| Show SALOONS AND CRIME CRIMEA A San o has haR Ire pored n II table founded upon pr or of II records record In the stations which vrr plainly the rela relation ot of the to the tho carnival lit or crIme has breit rell rampant In the Iho city lately After Atter the diMMer II t April the Pa ea loons sero closed Dusing DUling the mouths ot of itay In Juno Junc when thorn hN were ro no dram irani shops hops opell Ope thorn ant only 28 arrests t for tor ot at tite pOlIce peace etc During the ot of August nM and r with open opell sot M loon there wore Vore Xo No Noless I less lit Or these Were ero for I rite h mouth month ot of Juno June hows an Increase at crime over Ocr the month of at May Crom 07 to this is IK for tor I IIno by bythe the Ino fact that Oakland her so M hat month and that many on the tho San side AlIle ot of th bOy were selling liquor without a H fly Augusta Augus when the saloons had hen op operating over n ft month arrests ere Increased over the Iho month ot of JIll May 10 ier cent drunkenness per cent anti p g r cent while the total ot or and ISO p per r cent The Tho further stats e that before the tho fir firn were 1011 running arrests for drunkenness 1 per Ier month out ot 2500 2000 In May no H 44 arrests were Ter tar 01 drunkenness out or of 2 7 In September with U saloons open I R than halt half the tho number prior to the fire the p per percentage r ol of arrests and drunkenness was reduced reduce 40 Q per cent Jul July Au and September showed nl an aver Iler average age ot of arrests per month a little littleover littleover over half the number made b before tore the theire tire ire Suicides tor to May et t for tor June 4 total ot of S 9 without the saloons In JulY suicIdes Hi 10 August t total 10 for tor saloons open Increasing the sill l rate per cent wIth the tho open saloon Statistics may not always be Absolutely but th they prove Iroe In a 11 generAl way the truth of at the tho principles they Illustrate There Thore Is no doubt that drunkenness II I promoted by the tho saloonS particularly It If they IS ie ISIs Is tM th case CUo nearly always alway are rim rull In ot of the statutes and ans ordinances far their regulation nut Dut drunkenness promotes ail kInds of crime nIS thus thull the revenue derived from the licenses and much more In addition thereto Is lot lost lit In the ot of lawlessness and besides beside the moro morel doma o done b by the of crime that permeates th the saloon I Is In incalculable calculable It Is pleating t to notice that San l clergymen Are tuo try trying Ins to stem steni the tho title tIlo ot of crime at its sources In Inthis Inthis this city clergymen have hlo actually joined hands with the crowd that de depends on crime and criminals criminal anil the saloon for its HI flet merely to 10 tight fight a church It is III poor floor policy |
