956 



The 45 dry counties sentenced to jail im- 

 prisonment ^^'^ 



The 43 wet counties, entitled by popula- 

 tion to send 1491, actually sent 2646 



("With Cleveland not reported to add to 

 wet side.) 

 The 45 dry counties expended for main- 

 tenance of jail prisoners $21^316.06 



The 43 wet counties, entitled by popula- 

 tion to $63,948.18, actually spent. . .$139,750.07 

 (With Lucas and Clarke, cities of To- 

 ledo and Sprinfigeld, not reported, and 

 yet to add to wet side.) 

 Cost of jail prisoners in 45 dry counties 



one year $21,316.06 



Same in Uamilton County alone, with 



only one-third the people $21,037.90 



This shows that the presence of the saloon doubles 

 and trebles the disorder and crime with its conse- 

 quent e.xpense to the taxpayer. It is to be noted 

 that the cost of criminal prosecutions is much great- 

 er in wet counties. 



Nothing is wanting to show the benefits enjoyed 

 by the dry counties; but when you consider that 

 Ohio dry counties have the disadvantage of wet 

 neighbors, and that the wet counties have more than 

 half their terrritory dry, the above contrast is not 

 only startling, but it amounts to absolute demon- 

 stration. 



OUR FARM PAPERS AND OUR CLASS JOURNALS ; 



THE STAND THEY ARE TAKING AGAINST 



BOOZE. 



For the past six months it has been my 

 privilege to glance over hastily toward a 

 hundred periodicals that come to our office 

 in exchange for Gleanings; and it rejoices 

 my heart to see that almost every periodi- 

 cal^n fact, I might say every one (except 

 some of our great city dailies and a few 

 others) comes out with bold editorials for 

 prohibition. Let me give you a sample. 

 This comes from the Fmitman and Garden- 

 er, Mt. Vernon, Iowa. See what the editor 

 says : 



CLOSING THE SALOONS. 



It is interesting to note the gradual closing in on 

 the saloon by the anti-saloon forces. A little here, 

 a little there, once in a while a step backward, but 

 almost always a step in advance. It is literally 

 trench fighting — hand to hand conflict. 



It is also interesting to note who is the most able 

 assistant of the temperance forces. Their most able 

 assistant is the saloon-keeper himself. 



This is noticeable everywhere the fight is on- — 

 nowhere more than in Chicago ju^t now. In that 

 city Mayor Thompson issued an order that the state 

 law should be enforced. This meant Sunday closing 

 of saloons. With what result? Mass meetings were 

 held, and the keepers of the saloons decided to dis- 

 obey the law. They seemingly thought that in their 

 numbers there would be sufficient influence to over- 

 awe the law. 



The saloonkeeper seems to be a naiural-born hog. 

 He never seems to know when he is well off. He is 

 always grasping for everything in sight. This is 

 his undoing. It was his undoing here in Iowa, 

 where his partisans attempted to block all legislation 

 on the subject, although they were in a small minor- 

 ity. It has been his undoing everywhere. Here in 

 Iowa the opponents of the saloon turned and closed 

 all saloons in the state — something they would not 

 have done for a number of years had they not been 

 goaded into it. And the opponents of the saloon in 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Chicago will eventually get a tighter hitch on the 

 saloon because of the action of the saloon-keepers. 



The italics in the above are my own. It 

 is a little tough on the saloon-keeper, I 

 know; but the point is that just now no 

 man will go into the saloon business and 

 pay for a license unless he is one of the 

 lowest and most depraved specimens of 

 humanity — one who is willing to brave the 

 scorn of his fellow-men, including the 

 women and children, just because he thinks 

 here is an opportunity to " get rich quick." 



The above clipping suggests that the 

 saloon-keeper himself is going to be " the 

 most able assistant of the temperance 

 forces." The following, also from the 

 American Issue, illustrates this point. To 

 understand it you want to consider that 

 after that dry Sunday in Chicago the sa- 

 loon-keepers (7152) came out with a big 

 wail, saying they had lost $400,000. When 

 I read it to Mrs. Root, she said, " Why, my 

 dear husband, you are certainly making a 

 mistake. You mean $40,000." But I took 

 another good look and found it was the 

 same in all the papers. 



Saloon-keepers in Chicago positively de- 

 clare they lost $400,000; and a thousand or 

 ttvo have declared they would go out of 

 business if they could not have their best 

 day in the week for trade. The poor fel- 

 lows in this wail evidently expected to get 

 sympathy; but that is where they put their 

 foot in it. A lot of people in Chicago were 

 like Mrs. Root — they could not believe it 

 possible that toward half a million dollars 

 went for booze every Sunday in Chicago, 

 and perhaps it is not true — we hope so. 

 They tried to make out, as usual, that this 

 sum of $400,000 was lost — that is, they lost 

 it, and may God be praised that they did 

 " lose " it. Yes, stupidly as usual, they 

 forgot that what was their loss was a gain 

 for somebody else. Now read the clipping 

 I have been talking about : 



DRY SUNDAY HELPS BUSI..ESS. 



One incident in connection with Chicago's new 

 experience of worrying along over Sunday without 

 taking its nip, or a multiplication of nips, ought to 

 be of particular interest to the merchant. We refer 

 to the report from that marvelous department store, 

 Marshall Field & Co. The management is reported 

 to have said that they did the biggest Monday busi- 

 ness in their history, following the second dry Sun- 

 day. 



The saloonkeepers (7152) themselves say that 

 they lost $400,000 as a result of the dry Sunday. 

 This wail, read in the light of Marshall Field's re- 

 port, gives a hint as to how to divert into legitimate 

 channels money that is now being worse than wast- 

 ed. 



Close the saloons. 



Please notice that quite a part — perhaps 

 a large part of that $400,000— went to oth- 

 er great establishments for household sup- 



