IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) // :^^ c^^ y. (/a (/. 1.0 I.I 1.25 IIIM IM IIIIM "Hi 136 2.2 1.4 1.6 ^x <^ /a §*. 'c^l eiure, 3 32X 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 PR0RIBiri0N HANDBOOK /'%«#*:«!«»f' '/' s '%f" Mill Vf 1 t.^^ly A / 7 ?- -6 THE ANADIAN K'MDBOOK OF «» Prohibition Facts, A COMPILATION OF Facts and Figures FOR '* We give the Facts you do the Talking.^ AMHERST, N. S. PROHIBITION PUBLISHING CO'Y. 1892. 1.. i) s PREFACE. '^ , ^ The facts and figures in this book have i })een gathered from time to time and form part of a scrapbook compiled for the personal use of the editor in the discharge of his duties on the Canadian Voice. Finding them of great value they are published in this form for the benefit of those who have neither time nor inclination tj make laborious research in our Dominion Blue Books and other reliable sources of in- formation. No attempt at system has been made as the work is not intended to be read consecutively but used as a wosk of reference for which purport its extensive index will be found of great assistance. Our aim has been to furnish as many facts as possible and let others make the arguments. The Editor. JIJ10H3 i . -"'t I. *^4 * 7 PR0HIBir0N Facts and Figures! Dkixk and Ckimk. The Prcviiic-es i,i whicii are found the hw- J^est proporticn of crime are tliore Mhicli .liov tlie largest consiiniptioM of drink r.er l>ej-d of opiilatioii. The f(V' ' - -^ ^"'^ '^ make this phiiii : popidation. The folknving table for 1891 ^vill I PROVINCE. No. of ' Convic tons. o o c Consiiinj t!oii of liquor per liead of popu ^ -^ kition. r1 O British Col Ontario Quebec Manitoba N. BruRs. N. Scotia P. E. LslVl 1.-360 19.389 10,743 997 2,540 1,478 555 C,564 gals 4,786 3,G10 2,489 1,705 1,500 942 M M II II It Will l)e ^een from the above that vvith the exception of P. E. Island and ISTew Bruns- wick the per centage of crime is in exact ratio to consumption of licpiors. Nova Scotia which outside of the city of Halifax is under a fairly enforced Prohibitory law makes the best ^J. mg with one conviction to every 305 inhabit- ^\ r 8 rnoiiiiuTiox racts and Fir.UREa. ants aiul is elcsely followod l)y the tc^JTitories unclor the Pe'VDiit system witli one conviction to every 280 inh;ibit;ints. NoirniwEST Peumit 8vaTi:M. TJie alnnni})'' incre:ise of drink in tlie Northwest e.nder the lloyal Permit System will he i'e' t:il)l<' {IS re])ie:'entin^^ Canada's Drink Bill for the year endinf,^ June ."iOth, lS90 : - « (JALLONS. DUTY. Spirits, CaiKidian 8]>irits, imjtorted Beer, Canadian Beer, imported Wines, imported :3, 52 1,1 94 1,04:V')01 17,052,077 :^S4,662 546,610 .t4,5SS,2:U.58 1,9;K),S5.S.54 l:3,6:n.20 57,097.42 :377,021.15 To fiKcertain the exact amount of revenue^ derived by the Dominion from the licpior tratHc, we must add to the amounts a])0ve the follow- ing :- Duty on 46,349 bus. imported malt 8 6,953.62 Duty on 51,401,537 lbs Can. malt 514,015.37 Fees for 11 Distillery Licenses 2,750.00 Addini; tliese items, we find the total o'ross national revenue from the licjuor traiiic to be $7,490,556.88. FosTEu's Estimate. If we take the moderate figures l)y Hon. Mr. Foster in 1883 as a fair estimate of tlie cost to the consumer of the different kinds of li([Uor, vve shall obtain the following as a state- ment of our direct national outlay for liquor in the fiscal year 1890 : — 10 PJJOIflJJITIOX FACTS AND FIGURES Gallons. 3,521,194 Can. spirits at .$5.00 1,043,501 iinpt. f, M G.OO 17,051^,077 Can. beer ,, .60 3S4,GGi^ impt. ,, „ 3.00 546,610 I, wines n 5.00 117,605,970 6,261,006 10,231,246 1,153,986 2,633,050 22,54cS,044 Total $37,885,258 Dividing these amounts by the recently published census figures for the actual popula- tion of the Dominion, we find that our per cap- ita consumption of liquor is nearly 4^ g;i^lons, and our direct per capita expenditure is'' about $/ .85. 'M P Q < u o p. I-I en 00 o 1=! "Si O w B ft -2 •p-t O n M •^O O 'M iC( 'M -TO lO (M GC ?C t- lO O O Ci X GO lO X' o C7i CO H^ O ■iO O r-H ^ C-1 CC 1— I CC X i-H CO O ^ X CO -H -H l^ CO CO lO »0 O O O CO r-H -f or cf iS ^ oT of iS ^ lO iO lO -H CO i-H ^1 CO r-H (M »-• CO CO CO l^ -H o X Ci KO CO IQ ?D Ol O O O lO CO <;o Ol Ol O ^ f-'^ i-x^co-^^'^^-^-- »0 r— I X r-H CO -rfi- rH ■^ X Ol Ol I"-' l^ Ol O -fi ^ ^ ^ CO Ci O CO t^ ot X ^ iO 1- X O KO O -H o r;; o oi o oi co ^1 CO Ol !M o 0) 03 0) >. ^ _,j O S« 1-^ r-« p— H r--< o OT X CO lO CO I- Ol X l^ c3 o 1^ PROIIIKITION FACTS AND FKJURKS. 11 iMPoirrs Entered for Consumption. Ale, beer ct porter Spirits and wines Total issy 1890 I .s $192,8401 $221,928 1,420,0781,545,954 1,012,913 1,767,882 1891 $235,359 1,521,787 1,757,146 Total Liquor Revenue. « The following gives the Total Revenue de- rived fi'oni the liquor traffic in the past two years : — Source of Revenue. 1890 1891 Cus. Duty on inipt. liquors Excise Duty on li(|uors made in Canada $ 1,950,277 5,190,389 7,140,665 $ 1,795,682 4,148,836 T(^tal 5,944,518 The Liquor ReA^enue in 1891 was thus $1,196,148 less thaa in the preceding year, yet Finance Minister Foster ^liad no difficulty in making up the loss and meeting parliament with the very large surplus of $2,235,743. 12 Z«OUI£mON_FAeTS AN-D Flr:uUK8. in aacat.on to tJ.e duties collected by the Cu,ston,« »ei>art,„eut on i,„ported li,,„or? t e I-).>..„,uou govennnent received a. Exc iseBe ..e following aHKumts a« set fortli in the We i.o„k „sued by the Departn.e.it of InKnd 't'^'M y i PROHIBITION FACTS AND FIGURES. 13 he he ?v- J.'i Lie id .i.% Th(ire was, it will be seen, a decrease in accrued revenue last year, as compared with tiie previous year. The principal decrease took place in duty on .spirits, which was owing, in a large measure, to the ahnormal ([uantity of spirits v/ithdrawn from bond duriiig the month of June, 1890, in conse([uence of a change of law with reference to the maturing of spirits that came into force on the followiijg first of July. Cost of Collecting Liquor Revenue. Expenses. 1890 1891 Departmental salaries Inland Revenue Expenses Excise collection Superannuation Expenses collecting customs duty on impt. liqrs 4 "/^ 1 48,599 302,996 12,055 78,011 49,930 378,237 12,055 71,827 Total 40'1,661 512,049 Net Liquor Revenue. The Net Liquor Revenue derived from the traffic by the government is found by deducting cost of collecting and departmental expenses from total li(][uor revenue. For the year 1891 the Net Liquor Revenue of Canada was $5,432,469. This is the balance sheet of the traffic without taking into consideration the cost of Penitentiaries and the administration of justice, a large part of which should be charged against the traffic. . ... 14 pi?on[ljition facts and figures. Deficit tiiroucjii Immediate Prohibition. Should thei-e be no iirmiediate saving in the adiiii lustration of justice and criminal pros- eoutions, (which is iiidikely) the deficit caused by i)rohibition would be small. Deducting the surplus oi 1S91 from the net liipior rev^eime of thai, year we find the deficit which aprohibitory law would have occasioned amounted only to $3,ll)(),72r). In 1885 the deficit amounted to .:i^5, 8.34, 572, yet we heard no talk of direct tax- ation, that bugaboo of which some temperance peo]_)le seem to be so much afraid. Criminal Statistics. Convicts confined in the Penitentiaries of Canada 1 251 Eighty percent of these are there througli tiie li.pior traffic 1000 Twenty per cent of these do nou owe their incarceration to drink 251 Persons committed to the Penitentaries during the year 1889 433 Those owing their incarceration to drink. . 346 Those not owing their incarceration to drink 87 Persons committed to the Penitentiaries during the year 1890 435 Those owing their incarceration to drink . . 348 Those not owing their incarceration to drink 87 %i: ^d _yiU>i niJITIQN FA Cl-SJiND FKJUIiES. 15 Persons confined in the jails of Canada on July .30tli oosq Those whose confinement was owino- to drink '^ i^-. Those whose confinenieiit was not owino- to drink " ^j,. Persons confined in the jails and peni- te^ntiaries of Canada on J uly :]() ■9l.:5,:338 Those owing their incarceration to drink •> 660 Those not owing their incarceration to fli'i^^k Qj^ Convictions made in the Criminal Courts ofCanada during 1890 :] 9(34 A Bluebook of criminal statistics issued by the Dominion Government states that of this number those who used liquor moderately Avere 9 aqu Tlios e who used l iquor immoderately were 1,706 Thos e who w ere total abstainers 170 The net expenditure on penitentaries for the year 1890 was ^^340 999 The amount occasioned by the liquor traf- ^^ ^'^-" 1284,399 Amount of expenditure not due to the liq- uor traffic was |59,600 The cost of penitentiary buildings in Can- ada has been *^-> 8'^^ Tl 7 ^ HM-hJmm.i'.i.i'. 'm'^jC'OO, lit m^Hm IG PnOUiniTION HACTS AND FIfJURES. Hiul it not })een for the liquor tnillic am- ])le rotmi could have been proxided for iii^5(38,744 Cost of exix'iiditure chargeable to the li(|- or tratHc. . .$2,269,973 The iiumiKH' of suininary convictions bv justices of the peace out of L^essions, throughout the Do]ninion, including drunkenness, assault and battery, vagrancy, breaclies of municipal by-laws, etc., has decreas<^^d from 34,006 in 1890 to 33,451 in 1891, the province which shows the (greater decrease in these minor offences being Ontario, which had 19,178 convictions in 1890, against 17,343 in 1891, a decrease of* 1,835. Quebec has increased the number of its summary ci^nvictions by 306 ; the figures in 1890 being*'9,081 as against 9,387 hi 1891. British Columbia shows a still greatei* in- crease than Quebec, the figures of 1890 being 898, against 1,215 in 1891. The number of sunnnary convictions in the other provinces taken together remains about the same for the years 1890 and 1891. A "Blue Book," issued by the British gov- ernment, discloses the fact that 152 peers of the realm are the owners of places in which in- toxicating liquors are sold. The number of drinkshops owned by these peers is 1,500. The list is headed by the Earl of Derby, who is the owner of seventy-two drinking places, followed by the Duke of Bedford with forty-eight, and the Duke of Devonshire with forty-seven. In- cluded in this list is the lit. Rev. Richard Lewis, D. D., bishop of LlandafF, who, the Blue Book shows, is the owner of two places devoted to the sale of iiitoxicaiting Iquors. M " IS. ^1* PROHIBITION FACTS AND FKJUKKS. 17 '44 As A MANUFACTURINCi INDUSTRY. 4 i 111- 1^ The industrial value to Canad i of her breweries and distilleries is greatly exaggerated. Prohibition will not render useless the land and buildings of the liquor maker : it will largely destroy the value of his tools and machinery and deprive his workmen of employment. What ever depreciation may take place in his real es- tate will be more than made up by the removal and sale of his tools and machinery in countries where liquor continues to be made. The fol- lowing tables are compiled from the official census returns and approximate the total in- dustrial loss to Canada of the abolition of her brewing and distilling interests : — Brewery Statistics. :ov- of in- of lie he ed md n- ^rd lue ed -N f m: Nooi" Value of No. of Province. ft H t a b - Tools and Employ - I'ments, Machinery ees. British Columbia 18 $ 55,400 58 Manitoba 9 66,000 114 New Brunswick 4 10,000 26 Nova Scotia 13 100,000 105 Prince Edward Island 1 7,000 10 Ontario 82 646,105 1,049 Quebec 25 302,476 503 N. W. T. None. Total 162 1,187,723 1,895 18 PUOIIIDITION FACTS AND FIOURES. Distillery Statistics. Provinces. No of Es t a >» - I'liients. Valiio of machinery imi tuolf. No, of 3iiiploy- Ontario Nova 8c )tia 1 $229,500 53,000 378 26 Totjil 8 1282,500 404 In addition, in the province of Ontario are 5 malsters employing 43 men and having mach- inery and tools to the value of $5,000 making a grand total of 2312 employees in 175 establish- ments and using tools and machinery to the value of $1,475,223. ^/ One of the effects of the abolition of the li({uor traffic will be to increase the demand in every remaining manufacturing industry in the Dominion 20 per cent. The drunkards famil- ies will wear better shoes and clothing, partake of better food, enjoy better furniture and sur- round themselves with the luxuries of home. To supply this demand our woolen and cotton mills, our furniture and boot and shoe factories etc., etc., will require 20 per cent more capital, and 20 per cent more workmen. In other words legitimate business would absorb $70,807,363 more capital, would require additional tools and machinery to the value of $5,108,705 and would employ 73,573 additional workmen. Or to state it in another form for every one work- man now engaged in the breweries and distil- leries, prohibition would give us 32 workmen in the factories and for every dollars worth of 'W ■ ta i'.: PKOIIIinTION FACTS AND FinUFtKS. 19 i^ iiinchiiiery probibition would stop from work- ing in liijuor iiuikinf.!- it would set in motion >?1 2 worth in legitimato enter] »rises. From an in- dustrial standpoint Canada is ready for prohih- iticm. Siie can well afford to stand by and see the destruction of that industry which is the great enemy of all others. Loss OF Productive Power. Each workman outside the Penitentiaries in the year 1890 produced geods to the value of 11,292.44. The 1251 persons sentenced to hard labor in the penitentaries produced a rev- enue of only J$l 3,921 being $11.12 for each man. The total Industrial loss to Canada through the confinement of these men for the year 1890 was $4,297,66 8.72 Cf this 80 per cent was caused by drink or 1:3,4 37,133.97 And 20 per cent from other causes, $860,534.75 fme. :ton fries ital, )rds 1363 md md Or brk- ^til- kien of Jail Statistics. The industrial loss to Canada bv the idle- ^W ness of her 2,089 prisoners in the jails for 1890 was .... $2,694,73 7.40 Of this loss the liquor traffic is responsible for $2,155,789.60 Loss due to other causes 538,947 Of the 2,089 jail birds maintaineil in idle- ness at the expense of the country the liquor traffic is responsible for 1671. Strong drink 20 piamnuTiox fa(ts and FKiUHKs. tiirnod tlioso men from s()})er, industrious cit- izens into (Ii'oiies, tramps and criminals. AsYLUiM 8tatjstk;s. Insa ne in C amidian Asylums in 1890 . . 8,831 Ccius(_d by drink 15 per cent . . . l;}24- Jndustrial loss of 1324 persons caused by ^ ^^^'"^k $1,611,190.56 Government expenditure on asylum ^^'^^^ ^^843,400 Necessitatod by the liciuor traffic 15 per ^'e'^t $126,510 '' ,••» •« t PUPLIC ClIAKlTIES. The Federal ^'overnment expended on public charitable institutions in the year 1890 the sum o f $1,824 917 Of this J was necessitated by the li()uor ^t^^^ffic or 1993^ (5^^ 7 It is prob.'ible that the Government aid actually amounted to a larger sum, but it is difficult to get the exact figures from the var- ious accounts. This does not include Municipal or Civic expenditures for charities nor does it include the donations of the charitably disposed. The same is true of the expenditure for the insane ^ Vi> — ___/^li VEAK 1890. Institutions hy Provincos. No. of iu- No. of in- stitutions iimtes. Oiitario : - Crenenil Hospitals Deaf and duiul) instit- utions, Belleville Blind institutiijns, Brant ford Houses of Hefuf^e Ma\ FACTS AND FI(JUI{KS. This (Iocs not include Po;)!* Mouses main- tained at tlie I'xpenst! of towns and municipal- ities. Paupkfusm Due to Drink. The report of tlie Secretary of State for New York for 1863, made the statement that " in an examination made into the history of those paupers "—the 261,252 relieved durinuj that year "by a competent committee, seven- eights of them were reduced to this low and deu;raded condition directly or indirectly through intemperance." And the Connnissioner of Charity and correction for New York city said in their report for 1880 : " Many reasons for this painful and rapidly increasing pauperism among the people have been assigned, but that which takes preceden'^je above and beyond all oil others is the curse of intemperance." The Voice in 1886, obtained from the Superintend- ants of Almshouses and Poor Directors of sev- eral cities estimates of the percentage of pau- perism occasioned by drink as follows : Wor- cester, Mass., males, 90 per cent, females, 70 per cent ; Albany, N. Y., 90 per cent ; Mead- ville, i a., 90 per cent ; St. Charles Mo., 75 to 85 per cent ; Minneapolis^ Minn., 80 per cent ; Hamilton, O., 75 per cent. In the estimate of the proportion of pauperism due to drink, on page 20, the lowest of these estimates, 75 per cent is used. K PItOFIiniTFDN FACTS AND FKJUItKS. •2'^ ;i|)al- CCOOOi— iCCO'M -t i- X 'M 'M fM 1- Ci X 'M C: CO . i o f-H (M p-H r-^ a CO o^ Sg o O 1- X' «0 '-^ O Oi CC •— 1 ■ o « r^ «s o 1 1 -M O C5 ^ Tl "+• ^ s e2 r-H CO r-H ^ ^ ^ ~o Qi • 1— 1 '^ CO ^ X (M »0 CC o J3 b' x ^ O "IC iO CO 1— 1 (— < l-H 1^ ; b ^ fi t O C^l CO CO «*-( O 1— t -^fi I CO X c:i ^1 X "t* (M CO Oi Cm C CD F-H o CO o -ri o 'Ti — r— ^X -t O CO CO r-. •-* oT co" CLE w i? iA r-H < 1-H 1^ Oi '-t^ O CO CO lO ?M |, H ^ -^ -u* F-H -H r-( ^1 l^ iO '^ "tH 1-H 1 H- 1 ^ O ir: oi -H ^o X o X -rt- 'f '. < S <3J irr ;ri ?r> »o 'Tht '^ ^i o H ■ |ii!L 1"* •N rs »N rs «4H I-* CO CO — t Tt- :' m 3 =^' 1-H i, 5?: O i l-H 1— 1 C l-H 1 is CO r— ( Ci 1^ CO f— 1 1— 1— 1 o O O 1- Ci Ci X 1- f-t 't > COCO^iOOiO'^CO »o 5^ O Q r\ r\ r\ ^ rs 1— 1 O >-H CM T— 1 Ol l-H X CO j', ►_, H'> V 1^ :p 'iri < R-" 1 »s; 05 1 ?3 ^ .s^ j g c S ^ O r3 "t^ ) 1 o O G»;2^ ^ S pq Ph H 24 PROHIBITION FACTS AND FIGURES. Tt is tlnis apparent that 90 per cent of all the convictions in Canada for the year 1890 were for drunkenness and for offences usually arisini>- from drunkenness. Tlie total number of convictions for drunkenness during the years '86^ '87, . '88, '89 and '90 were 11,156, 11,694, 12,807, 13,841 and 14,045 respectively, the numerical increase being apparently large, though the proportion per 1,000 persons has not varied very much, the figures for each year being 2.33, 2.40, 2.57, 2.72 and 2.90, showing a steady, though small, increase, for some portion of which improved returns are, no doubt responsible, A Very Bad Showing. / A BUSHEL OF CORN MAKES FOUR GALLONS OF WHISKSY. It sells for sixteen dollars at retail : — The government gets $3.00 The railroad gets 1.00 The manufacturer gets 4.00 The saloon-keeper gets 7.00 The farmer, for the corn, gets 40 The drniker gets , delirium tremens. Convictions 1886 to 1890. The following table gives the total number of convictions of all kinds in the several prov- inces in the years 1886 1890 : — Zil^^^ITION FACTS AND FirJUHES. If) Ontario Quebec Nova Scoti New Brunswick Manitoba J3ntisli Colunil)ia Total con- \ictiony. 19,174 20,G:]0 :^3,017 22,527 21,:^,01 7,854 8,527 9,190 9,521 10':301 1,542 1,2C)(; 1,20:] 1,373 1,479 2,17G 1,860 2,072 2,246 2,597 1,411 891 748 1,115 993 999 732 799 882 1,081 26 PI50IIIBITI0N FACTS AND FKJURES. CoNviCTioxs 1886 TO 1890, (Continued.) Pkovixces. Year end- ed 30th, Sept. Total con- victions. 