The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-05-21
GRANITE STATE IN ACCT
WITH ITS PROHIBITION
Dry "Stock-taking" on Prohibi-
tons Second Anniversary
Show Big Results
MORAL IDEALS HIGHER
Officers of Law Enthusiastic
Over Great Improvement
Under Prohibition

The second anniversary of Prohibit
ton in New Hampshire occurred
May /, 1920. Some of the results OF
a two years application of the dry
policy are recorded in the Manchester
Union of that state. The following
are excerpts from the Unions story:
Two years OF freedom from the
presence OF the licensed saloon has
worked wonders for the Improvement
OF the moral standards of the COM
monwealth. Chiefs Of police, social
service leaders and the chief exccu-
tive officials OF the cities OF the state,
united in testifying to the beneficial
results achieved in the two years OF
prohibitory law.
ARRESTS for drunkenness arc the
best indications of the effectiveness of
the Prohibition law. In Manchester,
the largest city of the state, the ar
rests of DRINKS has decreased from
1858 in 1917, the last year of license,
to ,s34 during the past twelve months,
the second year OF Prohibition. In
Dover but one arrest Tor drunkenness
has been made since the prohibitory
law went into effect and that single
unfortunate was taken from train
passing through the city enroute to
Haverhill
Michael J. Heeley, chief of police
of Manchester, when interviewed on
the results of Prohibition in the city,
SAID: My experience with the Prohi-
bition law in Manchester during the
past two years has convinced me be-
yond a shadow of a doubt that it is
the best thing absolutely for the pub
lie welfare of the municipality. 1t
certainly has worked wonders for
us. Our morning police court is the
evidence. Our arrests for drunken
ness have decreased from 1888 for
the year ending May /, 1918, in the
last year of license, to 700 for the
year ending May |, 1919, the first
anniversary of the prohibitory law,
and during the past year the latter
figure has been more than cut in two.
Eyes, the operation of Prohibition
in this city has convinced me beyond
any question whatever. | had always
thought THAI Prohibition was fail
ure, that it couldn't be enforced. For
that reason | favored a system of IL
cense. In fact, | opposed the present
prohibitory law before the Senate
when it was up for consideration and
passage because l honestly believed
it could not bceenforced But there is
no longer any question about the
beneficial results to be achieved by
Prohibition
The Union quotes Mayor H. E.
Chamberlain of Concord who puts
his stamp of approval upon the law
and Chief of Police Goodwin of
Nashua who commcnds the dry pol
icy. Chief of Police Hurley of Ports
mouth is quoted as saying; after
two years of Prohibition here we have
decided that we have decidedly fewer
arrests for drunkenness. Appeals of
non-support are negligible compared
with the number that came 10 our at
tention before the law was passed and
put into operation"
In an editorial the Union says:
With two years experience to
guide them the people of the
Granite State are more convinced
than ever of the moral and eco
nomic advantages which accrue
to saloonlcss policy. If the
question of the resubmission of
the Prohibition Amendment were
to be put UP to the voters of this
state in the approaching election
the drys would win by major
ity of staggering proportions.
Even the city of Manchester, the
stronghold of the vets in the
old days, would vote to stay dry
by handsome margin.