lie is better and
worth living for big percent
age of our citizens, and safer
for the balance of us.
Calls for charity are almost
thing of the past. Our Jail
is fast becoming a relic Of by
gone days. Our city is better,
healthier, and happier. We arc
not afraid for our boys to be
out nights for we trust them
when they are sober, and know
that they will not wind up in a
drunken fight or have to be
pawned out of Jail.
Our girls wear silk waists and
SIS shoes and have lots of fun
on the money that their dads
used to spend for booze and
fines. Their dads are riding in
cars and approaching the ne
cessity of a good clear vision.
I can assure you that Carbon
dale is a good place in which to
live a great deal better than
it was a few years ago.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-07-02

hibition law is being generally OBJ
served in Edwardsville. He believes
there are only very few cases in
which liquor has been supplied to
persons after someone secured sup
ply elsewhere and passed it among
friends.
In connection with the we'll filled
condition of business places all
houses are occupied and hotels are
filled to OVERLOOKING. Board by the
week is nearly impossible and it is
hard to get nights lodging.
THE city is in fine condition at
present." said the chief. with all
of the other things there is very little
sickness and only a few cases Of
whooping cough"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-07-02
MUSGUOVE CONGRATULATED. /,
ON ALA. SENATORIAL FIGHT
Bryan Felicitates Alabamian on
Cutting Underwood Majority
From 10000 to 1900
O'NEAL AMONG MISSING
Alabama Most Promising Field
in Southland for Wet
Effort

Mr.. Bryan in the Commoner for
June makes the following comment
on the result of the Musgrove-Under-
wood contest for United States Sen
atorship in Alabama:
Mr.. Musgrove, the Prohibition
candidate against Senator Under
wood, made a splendid race
against great odds. To have re-
duced the Underwood majority
from 10000 Cat the former cleo
tion) to 1900 is in itself VIC
tory. Congratulations Mr.. Mus
grove you have robbed Mr.. I'm
derwood's election of any value
to the vets. He is pledged
against any re-opening and by
emphasizing Prohibition as an
issue you contributed materially
to the defeat of Ex-Governor
O'Neal.
In an editorial under the caption,
THE South Still Dry" Mr.. Bryan
speaks of the O'Neal contest for
United States Senatorship, short
term, in the following words:
But the wet and dry issue was
more clearly presented in the
race for the short term. Ex-Gov-
ernor O'Neal, for years the wet
leader of the state, ran on a
''wine-and-bcer' platform against
three rivals, two of whom in
sisted that the question was set
tied. One of these, Congress
man Helm who voted for the
Nolstead enforcement law, won,
while ex-senator White who de-
bated the liquor question with
Mr. O'Neal came second. The
wine and beer candidate came
third and polled more than one
fourth of the votes.
The South is still dry.
Alabama was the most promising
field in the South for the vets. Her
Prohibition is statutory, not consti-
tutional, and she was the only dry
state in which the vets made any ac-
tive effort against ratification. Now
Alabama has spoken and it will be
a long while before another southern
politician risks his fortune on a wet
platform. Had Underwood dared to
ask for reelection on his record on
Prohibition he would have been over
defeated. And note wine
and beer are as dead as whisky.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-07-02
Thos. P. Cunning, Mayor of Princeton

Princeton has been dry territory for
fourteen years. | do not presume
that the direct effects of National Pro-
hibition are so noticeable here as in
places recently voted dry. We had,
however, to contend with the saloons
in Bureau, Ill. The village OF Bureau
is located on an interurban railroad
ten miles from our city, and it was
an easy matter for any of our people,
so desiring, to get to and from
Bureau, and was quite common oc-
currence to see men returning intoxi-
Gated. This traffic now, of course, is
entirely stopped. There are less cases
in our police court, seldom do we
ever see drunken man on the
streets, and I am very sure that many
families are better taken care of be-
cause the money that father made is
being spent in the care of his family
rather than in the saloons OF our sister
city am sure that our city would
never again want to return to the
days of saloons. Our people know
a good thing when they see it, and the
Anti-Saloon League of Illinois and
the nation can count on Princeton as
one of the cities that will do its share
to keep our nation forever dry.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-07-02
FAREWELL SALOONS
By d. p. Moore. Editor Olney
Times

Saloons have been out of Oh
ney a good many years. The old
saloon buildings arc now occu-
pied by various businesses. Ar
rests are rare. Drunk men are
never seen. tough men and
women have left. Very few
ever put in jail. People have
more money, bank deposits are
steadily increasing, and there is
less crime, better fed and cloth
ed people, more happiness, less
misery, fewer lawsuits, more
content, and less strife.
There is no argument for the
saloon.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-07-02
BIG SUBS MAKERS CASH
IN AND QUIT BOOZE GAME

Two of the largest beer and near
beer producers in central Pennsyl-
vania, the ]. & A. Moeschlin, Inc,
Sudbury, and the Fuhrmann and
Schmidt Brewing Corporation at
Shamokin, suspended operations OIL
June 10. At the Sunbury brewery
less than "a barrels of near beer is
on hand and in the Shamokin brew
cry there is still less. No brewed
products will be made in the future,
it was announced. Thus one by one
the old breweries are closing their
doors forever.