1886 658 1887 510 Prince Edward Island -< 1888 469 1889 535 > 1890 477 1886 60 1887 37 Tlie Territories - 1888 151 1889 232 1890 311 CrIxAie Due to Drink. The Hon. CaiToll D. Wright, now Chief of the United States Bureau of Statistics, when in charge of the Massachusetts Bureau of Statis- tics of Liibor made an emjuir}^, at the direction of the Legislature, into the " Influonce of In- temperance upon Crime," analyzing the crimes committed in Suffolk county, in which Boston is located, for the year from September 1, 1879 to September 1, 1880. The total number of sentence-s for the year of the investigation was 19,897, of which 12,289 or 72 per cent wero for distinctively liquor offences, namely, 12,221 for drunkenness, and 68 for illegal liq- uor selling. The following tiible is a summary of the results of Mr. Wright's investigation of the habits and condition of the persons who committed the remaining 4,608 crimes : PROHIBITION FACTS AND FIGURES. 27 it- 510 469 535 477 60 37 151 232 311 I Crime Due to Drink. c o ^ it: ^i 0^ Adultery Assault and battery . . Assault on officer Assault with weapon . . Breaking and entering Breaking glass Common brawler Cruelty Disorderly house Disturbing the peace . . . Embezzlement Evading car fares . . . . False pretences Fornication Gaming laws, violating Idle & disorderly pers'ns Indecent lanffuage .... T O O -Larceny Lewdness Malicious mischief Malicious trespass Nightwalker, common . . Profanity Receiving stolen goods . Rescue o u ; ;: ; 1 1,49^ 5 82f ► 791 17 l;] 12 19 17 17 122 32 31 45 33 33 11 7 61 13 13 22 14 9 215 176 160 37 12 12 36 11 11 19 5 4 48 10 7 45 4 3 154 85 55 19 15 14 1,115 446 429 23 1 1 142 67 62 32 3 3 126 38 18 95 73 70 14 3 2 23 19 19 28 nioiniiiTiox facts and ficukks. CKi."\i!: Due to Di^imv, (Continued.) CiiiMi-:. Ro])])ei'y StiiblKtrii eliikli'oii Soiulay law, \ iolatin,S the crime was committed were induced by the drinking habit of the criminal, while in 821 cases, or 17 per cent the conditions were induc- ed by the drinking habits of others. The con- clusion, then, is that, for the year covered by the investigation, in addition to 12,289 of the total crimes which were distinctly rum offences, fully 2,000 more were due to liquor, making in all about 8+ per ceiit of the total crimes due to drink. Loss OF Productive Power. A drunken workman wastes time, spoils material, delays others and demoralizes a whole establishment. Employers of labor in nearly every productive industry have to make liberal allowance for this loss of productive power, and it may be fairly assumed, to charge higher prices than they would have to charge with the same force of men all sober. In a table pub- lished in the Voice of May 14, 1891, 27 estab- lishments in various lines of productive indus- tries and employing in the aggregate over 9,000 workmen, replied te questions with regard to their experience along this line : and the 10 who had made estimates placed their loss of productive power from drink at from 8 to 33 J per cent. Suppose the loss averages for pro- ductive industries throughout the whole count- ry 10 per cent. The total product of such in- dustries in Canada is 475,445,705 annually ;and the loss therefore would be about $47,544,570. Sickness and other Items. Dr. Hargreaves in "Worse than Wasted," estimates 15,000 persons simultaneously sick in the United States through intemperance, and a f L ii |UP» .30 PKOlIinTTIOX FACTS AND FIGURES. like iuiiiiIk*!' of temperate persons sick throuirh tlie iiiteniper'ance of others : on which basis, if medical atteiu lance be ccmnted at $1 a day, ilie aiiiuial cost of sickness in Canada due to (h'iiik would b(^.^i)J 25,000. There ai'e luunerous other items of loss en- tailed by tlie li(|uor traffic which cannot be es- timated in dollars and cents — the loss for in- stance, to farmers through the placing of dis- tillery and brewery refuse in competition with grain as a food for cattle and hogs ; and through putting distillery-fed meat on the market to compete with grain-fed meat ; the loss to all classes from the loss of productive power ; tin? cost of cities of saloon controlled governments ; the cost to parents of raising children to fill places in the drunkard's army, etc. MANUFACTUiiS OF SPIRITS, 1891. The numl)er of proof gallons of spirits maiuifactured in '91 was 4,397,593, as com- pared with .5,091,475 gallons in '90, being a de- crease of G93,881 gallons, and the quantity taken for consumption was 2,687,664 gallons, being a decrease of 833,530 gallons as compar- ed with '90, and was 107,900 gallons less than the a\erage consumption of six years. The (juantity kiken for consumption during the last six yeiirs has been : — Proof Gallons. "l^^S 2,412,818 . 1^^7 2,864,935 1S^8 2,326,327 1^^'^ 2,960,447 l^^O •. ... 3,521,194 l^^^'^l 2,687,664 Average for six years. 2,795,564 4rii PROHIBITION FACTS AND FIGURES. 31 Increase in Quantity Manufactured. #» -t ^r^> The increase in the quantity of spirits manufactured in 1890 was attributable in part to the withdrawal from the market of methy- late^l spirits for other purposes than the mech- anical arts, and in part to distillers paying duty during June, 1890, upon spirits to be held in stock, in view of the provisions as to matur- ing of spirits which came into force on July, 1st 1890. In the production of the total quantity of spirits above mentioned, 73,606,914 l})s of grain were used, worth at wholesale $736,- 069. U. Manufacture of Malt 1891. Is. The quantity of malt manufactured during the year was 52,999,874 lbs., and entered for consumption 57, 909,201 lbs, being a decrease as compared with 1890, of 11,314,383 lbs in the quanity manufactured, and an increase of 2,935,188 lbs in the quantity entered for con- sumption. Distillers used 5,573,287 lbs of the quantity entered for consumption, and the re- mainder was employed in the production of 18,069,183 gallons of malt liquor. In the manufacture of malt for the year 1891, 42,399,- 899 lbs of barley were used, valued at $423,- 998.99, and 883,331 lbs of hops valued at $264, 999. Large cjuantities of grapes and apples are also destroyed in making wines and cider. The Olin'.lTIOX FACTS AND_FIOURES. U ANUFACTURE OF MaLT 1891, 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 Lbs. 37,604,708 42,630,440 48,640,467 51,111,429 54,974,013 57,909,201 Average for six years .. 48,811,709 It will be seen that the consumption has steadily increased during the last five years. Tobacco Entered for Consumption 1883-91. Thc're wa. a decrease of 96,629 lbs in the quantity of tobacco entered for consumption, as commred with 1890, and the amount was also above the average of nine years, as shown by the following figures :— Lbs. 8,965,416 10,072,745 11,061,589 8,507,216 8,816,593 9,248,034 9,749,213 9,875,337 9,778,708 1883 « 1884 - 1885 - 1886 - 1887 m 1888 - 1889 - 1890 - 1891 <* Average .f.i 86,074,851 9,563,872 PROF[[RITIOX FACTS AND FKJUUICS. .^3 Canadian Tobacco. The quantity of Caimdian tolKicoo t-ikeu tor use (lunno- tJie last iiino years has been :— 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 Averajife L})w. 377,197 - 326,804 495,721 • 399,691 517,816 • 676,335 785,405 681,613 385,721 4,646,303 516,256 The consumption of Canadian tobacco, therelore. in 1891, was 130,535 lbs. below the average of nine years. Consumption of Cigars. The following is a statement of the num- ber of cigars taken for consumption durin^r the last seven years : • * 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 Number. 78,869,878 92,046,289 85,974,823 90,783,558 92,599,820 98,976,117 101,142,481 640,393,966 Average for seven years 91,484,709 34 PHOHiniTIOV FACTS AND FIOURKS. Tt will he HO(>ii that tlio ci)iisiun})ti«)ii has steadily iiionMscd duriii*^ tlu^ last Hve yeMi's.aiul the iuiml)er consiiiiied in 181)1 was 9,(557, 77*2 ahove the averages of seven years. CONHUMPTIOX OF SPIHITS KTf'., PEH UKAD SINCE 18()7. Aecordiiio- to the report of the Minister of Iidand lie venue, the folio wineer T()])jicc() (hiU Gals (ids Lbs, 1HS7 0.74 0.09 3.98 2.06 1SS8 0.61 0.09 3.24 2.09 1SS9 0.77 0.09 3.26 2.15 1S90 0.88 O.IO 3.36 2.14 1891 0.71 0.11 3.79 2.29 Av'r'ge 1.15 O.U 2.70 2.12 The above fi«^'ures ffo to show that the con- sumption of spirits in 1891 was decidedly less than it was in '68, and less also than in the two preceding years, viz., '89 and 1890, The consumption of wine also has decreased, but that of beer and tobacco is steadily increasing. Duty Per Head on Spirits, Etc^ The average amount per head paid an- [nually in Canada for duty on spirits since Con- federation has been »$1.06 and on tobacco 42 jents ; on beer and wine it only amounted to 10 jcents and 6 cents in each case. It is not pos- sible to obtain any correct figures regarding }he actual consumption in each province, for bhe province that has the greatest number of u'eweries and distilleries will show the largest consumption, owing to the duty being frequent- ly paid within that province, while the material is exported to and consumed in other pro- fvinces. :U) I'KOIIIIMTFON FACTS AND rKJURKS. I I nALANCK SlIlCKT. Tin' liiiuoi' ti'.itlic ill Jiccou lit with tlii^ p(?o- ])!(' of the Douiiiiidii oi Canndu. Dr. Or. Excise I'CN. Chistouis rev. License rev. r),ii)(),.ssi) l,!)r)(),277 1,211,854 Drink l)ill Loss of pro- ductive pvvi' Lid'st'l loss Pjuipei'ism hisjinity Crime Sickness :i7,cSsr),L>r)8 17,544,570 7,194,114 9i).S,()S7 120,570 cS7O,80O 9,000,000 .^8,352,520 ,1i^l03,f)14,9;i9 The Iwihmce a^^ainst the traffic therefore on thishasis (kf estiniatinj;- is ,^95,262,419.00. So that the traffic [Jays hack only about 8 cents on the eloUar of its cost. Mortality from Alcohol. Dr. Benjamin Ward Richardson, in the article on '^Alcohol," in the "Cyclopedia of Temperance and Pi'ohibition," "places the mor- tality from alcohol at one-tenth the total mor- tality, in places where the article is consumed in the same proportion as in England and Wales — a proportion fairly repi'esentative of alcoholic populations generally." Tliat would make the mortality from alcohol in the United States from 70,000 to 80,000 annually. The Voice of May 8, 1890, printed replies from 19 representative physicians estimating the pro- portion of deaths due to alcohol in each class of diseases jis reported in the mortality tables. The average of the estimates applied to the mortal- ity tables of the census of 1880 was as follows : Xf* t I t] is I Pi;OfrFI5ITIOX FACTS .\\f) FICUHKM. .-^7 %i> J^ rr p c !^ 5^ pi ^ ^ ~ — ■/: X y: ^ ;^- < ^ y: x y. '•" £; ^ rf ^ ^ -, ^ B^ >> ^^ f-"rs hrs ^ u. •— 5 21 ^ ::i O r ^ H- 4- O 4- 50 X p 4- -1 10 en Oi Cr cni c» ^ U H X C? o o 2: ji. JO I— 1 J^l JUT JO jfi. JV^, o^ ^, O 10 4- i—" '10'^ I lo X ^ 10 O ^1 Oi 01 4^ Ci Ci X Ci O 8 S g o w o o o fix^l ^^ J^^''^^'^^']*^' obtained l>y a method en- tirely different from that emph)yed })y Dr Kichardson, corresponds so closely with his es- timate that the coincidence is remarkal)Ie Alcohol and Life Insurance T««r; 1^ ""^'Tt' ^^ ^^'^ Temperance Provident Institution of London, which has two sections 11 .38 PHOIIIBITION FACTS AND FIGURES. 'ff ' ■ ! ii one for total abstainers from alcoholic liquors and the other for moderate drinkers, show the advantaiije which the former have over the lat- ter as follows : — • Total abstainence Moderate drinker section . section . "EAR • «+-( i<^-( T3 • o ^ o ^ a Ph CD l-H ^ -4^ a; 4J CD :i 03 «4-l CD Pnfi ft CD 73 1866 to 1870 549 411 74 1,008 944 94 20 1871 127 72 57 234 217 95 36 1872 137 90 66 244 282 116 50 1873 144 118 82 253 246 97 15 1874 153 110 72 263 288 110 38 1875 162 121 75 273 297 109 34 1876 168 102 60 279 253 90 30 1877 179 132 73 291 280 96 23 1878 187 117 63 299 317 106 43 1879 196 164 84 305 326 107 23 1880 203 136 67 311 304 98 31 1881 to ■ • • 1885 1,179 835 72 1,670 1,530 92 20 1886 to 1888 851 606 3,014 71 1,085 1,035 96 24 Tot'ls 4,235 71 6,515 6,319 97 26 V- "-^^ I ( 1 c t s o o I PROIIIBITIOX FACTS A\D FICiURES. 39 u Prohibitory Laws in Force in the United States in 1892. The ft)llowing is a brief summary of the hiws, constitutional and statutory, in force in States that are under a general prohibitory law throughout their entire extent. It does not aim to be complete, but only to present the principal features of each State's laws. A much more exhaustive summary will })e found in the article on Legislation in the " Cyclopedia of Temperance and prohibition." 20 24 26 Maine — The Constitutional Amendment adopted September 8, 1881-, provides: "The manufacture and sale of intoxicating li([uors, not including cider, and the sale and keeping for sale of intoxicating licjuors, are and shall be forever prohibited. Except, however, that the sale and keeping for sale of such liipiors for medicinal and mechanical purposes and the arts, and the sale and keeping of cider, may be permitted under such rules as the legislature may provide." Previous to the passage of the Constitutional Amendment, a statutory pro- hibitorylaw had been in force since 1851, ex- cept two years from '56 to '58. The Constitu- tional Amendment is reinforced by stringent statutory laws, among the features of which are : Imprisonment two months and line of ^1,000 for manufacturing intoxicating licjuor for sale (except cider); peddlers taking orders iined $20 to $500 ; transporting liquor illegally, $50 line ; common sellers fined $50 and impris- oned 10 days for first offence, for subsetjuent offences, 6 months and $200 ; an officer may Beize without a warrant liquor intended for un- 1- 1. 40 Pl{()HIinTION FACTS AND FlfJURES. i . hiwful sale ; for .•idvertisiiii^ li(iuorH, $'20 fine ; the possession of a United States permit is prima facie e\i(lence of connnon selling ; })ring- ing li(juor into the state or ciirrying it about 8500 tine ; keejnng drinking place, $100 and 60 days ; agents are api)ointed to sell for medicin- al, meclKinical and mannfacturing purposes only under bond of $600, and if convicted of illegal selling they are dis(|ualiiied for the position. Vermont — A statutory prohibitory law has been in effect since 1852, though it has been amended and strengtliened from time to time. Ni) Constitutional Amendment has ever been submitted . Agents are appointed to sell for excepted purposes as in Maine, under b;)nd of 8600 ; if anvt)ne sells liipior in violation of the law, he forfeits 810 for tirst conviction, 820 and one months imprisonment for second, 820 and three to six months for third ; common seller, first conviction, 8100 ; subsequent con- victions, imprisonment four to twelve months ; bringing liquor into the State 820 ; second con- viction 850 and three to ten months imprison- ment ; places where li({uor is kept and sold un- lawfullv are common nuisances, and shall be abated as such ; tenant enijajjjed in unlawful traffic forfeits rights to premises ; lessor know- ingly permitting such used, fined 8-0 to 8100 ; payment of United States special tax prima facie evidence of being a connnon seller, and of the place Ijenig a connnon nuisance. New HA\rpsnii{E -The prohi})itory law is very defective, i)rohibiting sale only, and not manufacture. It was passed in 1855. Town agents may sell s})irituous licjuors to be used in the arts, arid for medicinal, mechanical and ^ ► ■i^^^-n 7^ is :pi licl :to\ '^\ or th I > snss '^ PPxDlIIDITION FACTS AND FIGURES. 41 chemical purposes und wine for sacrament, only; a person not a town agent who shall sell or I keep for sale spirituous lifjuors shall l)e fined ^ ^ ^50 for the first, and for subsequent offences $100 or 90 days' imprisonment or both ; com- mon seller, $100 and imprisonment not more than six months ; exposing signs, bottles liquor labels, or a United States special tax receipt is prima facie evidence of violation of licjuor law ; domestic wine and cider — except to be drunk on the premises — is not prohibited, nor are sales of " original 23ackages," as imported into the United States. A Constitutional Amendment was submitted in 1889, but was defeated. Kansas — The Constitutional Amendment, ^■'^ passed November 2, 1880, provides : " The manufacture and sale of intoxicating li(]uors shall be forever prohibited in this State, ex- cept for medicinal, scientific and mechanical purposes." Only druggists are permitted to sell for excepted purposes, under bond of $1,000 not to violate the law ; petition for such permit ^must be signed by 25 reputable women over 21 years of age ; a physician prescribing or admin- istering lit^uor in evasion of the law is fined ": pi$100 to $500 or be imprisoned 10 to 90 days ; ^^ i purchaser must make affidavit that he wants liquor for medicine and not for beverage ; to *vinanufacture for excepted purposes, one must •*Jiave a petition signed by 100 voters, and file •'bcmd for $10,000 not to sell except to duly ; authorized druggists ; persons sellii\g without permit lined $100 to $500 and imprisonment 30 1 l^ 90 days, and a druggist not keeping a record ''^*mi sales, the same ; places where liquors are sold or manufactured lyilawfuUy are nuisances, and ^'\ ! the county attorney or any citizen may main- be 42 PROHIBITION FACTS AND FIGURES. tain action of abatement, and injunction shall be granted at commencement of each action, without bond ; persons viohiting an injunction fined $100 to $500 and imprisonment 30 to six months ; any person causing the intoxica- tion of another is liable for the charge of the intoxicated person and $6 a day besides ; the county attorney may summon anyone he be- lieves to have a knowledge of a violation of the law ; county attorneys failing to prosecute violations of the law are fined $100 to $500 and imprisoned 10 to 90 days and forfeit his ofiices ; any person (not duly authorized) who receives an order for liquor shall be punished for selling ; druggists selling to a person who he has been notified by relatives uses liquor as a beverage, shall be punished as a seller ; treat- ing or giving liquor to any minor, punished by a fine of $100 to $500 and imprisonment 30 days to six months ; common carriers knowing- ly delivering liquor to a person to be used un- lawfully, $100 to $500 fine and 30 to 90 days' imprisonment ; selling liquor in soldiers' homes $500 fine, or imprisonment one year, mininmm, or both. Iowa — A Constitutional Amendment was adopted in 1882, but was invalidated through a clerical error that occurred in the journal of the legislature. A statutory law was passed in 1884 and strengthened by fur- ther enactment in 1886 and '88. District may issue permits for the sale of intoxicating licjuors for pharmaceutical and medicinal pur- poses, and wine for sacramental purposes; notice of application for a permit must be pub- lished three weeks in a newspaper of the city, town, or county ; bond, $1,000; permits are r-;"' ^ w PROHIBITION FACTS AND FIGURES. 