NO-LICENSE AND PROSPERITY.
From the Associated Prohibition Press of Chicago wo cull th« following: — "People argue that you will kill the t'nwi if you kill the saloons 15 v H'feiring (o tho United States census -ion will find something 1 like this: In California (hero is not a eit\ or town, with ih<* excopt'on of Los Angelos, that has maintained the licensed saloon for •am numbei of years that has increased in populat'on and wealth to exceed 23 per cent On the <-.*!,<->- !»nd *I.cio is not it city or rown m Ihe Stato of Ohfornia. that has had prohibition that has not increased in wealth and population from 63 to 250 per cent. This is borne out by the experience of Balclutha. During tho 13 years they have had no-license— viz., 1E94 to 1907— the uroRS valuation of the borough has increased from £53.000 to £123,000, or equal to a gain of 133 per cent."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2813, 12 February 1908, Page 13
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155NO-LICENSE AND PROSPERITY. Otago Witness, Issue 2813, 12 February 1908, Page 13
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