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PR0RIBiri0N
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Prohibition Facts,
A COMPILATION OF
Facts and Figures
FOR
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AMHERST, N. S.
PROHIBITION PUBLISHING CO'Y.
1892.
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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.
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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
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No. of
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liead of popu
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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
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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-
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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<idily understood from the followinin'
tabl(», showing the amount of li(inor consumed
and convictiims made in the territories during'
the past eight years : —
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YfcAR.
Ga'. L qaor ini-
pi-rioi under
perm ts.
Convit ti< lis for
all o(rciicf\s.
Convictio iH
or diunkou-
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1884
9908
39
1885
97581,
123
1886
20564.1
60
1887
21636"
37
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1888
56388]
151
36
1889
151629
232
41
1890
1536701
444
93
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In the year 1881 Hon. David Laird was
Lieut.-Governor of tlie Northv/est, and tlie to-
tal ([uantity of li<[uor taken into the C{mntry
under permits was 3165 gallons. In the year
1882 Hon. E. Dewdney was appointed Lieut.-
Governor, so that 1883, 4, 5 and 6 are full
years of liis government. Hon. Joseph Royal
was sent up as lieut. -Governor in the middle of
1887, which tlierefore shows the record of a
year, half of which was under his administra-
tion. For the remaining vears Lieut.-Governor
Royal has been in contiol. In reference to the
criminal record, it is worthy of note that the
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l)ellion, and thei'el'ore an {d)normal year in the
extent of its criminal re<*or'd.
Canada's LiQuoii Bill.
Tb.e Executive Committee of the Domin-
ion Ailiaiice have c()m})iled t])e follo\vin_i>' t:il)l<'
{IS re])ie:'entin^^ Canada's Drink Bill for the
year endinf,^ June ."iOth, lS90 : -
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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 : —
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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.
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PROIIIKITION FACTS AND FKJURKS.
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iMPoirrs Entered for Consumption.
Ale, beer ct porter
Spirits and wines
Total
issy
1890
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$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.
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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.
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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
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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 "/^
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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. . ...
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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
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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
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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.
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As A MANUFACTURINCi INDUSTRY.
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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.
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of
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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
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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.
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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 $5,108,705 and
would employ 73,573 additional workmen. Or
to state it in another form for every one work-
man now engaged in the breweries and distil-
leries, prohibition would give us 32 workmen
in the factories and for every dollars worth of
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iiinchiiiery probibition would stop from work-
ing in liijuor iiuikinf.!- it would set in motion >?1 2
worth in legitimato enter] »rises. From an in-
dustrial standpoint Canada is ready for prohih-
iticm. Siie can well afford to stand by and see
the destruction of that industry which is the
great enemy of all others.
Loss OF Productive Power.
Each workman outside the Penitentiaries
in the year 1890 produced geods to the value
of 11,292.44. The 1251 persons sentenced to
hard labor in the penitentaries produced a rev-
enue of only J$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.
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ital,
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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
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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<rdalen Asylums
Orphan Asyl Jins
Quebec : —
Deaf and dumb institu-
tions
Blind institution, Mon-
treal
Ind's'tl ct ref r'ni'try schls
IN ova Scotia : —
General Hospital
Deaf and dumb institu-
Infant's Home
Blind institution
Poor Houses
New Brunswick :—
General Hospital
Deaf and Dumb institu-
tions
Manitoba :
General Hospital
Home for incurables
Deaf and Dumb institu-
tion
__Beforinatory for boys
9
1
1
2
1
8
2
1
1
1
1
1
21
9,187
1
291
1
26
:^
27
164
2,728
4,130
416
138
1,221
1,060
25
31
238
578
22
982
39
29
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1M{()IIIIJITI(>\ 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
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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
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; ;:
; 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,<j;' . .
Thi'eat.s .
Truancy
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V^iolatino- town or city)
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30
30
4,608! 2,097
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1
21
50
28
25
1,918
Tliuy it will be seen th;it2,097 of the 4,608
crimes not strictly nun offences — 15 per cent-
were coinniittod ^\-hile under the influence of
liouor; in 1,918 cases, or. 42 per cent of the
total, the intent was formed while, the person
was under the influence of li<iu()r, 1,918 or 42
per cent were moderate drinkers ; 1,317 or 28
per cent were excessive drinkers; 1,158, or
only 20 per cent were total abstainers ; 215, or
') per cent were unascertained. • Tlie investii^a-
tion also showed iliat in 1,804 cases, or 39 per
cent of the total, the conditions under which
PllOHIinTION FACTS AND FIGURES.
29
8
1
50
1>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.
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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
<iuantity of malt taken for consumption during
the last six years ha been : —
I
32
.;>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 win<jf has })een the
annual C!)nsuin})tion per head in the Dominion,
since Confederation, of s])irits, wine Ix^er and
tobacco : —
YEAR.
►Spirits.
Wine,
Beer.
Tobacco.
Gals.
Gals.
Gals.
Lbs.
1808
1.00
0.17
2.26
1.73
1869
1.12
0.11
2.29
1.75
1870
1.43
0.19
2.16
2.19
1871
1.57
0.25
2.49
2.05
1872
1.72
0.25
2.77
2.48
1873
1.68
0.23
3.18
1.99
1874
1.99
0.28
3.01
2.56
1875
1.39
0.1*4
3.09
1.91
1876
1.20
0.17
2.45
2.31
1877
0.97
0.09
2.32
2.05
1878
0.96
0.09
2.16
1.97
1879
1.13
0.10
2.20
1.95
1880
0.71
0.07
2.24
1.93
1881
0.92
0.09
2.29
2.03
1882
1.00
0.12
2.74
2.15
1883
1.09
0.13
2.88
2.28
1884
0.99
0.11
2.92
2.47
1885
1.12
0.10
2.63
2.62
1886
0.71
0.11
2.83
2.05
IMJOimUTION FAf'TS AND FKiUUKS.
IV)
[CoiisuMPTioN OF Spirits, ftc, pkk iikad sinc;;-:
'()7, (ContiniKsl. )
I
YEAH.
Spirits.
Wino,
I>eer
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 :
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is
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01 4^ Ci
Ci X Ci O
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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
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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 •
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^
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
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PROIIIBITIOX FACTS A\D FICiURES.
39
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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
^ ►
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7^
is
:pi
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'^ 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-;"' ^
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PROHIBITION FACTS AND FIGURES.
