The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-16
Editor Of The Tribune:

Editor Of The Tribune:
l feel the readers Of your Peoples
Forum are entitled to know the facts
contained in a statement by w. G.
Calderwood, which I am Offering
herewith. Mr.. Calderwood says:
Eleven years Of the noble expert
ment!' And what has it accomplished
up to this time, and under conditions
as they are? A fair question. It shall
have a fair answer.
1T closed the 1T 900 saloons re-
manning in the wet portions of the
nation. Score /, for Prohibition
against the saloons.
1T reduced the alcoholic death
rate from So per 100. 900 to 81. For
the first three dry years, when the
law was reasonably observed, the rate
was only 1.8. The highest rate un-
der Prohibition was less than the
lowest rate under regulation. Score
2, for Prohibition against alcoholism
ut reduced the commitments per
capita, for drunkenness 55.7 per cent
as shown by the figures Of the census
bureau. Score 8. for Prohibition and
sobriety.
1T retarded the criminal tendon
cies of youth. The census bureau
shows a decrease of 1870 In commit
ments Of offenders under IL. The
children's bureau of the department
of labor confirms this tendency. sta
ting that there has been q decrease
in the proportion of young offenders
Official finger print records In New
York City show that there were Tour
times more first timer" DRINKS
which are usually young DRINKS. be-
fore Prohibition than since. Score 4
for Prohibition and Youth.
1T has greatly improved conditions
in our schools and colleges. j. w
Crabtree, secretary Of the National
Education association. in a statement
issued February II, 1890, said:
"'Conditions In the high schools
are much better than in 1920, with
respect both to drinking and general
behavior. This is doubly significant
in view of the fact that high school
enrolment has grown since 1920 from
two million to more than five million
students-an achievement unparal-
leled in any country in all history
I'm a recent address Prof Clarke o.
Yale said:
prohibition has been a great thing
for Yale. The present situation III
regard to liquor as compared with the
situation of the old times Is as day
compared to night. I know becauEe
I have been on the committee on dis
cipline since 1910
"A poll of college presidents fnade
by the Literary Digest brought thu
almost unanimous testimony thai
drinking among the students hat
greatly decreased. Score S. for Pro
hibition and our schools and center'
of culture. u
1T has elevated labor. The U. s
bureau of labor reports that q week.
wages In Prohibition America will bu,
651 pounds of bread and butter y
against 240 pounds In Great Britain
2O6 in Sweden; $50 in Germany; IL
in France, and las In italy. Or.
America has had to erect exclustoI
walls to keep the workers OF the we1
portions Of the world from swarminl
over this country like the locusts o
Egypt. Score s, for Prohibition - I
friend of labor.
1T has been q boon to the family
The Department. Of Commerce show
that the national income has In
creased more than five times Is fas
as the population. Income Is wha
the family lives On. without 1t tn
family must go naked and starve
Since Prohibition, new and bette
homes increased $4,000, though til
number Of families increased bu1
1850, 900; 1000. OCO additional homc
have been equipped with electricity