The New York herald., 1922-01-16


amount of major crime such as Is re-
ported from nearly everywhere else.
He also quotes Gov. Samuel r. Nickel
vie as saying:
..In this State we have made very
thorough effort to enforce the laws
relating to piohibition. and we have
had more than measurable success.
This does not mean. OF course. that
there is not still some illegal traffic
IN booze. and the effects OF this traf-
fic are baneful In the extreme. But
with the rigid enforcement Of the law
and the cultivation of tastes that are
foreign to intoxicants we hope ulti-
mately to overcome this condition.
The directness Of this statement
seems to warrant callirsg special at
tention to the fact that Nebraska has
been. by law, dry State for nearly
five years.
"Kansas soberest I'm Union"
In Kansas there is a situation some
what resembling that in Nebraska
The correspondent writes:
1.-TWO years OF national prohibition
of the liquor traffic has shown no ma
terial change in conditions In Kansas.
This state was the pioneer in out
lawing this traffic. Forty years ago
the people by popular vote declared
for prohibition. Kansas had won her
fight against the saloon twetlty-
wears before the nation seriously
turned to prohibition What had been
accomplished by this State was' held
up as an example for the nation TO
follow"
The correspondent then quotes Gov.
Allen In part as follows:
kansas is the soberest, cleanest
and best ruled State In the unaion'
The banishment Of the saloon has
greatly lessened crime and has con-
tributed more to right living, to eau-
cational advancement, to religious
thought and to home building than
all other agencies. We have within n
our borders thousands of young met
and women who never saw a saloon
or the sign OF bar. Like other States
few Illicit stills are found by the
officers of the law. These and the
vile brew they distiIl are quickly de-
stroyed and the yiolators of the law
promptly punished. There need be
no doubt about Kansas taking care
of any violators of the prohibition
law"
Much Spent on Enforcement.
The correspondent continued with
the statement previously referred 10
in this series of articles.
"By reason of Topeka's nearncss to
Kansas City, Mo-. through All these
years a wet city, the fight against the
liquor traffic has been continuous. In
spite Of this fact Topeka Is rated as
one Of the cleanest towns OF bo.ooe
population, as far as the liquor ousi-
ness goes, between the two oceans.
"At every session Of the Legisla-
ture special appropriations are made
for the use Of the Attorney General
and other officers in hunting down
violators of the state prohibition law.
In the last twenty-five years PROB
ably 500 900 has been appropriated
for this purpose. In addition to ths
regular salaries of officials"
The correspondent in South Dakota,
dwelling on the economic conditions
prevailing and the increase In crime
saws fatty that It would be unfair 10
connect either with prohibition. He
also writes:
"There is considerable booze running
and peddling, as well as illicit manufac-
ture. in this State, and number OF
arrests have been made on THESE
charges. On the other hand. to see a
drunken man is a rarity in this part
of the country, and while drunks We're
numerous and the police court records
fun of arrests for that offense In the
old days. these records fail to make
any such showing now. Not the man
who drinks liquor but the man who is
irving to manufacture it or to sell 1t
is the one now oftenest noted as an
offender"
Delaware Arrests Fewer.
The special reports to THE NEW
York HERALD indicate that the States
lust dealt with. Wyoming, Nebraska
Kansas and South Dakota, are as dry
as any other area of size greater than
a single state. They appear to con,
stitute. in fact, the dryest section OF
the country, and the conditions roted
there are. generally speaking, a. Ia
vorable as may be found at this time