43
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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(|ualitie<l to
have })ermit again for five years ; State's attor-
neys failing to ])rosecute violations of the law,
$100 to srioO fine and :K) to 90 days im])risou-
ment and forfeiture of ofUce ; places where liq-
uors are sold or kept in violation of law, are
miisances, and u})on establishment of the fact
shall l)e a])ated, injunction ])einij: jjjranted at
begnnnng of jiction ; violation of injunction
punished as illegal selling ; clubs punished same
T
PROHIBITION FACTS AND FK;UHKS.
45
iJinu-
atiiHi
lalivc
lis for
Li'ticle
es for
on of
'<l for
.) ;iii(l
CDUll-
s |)ei'-
iii'iuiil,
iiu' for
y^ pre-
eed of
')0U to
iiontlis;
[)i'itited
se, and
liv six
; selling
100 ti)
(lays ;
portion,
70 (lays
itl(Ml to
s altor-
,ho law,
ini)rison-
itMv li(l-
law, are
tiie fact
,uto(l at
ijuiu'tion
[xed same
\"|
\ •"/*
as illeu^al sellers ; givinijf away liciuor and eva
sioiis of the law, deemed unlawful selliii
treating or _ijfivin<jj li([uor to a minor, punished
as ille<j;al selling, carriers of li(juors to be sold
contrary to huv, $100 to $500 Une and :50 to 60
days imprisonment.
«
South Dakota — The Constitution, adopt-
ed in 1890, provides : " No person shall man-
ufacture or aid in the manufacture for sale, any
intoxicating li(juor ; no person shall sell, or keep
for sale, as a beverage, any intoxicating li((uor.
The Legislature shall b^'^ law prescribe regul-
ations for the enforcement <jf the provisions of
this section, and provide suitable and aderjuate
penalties for the violation thereof." The stat-
utes pr(»vide that a violation of the foregoing
shall be punished by a line of -fdOO to ijpoOO and
imprisonment 60 days to six montlis ; county
judges may issue permits to registered ])har-
macists to sell for medicinal, mechanical, scien-
tificand sacramental purposes ; any person sign-
ing a druggists' petitit)n for a permit, knowing
him to be in the habit of becoming intoxicated,
or not in good faith in the pharmacy business,
is lined JJ^OO to $100, and a County judge grant-
ing a permit to such an applicant is lined 1^500
to $1,000 ; and officer willfully failing to per-
form duties imposed by law is fined $100 to
$500, imprisoned 60 days to six months, .and
forfeits his office. Injunction provisions are
same as in North Dakota.
Extent of Territory Covered by Prohib-
ition.
The States included in the foregoing sum-
mary have an aggregate population of 5,220,477
people, arid an aggregate area of 339,460 sijuare
40
pi{(>mi:rno\ facts and fkjuhks.
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'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 :—
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48
I'HOMIMITION FACTS AND FKJUHKS.
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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<l in the Qiiijicy Sav-
in.ijfs ]]ank, of Quincy, Mass., increased from
$1,0:U,:^Jl^ iii ISS] to -$l,(j0(),r)r)4 in
1890 the town bein,^ No-license all the time.
\,i. > 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.
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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.
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J'UOinj]jriox FACTS and FKiUHK.S.
51
I Hmeh ^.t' Malt Lk^uoks i\ Pkoiiiiutiov
*'■ • JStatks.
'{
<n
The Brewers Jounial for July i)iil)lisli('(l a
tjil)lf' C()ni})il(Hl from the l)o()ks of Vlh^^ Cijinniis-
sioiier of Inljind Revenue of the sales of inalt
liquors ill the various Suites, for the vears in-
dicated. The follovvino- tahle <,qves the results
in ;i license and in :\ i)rohil)itory States not
^\\^^A\ hy temperance but by li(|uor cranks, and
yet we are asked to believe that Pi'ohil)ition
will not prohibit in Canada. The table shows
that in 1886, 20,289,029 barrels were consum-
ed in the whole union and in 1892, :M,484,r)19
bbls. increase in six years under license of 1 1 -
185,904 bbls. and a decrease in Kansas alone
under Prohibition from 17,482 durin«r the
same period to 1,650 and in Maine and Ver-
ipont the trade is completely wiped out, the
Brewers Journal ])eing the authority. Still
the brewers and distiller;^ are raisino- fabulous
sunis of money with which to corrupt politicians
to vote against prohibition, which does iiot Dro-
hibit! ! ^
The three first are license states, the three
latter are prohibition states.
PllOIII
HITION FACTS AND FIGURES.
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PH()IfIi?ITION FACTS A\D FKJUKKS.
53
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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<nu;. Never
tlie les.^, their^l'owtli in popiihition lijis lu'cn
a])oiit the s;une ;is tliat of otlier New Eiii^IjuhI
Stiites, exelusix'eof the lcii'_«;'e cities.
PlM)lf(!!iTlO\ CoMFAIfKl) WFI'II HlCH LlCE^SI].
The State of Coiineeticiit was under Pio-
hil)itioii I'oi' seven years fi'om 18f)0 to 187l\ aiiJ
its eriminjil reports for the period :-ho\vs as fol
l((\vs : ■"■
Tlie total coniniittnieiits to the coiiiitv iails
of Conneetieiit, for di-unkenness, as-
sault and battery, breach of })eace and
\'a^'rancy, for tlie seven yejirs fr^m
1NS() to IS7l2, under Pi"olii])iti<)n.
were i),lllO
The same for tlie seven years fi'oni 1S7."^) to
1879, under license and Local option,
vrere 1S,G7-1
O^'i
No-Li('ENSK Crrii:s Compaued WFifi License
Cfj'ies.
The followinij;' table ])resents a coniparisoii
of the License and No Licejise towns of Mass-
achusetts with re_i;ard to the ratio of arrests foi*
(b'unkenness to the total and the a\'ei*a<ie per
cent of arrests and arrests foi* druidvenness t.»
the population :
"^ See "Cyclopedia of Temperance and
Prohibition," jwige ^)'27,
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PJ{OfIIJ]ITION FACTS AND FKJUWKS.
;);)
No-Lif'KXSK Cities Comparkd wittt Liri:\sK
CiTii:s.
li^
aiul
CITIKS.
Percent drunken
ss forms of totak
a;
tf. SI
a;
r-'
«+H .X
LICENSE.
Taunton
70. (;0
3.25
2.01
Waitliam
OS. 99
4.5S
3.19
Boston
OS. 00
S.20
5.03
Clielsea
05.11
4.77
3. 1 2
Fall River . . . .
5S.5()
3. IS
2.04
Fitch burjj; . . . .
72.0S
3.45
2.39
Gloucester . . . .