43 i I '^J deemed trusts reposed in the recipients, not as matters of right, and may be revoked by the court upon sufficient showing ; a permit-holder must obtain through the county auditor a cer- tificate authorizing him to purchase liquor ; any person making false representation upon papers required under the act is fined $20 to $100 or imprisonment 10 to 30 days; selling without permit, by any device, $50 to $180 for first of- fence, $300 to $500 with imprisonment not ex- ceeding six months for subsequent offences ; in cases of unlawful manufacture, sale or keeping the ground or building in which it happens is a nuisance, and the user is fined not over $1,000 any citizen of the county may maintain an action to abate and perpetually enjoin the same, and any person violating such injunction shall be fined $500 to $1,000 or imprisonment not more than six months, or both : after con- viction of keeping a nuisance, any person en- gaging in such unlawful business shall be im- prisoned three months to one year ; keeping a United States revenue permit posted in any place of business is evidence that the person owning it is engaged in unlawful selling ; trans- porting liquor without a certificate from the I auditor designating for whom it is intended^ I; and the party is duly authorized to sell for IHegitimate purposes, fined $100 ; keeping a club ilor place where liquors are distributed, fined 100 to $500, and imprisonment 30 days to six months ; persons making false statements to procure liquor of those authorized to sell, $10 fine, second offence $20 fine and imprisonment 10 to 30 days. North Dakota — The Constitution, adopt- ed in 1890 provides : " No person, association, i 44 iM.'OmiUTIOX FACTS A\D FIfJURES. » \: h' or i!u-(M|ioi'.'iti<>n shall witliiu this Statt», man;:- factui'c for sale or for gift any intcLxicatinu- Ii,j. nor, and no i>t'vsoii, association, or incorporation shall import any of the same for sale or _o-it>, hirtcr or ti'adc as a hever.ii^c. The Le,i,nslali\(' Assemhlv sliall hy law prescribe re^jjulations for the (Miforcenient '>f the provisions of this ai-ticlc and shall thereby provide suitable penalties for the violations thereof." Any contravention of th's constitutional Prohibition is punished for the, first olfence by line of Ji?200 to |101X) and iniprisoiunent DO days to one year ; subsc;|ii('iit offences, iin})risi)nnient one to two years ; coun- ty jud^e^ issue to re^'istered pharmacists per- mits to sell intoxicatin«^ li(pu)r for medicin;il, meclianicd and scientific purposes, and wine for sacramental pnr})oses ; a physician may pre- scribe li(]uor for a patient in absolute need of it ; otherwise prescribing it, is fined SOoo tu iif!SO(J with imprisonment 30 days to six months; sales by permit holders are made upon ])rinted affidavits miiuitely specifying intended use. ;ind a false allidavit is })unishable as perjury, hy six montlis to two years imprisonment ; reselling" li(|uor o))tained under such affidavit, 8100 to !i?r)00 fine with impi'isomnent .'50 to 90 days; druggists failing to register sales for inspection, or s(41ing illegally, ^?2bo to .151,000 fine, 70 days to one years imprisonment, and dis(|ualitiemi:rno\ facts and fkjuhks. i I 'M. luilcs. Tliis (Idcs not iiK'liule Alaska, witli its r)77,.").")() s ,. miles of tei'rit()ry,{iiKl .'51,71)5 inliah- itants, no)' liidiaii territory, with its *M,U)0 scjuarc miles of ti'rritoiy and 74,1)97 inliahit- ants. Addini;' tliose to the States jianied the total teiritoi'V ciAered by prohibitory laws is 94S,i^")0 fujuai'c miles, or 2G per cent of the eii- tii-e domain in the United States. The po])ii- lation is '),:]'27,'2C)i), or about 9 [)er cent of the j)o})ulation. This does not take into account the tei-ritory under local prohibition laws which is considerable- probably as much more, with a population fully as ,i,a*eat. It is not j)ossiblc, however, to make an accurate estimate from data at hand. Pinxcii'AL Objections made Against Pro- hibition. I The objections most frecjuently urged against Proiiibition are (I) that it does not prohibit ; or, in other words, that men who want to tralliic in strong driidi will not obey laws forbidding such traffic ; (2) that it deprives the State and municipality of an important source of revenue, and hence increases taxation; (:3) that it injures business ; (4) that it drives away population ; (5) that it infringes personal liberty ; (6) that the result aimed at may be at- tained l)y some other method. To the philos- ophical argument involved in these objections, a very complete answer will be found in " Pro- hibition, the Principle, the Policy, and the Party," The reader will apply for himself to these oljjections the facts related in the follow- ing paragraphs. ii~:: PH0IIII3ITI0N FACTS AND FKiURKS. lis V) FlXANCKS OF MaINK. Tlie ITiiitod 8Tates Consus P>invaii, in ;i bulletin iHi])lislHHl under date of Fel>. L>:i, 1892, compares the valuation and taxation of prop- erty and the State and local indebtedness of Maine in 1,S90 with the same in ISSO, and the following is a condensation of that bulletin :— ! X CO 1-H O O rH ■ I— H ^•V^ 1 '- < P-H Oh o 1—1 X 1- a- ^- ^- • • • * O r-H 1 to -+• CO if? o d d 1^ • 1— H < W rr r— 1 't o X -b CO 1-H X o o r^ X 3 • • * Ol CO iO .-1 d d -h q f-H a, 1— H CO '*-' z ' ^ CO (M o ^ to O Ci r-H rd 1 o O '- >-0 O ■ • o CO 01 lO JO O u H" r-H 1— 1 CO -t- O CO 1 o • co r-i ci 1— H O O CO Ci CO X "-H o o o :o CO »o O j X 1 c o o r-H ^ ^ o X CO o ^^ 2 ?7 Ci »0 CO iO o •^ ^i' X - '+ X' OJ CJ CO CO f- H ■^ o{ '+ i I— 1 Ci r-H >— ' Ol Ol CO r-H Ci CO l^ OS o CO 01 CO OT H^ ^ 1 — 1 cv) ' — 1 X CO o ^ 1^ r—i CO, 1- o l- "H CO o Ol 'Tfl lO Ci — h o o 00 A^'iO O^ X t- O -f OI r-H -i^ C/J ^^ iO Ol 1^ oi CO oi o o y r-H X i-H Ci X 01 CO o l- r-^ CO oi CO CO K-f r-H Ol >< t^ S^ 1—1 ,-^ ^2 . . l-i-H «-> O .rH • s • • ^ F— H "^ -r-l >1 -ri • 1— I ;?; +5 r-H ;h • > Oi > 'M ' uation n and • 0^ 3 J ^ l-H CO 'r-H =+H C- ^ •^ 'rH !i; rH -« -^^ ;:: ?= -^ p •-- rC U O O Val atio ^«(^ > 4J 4^ w ^_i ■^ Numbers preceded by a minus si^•n (-) represent a decrease. « v / 48 I'HOMIMITION FACTS AND FKJUHKS. C C Q o (^ r '\ I— I , X ^ ' r-H 1—1 O -jj 1 o X "M \ ^ o o H ci €r. - CC H-' X -i^' CC r X (TI (M CI ^" p-H -^ ^ 1 - ' ' 1- ^O "o^^'tT" I-H o CC X (Tl H- X 2S X €fe >: -H -+ C^'CC' \6 W X CC CC CC . -! . -H O ~o" rl -+- .^ i d CI H' O CI X V "^ y. . • • • •1-1-5 O r— I- -+ CI 1 1 I 1 (M CC i CC i O -M 1- O I- >T\ -^ o rs 1 O CC CC o i^ •". •s •N o 1- >o '?! r-H o cv> <1^* X Ci X X o X 1- 1- O C' 'w 1— < •■ r> r^ »N •-> JO 'M X CI iC I-H r-H I-H CC 'Tl »o o o O O C5 '— * X ^ o O I- Ci ^ •s t^ r\ r> i—i o 1- -— t >c X ^* o o i O CI CC X irc r- ' -^ vCl CI r— ( »s •^ cv ^ (Ti y\ 1 O CI CC Cl CI CI 1 ""i 1 • • . f*^ V} 03 h3 ! ". ' W r-, tr. 1— y ! S 7f^ o . . P-H -fJ i • '~* 1 ' -•-• is ^ *^ ^^ "*-' rH .-^ • 1— 1 — < O • I-H r3 ^ _ a H r «• ~ v^ -i r- r- •» *>- S C' y. • 1— 1 G 03 1— 1 1— H h- 1 4J 1^. ;^i c3 y. M s s c3 o a: Sh a; * 6 ^ ♦ f- Tliese statistics are further analyzed l)y the Census Bulletin, with regard to places of over 2,500 population and places of less than 2,500 population, It is admitted that Prohib- ition is better enforced than in the small towns and rural distric^ts, yet the valuation per capita of real estate increased more tlian twice as much (.f 220.07 to $?)\\, or 41 per cent.), as in the hirger towns ($338.53 to $405.94, or 20 per PUOlIimTION FACTS AM) KKIUHES. 49 (IS (•(Mit.); and taxation dt'ci'casrd in the smaller places from 85.8.") per c'aj)ita in ISSO to .^r).()l) l)er capita 1S!)0 or 1:} per cent, while itdecreas- Vji (h1 in the larii:er towns tVom .^11.15 in 1S80 to .SIO..'il in 1(S<)(), or 7^, j^.i- cent; indehtedriess which is vvvy siuall in th.e small places, decreas- ed from $7.1)1 p(r ca])ita in \XHO to i7~)S)\ in l^<90, while in the laroer places it decj'eased from 8'')."^.9.'5 to .^.32.41. PuoniniTiox and Savin(;s Bank Deposit. '' The mone^y de; )site In the same period two new savings banks were estal)lished on tlie co-operative ])lan, the older of which had (m January 1, 1891, 257 mem- bers whose deposits ai!«;re,i;;ited 825,915, while the other had 2()9 members, whose deposits ag- greo-ated -^19,L>;]0. The deposits in the savings banks of Maine have showni a steady increase for a num- ber of years. The increase from 1890 to 1891 was $2,497,285.54, the aggregate amount in the former year being $47,78'l,16G.90, in the latter year $50,278,452.44. The total number of depositers incre;isecl from 140,521 to 146,608. ; Prohibition and Taxation. I During the Nebraska Amendment cam- paign of 1890, the VoicE obtained from a maj- ority of the county treasurers of that Htate, and also from a majority of the county treas- urers of the near-by JProhibition States of Iowa and Kansas, reports as to the asse.ssed valuation, 50 PUOIIIIMTIOX FACTS AND FKiUIilW. rates <>f t.ixiitiim, aiul ratio of assessed in actual valuation in ISSl), in tlu'ii' ivspective (•()UMti<'s. The ivsults of that iiivcstigatioii were suniinari/.ccl as follows (V'oiCiO of Oct. :^a 1890): Pkoiiiimtion and Taxation. y V "^ 7i O Zi rr. ~ ^ 2 X Q 5 o P s; - ^ ^ E3 '/: . '^^ ?^ ^ O C^ 00 W -I CC O ^1 4- 4- Ci LO !"■' .'-'^ i"' Oi lo '<—' +- L>:^ 00 «£> -I ^4- -I -I CJ 00 CO 00 ^i o Oi LC H-i O I Averaj^e County Tax on $100 Assessed val- uation. Average State Tax on $100 Assessed val- uation. Avera<,^e State and County Tax on $100 Assessed Valuation. I Average County Tax Lo io io I ^^ $100 actual valua- tion. Average State and County Tax on $100 Actual Valuation. \. > T J'UOinj]jriox FACTS and FKiUHK.S. 51 I Hmeh ^.t' Malt Lk^uoks i\ Pkoiiiiutiov *'■ • JStatks. '{ ^ Tl o m .1 o as o 'Oi o o o r^ O X X ^1 I \ r-( Ti as X :^ cc CT! O -^T X r; X "^ O ^ r-^ ^ t: -h" x'^ o' o^ X S -f O I- r-^ T— ♦ rq r-t ^^'^~;^ 1—1 »^ CI cc r— 1 (Ti :;3 O/ io cc 1- X c o ^ X CI Cl 'f X r -+ I- CO t— S 'M ,-H -+ ,— ( X '"' rh r-H cc X r-i O ,f<.Ji • r^ • • p-4 ;-> -M -M o ri • r-t K^ 0) o ?3 d o cc tf r— t c o Q • rH M CD ":2 ^ CO fli PH()IfIi?ITION FACTS A\D FKJUKKS. 53 .^ ^ E! As will l)e seen by tlie table the li(,u(,i. tnide report n„ sales of fermented li(,u„rs in Maine ami Vermont. The sales in Kansas fell on as follows : — Gals. 17,bsi> 2,050 Tn Iowa, tlij fallino- off was less strikiiK-- but still it was marked : '^' ISSf) Gals. 197,;57i> ^^^^ 105,94.3 Pkoiiibitiox and Taxation. The claim made by the advocates of lic- ense that prohibitory ]i(|uor laws dri\'e away desirable elements of population, and interfere I with the normal growth of States and localities under such laws, is not borne out by popular statistics. Kansas increased in population from 996,096 in 18,S0 to 1,427,096 in 1S90 an aggregateof 431,000 or 43.27 per cent, which was greater than the increase of Missouri, Michigan, Wisconsin or California, all growing states under various systems of license. " Iowa's increase in population from 1880 to 1890 was greater than that of Illinois, exclusive of the city of Chicago, and greater than that of Ind- iana or Ohio. Iowa's increase, moreover- was greater from 1885 to 1890 (1,753,980 to 1,911,- 896) under prohibition than from 1880 to' 1885 (1,624,615 to 1,753,980) under license. The population of Maine and Vermont is chiefly 54 I'lIoniia'ilON FACTS AN!) FKiUliKS. I'UItI, ;iii(! llnisr St;it('s liji'.'c C(>iiti"ii)ut('(l, witli the other New Kii;^'1;iihI States, ];ir_i>-ely to the H'l-e.'it iiK*r(>;ise in >\'estern j)()piihiti — l.ss Lawrence 00.27 5.27 3.49 Lowell 74.S1 5.55 4.14 Lyini 71.51 4.47 3.20 New Bedford. . 07.55 3.73 2.53 Newbury port. . 70.37 5.01 4.2S Northampton . SI. 10 2.40 1.99 Salem 74.SS 4.44 Spriiit-tleld . . . . 72.31 4.S1 3.4S Woburn 57. IS 3.S7 2.22 Worcester . . . . 73.22 4.20 3. 1 1 OS. 71 5.S2 4.00 5() l'!{C)lllIilTION FACTS AND PIflUHES. No-Lk KNsi; Cities Compakkd with Licionsi CiTiKS, (Contiiined) , — 1 C4-4 e+-^ . ~ (^ ^H W *H ■^ *M Zi . •^i^ -* m-j w O '-- i. 4J o ;3 >w* — ^ '^ --M 1— 1 ^ X ^ X CITJHS. ■4-1 0) ^-H S^ *— H »— H ^ 1— ( -V O '^ 0) ^ -^ "^ -I X ■^ -1 y. Z'^ i: t^ Ph ^: -fl^ S ^r" — ^H ^ -v ^ w NO-LICKXSK r>r(H't!)n Gl.SG 2.71 l.fis , (';iiul)j-i(luv . . . 45.94 2.47 l.l.-, ^ Mal(l(Mi 2S.1)4 2.01 .5S Newton 55. 1 8 \\.X\ 1.S5 (^)uilR'V 55. 7 1 1.15 .(i4 SiiineiA ille . . . C):l(;:i 2.95 l.SS 52.67 2 52 1 :u *f ^-► •% Tlius the avei";i_i'cester, Mass., tor the year ended A})ril .SO, ISDO, im- der a '";? 1,200 license, and for tlu; year ended PROHiniTION FACTS' AND FIfJURES. i)t April 30. 1S91, under Pr(>hil)iti()ii, present the followiii*,^ coiitnist Total Arrests Arrests for druiikeii'ss llelief orders drawn . 1SS9-90 I 1890-91 $1,200 Lie- No- License ense. l>,9l>() 65,679 2,589 1,590 S4,:^01 Prohibition in Atlanta. Durinij; 1887 and a part of 1886, the city of Atlanta, Ga., was under local Prohibition. The fctllowing is the exliibit of arrests and of arrests for drunkenness in the city for the Urst nine months of 1887 under Prohibition as com- pared with the first nine months of 1888 under Hii^'h License : MONTHS January . February . March. . . . April .... May June July Aui>ust . . . Sei>tember Ari-ests for Total Arrests. Idrunkenness. l887"rr888" 1887 Pro- hibiten, ;U9 382 400 468 540 541 567 699 578 1888 $1,000 I .. Pro- 81,000 Lic'nselhibit'n,; License Totals 4,524 575 571 667 650 642 623 733 724 620 5,805 59 85 63 78 73 70 80 84 92 190 184 216 139 151 108 156 171 195 674 I 1,519 W 58 FIJOIIIIHTION TACTS A\I) P'KJURKS. The ju'i'csts oiicli yctir ni Allanlji, from 'HI) to Si), ;u-i'()r(lin,i>" to tli(3 j)()lic'(; il('2>'»'»'t»neiit.s \v('i"(' .'IS tollows : '" Wiu: Li(|Uoi' Law. Popu- lation I I Popu- i Total to I ar AiTsts rest. ISS:^ Low License UD,.")!? 1884 ,, „ 5;i,.si2 188;") M M 5(),8:')7 188{)Six mos.pi-ohih'n . 'G0,000 1887Proliil)itioii ()r),000 1888 Hio-h License 70,000 188() It II '),r)(8 5,824 (v'^Of) 5,578 ! 6,1:58 I 7,817' '5,000 10,.S71) 8.8 9.2 1) . 10.7 10. a 8 . 1) 7.2 The Atlanta "Constitution," which nevei* fully espoused Prohibition, in its issue of June 21, \S7, connnenting on the falling off of arrests said : " There has heeen 40 per cent falling off in the number of arrests, notwithstanding there has l)een a rigid interpretation of the law, un- der which arrests are made. Formerly, if a man was sf^ber enough to walk home, he was unmolested. Now if there is the slightest var- iation fi'om the state in which the centre of gravity falls in a line inside the base the party is made to answer for such variation at the station house." v^ * Economics of Prohibition, page 297. PIIOIIIBITION FACTS AND FK JUKES. 51) ■'r\ Hi(;fi LicicNSK i\ Nkijijaska. The Nebraska Hi,«;li License- law was passed ill ISSl. Many teiiiperaiKM^ men, ani<»ii.i< llieiu the late J(»hn ll Fineli, favored it as proinisino' wholesome restri-jtions iij)oii tlie liciuor traHie. The fee is 81,000, and the I'estrictions imi)os(ul 1^)011 dealers are very strint;ent. After seven years' ti'ial, Peter Tier, the leadinu' distiller of Nebraska, wrote th(^ fcllowinu U'ttcr, designed for the _L,andance of tli(^ li(iiior-dealers of New York State, and whieh was pubhshed by the Voice, of Jan. 20, ISSS; Willow Spuin(;.s Dlstillino Co. P. E. Jl\:u, Pres. J. H. Tlek, S(|ct'y. Omaha, Neb., Jan. 7, 1S8S. To . Gentlemen : Your letter of the olst ult., in reiiard to Prohibition, is at hand, ;ind care- fuUv noted. I would answer your (juestions a;^ you i)ut them, as follows : 1 Hiealin_i;' lli^li License law, it' the ((uestioii was left t() it, T do not think, so far as my aequaintrvuec* is concerned, tli;it it would do so. \ lia\'e ;in extensive aciiuaintiince through this State, Jind 1 believe if it wei'e put to a vote of the liijuor dealers and saloon men whether it should be High License, no licens(>, or low license, that they would almost unanimously be for High License. Those objecting would be a class without re- sponsibility or character, who never pay for anything if they can help it, and simply start in business for a few months, with the view of beating e\ei'y one tliey can, and, of course, naturally such a class would not want this law. 1 cannot see how any one who has anything at strk3 can lielj) l)ut favor High License and en- foicing the law sti'ictly. T). T would be in favor of High License, rather than trust to the non-enforcement of the law under jProhibition. If you undertake to do your l)usiness without protection, you are black- nuiiled by one-horse attorneys, which in the end amounts to many times the cost of a license e\ery }'ear, even if the license be very high. We liave had a great deal of business in the State of Iowa, both befoi'e it was Prohibition and since, and we can say positively that there is very little satisfaction in doing business in that State now. Ever so often the goods are seized, and it causes a great deal of delay and trouble to get them released; and then there is a fear of not getting money for the goods, and all the forms we have to go through make it very annoying business. It is like running a I. ^ Prohhution facts and fhiuuks. (U railroad uiulcr onmnd. You don't know wIhmv y(Hi are i^oin;;-, or what is ahc.'id. li» jdl my experience of ten years in Ohio ))et'ore the tem- perance movement aiul twenty yeai's ex])erieiice here previous to Hi.<;h License and since, I believe that Hioh License is one of the -ramlest laws for the li(iuor traffic, Jind for uien inter- ested as well as people at large, there is. The only objection we have here is that the regula- tions are not more strictly enforceme 8-^'''>,()00,00() of cai)ital, have been unscrupulous in tlK> extreme. N(>t only does it defy the Federal law a-i»ainst trusts, but it is not particular by what means it r, had access to the Schufeldt distillery, was to })lace an infern- al machine, loaded with dynamite, in such a ])(Ksition that it would have resulted in the total demolition of the huildings and the instant death of 150 employes and probably of the perpetrator himself. (rihsoii was arrested while awaiting to hear the explosion. DeWar went to the point of conimittinj^ the diabolical eed, in order tt) get com})lete evidence against (ribson. For s(nne unaccimntahle reason, (lib- son has never heen prosecuted for this conspir- acy up to the time of the i)resent writing, near- ly 18 months after the event. Gibson was re- quested by the Trust to resign, under the pres- sure of these charges, though tbe Trust very sus})iciously passed resolutions of confidence in liim when it made the request. ^ ■-, » ^9 ■^^ PROHTIUTION KA(TH AND FKiURES. 63 ' T-r ■¥^ Lk/ljok Mkns Mktiiods. If. Cr()\v<'ll, scci'ctary of tlu' AVliiskcy Ti'ust, ill an iMt('r\i('w with a (Ictcctivc wlin lio su})pos»'(l to !)(' the in;m.i<;('r of th<' Lihia, {iiid was a success, for at that ineetin;.i; a Statt; Executive Coimiiittec^ was sel(»cted and I was nia(K; secretary with })ower to act and ari'an«;"e for the fii;ht. At tliat ineetinjL( plans were also adopted hy wliicli money could he raisinl. In the first phice we assessed the sales of all heer pei* annum at ten cents })er hari'el. We levied an assessment of 81,000 on all tln^ lar cniit iil)iitf(l l)y the lircwci's' Ass(K'ialinii iiii;l tlic N.it ii»ii;il l^rotccl i\ c Assofiat ioii.' ""Mow (lid you dispose of this iinni'Misc jiMiinount of inoiu'V :' "' licsidcs tlic '.