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Show H HAD ENOUGH OF PROHIBITION CITY AFTER CITY GOING BACK fl TO LICENSE. M Repudiates Rottenness. H The Aiiti-Saloonlsts do not hcsltnto to misrepresent and contlnuo H now to use statements of how prohibition Is entirely satisfactory to towns H nnd cities that have thrown off tho vice-producing yoke. 1 Loolc at this arrav of cities that gave prohibition a fair trial and in H the recent elections threw off the Immoral and expensive burden: H Population. Population. H Worcester, Mass 132,000 Dlvon, III. 10.000 H Fall River. Mass 1U4.SG3 Belvlderc, 111 8,000 H Haverhill. Mass 3S.175 Batavia, III 5,000 H New Bedford. Mass 70,130 Deknlb, 111 8,000 H Fitchbnrg, Mass 33.G17 Pontlac, 111 5.C00 H Marlboro, Mass 15,000 ClUuon. Ill G.000 H Docatur 111 30,000 Pontiac, Mich 10,000 H Rockford, Ili. "..'.' '..". 50,000 Cadillac, Mich 12,000 H If prohibition was a good thing, why did the people of those, cities rc- Hl pudiate it? H Let us loolc over some other figures which exposo the reason for tho 1 refusal of ood citizens to longer endorse tho policy of tho Anti-Saloonlsts. 1 ARRESTS FOR DRUNKENNESS. H Total ar- Propor- H ...,...-. - - - -- rests for tlon of H drunk or arrests H drunk and to nopu- City " Population. disorderly, lation. H Milwaukee, Wis (Wot) 390.000 2.79G 1 to 140 H Denver Colo (Wet) 220.000 2.2G1 1 to 100 H Topeka. Kan (Dry) 53,000 1,143 1 to 4G M Nashville, Tenn (Dry) 150,000 2.93S 1 to 51 H Wichita, Kan (Dry) .....'.. 5G.O0O 1,150 1 to 4S M Watervllle. Me (Dry) 12.000 25S 1 to 47 M Montgomery, Ala. (Dry) no.OOO 1,922 1 to 31 H Knoxville, Tenn (Dry) 70,000 2,290 1 to 30 H Birmingham, Ala (Dry) 75,000 2,G74 1 to 28 H Mobile, A'la (Dry) 50,000 2,049 1 to 24 M Lewiston, Me v (Dry) 25.G15 1,139 1 to 22 M Bangor, Me (Dry) .23,500 1.S12 1 to 14 H 'Portland, Me (Dry) G0.000 3,002 1 to 20 H Savannah, Ga (Dry) 50.000 1,949 1 to 41 H Atlanta, Ga (Dry) 135.000 13.S1G 1 to 10 H Columbus, Ga. .... (Dry) 17,000 1,233 1 to 14 1 Fargo N. D (Dry) 1,G00 371 1 to 5 H Fall River, Mass (Dry) 105,942 2,374 1 to 47 H Cambridge, Mass (Dry) 101.S72 2,530 1 to 44 M Haverhill, Mass (Dry) 37.9G1 1,184 1 to 32 H Worcester, Mass (Dry) 135.906 2,485 1 to 55 M Salem, Mass -r . (Dry) 38,903 2,239 1 to 12 H 'Arrests in Birmingham for January and February, 1910, 703 or a ratio H of 4,200 a year. Tho bootlegger and the blind tiger keeper want prohibition. Evory H criminally Inclined person votes for prohibition, because he knows it means H an era nf lawlessness. H Voting for prohibition drives out the respectable saloon and multl- H plies tho dives. |