59.35
3,44
2.04
Haverill
04.11
3.03
2.23
Hoi yoke
55. OS
o •> —
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)
, —
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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
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1 :u
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Tlius the avei";i_<i;e pei- cent of an'ests for
(•rime in the license cities is two and one-tlnid
times as i^reat as in the Prohibition cities, and
tlie a\ era^e per ctnit of ai'rests for (h'uidvenness
is three times as ^reat. Tt is assumed that
the popidation in 1S!)() is the average popuiat-
lation of the three years,
Phoiiiimtion i\ Woi{(^i:steh, Mass.
Tiie recojds of tlu' Police department and
(»f the City Kelief d<']»artment of \V^>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
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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)
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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 Hi<di License has not hurt our business,
but, on the contrary, has been a ore it l)eneht
to it, as well as to the peoi)le ovinerally.
'2. I believe somewhat, as you say the Cin-
cinnatia Volksblatt says, that Hi.<»h License
acts as a bar a.irainst Prohibition. It is
especially so in this State, as the tax from the
license goes towards supi)orting the schools,
thereby relieving the citizens and fai-niers of
just so much tax thfit they would otliei-wise
have to pay, and is, therefore, especially bene-
ficial to the poor and laboring classes. It also
gives the business more of a tone and legal
standing, and places it in hands of a better class
of peo})le.
;5. I do not think that High
ijicense
(;o
I'koMIUITION facts AM) FKJUIiKS.
lessens tilt' (|UiiMtitv of licjuor used, hut places
it ill t'ewer juul better luiiuls, witli better
I'eiiularitv.
4. As to tlie trade re[>ealin_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 enforce<l than they
are. T do not believe we would ha\ e any Pro-
hi])ition people in our ^tateif oar High License
law was more rigidly enforced.
I enclose you herewith a coi)y of our ^tate
Law regulating the litjuor business, which will
<nve you an idea of the kind of law we have.
Anything I can do for you at any time, please
command me.
Yours truly,
Peter E. Tleh, (Picst.)
CONOENTHATION OF THE LiQUOR InTER1:STS.
In line with the tendency to concentrate
the retail licjuor business into a few hands by
Hi<di License, has been a similar ten<lency to
^ concentrate the distilling and l)rewing business
into the hands of a few great syndicates and
« trusts. The Wl skey Trust, known as the Dis-
tilling and Cattle-Feeding Company, of Peoria,
111 , practically controls the output of spirits.
In 18cS9, wh'ile the prohibitory Amendments
were pending in so many States, there was a
movement for a similar consolidation ot the
brewing interests, and a large number ot
brewei-ies were purchased by an English beer
syndicate. This concern, according to the
.
62
I'UOIUUITIUN FACTS AM) riCJl'liEH.
Brewer's Journal, li.ul invested in breweries in
thiseountrv in June, ISD'J, $1)1/J()-J,SHU ; llu-
number of breweries and nialtin.u; bouses socon-
tr(»lled wjis SO ; and tbe sales of ))(»er by these
estalilishinents for tlie year ended April .'U),
1892, was r),4J)(),().'M^ bari'els, or 17 per cent, of
the total sales in the whole eonntrv.
^<J
The methods of this oi^jantie concern, re-
presenting;- s(>me 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 <j;ets its
competitors out (►f the way. On Fei). 11, 1S91,
(reoriije J. (Hbson, secretary of the Whiskey
Trust was arrested, charjjjed with oiVering- T. S.
DeWar, a Revenue insi)ector, $25,000 to blow
11}) the Schufeldt distillery of Chica<4(), a
competitor of the Trust. DeWar, who as a
(lovei'nment Revenue Tnspect(>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.
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PROHTIUTION KA(TH AND FKiURES.
63
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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<' Li<jiioi' C^iin-
]»iiiL(M in \<'\v Vofk State made tlie follow iii*^'
ex})(»sin'«' of the li(jiior iiu'ir.s methods. Said
he : -
" The first ine(*tin^ of the li(jU(»r men was
called to con veiKMii Han ishui'ij, which was a
failure. The sec-ond meeting.;' was held in Phil-
a(h'l}>hia, {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<j;e hotels like the Continental, and they paid
it like little men, and from ^^25 to Ji^r)0 on all
the smaller retail shops. Hesides e*ach hrewer
was n^iuired to solicit money from all kindred
interests that is, every man in the trade with
whom they had dealin^^s — those en«.fai;ed in
making barrels, those with whom we houglit
our horses, wa«;()ns, and <jjrain and machinery,
etc., were solicited to contribute to a campaign
fund, and if such })ersons failed after a reason-
able time to do so, a notice was forwarded in-
timating that a prompt compliance would save
trouble and a i)ossibie boycott, thus forcing
hundreds to help up who did it reluctantly.
Bv this plan we raised J^200,000 which was
ex})ended by the State Connnittee. Besides,
local comi..-.ttees in every ccmnn unity raised and
expended large sums during the cami)aign and
on election day, Appeals for money were nuAi
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ri{()!IMUTIO\ FACTS AND ri(JUI{KS.
r
(n Jlic tiMilc lln'oiiLjlHUit tlic cinnitt'y, aiul l;ii';;'e
sums \vli('r(> 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 <j^en era! election, but if you will helj) us
we will pay you liherally foi* your support.'
"'We had all the workers on our side,
and the niaehines of both old pai-ties we»*e with
us. We paid the (J()unty Ooininissioners of
this e(>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<diout the State we paid
weekly j)apers from $;)() to J*i>.")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
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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 hire<l for so much a name,
some old broken down newspai)er man or
politician to go around with a petition and get
the names of ministers and lawyers, which we
published with fine effect. We talked High
License all the time. Never try to defend the
saloon ; if so, vou lose the influence of church
66
PHOTliniTION FACTS AND FKiUHKS.
i
nieirilxM's .'ind ministers ; Init talk about tlie
revenue, cidei", taxation, and especially Prohii)i-
tion don't prohihit, and clamor for High
Linense. T had thousands of l)atlges printed
witli Hi,^h Lic(Mise and gave them out to ])oll-
workers on election day and it had tine effect.'
"'Yes, we understood and agreed to the
passage of High License law before the Amend-
ment was submitted, so that we could use it as
a means to defeat Prohibition. And it was that
and that alone that saved us. With all our
money and political backing we could not have
defeated the Amendment on any other plan
than High License.'
" ' Mr. Crowell, has High License which
has reduced the number of saloons, reduced to
any extent the consumption of licjuor.'
" ' No sir ; on the ciuitrary, the consum[)tion
(>f 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.' " . . . .
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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<m of, li([Uor
Prohibition facts and fksures.