•un-ciit cxpciiscs, we ])aid it out to tlic iH'Wpapri's, pollt ifians, and some for litcratui'i', and sonu' for puMic sjx'ikci's.' "'How did you iiiaiwiuc to cidist tli(> i)(>liti'.'iaiis oil \()ur sitk* i Did vou oIltM* tlu-ui inoiH'V f '' ' Yt's ; we would ^■<» to the leadei's, i)otji Ht'j)u))lic:iiss and DtMUofrats, and say this is not a i)ai-tv fli-lit and vou caruKJt afVord to \n' a;j;ainst us, if you do we will t'enieniher you at tlif^ next untv to h^t us ha\'e the })oll-list ex- clusively f(H' our use with the und<*rstanding that we were not to return the list until after the election. So the Prohibitionists, with no window books, no money, no orgjinization, had no show whatever ai;ai list us.' " ' i\ri'. (yi'owell, how did you nianau^e to .ij,"et the news] )apers pretty much all on your side f " ' Why, we bouj^ht them by p;iyin<>' down so much cash. T vnsited the editors in person or had some o(M)d man to do so, and arranged to pay each j)aj)er for its support a certain amount of money. Throu.")00 to publish such matter as we might furnish, either news or editorifU, but the city daily papers we had to pay from 81,000 to -^ 1,000 which ]a':ter amount > II «.. » A k tyu > I «.. I V ♦ I»|{()mniTI(»\ TAfTS AND FKJUIIKS. 05 was ]){ii(l to tlu' Times of tins city. ^HIhm* IKijMM's \\v could nut l)iiy sti'jii^ht out, conse- (juciitly we luul to piiy tVcMii .'iO to OO c<'iits pei' liiK^ for* Jill mattef |)ul>lislu'(l for us }iceor(liM<^' to the cii'culatioM and utility of the |)a|ier. \Ve ])aid the Ledger 40 cents j)er line, and the Record we paid (U) cents j)ei' line, thou;(h it did some ii^(M)d work for us foi* nothini,'. It was understiMxl with most all (»f the ]>aj)ers that w(» would furinsh the mattei", and so we employed a man to wiite for us and i)repare articles for [)ul)lication which would be furnished to the })a})ers to he pr'inted as news or editorial mattei*, as we mi»^dit dii'ect. The most etVective matter we could i,'et up in the iniluencini,' of V(>tes was, tliat Prohibition did not })i"ohibit, and the revenue, taxation, and how Prohibition would hurt the farmers. We would have these arti- cles piinted in different papei's and then l)uy thousands of coj)ies of the j)aper und then send them to the farmers. If you work the farmers on tlie tax (piestion you can catch them evc^y time.' "• ' How did you mana<;e, Mr. Crowell, to get so many ministers on your side V " ' Oh, that is the easiest thin^if out. No, I did not go to tlie preachers as I did to tJK; politicians, but I always found out a good man in the Church who could work the pi-eacher with but little trouble, for half of the preachers are cowards. Then I hiref liquor has increased. The sale of beer in tlie city has increased 20 per cent, the last year, and gradually increased every year since the adoption of the High License, unlawful drink- ing places have increased. At first the otHcers made an effort to enfonje the law, but now it is a farce and no effort on the part of the author ities tosu{)[)ress illegal sales is being made. Yet T honestly believe High License is the only practical way in dealing with the traffic. T am sure it will heli) the business, make it mt>ro respecta])le by putting it in the hands of a better class of men.' " . . . . **^i I -^ Other Lk^uok Men 8hed Additional Lkuit. The full text of the i)rincipal letters written by licpior dealers in Pennsylvania, Khode Lsland, Massachusetts, Ohio, Michigan, Ti^xas, and other States, for the instruti*-^ 'dealers in Nebraska, is piinted in tlie Voice of March '27, April .S, Aj)ril 17, and May 7, 1S90. A few extracts will sei've to sliow their drift. Kolsert O^alen, of Dallas, Texas, wrote : " Don't make it a whiskey fi«^^)0 each. Every thin*,' was conducted quietly." J. S. Bowler, of Bowler Brothers, brewers, Woi-cester, Mass., wrote : — -V '^ 1: 1 " The public press is the great lever to send your wheel I'olling in the right direction, subsidize the press all you can and get them to talk up high license. Also get them to agitate the (question that farmers will not be allowed to make cider or hght wine We should ad- vise you not to hold any public meeting, as those very g it was vote(l (»n a«jain, and with or- Lfanization we cai'ried the license l>v 1,000 niajoi'ity. We liad workers at every polling place in tlie county and paid them well A few ye;irs aL^o, T had a lari^e and lucrative l)usiness in l)ak(>ta. Ctmld have sold it read- ily for J? 1 0,000. To-day it is wcu-th perhaps i?2,000 if salable at all. Business gone, and in a few weeks shall have to go to another state to hunt u[) a location and begin business over again."'* * Tn reply to an advertisement in tlie Lincoln, Neb., 'Daily Call' in A[)ril, 1S90, for a man com})etent to manage a retail li(pior es- tablishment, 17 replies were received from deal- ers in Dakota who had to get out of the Statt^ on account of Prohibition. These re})lies were published in the Voicp: i>i May 15, 1890. Low LirExsi:, No-Licexse and Hicii License Tn Charleston, W. Va. Total arrests for the year ending April 30, 'N(), under J^'MK) license 42:5 Total arrests for the year ending April 30, 'S7, no-license 'I'lii Total arrests for the year ending April 30, 'SS, under $S50 license 495 I I I /■'■mas Two PHOniBITTON FACTS AND FKJURES. 71 PhoIIIHITION CoMPAinCD WITH LlCKNSK Tx Phovidence. Tlie State of Kliode Tslaiid was under Pro- hihitioii from July, '.^O, to June 'S9. The p<»l- ice Statistics of tlie city of Providence show the following : Total arrests for all offenses in the city of Providence from January to June 18SS, six months before Prohibition went into effect .),i)U< Total arrests for all offences for the corres- pondin.ir period of \^^7 under ProhiU- w ition, after the law h;wl been in ef- 1 ^^^ feet six month. . . ■ •■ -.^<^ Total arrests for first six months after lic- ense was restored, (July to Decem ber, 1S90) '^^ ^'^''^ Arrests for drunkeness, disorderly con-M .Hir.u LirKXSE and Low License in Lahce Cities. Of the 15 largest cities in the United States, Chicago, Philadeli)hia, St. Louis, Bos- ton, Pittsburg and Detroit -were under High License, .^500 or over, while the other nine. New York, Brooklyn, Baltimore, San Francisco. Cincium.ti, Cleveland. Buffdo, New Orleans Washington were under Lcnv License, or a very ^T 72 PHOinillTION FACTS AXD FKJURES. inoder.ite fee, iu>tover $250. The avera«j;e pop- ulation to each arrest, the average population to each ariest for di'iiik offences, and the per cent which arrests for drink offe.ices f(»rni of the total arrests in each group is as follows : — -^t X ^ u^ -^ 5 ?3 02 4J ^ <— • '-' a) *M (iKOUPS OF riTIKS. +3 «^ . 5 '^ 1 — 14^0 s <^ O OJ S «: ri ^ y^ P^ Pop arre Per rest () High License 17.7 13.5 75.5 9 Low II 25 . 6 22.6 78.9 The High License cities seem to have the julvantage in the relative amount of crime to the population, but a much larger per cent of the total arrests are for drink oifences. More- over, the High License city of Pittsburg has the largest proportion of arrests for drink of- fences to population, while Boston follows close after Washington, and the High License cities are kept down in their average only by St. Louis which has a most abominable police sys- tem, in the matter of arresting and classifying 'drunks.' The Voice in 1889 obtained police and ex- cisf, statistics from 41 High License cities, hav- ing an aggregate population of 4,455,189, and an average license fee of $665 annually ; and from 79 L)w License cities, having a population of of 4,559,957 and an average license fee of i H '* ■M PROiiinrnoN fact« and fkiuhes. 7B Jii5l'22 auiuially. It was found that the popu- lation to oacli saloon, tlie total arrests, the ar- rests for drunkenness and disorderly conduct and the per cent total ari'ests, were as follows : ^f %y /"■ CD 2 ^v , (75 -^ S- ^ ■ I — CT> o = -1 4^ i-i- i-i' CO (^ O CI o a Population to I— ' Oi o Lc each saloon. o S Total Number of r '>^^ rr' Arrests. ri! ic Arrests for Drank- l^-T'enness and Dis- 2 ::'j orderly Conduct. .. ,JPopulation to eacli r' P Drunk and Dis- ci orderly. lO Ci Per Cent. Di'unks and Disorderlies iforni of TotaL Hkjii License is Massachuse The State of Massachusetts, in IS' .dopt- Kd a High LiceJise law, Ihniting the number of \ i I'KOIIir.ITION FACTS AND FI(JUl{r>7. imiIooiis t(> one ill 1,000 p()j)uliiti(>ii (oiw in .■")()() in i)(>st(>n), :i\\d \)hvA\\<^ t lie liirciise t'w iit ^1,000 miiiiimim. liffrrcMice to the tabli^ i>i ^lassa- fhusctts criminal statistics will show that tluM'o was a c(>nsiil(M'al)U' increase iu ISS!) and JS<)() over ISS7 aiul ISSS in the niattei- of ai'n^sts and of ;u'r(\sts for drunkennws. Tlu* stiitistics of the nuniher of saloons, total arrests vnd arj'ests foi- drunkenness i:. se\'eral (vf the. larger cities of tlie State from KSSO to ISS!), are tjiven l)elow : 1 1 r- Ninnher Arrests fr% 1 i» l^icense of ' Li 1 local tor Fee. Arrests, Druidv- Nil(M)nK. enness. Boston ISSG $ -J no 1,363 28,510 16,179 1SS7 :]:)0 1,287 30,681 19,141 1888 400 1,199 36,009 23,044 1889 1,000 583 40,066 24,991 Lowell 1886 ^ 250 379 3,393 2,220 1887 •250 419 3,483 2,501 1888 500 217 4,150 2.930 1 889 1,300 64 4,557 3,307 Fall Kivkk 1886 No rep't No rep't 2,455 1,392 1887 6 500 350 1,932 1,154 1888 1 ,000 260 2,372 1,248 1889 1,300 56 2,414 1,520 Lynn 1 1886 No rep't No rep't 1,633 942 1887 No rep't N< > rep't 1.662 1,021 1888 $ 400 118 2,266 1,641 1889 1,300 45 2,477 1,779 PlJOIIir.lTlOX KAfTS AND FICUIiHS. .")0() |,0()(> [iSSfl- how |1 SS!) 'I* of The li'osts tlic. # > ^ ►-* I * ♦'t Til tlic f<)r(';jj(>iM;^' cities, llic jii^Lji'p^^'itc iiuin- (jCM' of s,il(K)iis w.is nnliiced tV«un 2,2S() in ISSS tu i)00 ill ISSl), oi- (>\(M' ()0 per ('(Mit, Jiiul at the same tiuu' the arrests for all erinies inei'eased from HT), I 07 to flljoSD, or ()\('f cii^dit })er cent, while tli(* arrests iwv (li'unk(Miiiess inci-eased ft'oin or),()2r) to 40,0.">7, or o\-er miu; j)er cent. The liecMise year in Massachusetts en0. Liquor Dhalkks' KKSOLrrroxs. Tht^ National Protective Asssociation of Iii(|iior ])ealers in convention Jit Chicago, Oct. 19, \sr), declare lishnient <^v toleration of the trade. 76 PHOIIIWITIOX FACTS ANU IKiriiKS. lll(;il r.ICKXSK I\ MiNNKSOTA. i\rinnesota*s Hijjjli License law, uiuh'r the ])n)visi(»iis of which the license fee in cities of over 10,000 |)(>})uhitioii is not less tlian J:<1,000. ill other cities not U>ss than 8")00, went into eil'ect i«i L'^''^^. The followin,!,' statistics of ^the ninnl)er of saloons and arrests for criint^ indic- ate the cllect of HiL;h License on crime :. l_^ l__J h— 1 H— ^"~ ^~" f^ ""^ ■> X X X X hH 7- X X X ,; X X X X y X X X X tl O X -I c:^ ^^ O X -I Ci « • o • r n H (—1 p: cr. ~ ~ C • 1* • WW License year ended. 1,000 1,000 O' o o o O o ci c;» o o o o o o o o License fee. 1 X X o o Ci O i>:; ivti 00 CO 4- CO CO CO M-^ O 4- 4-. Number of saloons. r z Oct. 31, Dec. 31 CO CO Police year ended. X c X c^ X IC ^1 ^ C« X Cl Ci C« CO ^ ^ v^ ^ ^ O 4- O CO 4- O O LO X CO CO Total Arrests. CO CO o o i4^ X 1,462 2.494 jC JO JC^^-' ^1 "Ci "x "x Oi "K H-" CO X -1 t— ' O Arrests for drunkenness. i PuolliJUTlON FACTS AND FI(iUI{KS. 77 « ^' 6 Eh o w •ss.)uu,):[ini.i{) ?^ • • X X •! rr- ,__ ?": -M aoj k:^sv).i.iy^ •s'C^sM.i.iy X ^ -f f/^ t^ -^ n-'^'>x 1— H •|).)|)U.) CO •. ^ ^ .n;.)A i,)oi[(>^j 4> Q 'KMOopfS o 1- ^. JO .u)((mn^ f-H •oaj o f-^ o o o o 1— d r-n O '^ OSUOOFJ X' P— 1 1— t ,_! •popil,) • — _ _. .n?o.{ 9sur)arj 1^ r^ K8. • • • NH ' H • •H , Q ^ ^ O 1- X O C X X X X >-. X X X X >-( r— t r-H 1-H 1— ( i; It will be noticed that in St. Paul a change was made in the police year, makinijj the last "year" of low license 14 months lon.i;-, and uiak- iniD^ an apparent decrease in arrests the first year of High License, though there was an actual increase. In Minneapolis the total ar- rests increased the first year under $1,000 lic- ense, but the arrests for drunkenness decreas- ed, suggesting quite forcibly what is asserted by persons in position toknow, that druidcs 78 IM;(»III1!ITI()X FA(TS AM) KKJUJlIiS. were i't*tuni('v the .'iccniniiKnUtiiiLi; [xjlice. l)iil cNcii siu'li siil)t('ft'i;i;('.s ctnild not cover up the iiK'rt'ris(» of nrrests, as shown Ijv tlu* fact tlwit foi- tlic last nine iiioiiths of ISS!), tlic total ari'csts \v('r<' iiioic tliaii fi»i' any })!•<'{•('( I i ml;' year, ami the iiiiinl)*'i of drunks was also far lai'ii,(M* in proportion. The tahlc i;-iv(>s Minneapolis for two years and three* months under .^oOO license, with an annual a\-ei*a«;e of avi'ests (eipiatinj^' the numhei* f(H*the year in which the chan<;(^ was made ac- (;;)r(linL;- tt> the time under eicli system) of t,-"^."')-!^ and an annual aN (M-a^'e of 7,1()() tor the year and a half of ^^ 1,001) license ; St. Paul, in two V(Nirs and two months of SlOO license had an annual aver;iij;e of r),()S-]- arrests ; for two years of JirKOOO license, it averaged (),S7o arrests. \Vin(Mia in two years and three months of ii?100 license had an annual avera«;e of -177 ar- rests, while in two years and one month of $1,000 license it had an amiual avei"a_i,'e of 601 arrests. Comparini^' on tlie same basis the ar- rests for (h'unkenness for the sanui i)eriods, Miinieajxklis under i-^^OO license had an annual average of 2,.'i()l ; under a Jii^ 1,000 license an an- nual average of 3,028 ; St. Paul under 8100 lic- eme, l,S2r); under Jjrl, 000 license 2,.^^:', ; Win- ona under low license, 259 ; under hii^h license 291. Hkjii License in Chicago. « ij The license fee for an ordinary saloon in Chicago has })een i^oOO since '86. In '84 and '85 it was J!?500 for an ordinary licjuor saloon and $150 for a beer saloon. In '83 it was $103 j and in '82, $50. The following figures ili I PiniHIUTION FAfTS ANM) FICUrM-R. '9 sliDW the iHnii))e!' of arri'sts t'oi* a]l rriines, and ai resis t'oi' disoi'derly ciUKluct (liiinkeimess not, Ix'inn' cliar'^ed as a criiiic hy tlie C^liiea^o police : vi:ai{. 1 o ^3 -4-' &5 rr T -^ •A = 5 ^ • 1 1SS2 8 •")'2 :i759 .... ls,o:U) 8 059,259.70 ., 3 I 03 1 noo :^747 .... 21,415 7O:i,579.00 ., 4 \ 1 50 1 500 ;i,:i05 • • • • 2:i,0S0 • 779,721.45 .1 5 \150 :>,4S7 25,407 1,079,:5:U.74 .. () 500 ;5,700 44,i>r)i 20,007 ,1,192,70)9.50 .1 7 500 .S,99t 4(),505 27,0:50 l,:i().5,5(;2.07 .. 8 500 ;5,9Si 50,4;5l> i:U, 104 1,450,4:^7.40 .. 9 500 14,175 4S,119 27,5;5() 1,002,594.00 ..90 500 5,028 G2,2;K):;7,0():5 2,200,120.90 ..91 500 5, GOO 1 1 ' Chica/jfo's chi(^f of police asked for an ap- })r()priatioii ef .^ij^:], 09 1,57:5, to cover the expen- ses of 1891. Hkmi License in Philadelphia. The Brooks Hi«,di License Law, niakin(1 May ']0, and police year ended Deceinl)er 'M) are as follows : — YEAH 'J. «4-* a: -(J ^^ X Sh /^ r. ^ ^ F— 0^ :2 1^ S ; f— ' X <-^ < 5 i -»-3 -««r ^ H 18cS6 III 90 — i J!? 8oO; G,U0;53,409;28,122 1,525,91o 50j r),77;r;')7,9-U'30,789 l,r):5L>,9,V, 500; 1,:U.S 4(),899'22,C):;8 1,767,906 500: 1,20M2,67;M7,075 1,807,700 500i 1,172|49,U8:20,937; 1,801,885 The advocates of Hi.^h License have used Philadelphia as an example proving the effic- iency of High License as a temperance meas- ure. A more plausil)le explanation of the de- crease in arrests for drunkenness, is the fact that under the law, the arrest of a drunken person in a license salooji impeiils tlie saloon- keeper's chances of gettino- his license renewed ; whereas, under the old sy^ .m, it was customary to call a policeman to remove drunken persons. No like decrease was noticeable in other cities of Pennsylvania under the same law. The ar- rests for drunkenness in Pittsburg, the next largest city of the state, increased from 1,911: ill '87 to 2,113 hi %'6, and to 6,776 in '90. I v,>r k Prohiditiox facts and FirajRES. 77 » P i {I a; o <1 Eh O I— I W jo; s^sa.ijy •sc^saaay 1*^^ • • X ri 1 r^ X -+ '+ 1 r-H T-: 'M »r: o o I- X -i- O CC 't JC' lO o •papua ai?aA' 901 [o J •SII00{1?S' JO j9C[am^ •99J as 11901'^ CO _ _ _ y ~ " " __« CC t^ I- Oj Oi O TC CC' o o o o o o o o I— I r-* O O -'* i-H r— I •papira J1?9A' 9S'n90l'^ CO Jh* - - >■ O t^ X Oi O X X X oo ^ X XXX HH 1— ( I—H P-H I— I It will be noticed that in St. Paul a change was made in the police year, making the last "year" of low license 14 months long, and mak- ing an apparent d(?crease in arrests the tlrst year of High License, though there was an actual increase. In Miinieapolis the total ar- rests increased the lirst year under $1,000 lic- ense, but the arrests for drunkenness decreas- ed, suggesting cpiite forcibly what is asserted by persons in position toknow, that druidis 78 PllOIIiniTIOX FACTS AND FICJUKES. were returned luuler some other name, or were piloted liome by the {iccommodatin«^ police, but even such subterfuges could not cover up the increase of arrests, as sIk^wii by the fact that fo' the last nine months of 188i.), the total arrest vere more than for any i)receding year, and the number of drunks was also far larger in pro})ortion. The table gives Minneapolis for two years and three months under ^i)Oi) license, with an annual average of arrests (equating the number for the year in which the change was made ac- cording to the time under each system) of 4,88-1- and an annual average of 7,106 for the year and a half of >i> 1,000 hcense ; St. Paul, in two years and two months of $100 license had an annual average of 5,684 arrests ; for ^wo years of $1,000 license, it averaged 6,8,5 arrests. Winona in two years and three months of $100 license had an animal average of 477 ar- rests, while in two years and one month of $1,000 license it had an annual average of 601 arrests. Comparing on the same basis the ar- rests for drunkenness for the same periods, Minneapolis under $500 license had an annual average of 2,361 ; uiuler a $1,000 license an an- nual average of 3,028 ; St. Paul under $100 lic- ense, 1,825 ; under $1,000 license 2,383; Win- ona under low license, 259 ; under high license 291. Hk;ii License iv CfiicAco. The license fee for an ordinary saloon in Chicago hjis been $500 since '86. In '84 and '85 it was $500 for an ordinary li(|uor saloon and $150 for a beer saloon. In '83 it was $103 ; and in '82, $50, The following figures I -:^ Prohibition facts and nnuRrs. '9 slunv the number of arrests tV)r all crimes, and arrests for disordeilv conduct — drunkenness ,jiot being charged as a crime ])y the Chicago police : — YEAR. 1882 „ 3 5 6 8 M 9 ..90 ..91 '« «4-l o a:) 2 a o o 523,759 103 3,747 f500 (150 f500 \150 500 500 500 3,365 3,487 3,700 3,994 3,984 50014,175 50015,628 500 15, 600 1 44,261 46,505 ■f. •X. w O) X V 4J 18,036^659,259.70 21,415 23,080 703,579.66 779,721.45 25,407 1,079,334.74 26,067 1,192,769.56 27,630:1,305,562.67 50,432 31, 164|l, 450,437.40 48,1 19j27,536il, 602,594.60 62,230 37,0632,200,126.96 Chicago's chief of police asked for an ap- propriation ef $3,091,573, to cover the expen- ses of 1891. High License in Philadelphia. The Brooks High License Law, making the fee $500 in place of $50 went into effect June 1, '88. For the police years '88 and '89 (ended December 31)^ there was a decided de- crease in the num})er of arrests, principally in in arrests for drunkenness. The license and 13olice statistics for '86 to '90 (license year end- Proiiibitiox facts and Fir.URI-S. 79 show the number of arrests for all crimes, and arrests for disorderly conduct — drunkenness ,not being charged as a crime by the Chicago police : — 1. 