Show THE THE OTHER SIDE HEARD Some days ago there was printed in ln some somo eastern easter newspapers newspaper a n about conditions in Kansas City Kan before the prohibition laws were en enforced enforced enforced forced and ad after The reading public was told that the driving out of the saloons and dives had resulted in pa paralyzing paralyzing paralyzing the business of ot Kansas City The report was that hundreds of or store storerooms storerooms storerooms rooms were vacant that the mer merchants merchants merchants chants had little or r no business and nd that the population was decreasing Now comes the othor othir side of ot o the story stOr C L Brokaw cashier of one of or the biggest financial institutions in Ian Kan Kansas sas City tells it I Discussing the months of law enforce enforcement enforcement enforcement ment he says sas sasI It I has been a months during which bank deposits have al almost almost almost most doubled one months of the largest activity in building ever known In the history of this city months in which it I has been almost impossible to find a va vacant vacant Vacant cant store stor room on the business streets in which to locate a n business one months of the larges growth In population that the city cl has over ever been able ablo to record for the same length of time months of ot the least crime months of or the largest progress made in the building of school buildings and the increase of school facilities months of ot ad additions additions to our milling and factory factor fa In facilities duties cites months of the th greatest satisfaction among our re retail tall tail tai business men Above all al months of tl th purest city government we e have haJ had and months of ot the best bost moral atmosphere this city has ha ever enjoyed a months during which hundreds of men who were formerly committed to resubmission sion slon and who were violent have boon been beo wholly converted to the strict enforcement of ot the pro prohibitory pr prohibitory law and who will wi use all al of their influence and a reasonable amount of or their time and money to keep the city ci clean cean and free fr e from the influence of brewers brewer and distillers as asIt asIt asit It is free now i It I has been estimated by b those I who are competent to judge that the enforcement of or the law as s it has been enforced here for the last months is a net savIng t a year to the citizens of ot this city cl It I Is not hard to believe beleve that Mr Brokaw tells the truth No Xo city has ever eer been materially injured through the tle enforcement of ot the law The old theory thery that a n town must be wide open in order to be prosperous was long since exploded explode The business men and merchants know now that this is isa Isa Isa a fact tact In cities cites that impose no re rc restrictions whatever what ver on saloons and that permit public gambling houses to tobe tobe tobe be operated the saloon men and the gamblers are prosperous but they are are after ater all al only a small smal part of ot the com corn community They The prosper at the he expense e of or fhi th merchant and at the expense of or the home tome Dwellers In cities cites where the laws are arc enforced have hae more more money to la spend for groceries and clothing clot and house rent more money to put into the savings banks bank more to spend spendin in building and improving little homes It I can be said with truth that no man tot ot directly interested in the business was ever benefited by b a sa an saloon loon and amId certainly nobody ever eer profit profited ed by the operation oper of or a gambling house except the tile proprietors proprietor and nd em of ot the place place The Herald is glad slad to present the law and order side of ot the Kansas City Kan I n case case It I should be an Inspiration inspiration tion for the thc enforcement of or law in ton other cities clUes |