G7
tJie
ted
oll-
ct.'
he
1(1-
fis
at
mv
lye
III
>*-^
'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«<ht, or a light
of whiskey against religion. Keep the saloon
element in the backgi'ound as much as possible,
They can do ([iiiet work, and on election day
thev can turn out and do the votinii*. ^lake it
a war against sumptuary, unjust and des|)otic
lays I am a High License man. I be-
it makes a better class of saloons, does away
with many deadfalls, and elevates the business.
It is als<j better for the wholesale dealer, as it
makes his risks safer. I howe^'er do not advise
to preach High License. Let others do that. .
Try to get some one to work on a good miius-
ter ; get him to make a sermon- say you term
it, "Temperance but not Prohibition T Have
it published in the paper and putt* him up, and
others will follow in line, just for the notoriety
and free advertising they get Try to get
a good religious journal on your side. Money
will do it esj)ecially as the light is not a whis-
key one."
Thoma;. Grimes, a wholesale liqu<jr dealei*,
of Providence, R. I., wrote : —
" The way we handled our campaign here
was : We got the chairman of the Democrat
State Central Connnittee, and the chaiimin of
the city committees interested in our behalf,
also Gen. C. H. Brayu)n, the head-pin Ke}mb-
lican worker in the State, who b well up in all
things i)ertaining to politics, he took care of
the Republican State and city committees, for
his services we paid him $6,000. In addition,
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PROIlir.ITION FACTS AXD FKJUHES.
it cdst US tliroiiuli tin' iie\vspap(yr;My,. pamplilcts,
and ciirnlai's, .^21,000 to do away with pi'oliih-
ition in this state. I sliould recommend you t<»
yet the ne\vspa})ers interested in your behalf ;
it is the strongest })oint you can use. Aiiti-
Prohihition doeunients are very essential, whifh
should he mailed to every voter in the State
hut the hulk of the money should be spent in
the news])apers, and with the political machin-
ery. T would not reconmiend any debates with
j)rohil)iti<)nists ; T would avoid it, for if a woid
should be let slip they WM)uld tear you all to
pieces."
Jeremiah ll<»hrer, a wholesale liijuor de.iler
of Lancaster, Pa., wrote : -
"We paid politicians at every poll to work
quietly for our cause. We t(K)k Republicans
and democrats, both sides of j)olitics, and <jta\e
them accoi'dini;- to intluence, from |10 to >^^)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<K)d Prohilntionists won't attend
them, and you will have the hall filled with a
gang of loafers, which will make you look like
State prison birds."
PROIIIDITION FACTS AND FIGURES.
00
I'oliil)-
r<»n ((.
"half;
Anti-
liicl,
It in
Hii/i-
uftli
to
George Moferlin, of the Christian Moerlin
Brewing Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, wrote : -
" Our campaign against Prohibition was
conducted in a very quiet manner, and a great
part of the money was paid to the newspapers
for strong and convincing articles against Pro-
hibition."
Henry Goodwin, of H. Goodwin i^c Co.,
wholesale dealers in wines and and litpiors in
Aberdeen, South Dakota, wrote as follows
about the campaign in that State, in which the
li(jU()r dealers were not successful in defeating
prohibitit)n : —
" The best way to reach the people in ag-
ricultural States is with literature thvougli the
mail. The ' Farm Herald,' published at Louis-
ville, Ky., gave us valuable assistance ; also the
Dakota Catholic published at Sioux Balls. The
latter being a church organ and disinterested,
has great weight and gained us thousands of
votes. . . .To advocate High License is well
the people like the idea of the litpior men pay-
ing their taxes .... Buying up the news})apv^rs
is one of the best ways to reach the popular
mind. We tried it with good results. Also
getting prominent politicians to help is good
Gentlemen I pity you ! You have a
big job on hand, but if you organize and i)ull
together strongly and wisely, you will succeed.
First of all organize a State Li<juor Dealer's
Association. Divide the State into districts
and let certain parties attend them. Ha\ e
good workers at the polls in every county,
should have an organization, too, working un-
der the State organization ; also a paid secre-
tary who will attend to matters promptly. F0.1
70
PHOTIIIJITIOX FACTS AXD FKJUliES.
1 instance, three years ajjjo the (juestion of Loca
Opt.on was voted on in Dakota, License was
defeated in tliis county hy 500 majority. Two
years a<n> 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
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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<luct
and revelling for the last six months
before Prohibitio n went into eff ect, . . 'J,."U)S
8ame for six months of Prohibitiim 1,'">-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 en<ls
May 1, and the police year usually with the
calendar year (in Boston it is Nov. .')0); so t hat-
year ISSi) does not I'eju-esent an entires year iin
der hi,i;'h license. The diilerence l)etween the
fiijjui'es foi' ISSIJ here, is (hie to the fact that-
the year there t;iken by the prison Oonnnission-
ers ended Sept '>0.
Liquor Dhalkks' KKSOLrrroxs.
Tht^ National Protective Asssociation of
Iii(|iior ])ealers in convention Jit Chicago, Oct.
19, \sr), declare<l :
Resolved that we most earnestly fav<)r
temperance and most strongly condennv intem-
perance, and a})peal to every member of th(^
trade to make proof of this ])v his daily life
and (hiilv conduct of his business.
Hesohed that we ar(^ in favor of l)oth i)ul)-
lic and private morality and good ordei-
and penular (nlucation, and that we
feel the duty resting on us as indixid-
uals and as a ti'ade to work witli tln^ gi-eat
])ody of our people in the advancement of these
interests.
We recognize and admit the evils that re-
sult from the abuse of all kinds of liquors, and
condemn in the stronges't terms every place,
by whatever name known, that encourages or
permits this abuse. We likewise condenni the
indiscrinn'nate issue of licenses and the estrJ>
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.
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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('<l undrr sninc ntliiM' ikuiw, oi* wen'
])il<»tc(l liiniic l>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
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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<i;
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 d(»cided de-
crease in the numbei* of arrests, principally in
in arrests for drunkenness. The license and
police statistics for '80 to '90 (license year end-
80
PROIIiniTION FACTS AND FKJUIIES.
(>(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
<Uh
1
C
x
^-V
0)
Ph
X.
1
ii
,— .
'r-M
^-1
.
^,
-^
rj^
s-'
/-H
,^
i-H
"^
if
'^i'
r-<
>— 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
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i
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a;
o
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Eh
O
I— I
W
jo; s^sa.ijy
•sc^saaay
1*^^
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ri 1
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-+
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r-H
T-:
'M
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X -i- O CC
't JC' lO o
•papua
ai?aA' 901 [o J
•SII00{1?S'
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as 11901'^
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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<i;e lunnbej's in tliose Provinces,
who will doubtk^ss send in their Petitions at
the next session of ParUment.
