AUTHENTIC TESTIMONY RE PROHIBITION.
NOT FAKES, BUT FACTS FRCftl iffcft. who know, ■',■ ■ ••; PROHIBITION IN WASBTOttfON (Published by Arrangement.) • Wellington, Dec. 12, 1919. .- . rp,„ Seattle. Wires years show satisfactory eco-' no»ie, moral, and industrial benefits.'! Criminals m jails have materially re-1 duced, bank deposits steadily increased,. satisfactory business and industrial, growth enforcement good. Voters* adopted prohibition three elections by J heavily increased majorities. ] (Signed) HART, \ Governor of Washington, v ... . Indianapolis, i' ■ After six months of prohibition and one year of war the amount of pettv crime in Indiana was notably affected. county jail population was cut in two. commitments for drunkenness rell off fifty-five per cent, one-third of county jails are empty, social conditions improved, fewer demands for public relief, manufacturers report steadier work, and better conditions of employee* (Signed) JAMES P. GOODRICH Governor of 'lndiana. m . . T'OPiville, Kentucky. The operation of prohibition since July Ist, has reduced crime at least SO per cent in Kentucky, emptied many jails and workhouses, and resulted in (treat honefljt to business enterprises 'i and increased production. Manv busi- : ness men m Kentucky formerly "against prohibition have told mo of benefit< to their business in its operation, ,nd are now converts to its cause. (Signed) HAMILTON, , Collector of Internal Revem.t, ,j.S
T,. ~.,. . battle, W.N.; Piohnbtion great success in Seattle Arrests of drunkenness have decreased \LlllP Per /- n > Bm H deposits largely lne reased, mdustrial and financial Zi«° nS wl hOW . mo>t «»tirfactorv growth. Wet majority in 1914, ,5,000. Dry majority 1018, 38,000. Enforcement good. «"»i« (Signed) LANE, Acting-Mayor. p, i■>-, ■ • Tjonisri «n. Kentucky, crime by 50 per cent. Commercial, moral, and sp.ntual benefits incalculable Decreased consumption in liquor flo per (Signed) W. A. FROST, R \ears Member of Kentucky Senate.. , r , ~ . Boston. Mas*., Massachusetts' Commissioner of Correction states sentences for dnmkenne« in Massachusetts in Julv. Auaiuf. awl September. 1018 1438. The . Rnv m0 n:l, Suffolk county. Boston Citv .Tulv August, and Septemhc- Mis IT «» n J month? of this eieht ' '
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Taranaki Daily News, 13 December 1919, Page 5
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