1 «: b ^ YEAR. ise Fee. i i =3 O S-i orderly uluct. •-4=1 S 1— H Ml hJ H «&l 1882 $ 52 3,759 18,036 $C.r)9,:>5'j.70 n 3 103 3,747 • • • • 21,415 70;}.079.66 tBU~ 80 PKomiJITION FACTS AND FUIUIJES. ed May •*^^, Jmd police year ended Decenil)er *^1 ) are as follows : — • Sh ^M ' 0) '^ If -^ ^■4 a; o . Oj '•{'. v: C3 lif-i x £ _- 0) 0^ ^ \E\n License 11 1^, Arrests rnnkenn 53 ^ p ^ '^ a.' ' H ^ t. = $ $ ISSG $50 6,140 5.% 409 28,122 1,525,915 )U 50 5,77:V57,944 :50,789 1,5.S2,9:^-i mS 500 1,:U:V4G,899;22,G3S 1,767,90() m9 500 , 1,-20 + ,4l>,G7:5 17,075,1,807,700 90 500 1,172 49,14S'l>0,9.37, 1,801,8:55 The advocates of Hii»h License have used Philadel])hia as an example proving the eliic- iency of HiiL»h License as a temperance meas- ure. A more j)lausil)le exi)lanation of the de- crease in arrests for drunkenness, is the fact that under the law, the arrest of a drunken person in a license saloon imperils the saloon keeper's chances of getting- his license renewed ; whereas, under the old system, it was customary to call a policeman to remove drunken persons. No like decrease was noticeable in other cities of Pennsylvania under the same buv. The ar- rests for drunkenness in Pittsburu:, the next Ifvroest city of the state, increased from 1,914 in '87 to 2,ll;i in "88, and to 6,776 in '90. PUOIIIIllTIOX FA(^1\S AND FI(;UHKS. SI Mtituda of Canadian Foliiios in 18'/3. KkPORT of TflE SkLKCT CoMMITTKK of TIIK Senate iiespe(!Tin(i a PRoiiiiinouY LiQUoit Law. Coiniiiittee Room, 14th May, 187o. The Select Coinmittee to whom were re- ferred the Petitions presented to the Senate, praying' for the enactment of a Law^ to prohibit the manufacture of Intoxicating Liipiors in the Dominion, have the lionor to submit the follow- ing as theii' llei)ort. The num])er of Petitions referred to your connnittee to this date is 447 ; of which, one is from the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario ; 68 are fn^m Municipal Councils, three from Church Courts, and 37") from an aggregate of 36,224 individuals ; 2r),945 of whom are of the Province of Ontario, and 10,270 of the Provii.de of Quebec. The individual petitioners are men of all ranks and classes of society, of all professions and trades, and of all shades of Uehgious and Political o|)inion ; and many of them occupy high })ositions in Churches and in Munici}>al- ities, in the Medical and Legal Professions -- and in the Provincial and Dominion Legisla- ture : constituting in the aggj-egate such a large and influential representation of the intelligence and public sentiment of the country, as to en- title their testimony and their i)rayer to the fullest and most favorable consideration of the Senate, — while the fact of so many Municpal Councils and the House of Assembly »)f Ontario joining in the same pniyer, clearly indicates the deepfelt and urgent need of the Legislati( u petitioned for. « PUOIIIIUTIOX FACTS AM) FKIUHKS. SI ittituda of Canadian Foliiios in 18'/3. Hkpoht of thk Sklixt Committkk of tiik Skxatf iiKSPi<:(rriN(; a PROiiiBnouY Liquor Law. Coinmittee Room, 14th May, 1873. The Select Coinmittee to whom were re- ferred tlie Petitions presented to the Senate, pniyini;' for the enactment of a Law to prohibit the manufacture of Intoxicating Li(iuors in the Dominion, have the honor to submit the follow- ing as their Report. The numl)er of Petitions referred to your committee to this date is 447 ; of which, one is from the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario ; 68 are from Municipal Councils, three fn>m Church Courts, and 375 from an aggregate of 30,224 individuals ; 25,945 of whom are of the Province of Ontario, and 10,270 of the Provir.ce of Quebec. The individual petitioners are men of all ranks and classes of society, of all professions and trades, and of all shades of Religious and Political opinion ; and many of them occupy high j)osition-s in Churches and in Municipal- ities, in the Medical and Legal Professions - and in the Provincial and Dominion Legisla- S2 PKOninniOX FACTS AND FKJUKKS Your Ccnuinittee do ii(»t ro^jjanl tlie absence of petitions from the other Provinces as evidenc- inir anv hick of svnii)atliy with much h^ss any opposition to the j)etitions from Ontario and Quebec, they know from unotHcifil but thoi'ou^h- Iv reUable soui'ces that a Prohibit-iM-y Law is desired by lar a capital yieldiiiij; lai'uc returns from its bein;' cmnloved in trade and manufactures. Your conunittee r(\ii;}ird it as the fii*st and hijjliest duty of Parliament to le^^-islate for the peace, happiness, and material prowSperity of the })eople, and conseipUMitly for tlu^ remo\al and prevention of e\'ils such as are })roved to l)e now injuring and threatening the country through the connnon use of intoxicating li({uors; and concuri'ing in the opinicm of the Legislative Assembly of ()ntai-io, as expressed in their petition, " that a prohibitory li«juor law, such as prayed for by the petitions, would ])e most l)eneHcial in its results," to the Dinninioii, would resj)ectfully recommend that the prayer of the petitioners l)e fav(>ral>ly entertained ; and inasmuch a,s at this late period of the session it would be impracticable to ciirry through a well considered, conij)rehensive prohibitory law, that the Senate, at the coinniencement of the next session of parliament, do appoint with the coneuri'ent action ♦)f the House of Commons, a joint committee of both Houses on the subject to consider what steps should then be recom- mended to parliament in connection therewith. All of which is respectfully submitted. 84 PKOmiilTIOX FA(TS AM) KKiUmCS. lions of (lolliii's HOW cxpt'iulcd aniuially in the Dominion t'oi- tlies(^ licjuors, juul cMjnvcrtini;" that innncnsc sum, now \{>st, into a c'a{)ital yioldiiii^ lai'i-c returns from its lieiiii' employed in tradti and m;inuf;>ctui'es. Your eonunittee ivijfard it as the fii^st and hi^liest (hitv of Pai'lianient to U'i»'islate for the peace, hap}>iness, and niatei'ial prosperity oi tlie })eople, and eonseipiently for tlie; removal and prevention of evils such as are pr()ved to he now injui'inu; and threatening the country t]ir(nii;h the eonnnon use of intoxicatin' eonnnittee to this (hite is 4 H ; of which, one is from the Legislative Asseml)]y of the Province of Ontario ; 6S are from iMunit*i})al Couneils, three from Cliurch Courts, and oTT) from an aggregate of .'^6,224 individuals ; 2~),945 of whom are of tlie Province of Ontario, and 10,270 of the Province of Quebe(\ The individual petitioners are men of all ranks and classes of society, of all professions and trades, and of all shades of Religious and Political opinion ; and many of them occupy liigh positions in Churches and in Municipal- ities, in the Medical and Legal Professions - and in the Provincial and Dominion Lf^gisla- ture : constitutini>" in the aiTj|{Oflll ITION FACTS AM) FrraWKS'. Your C(»iiiuiitt(^' do not r('<:!:.'n'd (licjihsciKHi of jK't'itioiis t'lom the other Pi'o\ iucesas evideiic- inir {iiiv liU'lv ot' svnipiitliy with iniu-h less any opjxtsit iim to- the jietit ions from Ontario and Uiiehee, thev know from iinolHeial luit thse Pi'o\'inces, wlio will doul)tless send in theii* Petitions at the next session of Parliment. The united iin\ai"vinii; testimony of all the Petitioners is, that the yiee (>i intemperance; is sj)r(vulir\_i;' mainly in consetjuenee of the fac- ilities alVo!"ded for the sah; of intoxicatini; liij- uors. That the tratiic in these licjuors is tin? pi'oliile cause oi three-fourths of the crime and })au])erism in the country. That so lon^^ as the tratiic is licensed and protected by law, the eyils resultinjj; fj'om intemi>erance cannot be repres- sed all the yai'ious attempts by strinoent Lic- ense laws hayinijj siLjnally failed and they theref(a'e pray foi" absolute prohibition of the manufacture and sale of intoxicatin.» « ^ orv ai)(l want ; coiiv})earance is ])erfectly clear, for a very lai'jj^e amount of the ezpenditurc^ for crim- inal jurisdiction, ane saved immediately, and should i)e deducted from the • ai)par(uit loss ; but even were it otherwise, your eounnittee would reijard it as directly contrary to the spirit and fundamejital i)rinciples of our truly British code of laws to allow any consid- eration of loss of revenue to hinder the removal of this ^ #^ 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, NY. 14580 (716) 872-4503 ^ Ir'x Q- s-> PiiOIIIl-ITION FACTS AND FKJUREP. ./ Your Comniittee do not re^gjinl t]iea1)seiice of pc^titioas from the other Provinces as eviclene- iiig any lack of sympatliy with niiicli less any op})ositi()n to— the i)etitions from Ontario and Quebec, they know from unofficial but thor accept any amount of revenue as an equivrlent for legaliz- ing a traffic so pernicious in its inevita])le re- sults upon the community. They are, morover firmly of opinion that, instead of impoverishing the revenue, the efiect of a prohi})itory litjuor law, faithfully enforced, would be largely ann are very strongly impressed with the enoriPiity of the evils alluded to, and that, in view of this strong and une(|uivocal demand. Your Committee feel bound to urge the necessity of some action on the part of Your Honorable House to meet the wishes of the petitioners and if possible re- move the errors complainedof. *Mi 8G PROHIBITION FACTS AND FKIUHKS. 3. — Tli;it ill cxainiiiinii' the answers receiv- ed from the Shei"i(Ts, Prison Inspectors, Cor- oners ant yet l)een received from the other pro^'inces) are directly or incHrectly con- nected with tlie manufacture, sale and consum- ption of intoxicating li(|uors. 4. — Your Committee further find, on ex- aming the reports of the Prison Inspectors for the Provinces of Ontario and Quebec, that out of 28,289 committants to the jails for the tliree previous years, 21,2."^G wei'e committed either for drunkenness or for crimes perpetrated under the influence of driidv, thus corrolxirating the statement of the magistrates and others above alluded to. 5. — Your Committee find also fi'om the reports of one hundred and fifty-three medical men, as well as from statements made by medical practitioners in the United States and Great Britain, that the use of intoxicatino- licpiors as a beverage is not essential to the health or well-being of the community, but that, on the contrary, it often leads to disease and premature death . 6. — Your Committee have also to re^^.ort that they hfive made, as far as time would per- mit, eiKjuiry into the operation and effect of the Prohibitory Liquor Law in the State of Maine, accepting its oi)erations there as the fairest test of its success, and find that although there are violations of the law, in many cases flagrant and glaring, yet from the evidence received and subjoined to this Report, Your PiiOniilinON FACTS A\D FKIURES. 87 1 -V Oomrnitteo is convinced tluit a Fr()hi])it<>i'y rji(iii()r Law would mitigates it' not ontireJy remove tlie evils cojiiplained of. 7.- Ill consideriiiijf the immediate eifeot which the passage of a Prohilntoty Licjuor Law would have \\[un\ the revenue of the country, Your Committee are bound to axhuit that for some time, at least, there might })e a falling oif, yet in the face of the evils arising from the li(iu()r tratUc, alluded to in the first paragraph of this report, thev cannot recominejid any other course to your Honorable House than a ready compliance with the prayer of the petitioners. The reasons upon which Your Connnittee base this recommendations are the following : — (L) Although the revenue arising from the tratlic is now very large, amounting last year to J$5,0o4,54;^.58 yet the expense of the adminis- tration of justice, the maintenance of asylums, hospitals and penitentiaries consequent upon the habitual use of intoxicating li(iuors would be lar<>elv diminished, thus furnishinjjj a verv con- siderable offset to the amount lost to the revenue . (2.) That the capital now invested in the traffic, large as Your Committee believe it to be, would, if diverted to other purposes of trade, a(Jd largely, in a very short time, to the general wealth of the country, and open up new and even more profitable sources of industry which in their turn v^^ould contribue to the revenue with- out those baneful associations which vitiate the returns accruing from the Licjuor Traffic. (3.) That the effect upon the industrial pros, pority of thousands who are now impoverished by their dissipated habits would be such as to enable them to consume other dutiable goods — 88 PUOIlir.ITIOX FACTS AND FlCUinCS. the laws oi !-'n))|>ly tlic (Icinaiul V)(Mn Peace. One-third. L. H. Hunt, J. P. Fully one-half. N. P>ou,i,^hner, J . P. Nearly all. W . Allison, J. P. Two-tiiircls. Jiu). llateHir, .7. P. About two-thirds . D. C^ilden, J, P. About one-half . Jos. Mitchell,.). P. Nearly every case. A. C. l)unl(>p, J. P. Three-fourths intemperance. .J as Fife, J . P. Most were drunkards. P. Thomas, J. P. GO to 100. J. Edwards, J. P. Nine-tenths. Luke Cook, J. P. 8ay one-half. A. McLaren, J. P. Oyer half. B. T. Wemant, J. P. Fiye-sixths, probably much larger. Sheriff, Wentworth. Two-thirds. Sheriff, Lambton. Four-fifths. Jno. J3eemer, J. P, Nine-tenths. L. R. Bolton, J. P. Nearly all. Sheriff Gray. One tliird. Wilcox, J. P. The greater part. L. 1). Raymond, C. Att. A large proporticm. C. A. Weller, n To a large extent. Sulli\'an, J. P. A good many, and of the most base conduct. J . J()hnson. About nine-tenths . The majority of crimes. McCall. Two thirds . Nearly all the cjises of crime . Moore . Nine-tenths — Wood . Nearly all the Ccises — Strickland . A large proiX)rtion were intemperate — Prescott and Russell . The greatsst number of crimes— Sheriff, Algoma District . •' 'ii PlfOnimTIOX FACTS AND FIGURES. 91 ^ About seventy per cent -^rartin, Co Att y . Two thinls Pierce. Extremely pi-oductive of crime WatHou. Tliree-fourths — Slieriif, Halton. Seventy-five per cent -Martin, Sheriff. Very productive of cainie John Bible To a very ii;reat exoent Sheriif, Victoria Five-ei_ij;hths Sheriff, Simcoc Two-thirds Sheriff, Huron Over one-third Sheriff", Perth Druid^enness ;j^eiiei*ally producive of crime — Sheriff, Waterloo Four cases out of five — Sheriff, Peel To an alarming extent — James Younij; Three-fourths the crime in one municipality — Moore One-half the crime — Hunt Three- fourths the crime in our county -Clark Nine-tenths Crime is the general result— Allison Two-thirds --Eatcliff From my own experience — three-fourth Fin- lay A very great extent -Calder Two-thirds in this municipality — Mitchell All the crime brought under my notice — Dun- lop Four-lif th s — James Fife I think three-fourths — Thomas Nearly the sole cause — Gunter Fully three-fourths — Edwards More tqan half — Thomae White Nine-tenths — Luke Cook Equal to all other causes combined — Alexander McLaren Nearly all the crimes committed — James Mor- rison 92 IMtonililTlON FACTS AM) rKJlWICS. About oiuvfoui'th Ju(li»o, ])i'uc(^ Co. Tliiv('-t'(mrths — )ii(l;;(' .Ijirvis. Five' of every six Widin'i', One-luilt' -.lames Uiddell. One-liall' Aiislev. Al)out one-tlii)(l -liidi^e Tlaldimaiul. Ahoiit one-lialt' Jiidire Froiiteuac. Al)out two-tliirds (iJraliaui. Prol)a))ly on(^-tliird Jiid^e, Oiitju'io. Most of tliem the exceptions an; few .ludjL^e Hu,i;]ies. 8eveM-ei;j;hts of the crimes are traceable to iii- tem})erauce. Judge Lennox aiid Adding- ton . Onefourtli of the cases Judge, Middlesex. A large pj-o}u)rtion Judge,Ilastings. About four-lifths Aaron l>eam. About four-Hfths oj acob Almas. More than (Uie-lialf directly- nuich more in- directlv - (leorijje Currie . A large share of it- Charles Armstrong, Judge County Court. Crimixal and Destitute Statistics . Ke})orts from Superintendents and Inspect- ors (^f Lunatic Asylums, Hospitals aiul Poor Houses, Wardens of Penitentiaries, Inspect- ors of Gaols and ileformatories, Gaol Surixeons, and 0\'erseers of Houses of Refuge. Question 1. — What proportion of those who have come under your charge have been the victims of intemperance % Three-fourths — A. S. Oliver, Gaol Surgeon, Frontenac . Four per cent —Henry Lander, M. D., Super- intend London Asylum. 1*1 PlfOMiniTIOX FAfTS AM) FICUHICS. .< A littlo ov(n' six-pi;^^lits J. N. Schpoln}^, (xaol Sui'i;e()M, County WcHjuhI. Sixty-two percent wfUHMlruiikards .1. T. Siv- er\vi<4ht, (ilaol Sui-n;(!()n, Kent County. Ninety \)vr cent at least, hoth males and fe- males "John Jlolmes, Suptu'intendent, House of Industry, Kin,i;'ston. At least on(;-Iialf, probably two-thirds Hor- atio Yates, M. i)., Senior Attendin*^' Med- ical OtHcer, (teneral Hospital, Kinnston. Considerably over one-half — 11. J . (iunn, Gaol Surgeon . At least three-fourths — A. McLean, M. 1)., Gaol Surgeon, Sarnia. Of forty-eight prisoners, fifty-six temjx'rate, twenty- ^ight intemperate- Henry Assher, Bruce County Gaol . About half. D. S. Bowlby, M. 1)., (Jaol Surgeon. Years. ^Total com't'ls. As d'k'ds. l(S69 1,441 710 IS 70 1,994 926 1S71 1,794 939 1892 2,047 1,243 j or a No name or addr'ss number of have l)een, N. B. — Besides these a large those committed for cither offences no doubt, led to the commission of their crimes through driidving. I can only approximate the proportion, but I should say, no doubt half the remainder . Health of Phisoners. Beports from the foregoing : — Question 2 . — How far do you consider the heulth of the intemperate to be affected by to- tal abstainence from intoxicating drinks. 94 PROTIIllITIOX FACTS AND FKIURES. Not at all liurtfiilly-A. S. Oliver, M. D., Gaol Siii'^eoii Froiiteiiae County. Not at all ; it is best to cut tlieni oil' at once — H. Lander, M . 1).. Superintendent Lon- don Asylum. Total al)st;iinance h\m\ intoxicatin**; drinks would restere to health the majority of inebriates — ^J. N. Schoolboy, Gaol Surgeon, County Welland. In most cases health of inebriates has been im- proved -J, H . Sivarwright, Gaol Surgeon, Chatham, Kent. Health invariably improved -John Holmes, Superintendent, House of Industry. Generally not injuriously — H.Yates, Sen Sur- geon, Kingston General Hospital. Total attended with no IkuI ccmsequences — R. J.Gunn, (xaol Surgeon. Tlieir geneivil health always improves — A. Mc- Lean, Gaol Surgeon, Sarnia. Not aifected while in Gaol — H. Ussher. T am certain such cases are ijreatlv benefitted — D. S.Bowlby, M.D., (xaol Surgeon, AVaterloo. T do not think any injurious consequences would result, but the contrary — Address not given. Heturns from Coroners. Question. — What proportion of cases, brought under your notice as Coroner, lias been the result of intemperance ? Fou r-fif ths - J( )seph Carber. One-third — R. Maxwell . Nine out of twenty — Win Johnson. About fifteen per cent — D Harrison PUOIIIBITION FACTS AND FKJUIMvS. 