The united unvaryini^ tcfsthnony of all the
Petiti(»ners is, that the vice of intemperance is
s[)readin«:f- mainly in conseipience of the fac-
ilities afforded for the sale of intoxicatinjL; li<i-
uors. That the traffic in these li(jUors is the
prolific cauwse of three-fourths of the crime and
pauperism in the country. That so lon«^ tis the
tratfic is licensed and protected by law, the evils
resulting; from intemperance cannot })e repres-
sed — all the various attem})ts by strin<ijent Lic-
ense laws havinsi; signally failed and they
therefore pray for absolute prohibition of the
manufacture and sale of intoxicating li(j[uors as
beverages.
Their testimony is fully sustained by the
evidence already collected, and })resented to the
House of Connnons now in Session; by a Com-
mittee of that Honorable House in their sec-
ond report, where they state that, they find
four fifths of the crime in Ontario and Quebec,
are directly or indirectly traceable to the traffic
in and use of these licjuors.
Your Connnittee are fully convinced that
the tratfic in intoxicating licjuors, in addition
to the evils alv/ays mentioned, is detrunental to
all the true interests of the Dominion, merci-
lessly slayhig every" year hundreds of her most
promising citizens ; plunges thousands into mis-
PIOinUTIOX FACTS AND J^KIUHKS.
sn
erv and wuiit ; coiivortinj' her iiitcllii^ciit aiid
iiulusti'ious sons, who should he her glory Jiiid
her streuujth, into feehle iiiel)n{ites, her hui'diMi
U and hei* shame ; wastinif millions of her wealth
^ in the c(uisum})tion of an article whose use not
only im})arts no strength, hut induces disease
and insanity, suicide and murder, thus divert-
inujintoa hurtful channel the capital that
should ])e einployed in develoj)in«^" her resources
estahlishinj^ her manufactures, and expanding'
her commerce ; in short, it is a cancer in the
body politic, which, if not speedily eradicated,
will mar the bright ])ros})ects and blight the
[)atriotic hope of this noble Dominion.
^ You Committee are not unmindful of the
^* serious apparent diminution of revenue which
would temi)orarily result from the su})pression
of the manufacture and sale of these destruct-
ive li(|Uors ; that it would be much less in real-
ity than appearance is perfectly clear, for a
very large amount of the ezpenditure for crim-
inal jurisdiction, and maintainance of gaols,
penitentiaries, and asylums, would be saved
immediately, and should be deducted from the
apparent loss ; but even were it otherwise, your
committee w<juld regard it as directly contrary
to the spirit and fundamental principles of our
trulv British cixle of laws to allow any consid-
eration of loss of revenue to hinder the rem(jval
<^)f this great national evil, or to acce})t 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, mo rover
firmly of opinion that, instead of impoverishing
the revenue, the effect of a i)rohibitory liquor
hiw, faithfully enforced, would be largely aixl
jiermanently to increase it^ savi)ig the fifty mil-
IlL
S4 I'KOmiilTION FACTS A\F) FHiriflCS.
lions (^f dollars now cxptnidcd annually in the-
Dominion for i\wsv, li(jU()rs, and (.•onvcrtini;- that
innncnse sum, now 1(ksI. int(> 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<j; li(iu()rs;
and eoncuri'ing in the opinion of the Legislative
Assembly of Ontai'io, {is exi)ressed in their
petition, " that a prohibitory liijuor law, such
as prayed for by the petitions, would ])e most
beneficial in its results," to the Dominion,
would respectfully recommend that the prayer
of the petitioners be favorably entertained ; and
inasmuch <us at this late i)eriod of the session it
would be impracticable to Ciirry through a well
considered, comprehensive prohibitory law,
that the Senate, at the commencement of the
next session of parliament, do appoint with the
concurrent action ♦)f the House of Commons, a
joint committee of both Houses cm the subject
to consider what steps should then be recom-
mended to parliament in connection therewith.
Ali of which is respectfully submitted.
Alexander Vidal, Chairman.
D. Christie.
Bill A Flint.
J. O. Bureau.
J. Terrier.
L. Lacoste.
M. A. GiRAD.
James II. Benson.
A. R. McClelan.
'i
Jii
PUOIIIJIITIOX FACTS AM) FICUUIvS.
SI
i!l
itijitudd of Canadian Foliiios in ISIS.
liKl'OHT OF TIIK SlCLKfT CnM.MlTTI.F (»F TflK
SkN.NTK IMvSi'KCTIXd A PilOJlIHlTOK V
Lh^uou Law.
Coiuiuittee liooiii, 1 Itli Mi)v, 1S7.').
T1k» Si^lect Coininittci^ to wlioni ^wn' vv-
fcMTt'd tin' Petitions presented to the Senate,
prvivino' for tlie ennetnient of a L.iw to })roliil)it
the ni.umfactiire of Iiitoxiccitini'' Lihjuor.s in the
Dominion, liave the lionor to submit the follow-
ing as their Uejiort.
The number of Petitions refei'ied to vou>'
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<ifre<'ate such a lariie
arid influential representation of the intelligence
and public sentiment of the country, as to en-
title their testimony and their praver to the
fullest and most favoral^le consideration of the
Senate, — while the fact of so many Municpal
Councils and the House of Assembly of Ontario
joining in the same prayer, clearly indicjites tlie
deepfelt and urgent need of the Legislation
petitioned for.
82
F>|{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 th<n-oui,'h-
Iv re!ial)h' sources that a Prohiljitorv I^aw is
<lesii'ed hy larije niimhers iii tii(>se 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<jj liipiors as
beyera_i!;es.
Their testimony is fully sustained by the
eyideiice already collected, ami })resented to the
House of Commons now in Session; by a Com-
mittee of that Honorable Hcaise in their sec-
ond report, where they state that, they find
four fifths of the crime in Ontario and Quebec,
are directly or indirectly traceable to the tratiic
in and use of these lit^uors.
Your Committee are fully convinced that
the traltic in intoxicating licjuors, in addition
to the eyils alvyays mentioned, is detrhnental t()
all the true interests of the Dominion, merci-
lessly slaying eyery year hundreds of her most
promising citizens ; plunges thousands into mis-
il
I'l O.UUITIOX FACTS AM) FKJUKKS.
v^
(>.»
