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definitely and steadily growing for 

 more than thirty years, the fact has 

 not as yet been reflected in the 

 statistics of liquor consumption; 

 during the decade 1904-1914 the 

 consumption of liquors of all kinds 

 increased nearly forty per cent., while 

 the population increased only slightly 

 over twenty per cent. 



Nevertheless, state-wide prohibi- 

 tion has already been enacted in 

 eighteen of the forty-eight States 

 while local option prevails in sixteen, 

 with several states soon to vote on 

 the question. Moreover, when the 

 Hobson resolution, to submit to the 

 States the prohibition amendment 

 to the Constitution, was laid before 

 the House, 197 members voted for 

 it, 169 against it. 



So we see that the prohibition 



wave is a thing of fact, not of fancy. 



Whether or not it will effectively 



stop the consumption of liquor, it 



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