9.") ^^ 111 seven eases there were four — J Mulliii. Of twenty cases I think a majority — Heiiiy Kahis . ' Seventy-five per cent — J G Edward . Three-fourtlis at least — J Rannie Four-seventh — W C Middleton. Tliink aljout one-third — D S Bowlby. On an average at least one-half — D Clark . Fifty-five per cent — S H Swan. Two-fifths — H Adams. Three to one — A A Beaton. All cases that came under my notice — J Gib- son. ~Ji In all the cases where I held in(][uests intem- perance has been the direct or indirect cause of death, (two-thirds direct) — J M B Woods. The whole— W A Bald. One third — R A Corbett. Three out of five— J K Riddall . Thirty per cent — Thomas Cu mines. Fully one-third directly — P P Burrows. Had only one case, that the result of inteiuper- anee — R A Roe. Have had seven inquests, l)ut for intemperance would not have had any — Thomas Eyre, Two-thirds of all the cases — George Duncan. About thirty per cent — Charles Douglas. Fully three-cpiarters either directly or indirect- ly — A Keating. Fully eighty percent — C E Ewing. About one-half — Thomas Beall. Over three-quarters at a moderate estimate -J Phillip. One. third directly or indirectly — H I Taylor. 96 PROIIIBITIOX FACTS AND FIGURES. Ty.Tuinoua IIksults to Business from the Use of Ixtoxicatincj Drinks. i;eturns from MANUFACTURERS AND CONTRAC- TORS. Question.- -What proportion of accidents can you trace to the use of intoxicating drinks, and what is the percentage of pro})erty destroy- ed annually from these causes alone in connec- tion with your Ijusirie^^s? The ii'reatest loss we sustain throuoh drink is caused by our workmen almost invarial)ly losing the day following pay day, and some- times even the second day. Our average of working days for the last two years has not l)een over twenty days per month instead of twenty-five. Harte c*c McKillop, Esplande Foundry, Toronto. I discharge them (drunkards) as soon as T And them out, and T think if all would do the same there would be less drinking. Charles Lee. I keep no habitual drunkards in my em- ploy, as I cannot trust them. J. Brokenshaw, Atbmtic Foundry, Kingston. I do not employ intemperate men — 8. L. Beardman, Toronto. Twenty per cent — James McKelvey. Seven accidents —10 per cent — ^James E. Sheridan, Oshawa. Men are not allowed to be on the work under the iniluence of drink — W. & G. Willeiy, Toronto. Talk not of the proportion of accidents or property destroyed in our business, but look into the wretched homes where the strono- ai'ju of the law sends King Alcohol to reign in ter- PKOIIUilTION FACTS AND FKJUliES. 9' ror. Shame on such rulers*. Twenty-four of our licinds away to-day drujik -VV. Baker, Portsnioutli . The pr()])ortion of accidents is 75 per cent — of property destroyed 90 per cent — W. War- ren, Jr. Tanner, Oshawa. I have kept no account, but know the per centauje is hirge -J. B. Kerr it Co. distiHers, Sandwich . We lose heavily by drunkennf3ss in causing stoppages in different departments- -Joab Scale Co . I don't employ drinking men — J. Hage- man. Carriage Builder. I never keep a drinking man in my employ consider them dangerous, both to life and property — W . H. Young, Oakville, The proportion of accidents that I can trace to the use of intoxicating drinks, two- thirds. The percentage of property destroyed very great — Charles Arlidge, Yorkville. My belief, from what I have seen in all parts of the world, is that 99 per cent of all accidents that occur of property destroyed and life sacrificed is throuijrh the use of intoxicatinj"' drinks — Thomas Gaston, Yorkville. AVe are satisfied three-fourths — liichard- son, Moore k Co. About 50 per cent of accidents and 85 per cent of all that is lost — Saw and Lead Works, Toronto. We lose immensely through otherwise good mechanics losing valualjle time through drunkenness ; their ability to work being much impaired — Haggish Bns., Brampton. 98 PROHIBITION FACTS AND FIGURES. Injurious Results irom the Use of Intox- iCATh.G Drink. OPINIONS of manufacturers AND CONTRACTORS. Question, — Have you any preference in favor of total abstainers, as agents, clerks, fore- men and workmen 1 We decidedly prefer workmen who are total abstainers, and would even employ such, though inferior in preference to those who in- dulge in intoxicating liquor. Harte & McKil- lip, Esplande Foundry, Toronto , I have no confidence in drunkards — Chas. Lee. Yes our employes are all temperate — Dob- bin tt Carrie, Front Street, Toronto. Yes, in every way^ — J . Bockenthaw, At- lantic Foundy, Kingston. Certainly — Weber it Co . , Kingston, I always prefer total abs+ainers in any capacity — W. Shortland, Wina^, r. Will employ none but such as are strictly temperate — Harold Brothers, Hamilton. Do not hire drunkards .on any consider- ation — James McKelvey . We have a decided preference — W. E. Hagrman . I employ no intemperate persons, will not have them for any consideration— Jas Apelle. I have a decided preference in favor of total abstainers — Wm Warren, Jr.,Oshawa. Will employ no others if I can get abstain- ers — A. Warnock. As soon as we find any of our men tight — we pay them off — Robertson Bros . , Kingston . Yes I Most decidedly Distiller, Sandwich. PliOIIIBITION FACTS AND FKJURES. 99 Intox- A.CTORS . ence in ^s, fore- ho are y^ such, vho in- McKil- — Chas . —Dob- w, At- in any strictly ^nsider- N-. E. ill not pelle. ivor of iwa. ibstain- fcight— igston . istiller, close one drunken- Have a great preference— J . Haganian, Carriage Manufacturer. We greatly prefer temperate men— Ruth- ford it Co. A strong preference ; had to branch of my business on account of ness — Sarnia. Decided preference. Generally lose l)y a drinking man in any transaction— W. H. Young, Oakville. As far as possible we discountenance tne use of alcoholic drinks, by men men in our em- ploy— Herses Scott ct Co., Toronto. My preference is in favor of total abstain- ers, although I take a glass myself sometimes. It does me no good, so I concluded it must do i ) Jne harm— Thos. Gaston, Yorkville. Would employ them in preference to oth- ers- -Carter, Scott tfe Co., Toronto. All preference to total abstainers -Rich- ardson, Moore ct Co. A very decided preference for such— Robt Irvine, Toronto. We decidedly prefer abstainers, and al- though not al)stainers ourselves, we consider nevertheless that the community as a whole would be even better to abstain -Hagrash Bros., Brampton. .^"^ Returns from Insurance Companies. Question . —What difference if any do you make in regard to insurance on life between total abstainers and those wlio use intoxicating liquors as a beverage ? What proportion of your losses do you attribute to the use of intox- icating liquors ? 100 IMJOHIUITIOX FACTS AND FKJURKS. Reply No. 1.— The officers of tlie Com- pany consider tlie drinkiiiij!; usages of society are tln^ causes of great loss to ijife Insurance Companies. Tiiey instruct me as their agent to report to them any cases of intempei'eiu^e among our pelicy-holders. so that nutans may be taken to get rid of them From their private instruc- tions U> their medical examiner, J extract the foUowinijj : " Our losses from the direct or in- direct influence of 'ilcoholic stimulants are larger than the^y shauld be. No person can persist in the habitual use of these agents with- out having the probabilities of his longevity im- paired, and it is therefore of great importance that the examiner should incjuire carefully con- cerning the personal habits of the apj)licant-" Reply No. 2.— Provincial insurance Com- pany of Canada. There is no doubt that drunkenness is a frequent cause of the shorten- ing of life. We are still investigating into the comparative average longevity of abstainers and non-abstainers, and shall be very much pleased to have the Committee communicate to us in turn the result of their enquiries. Should it be favorable the Life Insurance Company I have the honor to manage might be induced to give total abstainers some reduction in their prem- iums. Reply No. 3.^ — Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company. We decline any risk up- on the habitual users of intoxicating litjuors. The proofs of deat liled in this office show that the persons dying from diseases of the liver, stomach, kidneys, or such chronic affection of the bowels, or with dropsy, a very great major- ity are the habitual consumers of such liquors ; and the inference from our experience is, to my % i PROIIimTION FACTS A\D FIOURES. 101 :% jiiiiul, nearly irresistable, that even those hab- itual users who are not usually rejLjarded as ex- cessive in their indulgence are peculiarly sub- ject to the diseases mentioned above. For in- stanc Cirrhosis of the Liver we find to be almost invari{d)ly accompanied by the constant use of liquor, though as it is fre(iuently stated, not to intoxication. Another iioticeable feature is the compar- ative early age at which death overtakes this class of perscjns. Scarce one passes middle age, say 45 to 50. Statement made by the Recorder of Mon- treal, 1878. There are, beside myself, three other gen- tlemen attached to the Court in whicli I pre- side. — the clerk of the court and two assistants. All three are barristers, and gentlemen of ma- ture age, perfectly competent to offer opinions on the sui)ject of this question. With a view^ to obtain the best possible information in the matter, 1 propounded the question to each of them separately. All are of opinion, with my- self, that apart from the violations of statutory law and the by-laws of the city, every case tried before the court, with but very few, if indeed any exceptions, arise out of intemperance. The Clerk of the Court is of opinion that the pro- portion of the cases which directly and mani- festly owe their origin to intemperance is at least three-fourths ; his first assistant sets the same proportion down at seven-eights, and the second assistant at nine-tenths. My own opin- ion corresponds with the last estimate. The records of the criminal courts in all countries, and the dying declaration of the 102 PHOHIIJITION FACTS AND FKiURKS. irreat inaioiitv of criiniiuils wlio have sufTercd the extreme iienalty of the law, all ch'arly es- ta])lisli tliat nearly all the erinies eonnuitted, es})eeially all those of ^;reii,ter lua'^iiitiule would never Injve heeu conceived in the lirst ])lace, or afterwards have been carried out to per[)etra- tion by the olFenders, but i'or the baneful effects of intoxicating drink. Licensing the sale of intoxicating drir.Ksas a ])everage cannot, there- f(U'e, be regarded oJierwise than as i)roduc- tive of crime. Statement furnished by the Recorder of the city of Montreal to the Chairman of the Proliibitory Litjuor Law Committee, of num- bers of cases of Druidceniiess and Otlences aris- ing therefrom in the city of Montreal, 1871-2-3. 1871 1872 1873 Drunkenness Offences arising of same, 4,983 1,306 5,651 1,350 6,145 1,608 Total 6,289 10,584 7,001 Total No. of all kinds . . 10,942 12,085 Out of 7,753 arrests made for drunkenness etc., during the year 1873, 1,017 were females. The above statement shows an increase of 15 per cent in crhne, and 23 1 per cent in that of drunkenness. PKOITiniTION FACTS AND FKJUHKS. 10.*5 # The followir)^ is an extract from report of F. W. Peiitoii, Chief of Montreal City Police, 1873 : And now a word about taverns. Alas ! notwithstanding: all tin? united elforts of all de- nominations, and the i^ood example set up by men of mark and position, by our Legislators and the executive officers of the law, driidcing yet reigns supreme and seems to enlarge the powers of doing evil ; it is therefore with deep regret, that I state that there were five hun- dred more individuals arrested ft)r drunkenness in 1S73 that in 1872. And no wonder, for in- stead of seeing the number of licenses curtailed, thirty-seven more have been added to the dread list. :| Mostly all offences are due either directly or indirectly to intemperance. What is the cause of ahnost all larcenies ? — drink ! Of as- saults 1 — drinks ! Disorderly conduct 1 — drink! Fights, furious driving, interference with the police, foul language, blasphemies ? — drink, drink, drink ! Of cowardly wife-beating '? — drink ! In short, intemperance is to be found as the universal direct or indirect cause of all evils. From these numerous hot-beds of all that is vicious issue forth a host of rowdies and idle and disorderly individuals, always on the look-out for mischief, and whose chief and most relished pastime seems to consist in attacking the police, rescuing prisoners, and spreading terror in certain portions of the city. 104 PKCHIIIMTION FACTS AND FKJUIiKS, Kkpoijt of Captain AV. T. Pimnck, Ciiikf of ToKONTo PoLicK FourK, sirowiNd Num- ber AHHKSTS FOIt 1871-72 73. 1871 1872 1873 Males 3,584 1,153 4,137 3,082 1,053 4,427 1,227 Females arrests Total No. of 4,735 5,055 Drunk and disorderly of the above arrests. 1871 1872 1872 Males Females 1,742 579 2,036 599 2,328 024 T(jtal 2,321 2,635 2,952 Increase in the number of arrests, 19 per cent. Increase in drunk and disorderly, 29| n Statement made by the Chief of Police for Ottawa. The number of persons confined in the Police Station during the past three years has been 2,282, viz : — PKOilllilTION FACT8 AND FKiUUKS. 105 Statistich of Cuimk in Ottawa. 1871 1872 1873 Tutt'inporate TtMupenite 591 VM O.'U 93 021 215 Total 722 724 330 Thomas Lancjhel, Chief of Police. Htatkmknt of Ahuksts in the City of Quk- 13EC for the YEAllS IIEUEUNDEIl STATED. Total arrests Arrests for drunkenness 1871 2,402 1,217 1872 1,900 889 1873 2,205 970 L. A. VoYER, Mayor, Superintendent Quebec Pro. Police. Statement from the City of Hamilton. The number of arrests in 1871 2,069 Of these for drunkenness and other crimes connected with the liquor traf- fic in the citv of Hamilton were 057 The number of arrests in 1872 2,854 Of these for drunkenness and other crimes connected with the liquor traf- fic in the City of Hamilton were 888 10() FHOimUTION FACTH AND FKiUUKS. Th(^ iimnlHT of arn'sts in 1S73 -JjSS^ Of these foi' (Iruiikcimess and otlu^r crimes conueeted with tlie li(|U(H' traf- i'w in the city of Hainilton were SSI James Caiiill, Pohct; Magistrate. CiiiKF OF PoLirK Offk^k, Loxdon. Statk- MKNTS .)FTIIK NuMllK!{ OF AhHKSTS FORTMK Ykaks lS7l-72-7.'5 is as follows: - III the year 1S71, ai'rests t^^)0 Out of said number, char<;(Hl with di'unkenness '27i) Til the year IS7'2 arrests 276 Out of said numlu^r, charged with (h'unkenness 382 In the year iS73, arrests 1,483 Out of said num})er charged witli (h'unkenness 498 R. Wi(;.MoHF,Chief of Police. Reports from Medical PRActrrioXERs. Question No. 1 - Does the use of Intox- icating Li(jUors, as a l)everage, predispose to mental and physical disease or otherwise ? The daily use of intoxicating li(|uors pre- dispose to mental and j)hysical diseases, and is also the cause of a great number of grievous accidents — P. Cadieux, Lambton. Certainly it does — John Phalen. Yes, their excessive use certainly does— S. F. Mahoney, Ste Nore. The use of intoxicating liijuors as a bever- age, not only predisposes to mental and phy- sical disease, but acts as exciting causes in many diseases. Taken in large quantity, the intoxicating liquors are a narcotic poison — J. Demers, Orleans Island . • j; PHOIIiniTloX FACTS AND FKirKKS. lo: » I f"^ The const.'iiit use of li(|Uors, vvitliout (l(Hi))t, prcdisjMJscs to discasr) of tlu' liv<»i', licju-t, HtoniJic'h, l)i';iin aiid Kidneys und is also apt to iiidiurc discasfi on tlic proi^ciiy. I mean that it at!('(!ts the childiTii of th<^ (h'unkards Fi'aiicis K. Shcriir, Huntin<4;toii. It docs lo a L'oiisi(h'ral)l(' (h'i^i'cc. To both iindouhtt'dly J. C Farcsh, Yar- mouth. Ill licalth the human system does not re- (juii'e tliem, and the ordinary use must predis- pose to, and in many instanees inchiees disturb- ances, and as the use so fre(|uently leads to the abuse;, there can be no doubt )>ut tliat dis- esase mental and physical is a result — L. i>. Butsford, New Brunswick. There is no doubt that the habitual use of intoxicating licpiors, predispose to mental and physical diseases -P. H. Moore, Hopewell. Yes —A. E. Grenier Yes--H. B. Wel)ster, Kentville, N. S. Yes, certaiidy- D. Beauchami^, Chicout- imi. Yes, undoubtedly — H Lemery. Reports from the Judicial and Magisterial Pkofession. Question — What proporiion of the crimes tried under your jurisdiction can be traced to intemi)erance ? I have not been long enough a judge to speak of cases tried at the Criminal Court ; but from a long practice as advocate in this District I should say nine-tenths of crimes of violence are traceable, directly or indirectly, to intem- perance, and more than half of other crimes — J. S. Sanborn, Sherbrooke. One-half — A A Billey, Stipendiary Magis- rate, Rimouski. lOS PHOniHlTION FACTS AND FIGUKES. About seven-eights — Winkworth Chipman. At least three-fourtlis — Newcastle. One-half at least — Charles Budd, Digby. On an average, al)()ut one-halt' — L Genest, Clerk of Peace, Three-rivers. Nineteen - twentieths — Samuel White, Knowlton. Nine-teenths of the offences committed by the aboriginies may be clearly traced to intox- icating di-ink — E 8 Saunders, Sellwet. Surely two-thirds — C E. Kioux, St. Fran- cis. Fully 75 per cent— G A Blair. Chatham. After twelve years experience in the po'^- ition I now hold. I should say ninety per cent. Bartholomew Stapleton, Capt of Police, Chath- am. From an experience of fifteen years I am fully satisfied that nine-tenths of the crimes brought under my jurisdiction are chargeable to rum, and that pretty much all the evils of life are attributable directly or indirectly to the use of strong drink — H Gilbert, Police Magistrate, St John. Three out of five, but I have not yet been a year in ofHce — J PI Grey, Judge of Supreme Court, British Columbia . Reports from the Sheriffs and Chief Con- stables. Question — Of those brought undea your official notice for the past three years, what proportion were victims of Intemperance ? Twenty— C W Hill, Sydney. Nineteenth— J^ames Burd. About two-thirds — Ambroise Foster. Three-fourths were the victims of intem- perance — Wm Hanley. PROIir.JITIOX FACTS AND FIGURES. 109 ban Say one-qiuirter — Joseph Borbine, Meteg- Fullv three-foiirtlis of the crimiiial offences brought under my notice during the past three years, could be distinctly traced to the intem- perate habits of such persons as their cause— J Truman. I think about niiie-tenths of the cases —Alex McDonnell . About 50 per cent — L Hainalt, Beauhai"- nois Fullv three-fourths — G B Loomis, Hii!;h Constable, San Francisco. Nearly all the cases of crimes, etc., brought under my notice officially are attributaltle dir- ectly or indirectly to the use of intoxicating liquors as a beverage— J R Marshall, St John . Of the 1.500 persons committed to the Gaol of the County of St. John the past year, nine-tenths Avere ctmsecjuent of intemperance, and in like ratio for past years, James A Hard- ing, County St John. Three-fourohs^ - J S Ingraham, Victor South. I would say about 30 per cent — J H Kaul- ba<.;k, County Lunenburg . About two-thirds. This proportion nuiy seem high, but it is accounted for by the crosperity, «ifood order and comfort observable, both in the city aiul country, despite the comparatively scanty re- sources of the state, plainly indicates that tiie abstainance or the people whether volun- tary or compulsory has conduced greatly to their welfare. " That after 30 years of experience the public opinion of the state is so strongly in fa\'- or of the law that no political party is willing to risk its future by advocating a reversion to license, and that on the contrary the legislature is continually strengthening the law by more stringent amendments. " That the best elements of society, the old residents, the prominent citizens, and the farming community, are pronounced in its fav- or, and that even many who oppose some of its features would oppose its abrogation more strongly. " That the class of liipior sellers who defy the law are the same class of men who, under a license system, would sell li(j[Uor without a lic- ense. • " That the law has at times been made a political machine in the interest of the liepub- licans and has led to corrupt bargains between liquor sellers and politicians, whereby the lat- ter have stepped in to frustrate its operations." 