«
^
orv ai)(l want ; coiiv<Mtin,i,' ]\vv intrllinnit uihI
iiKlnstriniis s(»ms, \\1i<» slioiild Im* Ikm' _i;lorv and
Ikt sti'ciiiitli, into tVchlc iMcl)i*i.'it<*s. her l)iir<l(Mi
uiid her siianio ; wastiiiLf niilliniis ot' her wjNiltli
ill the consmiiptioji of an article \vhns(» use not
only imparts no str(Mi<;tli, l)ut induces disease
and insanity, suicide and inurdei', thus divert-
ini^'intoa liurtt'ul channel the ca])ital tliat
should he employed in developinjLi: her resources
<'stal)lishin,Lj her manufnctures, and ex[)andin:L;
lier commerce ; in short, it is a cancer in th<'
))ody })olitic, which, if not HpeiHJily ei'adicated,
will mar the hrinht })ros})ects ;i,nd l)lii;ht tlui
j)atriotic ho})e of thi;s noble Dominion.
You Committee are not unmindful of the
serious a})j)arent diminution of revenue which
would temporarily result from the suppression
of the manufacture and sale of these destruct-
ive litjuors ; that it would he much less in real-
ity than a}>})earance is ])erfectly clear, for a
very lai'jj^e amount of the ezpenditurc^ for crim-
inal jurisdiction, an<l niaintainance of j^aols,
penitentiaries, and asylums, would l>e 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 <jfreat national evil, or to accept any
amount of revenue as an e([ui\ rlent for legaliz-
inuj a tratiic so pernicious in its inevitable re-
sults upon the comniuiiity. They are, niorover
firmly of opinion that, instead of impoverishing
the revenue, the efiect of a prohibitory liijuor
law^, faithfully enforced, w^ould be largely an<l
permanently to increase it, sa\'ing the fifty mil-
ii
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IMAGE EVALUATION
TEST TARGET (MT-3)
1.0
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PiiOIIIl-ITION FACTS AND FKJUREP.
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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<mi2;h-
ly reliable sources that a Prohibitory Law is
desired by large numbers in those Provinces,
who will doubtless send in their Petitions at
the next session of ParUment.
The united unvarying testimony of all the
Petitioners is, that the vice of intemperance is
spreading mainly in conse(pience of the fac-
ilities aiibrded for the sale of ijitoxicating li(|-
uors. That the traffic in these licpiors is the
prolific cause of three-fourths of the crime and
pauperism in the country. That so long as the
traffic is licensed and protected by law, the evils
resulting from intemperance cannot be repres-
sed — all the various attempts l)y stringent Lic-
ense laws having signally failed — and they
therefore pray for al)solute prohibition of the
manufacture and sale of intoxicating li(][uors as
beverages.
Their testimony is fully sustained l^y the
evidence already collected, and presented to the
House of C<mnnons now in Session; by a Com-
mittee of that Honorable House in their sec-
ond report, where they state that, they find
four fifths of the crime in Ontario and Quebec,
are directly or indirectly traceable to the traffic
in and use of these liquors.
Your Connnittee are fully convinced that
the traffic; in intoxicating licjuors, in addition
to the evils always mentioned, is detrhnental to
all the true interests of the Dominion, merci-
lessly slaying every year hundreds of her most
promising citizens ; plunges thousands into mis-
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ery a iH I want ; converting lier intelligent and
industrious sons, who should he her i^lory and
.; her strenL,4h, into feehle ine])riates. her })urden
1) and her shame ; wasting millions of her wealth
in the consumptioii of an article whose use not
only imparts no strength, but induces disease
and i])sanitv, suicide and murder, thus divert-
ingintoa hurtful channel the capital that
shoukl be employed in developing her resources
establishing her manufactures, and expanding
her commerce ; in short, it is a cancer in the
body politic, which, if not spee<lily eradicated,
will mar the bright prospects and blight the
patriotic hope of this noble Dominion.
^ You Committee are not unmindful of the
" serious a})parent diminution of revenue which
would temi)orarily result from the suppression
of the manufacture and sale of these destruct-
ive li({Uors ; that it would be much less in real-
ity than appearance is perfectly clear, for a
very large amount of the ezpenditure for crim-
inal jurisdiction, and maintainance of gaols,
penitentiaries, and asylums, would be saved
immediately, and should be deducted fi'om the
• apparent loss ; but even were it otherwise, your
committee would regard it as directly contrary
^ to the spirit and fundamental princii)les of our
truly British code of laws to allow any consid-
eration of loss of revenue to hinder the removal
of this great national evil, or t(> 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 an<l
permanently to increase it, sa\'ing the fifty mil-
ilk
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PlvOnn.ITIOX FACTS AND FTCIUHES.
lions of dollars now expended annually in the
Dominion foi' these licjuors, and c'on\erting that
innnense sinn, now lost, into a ca})ital yieldinL;'
lai',<i;e returns from its being eni])loyed in trade
and manufactures.
Your connnittee regard it .*us the first and
highest duty of Parliament to legislate for the
peace, happiness, and material prosperity of the
i)eople, and conseipiently for the removal and
prevention of evils sucli as are proved to be
now injuring and threatening the country
through the common use of intoxicating li([uors;
and concurring in the opinion oi the Legislative
Assembly of Ontario, as exj[)ressed in their
petition, '' that a prohibitory licpior law, such
as pi-ayed for by the petitions, would be most
beneficial in its results," to the Dominion,
would respectfully recommend that the prayer
of the petitioners be favorably entertiiiued ; and
inasmuch as at this late period of the session it
would be impracticable to carry through a well
considered, comprehensive prohibitory law,
that the Senate, at the commencement of the
next session of parliament, do {ipj)oint with the
concurrent action of the House of Commons, a
joint committee of both Houses on the subject
to consider what steps should then be recom-
mended to parlitiment in connection therewith.
x\ll of which is respectfully submitted.
Alexander Vidal, Chairman.
D. Christie.
BiLLA Flint.
J. O. Bureau.
J. Terrier.
L. Lacoste.
M. A. (tirad.
James R. Benson.
A. U. McClelan.
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Secoxi) Hepokt of tuk Sklect Committee of
THE House of Commons IIespectino a
Phoiiii]itoky Liquor Law.
N^ Coiinnittee Room, 9th May, 1873.
Your Coiuinitteee, to whom wore referred
the petitions presented in favor of a Prohibit-
ory Li(iu(jr Law l)eg' leave, in presenting' tlieir
Second Report, to call the attention of Your
Honorable house to the following considerations
the result of their most careful deliberations,
and ))ased upon the facts to wddch they have
had access so far :
L — That the traffic in intoxicating licjuors
is an uinnitigated evil- -widespread in its effects
- -reaching with more or less violence every
class of the connminitv destroving and blight-
iwj, with its })aneful influence the existence of
many of the most useful and promising inem-
be'rs of society — producing untold domestic mis-
ery and destitution, and leading to the forma-
tion of habits alike opposed to the moral and
intellectual advancement and prosperity of the
country,
2. — That the petitions (384 in numl)er) pres-
ented to Your honorable Llouse and signed by
39,223 individuals, as well as petitions from 82
municipalities, and the Legislature of the Prov-
ince of Ontario praying for a prohibitory law
fhow that the pe«^ple of this Dominit>n 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.
