The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-12-01

York as there are in Palestine and Ar
menia. There are, in fact, more Jews
in the city of New Yo.k than there
are, all told, in all CT North America
outside the United States, all OF South
America, all OF Asia, all of Africa and
all OF Australia.
The American population is made up
of almost every clan OF every race. oil
every color and of every nationality
on the face of the earth Almost one
lea is either foreign-born or the chill
dren of forcign-born parents. .
Why America Adopted and Must
Continue Prohibition
A library of statistics might be. pre-
scented on the beneficial results of Pro-
hibition in America Great facts stand
out like beacon lights in the records
OF states and cities since 1917 when
Prohibition by state law spread rapidly
through the United States until the
coming into effect of wartime Prohibit
ton on July l. 1910, and OF constitu-
tional Prohibition on January 10, 1920.
Numerous factors. of course. natur-
ally enter into and affect statistical
records, yet it is significant fact that
in spite OF the tremendous develop
ment of the railroad activities i'll the
United States of America there were
actually fewer persons killed on or by
the railroad operations i'll 1920 than
had been killed by such operation dur
ing any year for more than thirty
years. Fewer miners of coal were
killed during the year 1920, i'll proper
ton to the number of miners employed
and in proportion to the number of
tons of coal mined than in any similar
period for quarter, of century. j
The records OF 100 largest American
cities show that there were fewer sui
cides during the year 1920 than during
any previous year of the twentieth
century, The per, cent of deaths OF
children under FIVE years OF age for
1918, 10 and 20, was les5 than for any
similar period for third of a century,
and the full death rate in the United
States for 1919 and 20 was less than
it had been for IS years.
Fewer deaths from automobile acct
dents in proportion to the number of
automobiles in use have been recorded
under Prohibition than during any
previous similar period. The statistics
of crime, pauperism and insanity. show
a remarkable falling off under Prohi-
bition as compared with similar peri
DDS under license and regulation. The
ledger of public charity is significantly
marked by the passing of the legalized
liquor traffic, while improvements i'll
public health, the public peace and the
public welfare score heavily on the side
of Prohibition.
Even more significant is the contrast
shown in what might well be termed
"a revival of learning in America" I'M
der the Prohibition regime, as that
revival is indicated by the records of
the public schools, the high schools,
the technical institutions, the colleges
and the universities.
There are, however, NOR compre-
hensive, more fundamental and more
conclusive facts which tend to show
why America was compelled to adopt
Prohibition, why America must con-
tinue Prohibition and why return to
the reign of the liquor traffic in Amer
lea is essentially impossible.
This, in special sense, is an indus
trial and commercial age. The impli-
cations therefore in the transformation
which has taken place during the in
dustrial revolution OF the past few
years deserve thoughtful considera-
ton.