112 PKOIIIBITIOX FACTS AND FIGURES. Statement Showin(j the Numher of Plac^es IN AVHicii THE '"Canada Temperance Acn'" ' HAS BEEN VOTED ON SINCE 1(S78, AND THE RESULT OF THE VOTINCi IN EACH f^ASE. PLACE. 1S7S FreJericto!!, N. B York, N. B Prince, PET 1S79 Charlotte, N. B Carletoii, N. B Cliarlottetowu, P. E. I. Al])ert, N. B Kings, P.E.I Lambton, Out Kings, N . B Queen's, N . B Westmorland, N. B. . . Megantic, Que 1880 Northumberland, N . B . Stanstead, Que Queen's, P.E.I Manjuette, Man Bigby, N.S 1881 Queen's, N.8 Sunbury, N . B Shelburne, N . S VOTE P LED. F or Ag'st MAJORITY. For 403 1,229 1,762 8G7 1,215 837 718 1,076 2,567 798 315 1,082 372 875 760 1,317 612 944 763 176 807 203 214 271 149 69 253 114 59 ,2352 245 281 299 844 673 941 99 195 42 82 41 154 Ag'st 200 1,015 1,491 718 1,146 584 604 1,017 215 553 134 783 202 1,218 417 902 681 135 653 472 181 • • « ♦ 4_ r^>i ^ Iks * # 4 prohibition facts and fi(;uhes. iim Vote on the Canada Tempei^ance Act. (C(jiitiiiue(l.) place. 1881 Lisgar, Man Hamilton, Ont King's, N . S Halton, Ont Annapolis, N . S Wentworth, Ont Colchester N . S Cape Breton, N . S . . . . Hants, N . S Welland, Ont Lanibton, Ont 18S2 Inverness, N. S Pictou. N.S St. John, N.B Fredericton, N.B 1883 Cumberland, N . S . . . . 1884 Prince County, P . E . T Yarn:outh, N. S Oxford, Ont. Arthabaska, Que Westmorland, N. B . . . . Halton, Ont Simcoe, Ont VOTE P LED. For 247 1,661 1,478 1,483 1,111 1,611 1,418 739 1,082 Ag'st MA.TOHITV 120 2,811 108 1,402 114 2,209 184 1,234 For Ag'st 127 i,ir)0 1,370 .... 81 .... 990 .... • ■ f 598 216 92 523 990- 1,610 2,378 2,857 2,962 960 1,555 1.074 293 1,560 2,939 1,287 4,073 1,487 106 453 1,076 252 262 1,065 96 3,298 235 1,774 1,947 5,712 1,701 1,767 4,529 768 106 854 1,102 41 1,298| 1,874 l,19l! 775! 1,252' 73 180 1,183 114 PIIOHTIHTTON FACTS AND PKHIHES. YoTH OX Tin-: Canada Tkmpkilvnci: Act (Continued.) PLACE. VOTE P LED. For Ag'st MA.TOinTV. Or 1SS4 Stanstead, Que CliJii'lottetown, P. E. T. Storniont and Dundas, Ont Peel, Ont Bruce, Ont Huron, Ont Dufferiji, Ont Prince Edward, Ont. . . York, N. B, Renfrew, Ont Norfolk, Ont Coinpton, Que Brant, Ont Brantford, Ont Leeds & Grenville, Ont 1885 Kent, Ont Lanark, r)nt - Lenjiox and Addington, Ont. Bronie, Que Cuelph, Out - Carlton, Ont 715 1,300 755 4,590 1,805 4,501 5,957 1,904 1,528 1,178 1,748 2,781 1,132 1,690 G46 5,058 4,368 2,433 2,027 2,047 2,011 975 325 40 2,884 1,706 1,699 1,312 3,189 4,304 1,109 1,653 655 1,018 1,694 1,620 1,088 812 4,384,1 674 1,653 795 523 730 1,087 602 Ag'st 1,975 2,393 406 1,224 694 2,440 739 526 1,747 36 485 168 693 194 125 488 166 c^ PROllIlilTION FACTS AND FKiUHKS. 115 N'oTE ON Till-: Canada Tj:.\ipki{ance Act. (Continued.) -H PLACE. VOTE P LED. MA.JOHITV. ISSo Nortluiiiil)ei'laiKl and Durham, Ont - Druinmond, Que Elgin, Ont Lani))ton, Ont St Tboinjis, Ont Missiscjuoi, Que Wellington, Ont Chicoutiini. Que - Kingston, Ont - Frontenac, Ont Lincoln, Ont Perth, Out - .Middlesex, Ont- Ouysboro, N. S. Hastings, Ont - Haldimand, Ont - Ontario. Ont Victoria, Ont Peterborongh, Ont - Fredericton, N B - Argenteul, Que - Prescott and Pussell, Ont or 6,050 1,190 ;3,335 4,465 754 1,142 4,516 1,157 785 1,3:54 i>,060 3,368 5,745 463 2,369i l,755j 3,412 2,467! 1,915; 298: 526i Ag'st 3,863 170 1,479 1,546 743 1,167 3,086 529 842 693 1,490 3,536 2,370 31 2,376 2,063 2,061 1,502 1,597 285 601 For Ag'st 1,5353,131 2,187 1,020 1,856 2,919 11 1,430 628 641 570 3,375 432 1,351 96cl 408 1 13i 20 •)t 168 308 I ') 1,596 1!(> PHOnilUTIOX FACTS AXD FKSUHKS. VoTK ON TiiK Canada Temper an(!k Act, (Continued.) PLACE. ISSG Pontiae, Que St John, city, N B - St Jolm, county, - Portland, N B'- 1887 Charlottetown, PET 1888 Ai'thabaska, Que Bruce, Ont DufFerin, Ont Halton, It Huron, II Norfolk, II Renfrew, n Richmond, Que - Stanstead n Simcoe, Ont Stormont and Dundas Ont Westmorland, N B - 1889 Brant, Ont Carlton, n Elgin, Frontenac, VOTE P LED. MAJOHITV For II tl 533 1,610 467 667 689 230 3,693 1,451 1,853 4,695 2,082 1,670 1,231 1,187 3,894 3,155 2,464 1,289 1,682 547 1,177 Ag'st 935 1,687 424 520 669 455 5,085 1,664 2,050 6,005 2,804 2,580 721 1,329 6,996 5,298 1,698 1,441 2,407 1,770 1,690 For 43 147 20 Ai»"'s't 402 77 — — < • ' 1,392 213 197 1,310 722 910 510 142 3,102 '66 2,143 152 725 1,223 513 449 i • « III I 117 PiiOIlJlUTION FACTS AN D_FI(}^UHE5^ LLl » # ;'t YoTK ON TiiK Canada Tkmpeiunc-e A(-t. (Continued.) PLACE. VOTE P LED, MA.TOinTY. For 'Ai'-'st II II 1889 (xuelpli, Kent, Lfunbton, Middlesex, Victoria, Oxford, Drumraond, Que Ontario, Ont Lincoln, " Leeds and Greville, Ont Peterborough, Ont- Northunil)erland, Ont Lanark, Ont Lennox and Addmgton, Ont Colchester, N S - Wellington, Ont 8t Thomas, m Fredericton, N B 1890 Porltand, N B 1891 Charlottetown, P E I Charlotte, N B _: For 'Ag'st 480 929 ,2,0t4^,-^T4 2,992'5,5:^0 l,560'2,5r)2 1,538 3,460 739 600 2,866 3,787 1,493 2,090 3,660 4,938 ,1,564 1,926 '4,305 4,932' 1,538 2,309 1,462,2,066 431,107 2,0843,944 42911,001 370| 302 124 558 686 700l 11,7851 8551 139 449 1,620 1,330 2,538 992 1,922 921 597 1,278 362 627 771 604 1,064 1,860 572 68 434 14 930 118 PHOTITBITTOX FACTS AND FKJUHKS. Summary of Votin(j ox tiik S(.;ott Acrr. Since tlio passiiii^' of the Act it will be seen that it liiis been sii])niittecl to public opinion in H'2 placeM, viz.. in 7 cities and 75 counties. The following is a sunnnary of the result of the votinir : — ^ \ Places. Carried 3 times and still in force 1 II 2 II II 6 II 1 M It 26 At present in force in 33 Defeated and not submitted n^nin in 16 Carried once, defeated the 2nd time in 28 II twice, defeated twice in 1 II once II 1 II twice, defeated once in 1 II 3 times and defeated once in 1 Defeated twice in 1 Defeated in 49 Total in which submitted 82 Convictions for Drunkenness by Provinces 1884 to 1890. The following statement shows the aggreg- gate number of convictions for drunkenness in the Provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island in tiie years named : — f 1884 1885 188() 1887 1888 1889 1890 PitOIIIlJlTION FACTS AND FKJUUKS. 119 Coiiviotioiis. 8,r).'i7 10,4l>7 io,iao - 10,895 11,922 - 12,811 l;},528 THE BLACK LIST. Some good people cling to the idea that we can get Prohibition from the present Con- servative government. In fact some claim the appointment of the Rum Commi.^sion, as an indication that the (jrovernment is moving in that direction now . For the benefit of those misguided but well meaning people, let us sup- pose the Rum Conmiission should report in favor of the immediate enactment of a Prohi- bitory law. The Government according to these peoples contentions, would then immediately frame and enact the law demanded. The cabinet from which a law of this character, affecting the revenue (jf this country most emanate, is composed of thirteen members as follows : Premier — J. J. C. Abbott. Minister of Militia — McKenzie Powell. Posmaster General — -A. P. Caron. Minister of Agriculture — John Carling. Minister of Inland Revenue — JohnCostigan Without Portfolio — Frank Smith. 120 PWOliriUTlOV FAfTS AND FKJlTiJKm. (( I Minister of C^istoniN J. A. Clunjlcau. " .Jusiicc .I.S. I). Tliompsdn. " FiiijiiR'C (;. 10. Fostci'. " Marine C. II. Tuppcr. " Interior — K. Dewdiiey. " Kiilwjivs J. (J. HiiL-^art. '' PiiMie Works J. A.'Ouiiiiet. Seeietary of State; J. C Patterson. Tliese men have a rei-onl tliat does not ])r()iuise well for the success of any Proliil^itory law they would oi'i<.;inat(\ Premiej' Al)l)ott is on rc^cord as having attempted with one blow to destroy the Scott Act by votini»' for tlu; Poult- })ee Amendment, re(|uirijiga m;ijority of all the votes on the list to bring the act into operation. McKcMizie l)owell, Costigan and Smith, Noted for com})ensation and against Prohibition in ISc^^l), and on several other occasions. Carling is a brewer and consistently oi)i)oses us. Sir John Thoinpsoii voted against Prohibition on every occasion on which tlie matter came up, while he was in the House as did also Oaron, Chapleau, Ouiinet, Haggart and Dewdney. On every division list their names count ait and from which all hoimst men should pray "(lood Lord delixcr us." PHOnililTIoN IN CL'MI;KI{LA.\I). In June, 1SS(>, at a me(»tin_ijf oi" the Cum- berland Pr-o!iil)itory Allia]ic(^ at- Oxloj-d, a motion was madc^ tor t]itM)r;j;anization ot' a Pro- liil)ition P{irtv. After some discussion the motion was tabled to c())M(^ u}) at tlu^ Annual Meetin*^ in Amherst, in January. Special in- vitations to attend and discuss tht; pro])osal, were issued to all the clergy and other friends of temp^erance in the county, and s'pecial lecpiest was made to the L<;d«jjes and Divisions to send deh'Ljates. IJy tliis means a hir<;e and r'ej)re- sentati\e attendance was secured. At this Annual Session in January, 1S^^7, with C. K. Casey in the chair, the following' resolution was RKr 13d by E. B. Elderkin and seconded by Thomas Blenkhorn : Whereas, — " By the past action of the government of the day and the recent de- ehirations of the \nm. lefuler of the opposition, there is no hope of Prohibition of the li(|Uor tratHc from either politicid party ; Therefore Resolved, — That w^e, the repre- sentatives of the teinperance people of the county, do now^ form ourselves into a Prohibi- tion Party and place a candidate in the held f( r 122 PIJOIIIIUTION FACTS AND FIGURES. the ensuing Doniiniou election pledged to oppose liW goveruineut measures so long as said government fails to bring in a lull for the total Proliibition of the licjuor traffic, and to support any goveriunent tliat will bring down such legislation." After a five hours debate, the vote re- sulted as follows, 32 for the resolution and 27 against it. The organization then proceeded to nominate a candidate by ballot, which resulted in the se^ 'action of I. J. Hingley. Mr. Hingley w^as notified of the honor conferred upon him in his absence, and after giving the matter serious consideration, replied to the Executive Connnittee as follows : "As the election comes on now I must decline. If, however, you decide upen another man, I m ill do all I can for the Prohil)ition Candidate." The Executive then tendered the nomination to J. T. Buhner, who accepted, Jaiuiary, 20th, and at once entered into the contest. The Conservatives nominated Sir Charles Tupper, and W. T. Pipes resigned the local Premiei'ship to contest the county in the Liberal interests. The fight was exceedingly bitter and exciting. It was a battle of giants, the old parties having their ])est men in the field and each confident of victory. The Liberal Candidate has since admit v-ed that he put $0,000 of his own money into the contest, while the Conservative fund was not less than $10,000. The Prohibitionists had no money, save a few dollars collected to pay hall rent etc. Notwithst;inding the great issues dividing the old parties in 1887, both candidates gave great attention to the Prohibi- tion ([uestion and pledged themselves to vote for Prohi])ition, even should such course defeat PROIIIBITIOX FACTS AND FIGURES. 123 ^ ^ \ their respective parties in the House of Com- mons. In his nomination day speech in Am- herst, Feb. 15th, 18(S7. Sir Charles Tuppersaid: "I hold the Prohibition cjuestion to be above and beyond in importance the fiscal, railway and financial policies of which I have been speaking, and I w411 do all I can to brinjfi; about the suppression of this great evil. In the future I will use all the power I possess, what- aver ability God has given me, for the purpose of carrying out to the best of my aV)iUty the aims and ol)jects of the temperance peo})le of this country. Wherever and Avhenever the friends of Prohibition feel that I caii promote that ijjreat cause I shall be entirelv at their service. I say more that if by resigning my office as finance minister and going into oppos- ition, I could give the country legishition that would prevent the manufacture, importation, sale and use of stronur drink I would not hesi- tate for a moment. I would be ready to lay down office, position, anything in oi'der that that the great cause should be successful throughout the dominion." Tiie Liberal Candidate made an equally strong declaration. Polling took place on Fel). 22nd, and resulted in the election of SirCharles Tupper. The election was protested, and Sir Charles resigned the seat rather than face the election court. While the case was pending he served one session at Ottawa, and notwithstanding the above pledge, he absented himself from the House for one day on the plea of illness in order to escape voting on the Prohibition Res- olution. Another election was held on Nov. 9th, 1887, when the Liberals failed to put up a candidate. J. T. Buhner was anain the Pro- 124 I'UOIIIIJITION FACTS AND FKiUHKS. liibitioii C;iii(li(l;ite, and Sii* Cliarlos was re- elected, but resigned in a short time to accept the otHte of Hiiih ConnnissioiKH". Tlie election tliiis occasioned was lield in Julv 1Sy the most unscrui)ulous use of money and rum, Dickey was elected was elected, but ha\ing. to face a protest, followed the exam})le of Sir Charles and resigned, admitting cori'upt acts by agents. The next eh^ction was on the 2Gth of Dacember 1S8. Dickey was again the stand- ard bearer of the Conservatives, and E. B. Elderkin was nominated by the Prohibitionists the Liberals failing to get a candidate. Dickey was again elected though he polled a smaller vote than in 'Tuly. Dickey retained his seat till the dissolution of the House in February, ISUl. The General Elections were held March 5th 1891. The Liberals succeeded in getting a candidate in the person of Capt. D. H. How- ard of Parr,sbi)ro. The Prohibitionists nomin- ated C. H. Casev and the Conservatives A. R. Dickey, who was again elected. Another pro- test was entered this time ])y tlie Liberals. At the trial strong e\ idence of l)ribery was submit- ted and before judgement w^as given Mr. Dickie resigned. Another election was held the Candidates being Ca])t. Howard and A. R. Dickey, and resulted in the election of the lat- ter. Owing to their newspaper liaving been suspendended for several months through fin- ancial dithculties, the Prohibitionists did not contest this election. Within five years they contested five elections in the County of Cum- ■^!^ PHOIIIBITIOX FACTS AND FKJURES. 12: ;> herland, — a terri})le ordecil for a new party, sadly defifieiit in funds and iinancial l)ackin«^". CuMOKiiLAM) Platform. The- following is the original platform of the Cumberland Pi'ohibitionists ado|)ted at their convention in November IcStSS. 1st. — We acknowledge our dependence up- on the Divine Ruler of the Universe. 2nd.- -We Recof'nize it to be the dutv of the State to j)rotect by law, the health and morals of the people. The licjuor tratlic is tlie prolilic source of disease and vice, and the State has power to pr-ohibit both the manufac- ture and sale of all intoxicants. .'h'd. -AH j)rohibitory legislation alVecting the revenue, nuist come from the goverinnent. 4th. In studying the policies of the two old political }>:irties towards the liipior {>roblein, and moi-e especially that of tlie goverinnent, we find that out of a cal)inet of thirteen ministers twelve of them are op|)osed to piohibition and ten of these are in favor of com})ensation, there fore we have no ground of hope that they will make prohibition a plank in their platform, in the near future if ever. r)tli. To-day no policy is fraught with such weal or woe to the peo})le of Canada, as the continuance or suppression of the saloons. 6th. — The absolute Prohibition of the li([Uor traffic is our aim, as it is the su[)reme issue of the hour. 7th. -Therefore we call upon all good cit- izens to support the only party that is making open warfare upo!i the saloon. 126 PKOIIIHITIOX FACTS AND FIGURES. PnoTiiPiTiON Party Platform. Tlie follow in<^' is the Platform of the Pro- hibition Party as adopted at Muiictoii, No\. 13th, 1S89 : 1st. — We ackiiowledi^e our dependence upon the ri*^hteous Kuler of the universe. 2nd. — It is the recognized duty of the State to protect and conserve by law, the nat- ional welfare, health and morals of the people. Tt is eijually acknowledij^ed that the li(juor traf- fic works the iijreatest injury to all these inter- ests of the individual, home and community. Tt is therefore a most evident right and duty of the state to prohibit this trntHc which is the greatest foe to those intei'ests whica the state is ])ledged to jjrotect and conserve. 3rd.- -With the great organized influence of the li(iuor inerests in the old j)olitical par- ties we have iio ground to hope that either will make prohibition a plank in their plat- form in the near future, if ;it all. 4th. — ^We fail to distinguish any distinct issue in principle betwen the existing political parties at all comparable with that of Prohibi- tion. 5th . —We therefore declare the tot,l suj)- pression of the litpior traffic to be the chief l)lank of the platform on which we stand and believe it to form a political issue which claims the sympathy and i)olitical support of all good citizens who have the highest w^elfare of the coutery at heart . K -^ Prohibition facts and figures. 127 *^ £4 Gth.— We reco<,mize tlie fact that when the Prohibition Party may have to assume the responsibiUties of power, the minor issues at- fectin^r the welfare of the country will require to be considered . Until however this time has nearly come we do not consider it best to risk the division of prohilntionists by introduc- ing these issues bef(jre they recjuire immediate practical consideration . 7th.— In the meantime our representa- tives in parliament are expected to give an in- dependant support to all measures they consid- er for the best interests of the country . Black Lisl. The following members of Parliament vot- ed for Compensation in 1889 : — Conservatives. Bain, Barnard, Bergeron, Bowell, Cargill, Carpenter, Cockl^urn, Costigan, Coughhn Cou- lombe, Davin, Davis, Dawson, Denison, Desjar- dins, (Hrouard, Grandbois, Guillet, Hessmi, Hudspeth, Joncas, Labelle, Langevin, hir H., LaBiviere, MacDonald, Sir J. McCulla, Mc- Donald, McKay, Madill, Mhsson, Moffatt, Moncrieff. Montplaisir, Perley, J^^^'tf^' P^.'