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3. — Tli;it ill cxainiiiinii' the answers receiv-
ed from the Shei"i(Ts, Prison Inspectors, Cor-
oners an<l PoHce magistrates, one huiuh'ed ;uul
t'ourteeji of whom have vtjhintarilv i^'iven evi-
denc(5, Your Connnittee find that foiir-tifths of
the crime connnitted in the I'l'ovince of Ontario
(ans\v(»i-s have nf>t 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
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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 —
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PUOIlir.ITIOX FACTS AND FlCUinCS.
the laws oi !-'n))|>ly tlic (Icinaiul V)(Mn<jf sucli that
whorevcr th(M'e is a siirphis ot' ca])ital it will liiul
for itself souw field foi* iiivestitiejit.
(4). That it is elearly tlie duty of Goveni-
ineiit, when the soeifd, moral and civil standin*;*
of the subject is iiii})ej'ille(l by tlu' existence of
any trailic or trade, that, apart frtnu all con-
sideratioiis of i^ain or prolit, the interests of the
subject should not be sacrificed even to the
expansion or niaintenace of the revenue.
(5.) That the principle of protection to the
subject against evils which may be and which
are sources of revenue is already conceded in
Acts })assed on former occasions by the 1 legis-
lature of Canada, such as the Dunkin Act,
Sanitary Laws, and other laws of a similar
nature.
8. — In view of these facts. Your Committee
would n\ost respectfully submit to Your Honor-
able House the importance of speedily removing;
the evils complained of by the enactment of a
Prohibitory Liquor Law -that is a law j)rohi])it-
ing the importation, manufacture and sale of .'ill
intoxicating li(|uors, except for medicinal and
mechanical purposes, regulated by proper sjife
guards and checks.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
Messrs Bodwell,
(» Bowell,
Chisholm,
(xibbs, (Ontario,)
Bechard,
Charlton,
Killam.
Messrs Crawford,
Cas
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Dodge.
Forl)es,
Mackenzie,
Burpee,
Wilkes,
Ross,(MidTsex)
PIUMIIBITION FACTS AXD FI(;URP:S.
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Criminal TIksults of Intempkranok.
lllCTURN'S FROM SllKRIFFS, CoUNTV ATTORNEYS,
Maoistratfs and Chief Constables:
r^ Aiiswei's to (|uesti()iis sent out by Select
^ Committee ;is above in IST-i
Question 1. -0: tho^e brouijrlit under your
otiicial notice for the past tliree years, how
many were the victims of intemj)erance ?
Of 528, 379. Sheriff of Lam])ton.
All excepting;* one. John Deemer, J, P.
Of 25i, 157." Sheriff, ih-ey Cc.unty.
Of 98, 29. County Att'y, Welland.
Of 684, IK). County Att'y, Welland.
Of 130, GO. County Att'y, York.
About nine-tenths.
Ten. W. Moore, J. P.
s Seven-tenths. Wm.Wood, J. P.
Only one that was not. H. A. Stricklan J . P.
A lar^e proportion of the convicted. Judge
Counties of Prescott and Russell.
Of 52, :U. Sheriff, Algoma District.
Alxrat half. County Attorney, Peel.
Two-thirds. Jas. HuJiter, J . P.
Fully two-thirds. Sheriff, Middlesex.
Per Coal Books, 125. Sheritl*, Huron .
Twenty-one persons. Sheriff', Renfrew.
Of 233, 71 intemperate. Sheriff, Perth.
Of 150, 70 intemperate. Sheriff, Waterhx).
A great many cases . J . C Watson, J . P .
Eighty-seven, .Sheriff, Victoria .
Of 247, 131 intemperate. Sheriff, Simcoe.
Of 44G, 371 intemperate. Sheriff, Northumber-
land .
Per Gaol Record, 211. Sheriff, Welland.
Of 122, 91. Sheriff, Hal ton.
1 24 out of 1 6 1 . Sheriff Martin .
About one-third. J. N. Ball, County Attorney.
60 or 70 per cent. County Att'y. Haldimand.
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ri{(miurn{)N facts and fkjukks.
Of I'M), H:\ iiitemiMMute. Sheriff, Pei'l .
About tlinH^-t'ourths Tluhs. Uussollj J. P.
Oup-half. Justice of tlu> 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 .
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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 c<mi-
al absence of general crime — J H Sullivan,
Supt Provincial Police, Victoria, B . C.
g^^ Pages 81 to 109 inclusive are taken from
the Reports of the Parliamentary Committees
of 1873 and 1874.
no
PUOIIIBITION FACTkS AND FIGURES
First Royal Commisiox
♦ \
After the above reports had been laid ])e-
fore Parliament the Select Coininittee of the
House of Commons submitted an additional re-
}X)rt declaring it expedient to secure full and
relia])le information rejj^arding the working of
Prohilntory laws in the United States. In ac-
cordance with this recommendation on August
1st, 1874, a Iloyal Connnission was appointed
consisting of F. Davis, Esq. and Rev. J. W.
Manning. Tliese gentlemen travelled through
the Prohibitt)ry States and at the session of
Parliament in 1875 brought in a voluminous
report strongly favoring Prohil)ition. The Tor-
onto Globe also sent two delegates to Maine,
one a strong prohibitionist, the other an anti.
The reports of both were favorable to the law,
the principal deli^^erances of the anti-prohibi-
tionist being as follows :—
" That even where laxly administered the
law has decreased the volume of drinkinjj: and
d(^ne much to make the practice unpopular and
disreputable.
" That by the admission of both parties it
lias driven all respectable men out of the traf-
fic.
" That the facilities for drinking are not
presented in such a form or with sucli surround-
ings as to tempt those who have never acquired
the habit to do so.
Prohibition facts and FKiURES.
Ill
JJ
w^.
" Tliat m the rural portions of the State
the Maine law has suppressed open drinkini,^ to
a minimuni, and may therefore be considered
as etrective as any other measure on the statute
books.
" Tliat the ^jeneral i>rosperity, «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 a<i:ainst
Prohibition ; Foster voted for Prohibition once
but lias since apologized to his fellow ministers
and the House, by declaring the vote to have
been against his convictions and cast "in a
moment of weakness"; Mr. Patterson voted for
the JJoultbee Amendment to tlie Scott Act and
figainst the Jamieson Prohibition resolutions.
