The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-02
PROHIBITION IS
HAILED GREAT T,
ACHIEv EMENT
Shumaker Raps Criminal
Court for Inefficiency in
Decision.

The greatest social, educational
and economic uplift ever given to a
free people came to Indiana and the
Nation, when It was decided TO part
company forever with the beverage
traffic in intoxicating liquor, in the
opinion of Dir. Il. s. ShumalSer, In
diana Anti-Saloon League superin-
tendent.
Shumaker said citizens should
view with alarm the proposal to dis
continue the police booze squads I'M
der Captain William Paulsel. He
charged the adjustment of special
squads would dreak down the en-
.orcement Of prohibition.
Sentences Suspended
Shumaker scored the Marion
County Criminal Court for leniency
in liquor cases appealed from city
court. Days and fines have been
suspended and costs assessed in
many cases. Shumaker said. The
largest number of acquittals are due
20 the sanctity with which the court
regards the Fourth Constitutional
amendment. and scoring OF county
and city OFFICERS for making such al
legged illegal arrests.
Only Ill Of $50 convictions in city,
courts served penal farm sentences,
showing something radically wrong,
Shumaker said statistics showed.
Liquor interests asserted prohi-
bition would be the ruination of our
country in business way. We
learn that the value of manufacture
ing products in Indianapolis in 1914
was $1S9, 700, 900; in 1919, $S9S.666,-
900; in 1929. $425, 250,00O; in 1928,
Sass. 1913 ,00O," Shumaker said.
rWe also learn that in 1914,
$87, $50 900 was invested in industry
in Indianapolis. In 1919 the amount
was $2O7,544, 900; in 1922, $22O. 100000.
while in 1923 the amount was $685.
100000.
More Employees
'In 1914, employees in industry in
this city numbered SO,971. In 1919.
$4,000; in 1922, $4,000; in 1928,
1926.
1.-THE manufacturing firms in In
dianapolis in 1914 equalled 500. In
1919, 1904; in 1922. 1,215; in 1928,
1880.
Bank clearings in this city In
1915 amounted to about 100000, 900;
in 1923 to $1,000, 100000.
"Postoffice receipts in Indianapo-
lis in 1915 were somewhat less than
1000, 900; in 1923 about $4,000. 900. I
Assessed valuation of property
in Indianapolis in 1915 was about
5000, 750,00O; while in 1928 1t was
over 100000. 900.
1.-THE enormous growth Of the auto
mobile business. which unquestion-
ably is caused in a large measure by
prohibition, the Improvement OF the
public highways, the great increase
in bank deposits and depositors,. the
wonderful growth of life Insurance.
and many other lines Of business
prosperity, these undoubtedly owe
in large measure their growth and
prosperity to the fact that men are
now Spenulug LfleiT llOHcy LUZ Lit
necessities and comforts Of life in
stead of for booze.
More Building y
"In indianapolis. for example, the
average number of building permits
from 1914 to 1917 equalled $3.50 each
year In spite Of the falling off in
building activities during the World
War, there was, between the years
1918 to 1925, an average number OF
building permits per year of 1882.
This is an increase of 77.5 per cent
over the wet period. The average
expenditures on new building enter
prises in Indianapolis from 1914 to
1917 was $7,766,1 1900. From 1918
to 1926 the average expenditures in
building enterprises amounted to
1881, 466 per year. this being an
Increase of $10.215.sS7 per year in
excess over the average expenditures
during the wet period, or Of 1915
per cent"