^^^^' Biopel, Roome, Bykert, Shanly, Small, Smith, Out;, Stevenson, Taylor, Therieu, Tisdale, Yan- asse, Ward, Wilson, (Lennox).— 60. Liberals. Amyot, Armstrong, Bechard, Burdett, Casey, Coutre, Labrosse, Rinfret.— 8. 128 PhOIIIBITION facts and FKJUFiKS. Tlio following absented themselves from the House antl esea})ecl voting : — CoNSEKVATlVKS. Arehil)al(l, Daker, J>ro\vn, lUu'ns, Caron, Sir A., Chai)leau, Hon., Ferguson, Leeds i*t G., Ferguson, , Renfnnv, Fe^'guson, Wellaiid, Hag- gart, Hon., Hall, Kirk})ati'iek, Sanderkin, MaeDowell, McGreevy, McNeil, Mara, Mar- sliall, Ouimet S[)eaker, Patterson, Essex, Pope, Hon., Hihiliard, Ross, Searth, Tupper, Tyr- whitt, Weldon, Albert, Wright. 31. Liberals. Blake, Choquette, Chouinard, Da vies, De St. Georges. Jones, Halifax, Landerkin, Laji- gelier, Montmorency, Langelier, Quebec, Laur- ier, Laxergne, Mackenzie, McTiityre, Mitchell, Prefontaine, Purcell, Sutherland, Weldon, St. John, Welsh.— 18. The following v^oted for a plebiscite : — COXSERVATIVES. Carpenter, Guillet, L:i Riviere, McCulla, Moncrieff Roome White, Car-dwell, Wilson. — 8. Liberals. Barron, Brien, Burdett, Cjimpbell, Cart- wright, Sir R., Charlton, Colter, Cook, Ed- wards, Eisenhaur, Flynn, Innes, Labrosse, Lang, Livingstone, Macdonald; McMillan, Mc- PROIIIUITION FACTS AND FIGURES. 129 J Miillin, Mills, Piatt, TJowaiul, Seinple, Sonier- ville. Trow, Walclie, Watson, Wilson, (Kl<,an). 27. Tlie following \'oted s<|uarely against Pro- hibition in 1(SS9 : — Conservatives. ■* Aiiiyot, Aiulet, Bain, (Soulangf^s) IJariiard, Bell, Bergeron, Bergin, Bowell, Bryson, Car- gill, Carpenter, Chisliolm, Cochrane, Cockburn, Corby, Costigan, Coughlin, Coiilonibe, Curran, Daly, Daoiist, Davin, Davis, Dawson, Dennison, Desjardins, Dupont, Foster, (xigault, Giroiiard, Gordon, Crandlwise, Guillet, Hess(jn, Hickey, Hudspeth, Ives, Joneas, Kenney, Lal^elle, Langevin, La Biviere, Laurie, Maedonald, Sir J., McCarthy, McCulla, McDonald, (Victoria) McDonald, Pictou, McDougall, Pictou, Mc- Dougall, (Cape Breton,) McKay, McMillan, Madill, Mason, Moffatt, Montplaisir, Perley, Porter, Putnam, Kiopel, Rykert, Shanley, Skin- ner, Small Smith, Sir Don., Smith, (Ont.), Sproule, Tayloi', Temple, Therin, TlKinpson, Sir J., Tisdale, Vanasse, Ward, White, (Card), White, (Ken.), Wilson, Wood, (Brock.), Woi)d, (Westmor). — 78. Liberals. Amstrong, Bechard, Bernier, Bowman, Burdett, Campbell, Casey, Casgrain, Curran, Dessaint, Doyon, Fiset, Gauthier, Goodbout, Guay, Tunes, Lal)rosse, Rinfret, Semple, Trow, Wihnot— 2L V]0 PKOIIIJUTION FACTS AND FIGURES. Scott Act and Diuinkknxkss. The f()ll()\viiin in ISS7 : — Counties. Bruce Duilerin El_i;in Huran Kent Lamhton Lanai'k Leeds and (rreenville Lennox and Addington . . Norfolk Northumberland t^'^ Durliam Ontario Oxford Peter])oro Renfrew Simcoe Suorniond, Duudas and (rlengary Wellington Totals . . Decrease iss: C) 4 2") 7 .SS !) '2\ S 5 () 11 •) 16 4 22 18() oOC) :if tv: <% V The following are the numljers of conmiit- tals for drunkenness in fifteen counties in ()»it- ario, entirely under license in 1884, and entire- ly under license in 1887 : — PUOHiniTION FACTS AM) FHJUUK-^. 131 (tl' 4 8coTT Act and Drunkenness. Counties. 1885 1887 Al,o-()ina 15 85 Essex . . 103 45 Gray 23 21 Halirnand , . 7 17 Hastings 50 51 Nippissini^- 17 13 Peel 10 8 Perth 14 12 Prescott and E ussell P. E. County 46 20 Thunder Bay 705 148 Waterloo 11 8 Welland 23 32 Wentvvorth 295 373 York 1,661 2,166 Totals 2,980 2,999 Increjise • • • • 19 The following are the number of convic- tions for drunkenness in seven counties entirely under licenses in 1884 and partly under pro- hibition in 1887 : — Counties. 1884 58 314 75 39 1887 Brant Carleton Frontenac Lincoln . . . . 112 286 108 21 i:V2 pi^)iniuTiox facts and fi(;uhks. '^riir t'ollovvini:; jii'c tlic nunilxM' of c*ou\ it*- tions 1"oi' (li'UiikciUH'ss in s('\en counties cntiivly under lieensc^s in 1884 and partly undcM* pro- hibition in 1887 : — (Continued.) Counties. 1884 445 16 20 967 1887 Middlesex Muskoka and Parry Victoria and Hali])ii Totals Decrease Sound ftoji 404 8 2 941 26 Attitude of Nova Scroti a (^ood Templars. The committee on political action reported as follows : We regret to have to report that since the last nieetino' of the |)r('ssi(>M of tlu^ li(|U(>i* ti'.itlic ; and I t'lirthci' promise to support the pai'ty making;' pi'ohihitioii tlit^ siipi'cme issue." The jilxjve has hei^ii modified so as t.o j)er- mit of Notinn' for an old })arty candidate who will sisjjn a pledge to move a want of eontidenee motion if his jH(>vFIiniTl(>\ FAfTS AM) KIcrHKS. l.T) spirits and other sti'on;;' di'iiiks, I liavo st.itcd that the loss in 'tual cohsimiplinii c'ann<»t Ix' put at h'ss tlian sixteen million dollars ; hut all of us know ])aint'ully know that the dii'eet cost icjM'esents hut a ve!'y small part of the in- direct ('<»st. The indii'eet cost is in its iniluence u})on society infinitely <;;i'eater, iidinitely more onei'(>us, than the dii'ect (^hai'^e. 1 would ,id<*idly see the whole of the sixteen millions thrown into th(^ St. Fivmcis river if 1 could he sui'ethat in dointi' so w(5 had wiped out the inrniit<' (^xils that arise from the consumption of those articles. "Tf we find that (me particular cause pro- duces enormous waste to the country, an enormous waste of money, an enormous waste of ener«xy, and, T am soriy to say, an enormous destruction of intellect, then T say it hecomes the duty of the yovennnent and every <^ood citizen to do their })est to diminish that waste and correct those evils." "T am <|iiite prepared to sustain this state- ment after havin<; had a l!:<»<»(1^ dva] to do with the (|uestion of i'e\enu(5 and tlii^ raisiiii*- of taxation. I am (juite prepared to assert hefore this audience to-ni^ht the Finance Minister who should succeed, hy prohibiting the traliic in intoxicating liquors, in restoring >>!(), 000,- 000 now lost to the people of this country and wholly wasted; the Finance Minister wlio succeeds in doing that, and should also save the indirect loss that arises from the injury that is done to society by it, I say that he will have no difficulty in raising the sum of money which appears in the first instance to 'oe thus lost to the revenue. There can be no doubt whatever about it." 136 PKOniniTION FACTS AND FKiUHKS. " AiiotluM' objection is often raised on tlie ground that tlie nation has no right to interfere with vested inteivsted interests. In reply, 1 aiHrni tliat tliere is notl>ini^ in the manufacture or sale (►f li(|Uor wliich in any respect difiers fi'oiii any other branch of connnercial industry. We see suij^ar refineries, cotton and woolen fac- tories and all other mechanical industries ex- posed to hazard and loss by changes in the fis- cal system of the country ; but no one ever dreams of their owners having any claim for indemnity, and I whollly fail to discover any- thing in the cause of a distiller which entitles liim to difi'e rent and more generous treatment. His investment nmst sliare the same risks that are encountered l)y every other member of the connnunity. Sir Charles Tupper. The Finance Minister of Canada, will come to the conclusion that tliere is a better mode of obtaining revenue than the manufacture and sale of intoxicating li(luor. The revenue obtained from tliat source is utterly insignificant when compared with the crime and pauperism that is [)roduced by the l>aneful eff'ects of intoxicating litjuor upon the masses of the peoj^le. The principle of temper- ance so commends itself to the judgement and intelligence of all classes of the community as to warrant its friends and supporters going steadily forward maintaining and pressing to the utmost of theii- ability as a measure more calculated to accomplish the happiness, well- being, prosperity and advancement of the country than almost any other measure tliat can be brought under the consideration of the pub- lic." -r^ — n I ^r^ PHOIIIIJITION FACTS AND FKJUUKS. i:r Hon. Ct. E. Foster. "Whence conies tliis cry of 'nionil suasion is siitHcie]it'? TJie cry ctanes from a class of men who liave never stirred hand or foot to free the enthralled victim from the chains that hound him ; whose whole lives, in<^enuity have been devoted to making liquor and inducing people to drink licjuor- It c(jmes from the dis- tiller, brewers and rumsf Hers of Canada ; fi'om the Ontario trade benevolent association and its ad^'ocates. The cry is as hollow as it is dishonest. From no pulpit, platform or jjaper have these men attempted to use that moral suasion which they now so lustily praise. Their whole time has been given to the cruel and re- lentless pushing of a traffic whose dark and dreai'y history is full of human degra(hitioJi, human misery and human woe. '• Moral suasion doesn't punish them, l)ut has the stripes laid on their victims ; doesn't make them pay for the trouble they cause, but lays it on the tax-payers. 80 they love moral suasion as compared to legal suasion. CiiuitCH Resolutions. Methodist Conference of Nova Scotia : — - "We therefore record our solemn judge- ment that no political party that condones this traffic, or that refuses to place itself in an at- titude of decided hostility to it is deserving of the allegiance of christian or patriotic men." The Baptist Conference of New Brunswick 1892 :— " It is our conviction that a prohibitory huv in this country is not possible so long as chris- 13ai)tist Conference of Nova Scotia, 1892:- "That to reu;ulate and sanction by the shield of law a system inherently evil is innnor- al, and a!i eilb'''^s to regulate and limit by any form of license have resulted in manifest fail- ure. " That no monetary considerations, be it private j^ain or public revenue, can justify the sustainini;' of a system so utterly wrong in its principles, vicious in policy and disastrous in results as the traffic in intijxicating li([Uo.s. " That to su})])ress e\il is in accoixl with the '' j)erfect law of liberty," to foster by regu- lation is in direct o])i)osition. " That the total and imniediate prohib- ition oi the li<|Uor Irathc is the demand of righteousness, the })ressing claim of humanity and the crying need of home and country." Electoral i)ledge adopted by Bay of Quinte Methodist Conference ISU'J : - "The undersigned electors do solenndy })ledge our sacred honor in the presence of God and these witnesses that henceforth we will do all in bur power by our vote and intluence to oppose any government Provincial or Dominion who will not mak(^ the prom[)t and total prohi- bition of the li(|uor traffic a leading princi})le of their govermnent and honestly enforce the same in so far as our constitution will permit. We furthermore pledge ourselves henceforth to supp(»rt by our \ote and influence any govern- ■*t>t ':m PKOIIiniTIOX FACTS AXD FIOUHES. 1 'M) »#*« h iiieiit Provincial or Dominion wliicli will adopt our principles so long as thoy carry out and enforce the same.'' Methodist Episcopal Conference of the United States, 1(S9l> :— "We do not presume to dictate the political conduct of our peojile but we do record our deliberate judgment that no political })arty has a right to expect or ought to receive the support of Christian men so long as it stands committed to the license policy or refuses to put itself on record in an attitude of open hostility to the saloon." Toronto Methodist Conference, 1(S92 : "That in view of all past legislation, in this country, in regard to the licpior trattic we are convinced that the evil cainiot be met and overcome so long as the political parties are com- mitted to a policy of license, and we are fui'ther convinced that the attitude of the parties on this (piestion will not change so long as they receive the support of Christian voters. We theref(jre earnestly ask our people to consider carefully what their duty is in this imp(jrtant matter c^nd whether the time has not come when the Christian sentiment of the country should l)e arranged into a party free from all complicity w^ith the liquor traffic. " Presbyterian Church on Prohibition. The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, at its triennial session in Portland, Oreg., May and June, 1892, adopted the report of its Temperance, Committee protesting against the legalizing of the liquor traffic in Alaska, and reaffirming the deliverances of former assem- 140 PROnilJlTION FACTS AND FKJUHKS. blies, and branding tlie saloon license as ,i cuisr. The report adds : "It is the sense of this eoininittcc tliat while it is not in the province of the clniich to dictate to any man how he shall vote, y*'t tlie committee (h'clares that no political ])arty has the ri^Iit to expect the siii)})ort of the Christian men so lonir as that ])artv stands connnittcd to the license policy, or refuses to put itself on record aai'riiig a few who were taken off by sickness, every one who proved a wreck and wrecked his family did it from rum and no other cause. Of tliose who were church-going people, who were steady, industrious and hard-working men, who were frugal and thrifty, every single one of tlieni, without an exce})tion, owns the house in which he lives and has something laid by, the interest on which, with his house, would carry him through many a rainy day. When a man he- comes debased with gambling, rum or drink, he doesn't care ; all his finer feelings are crowded out. — Chauncey M. Depew, President of the New York Central Railroad, in a speech in March, 1890, to a company of railroad men. % ■».^..-' 4» '^ INDEX: 1"^ hi ARylnin Statistics - - - 20 Accidents mikI injuries due to drink - 37-97 Alcohol and Life Insurance - - 37 Alcohol, Mortality from - - 38 Alcohol and Disease - - 36 Atlanta, Prohibition in - - 57 Advice from Licjuor Dealers - - 67 Arrests for Drujikenness - - 24 Attitude of Dominion Cabinet - - 119 Advanced Prohibitionists Pledge - 134 Brewery Statistics - - - 17 Barley used to make Li(|uor - 31 Balance Sheet of the Traffic - - 36 Beer, Imported and Canadian - 9 British Columbia, consumption of liijuor - 7 Brewers' Journal on Liciuor Licenses 51 Business ruined bv Prohibition - 70 Black Listed Politicians - ■■ 119-127 Criminal Statistics - - - 14 Charities, Cost of Public - - 20 Convictions for Drunkenness - - 23 !. .1 under Scott Act 130-132 188G to 1890 - - 25 Crime due to Drink - - 27 Cigars consumed in Canada - - 33 Consumption of Spirits - - 34 Canada's Liquor Bill - - 9 Customs duty on Li(|uors - - 11 Cost of Collecting Revenue - - 13 I ■f i (51 81 SO •-M17 127 1 33 i:i7 16 19 19 142 PlJOlliniTION FACTS AND FI(;UI{KS. Concentrjitioii of tlu' Licjiior Intcn'csts Cjinadiiui F(>litirs, .'ittitiulo of Ci'iiiiiiiiil Results (jf IntcmiHM-'ioo Canada T(Mn}u'iMiu't' Act, vote on II Coini»riisation. politicians in favor oi Canadian l*i'olii))ition League, plcd^i? Cinii'ch liesolutions Di'ijdv Sho})s owned by M. P. "s - Distillei'v. men employed in It \aliie of tools an(^ machinery Duty per head on s))irits - - 35 Deaths from Alcohol - - 36 Drink and C^rime - - - 7 Dominion Alliance - - - 9 Distillery liicenses - - 9 Deiicit thfounh Piohihition - - U Dakota Prohihitoi'v law - - 43 Drunkenness under license - - 54 Dehew, C. M. on Prohibition - 140 Kxcise duty on Litpiors - 11 Electoral Pledge, Pay of Quinte Finances of Maine - - - 47 Ft)stei', Hon. (i. F. on le_i:;al sujision - 137 (ii'ain used in IJijUor Making" 31 (joikI Te]n])lars of No\a Scotia on Prohih l iil32 Calt, Sir A. T. on Pevenue - 134 (xlobe lieport on I^-ohibition - 110 High License and Prohibition - 54 in Nebraska - - 59 endowed by litjuor men 60 increased consumi)tion of - Li([Uor - - 67 in cities - - 72 in Massachusetts - 73 in Minnesota - - 76 in ('hicago - - 78 in Pennsylvania 79 How liquor raise Funds - - 63 ti II II M M II II .» > \ F- PROIIIIJITIOX FACTS AND FIGURES. 143 ill ):];{ J. -J? 16 19 ID ? .9 9 U 4;] 54 140 II 47 IV 31 S2 :U 10 34 59 10 How to work tlie clergy House of Coiinnons Report on Prohil)ition Health of Prisoners Industrial value of the trathc It loss to Canada Tntenvperance and Crime fncrease in Manufacture of Spii'its .. If Malt Tin])orts and Duty ])aid - Iowa Prohibitory law Injurious results to Business Jails, Cost of - - - Jail Statistics _ - . Kansas Prohibitory law Loss of Pi-oductive Power License Revenue in Canada Liijuor imported under Permits Licensed Distillers Licpior Sales under Prohibition Li(pior Mens Methods Manufactures, beneiicial eftect of Prohibi- tion upon Malt Manufacture Malt, duty on Manito])a Consumption of licjuor It convictions in Moderate drinkers and crime Maine Proliibitory law Methods of Licpior men - Methodist Episcopal Resolutions Methodist Conference, Toronto - Northwest Permit System National Liquor Revenue Net Liquor Revenue New Brunswick, no. of convictions ti consumption of licjuor New Hampshire Prohibitory law No. of licenses compared with liigh licanse (u 9:i 17 19 26 :n 10 42 96 15 19 41 29 ;U) 8 9 o2 59 I «l I 144 I'liOHIIHTIOX FACns AND FKJUItlX » News));i]HM'st';iv«>i* tlic ti'iifHc iSovji Sc-otiii MctluKlists oil Pmliihilioii New liruiiswiek .l)ai)tists n Nn\';i Scotia " i» Ontario, mimluM' of convictions II consiiiii{)tion of li(|uer Ohjcctions against Prolii])ili(Ui l*i-()liil)ition Pai'tv ]»latforni Platfoi'in Cunilu'rland Pi*oliil)itionists Pi'oliil)iti(Mi in Cunihci'land, N. S. ti compared with license Preacliers how liijuoi' men work Proliibition in Worcester Mass II and sa\ in_i;s l)anks (h'posits Pau])erism (Uie to (hink Penitentaries of Canada II II cost of Plebiscite vote Per cent of crime due to drink Productive ])ower loss of Public Charitable Institutions P. 10. Island consum})tion of li([U(>r Prohibition and Taxation Permit Svstem Prohibition laws in l^. S. Politicans and li(|Uor traffic - Petitions in Ic^T-'i Preference for total abstainers Prohibition Party, or^an oi Presbyterian church on Prohi])ition Quelx'c, consumption of litiuor Royal Counuission 1S74 Report Chief of Ottawa Police - Report Chief of Tonmto Police J{ei)ort of Chief of Montreal P(>lice Returns from Insurance Companies - Reveiuie Excise Resolutions of Li(|uor dealers r f)5 1.37 137 138 7 7 47 12G 1:^5 l-Jl 71 65 56 49 22 14 15 1:>8 14 19 21 t 49-53 8 39 64 81 98 121 139 7 !()1 105 ro4 ] 03 99 12 75 PUOIIIIJITION FACTS AND F1(;UI{KS. (Jo •)■" i*-r" lleport of S(Miat(^ Coiiunittee M (HI Destitution (I House Coiuinons Committee Ixetures from slierilVs, etc II coroners M manufjicturers and contract ors - - - Recorder of Montreal, statement of Report Supt Quel)ec Police - M City of Hamilton M Chief of London police n from Medical Practicioners ,, from Jud,i^es and Magistrates - Hunnnary C()nvictions Sickness caused by drink Spirits, manufacture of - Spirits imi)oited Senate Report on Prolu))ition IS7."'> Summary of voJni,^ on Scott Act Scott Act and Drunkenness - 1 Total a})stainers and crinu^ - Tobacco Statistics Total Liquor Pe venue Territory covered by Prohibition Tilley, Sir Leonard on Revenue Question Tupper, Sir Charles on revenue United States Prohibitory laws in A^ermont prohibitory law Wines imported - - ■ 9() l:Vl- i:',6 39 40 9 ■«