Tupper on one occasion voted for Prohibition,
but has since steadily followed Foster's lead,
and like him is on record as believing the
country not ready for Prohibition, Thus the
thirteen members of the cabinet are on the
Black List, and we will give a leather medal to
PHOmmTlON FACTS AND FUJLHKS.
121
J
uiiy Cimservativc tliiit will iiaiiic nwv out of tin;
whole lot, that van \)v trusted to (h'ai't an
eireetive Pi-ohihitoi'v law. The time has come
when temperance people should (^xereise a little
coimnon sense. '^Fhe Prohibition we will net
t'r'oui tli(^ present cabinet, is the kind that don't
j)rohil>it 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 1S<S8. The
Liberals again failed to juit iij) a Candidate.
The mantle (►f Sir Charles fell upon A. 11.
Dickie who was op}v»sed by C. II. Casey, the
nominee of tlie Prohil)ition Party. l>y 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()\viii<j; are tlie committals foi-
(IruiikeiuH'ss, in eiijjhteeii counties in Ontario,
entirely under license in 18S4, and entirely un-
der Pi'uhil)iti(>n 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 <i;ran(l l()di»'e the Scott Act
has been swept out of Ontario in all the coun-
ties except one, the enforcement of the license
law hindered and thwarted in every way, and
in the city of Halifax o{)enly and defiantly set
aside, that the Jameison resolution received at
the last meeting of parliament a greatly
diminished support, and the house of commons
appeared to take very little interest in the (jues-
tion, that the Scott Act has been rendered
inoperative all over Canada because the govern-
ment has steadily refused to make the act what
its promoters intended it to be ; your committee
are of the opinion that the great want of the
hour in Canada is a prohibition party, commit-
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PHOIIIIUTIOX FACTS WD FIOURES.
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fed scjuarcly to t\w ennvtuwut and (Mif()r'<'enHMit
of a ))i'<)ljil)itoi'y hiw, tlic t'nimuittec! avv of tlic
opinion that tlicrc is only one reason wliy the
existinL( })ai'tieH do not deehire f<n" |)!'ohil)ition,
viz, tlieir detei'inination to seeinv political su})-
j)ort fi'oni l)oth teniperanee men and suppor'ters
of th(^ li([Uor traffic. This eomniittee is of the
further (»pinion that no ])arty will tMiaetand en-
force laws for tin? suppression of the li(|Uor
traffic so \nn<f as they are depending on the
votes of those su])i)ortin,i,' the li([Uor ti-aflic. Tf
one of the existing" })arties would declai'e in
support of prohibit: m it would vastly simplify
matters and yive us the machinery of a political
})arty, with innnediate prospect of success ; hut
until one or both of the j)resent parties declare
for prohibition we believe it to l)e the Ijounden
duty of all ijv )d Templars to support a i)rohibi-
tioii pjirty, lijiving pi'ohil)ition in its party plat-
form.
C. A. Black,
Geo. Murray, Jr.,
J. T. BULMEH,
I.J. HiNCJLEY.
Pledge Canadian Prohibition League.
T promise T will not make, buy, sell, use,
or give to others as a beverage, any spirituous,
fermented or distilled licjuors, nor frequent
places where such liquors are kept for sale, but
will discountenance their manufacture, use and
sale in all proper and lawful ways. I further-
more pledge myself, as opportunity t)lfers, to
give my vote and political influence in support
of only such party as shall declare for the prohi-
bition of the liquor traffic.
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riJOlllhlTION h\\(TH AM) FKJl'IfKS.
1*ij:i)(;k Advanckd I^koiiiimtiomsts.
"T solnniily jn'oniiso tlwit T will not <;ivo
mv x'otc ni' iiitliKMK'c to aiiv ('aiulidalc t'oi* uav-
lijiiM(Mii;iiv liniiors wlinsc pjii'tv is luit dcrmitt'ly
• I ft/ ft'
})l(Ml'j,t'(l t<» the ('(Hiipictc sn|>|)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(>v<M'innent does not ])rinL( down
a pi'ohil)itoiT m<»asui'e and to sui)[)oit such a
motion wluMi introduced hy another.
What (ii{HAT ^Ikn Say :
Sii- Leonard Tilley, in 188:i, said "No
Finance Minister would remain lonij;' in office,
who would in this day pr(»pose a scheme for
raisin*;- a re\'enue of ti\e millions of dollars, that
would cost twenty millions to collect it. Yet it
costs the people of Canada more than twenty
millions to collect the li([uor revenue for the
_ij;ove»-nment. It is not a (juestioii which
embarrasses us. AVe might have struck oil' all
we obtained in the last l) years in the Dominion
of Canada of licjuor revenue and still have had a
surplus. Talk about revenue in this connecticm.
The increased consumption of dutiable goods
following the discontinuance of intoxicfiting
drink would very soon pay the government
nearly all the revenue it lost from that source."
Sir a. T. Galt, in 1883, at Siierbpooke,
Quebec.
"Now, but to return to the question of the
cost to the country of the consumption of ardent
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P|{(>FIiniTl(>\ 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."
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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."
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PHOIIIIJITION FACTS AND FKJUUKS.
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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-
13<S PlJOIIIHITION FACTS AND FI(JU]?ES.
ti.'iii men continue to support the present polit-
ical parties as at present ; that th(M)nly hope of
securini;' such a law is in the f(U'niation of some
organization which will Crystalize the tein})er-
ance vote of the country into a political issue."
The ]>ai)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-
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PKOIIiniTIOX FACTS AXD FIOUHES.
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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 a<jjainst the salooon."
A PltO.MlNEXT BUSINKSS Max's PehSONAL RE-
COLLECTIONS.
Twenty-five years ago I knew every man,
woman and child in Peekskill, and itluis hccna
study with me to mark boys who started in
every «a*ade of life with myself, to see wlj.it has
become of them. I was up last fal'l and began
to count them over, and it was an instructive
exhibit. Simie of them became clerks, mer-
chants, manufacturers, lawyers, doctors. It is
remarkable that every one of those that drank
is dead; not one living of my age. P>ai'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.
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INDEX:
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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
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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
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PROIIIIJITIOX FACTS AND FIGURES.
143
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J. -J?
16
19
ID
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.9
9
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54
140
II
47
IV
31
S2
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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
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17
19
26
:n
10
42
96
15
19
41
29
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8
9
o2
59
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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.
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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 - - ■
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39
40
9
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