The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-09-09
100 Percent Increase Seen
in Glasgow Since the War
SCOTLAND PAYS
FOR VOTING WET
Visitors Saw Few Drunks in Three
Months Here
1.-THE MIRACLE OF PROHIBITION"


the Issue gives the observations OF
Herbert Hoarc, recently visitor to
America. from Ipswich, Queensland,
Australia The striking comparisons
Ihe draws between the results of drink
lin America and in Scotland are in har-
imony with the observations OF other
visitors from abroad Like others,
IMr. Hoarc was amazed at the actual
conditions here which he found much
different from reports he had read in
the foreign papers and in the leading
newspapers from this country. Mr..
lHoare was in Chicago on the day that
that restaurant was opened in the
place formerly occupied by Hinky
Dink's swell saloon.
Care of Y. M. {. A. Headquarters,
London, England.
Dear Mr.. Christgau:
81 write you these few lines from
Glasgow where | arrived after ten
lovely days on board the S. S. Colun-
bia. Ny object in writing is again to
express my gratitude for all your
kindness and help during my stay.
That lunch at Hinky Dink's and that
evening dinner at the other place all
helped to give me the stamina which
] required when ! met the president
and looked round the White House at
Washington Well, now, | want you
to take this to heart. spent three
months in your country travelling in
eleven states and covering about 5000
miles. As you know ] went about
day and night visiting the best and the
worst parts of your cities; in that
time ! had an opportunity OF judging
the results OF Prohibition. Ny i'm
pressions have summed up in the
words, "The Miracle of Prohibition. "
] am now in Scotland having arrived
here nearly fortnight ago. Natur-
ally ] was curious to see this part OF
the British Empire because | am one
of Britain's grandchildren from Aus
tralia. And next because it afforded
me an opportunity of comparing dry
America with wet Britain. The COM
parison is entirely in your favor.
More Drunks in Glasgow
In an interview with the press the
other day | said, 4 have seen more
drunkenness and apparent poverty in
48 hours in Glasgow than | saw in my
three months travels in the United
States You remember | visited
Judge Hass' police court in Chicago
and found only Is cases of drunken
ness OH the Monday morning and that
in a city of two and three-quarters
millions.
Here in Glasgow with its popula-
ton OF only little over one million,
the present numbers arc from 90 to
80. was there on Monday morning
at the Central Court, Judge Nielsen
only had about 30 drunks to deal with
but that was because owing to the two
big fires on Saturday and Sunday an
army of police were required so that
only few arrests were made. The
chief court officers told me he has
known the number to be I'D to 10.
Drunks Increase 100 Per Cent
The official report shows the ar
rests for drunkenness are 100 per cent
more than the previous year. At pres
eut it is low owing to the strike, etc.
So If anyone says to you that Is is a
proof that Prohibition does not pro-
hibit send them to compare the pop
ulation Of the cities and compare
Glasgow's figures with Chicago's.
Rags and Tatters
ooh, if you could see the rags. the
tatters, the dirt of these men and
women. don't wonder at that lady
on the boat who was coming home on
visit saying, I'll return to America
soon. Pm ashamed of Scotland al
though it is my native land
Last Sunday | attended a free
breakfast given to about 1000 men
and women and later Va dinner to
about the same number OF poor boys
and girls. AS looked into their faces
and then at their rags | felt my blood
warming at the evidences Of the re-
suits of booze and yet some so-called
Christian people cans see their way
TO vote for Prohibition.
''1n addition | am informed that the