The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1930-03-01
YOUNG PEOPLE DRINK MUCH LESS THAN FOR
MERLY, GREATLY HELPED BY PROHIBITION


for Them to Really Know Results
of Prohibition, are Saying
MISS MARY E. MCDOWELL. UNIVERSITY OF CHI
CAGO SETTLEMENT, says:
Young boys attending dance halls don't drink
much they did, And young people do not have to pass
open saloons every corner. If person wants to get
liquor he has to hunt for it and pay great price We
used to many drunken the street and pay
little attention to them Now if anyone drunkard
a great fuss is made about it."
MISS HARRIET E. VITTUM NORTHWESTERN
SETTLEMENT says:
1.-The savings bank IL our neighborhood has doubled
trped its savings accounts since prohibition,
indication that people have better living conditions bet
ter clothing, money in reserve. In time Of tenn
porary depression they're better prepared That brings
peace of mind, condition that isn't conducive to
drink"
MARY NJ BARTELNE, JUDGE OF THE JUVENILE
COURT OF COOK COUNTY, says:
II think the charge that prohibition is contributing
to youthful delinquency is untrue.
Delinquency among poor people is not increasing but
declining 1 make this statement not only from own
observation but from records recently had occasion to
look up statistics delinquency the figures found
bore out my impressions While of the credit must
go to the splendid social work that has been done in
recent years. there is question that far fewer of
delinquency due to drink brought to the Juvenile
Court since prohibition.
II believe that among the young people Of the poorer
classes with whom my work brings in contact, there
is less drinking than formerly"
MISS SOPHONISBA P. BRECKENRIDGE PROBES
SOR OF SOCIAL ECONOMY IN THE SCHOOL OF
SOCIAL. SERVICE ADMINISTRATION AT THE UNI
VERSITY OF CHICAGO, says:
There is no comparison between conditions and
prior to national prohibition The difference between
these two periods is wide that cannot understand
how any honest person can fail to see it.
Take the crowded west side of Chicago for instance.
Thousands and thousands of young men there do not
drink now because they are tempted to do it together
Before prohibition there chance for the young
escape liquor and the older tempted in
every way.
"In my home State of Kentucky which used to be the
home of dstileries drinking among many of
the young folks used to be extreme Prohibition has
brought about great betterment of moral conditions in
the state.
"Whie we hear talk today of drinking among the
young people in society it is nothing My memory
goes back tragic instances of drinking of this
type before prohibition.
st. myself have no question about the moral benefits
of prohibition"
MRS. MURRY NELSON PRESIDENT OF THE
WOMANS CITY CLUB OF CHICAGO says:
Mote the tremendous increase in enrolment in high
schools and colleges.
"This certainly does not indicate lapse in moral
ditons. The increase is so great that it cannot be
planned the grounds of national prosperity alone
There must be other factors at work and believe
of these is prohibition Even if the increase all due
increased prosperity however, that in turn is in
small part result of prohibition It is therefore hard
to separate the economic from the moral aspects of the
case An Improvement in the economic status of people
usually brings up the morale"
MISS LEAH TAYLOR, CHICAGO COMMONS So
CIAL SETTLEMENT, says: ses
1.-The general improvement in child life since prohibi
ton is obvious OF course, some of this betterment Is
due to economic gains well to prohibition, but
in neighbOrhood like ours inhabited largely by Italian