The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-05-19

| loOuidtiOli was Ol last
Mondays accidents as COM
pared with those of 1919. The
trade is considered one of the
most hazardous in construction
work.
morning collecting drunks from the
park benches, feeding them, SOLDERING
them up, and saving them of lasting
results. But last year they were not
there, and so we gave the day to the
poorest children in the city"
Speaking at conference in Chicago
in February, 1922, Mr.. F. c. Moore,
treasurer of the Morgan Memorial
Good Will industries established in
twenty-five cities said, Before Pro-
hibition went into effect we used to
have from Is to 25 drunks every morn
ing applying to us for help. Now we
do not have more than one or two a
week.
Business is Helped
The Business Mans Efficiency
League of Sydney, Australia, in re-
cent letter to the Chamber of Com
merce of Springfield, Illinois, gave
the results of a QUESTIONABLE which
brought replies from SO states of the
United States and seven of the nine
provinces of Canada. The following
is a summary: "Of those replying
twenty-six gave non-committal an
swers, forty-fve gave their judgment
that the law is a failure while 224 said
with varying degrees of emphasis
that Prohibition is proving decided
benefit to the community generally,
and to business in particular"
Fifty-one Illinois business men who
replied to the QUESTIONABLE mentioned
above were unanimous in expressing
themselves against return of the
liquor traffic viewing the question
purely from a business standpoint.
~ Industries Benefited
E. J. Burlington, president of the
Illinois Steel Company, who also su-
pervises the works of the United
States Steel Corporation at Gary, was
recently quoted in newspaper inter-
view, as follows: s'.'
Our employees report for work
with greater regularity, resulting in
decrease of our labor turnover. The
average efficiency of employees has
increased. Personal injuries in the
mills have decreased and the average
economic condition of the families of
is improved. In our opin-
ion this is mainly the result of Prohi-
bition."
Healthiest Year in History
Thirty-seven leading American life
insurance companies which transact
80 per cent of the life insurance busi-
ness of the entire country report that
the year 1921 was the healthiest year
in the history of the United States.
Deaths from pneumonia decreased
so per cent from 1920. Reports from
the Chicago Department of Health
and the Illinois Department of Health
show 1921 to have been the healthiest
year on record.
General Conditions Improved
Dirty and dilapidated saloons have
been replaced by other institutions,
particularly those for furnishing food,
clothing and other necessities. Drunk
en- men have practically disappeared,
being seldom seen on public streets or
in public conveyances. Schools are
better attended by better clothed and
better nourished children. Church
in Protestant churches
was increased by over $4,000 during
1921. Homes are better furnished
now because of savings that formerly
went to the saloon.
Wet Propaganda Explained
Adverse reports on Prohibition in
America are made and circulated by
individuals and agencies opposed to
the dry law. An analysis of anti
propaganda shows that it
is made up of partial or sectional re-
ports giving occasional disadvantages
under Prohibition. Unfavorable re-
suits thus reported are usually not
the result of Prohibition. Statistics
to prove an increase in
crime and drunkenness invariably
compare figures in one period with
some similar period previously noted
since Prohibition became effective
instead of comparing with a period
before Prohibition became effective.
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