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Show WHAT PROHIBITION DOES. Shows Prohibition Financial Asset to Kansas. According to the year book of the Auti Saloon league, just published, prohibition in KanBas presents a much more favorable financial 6tandiDg than does liceoee in Missouri. Missouri Miss-ouri has more natural advantages than Kansas, such as mineral deposits depos-its , forests and richer soil, more rainfall rain-fall and a nearer market. It is a much older state than Kansas, Its population popula-tion is nearly double that of Kansas, Missouri having 3.300,000 population aud Kansas having 1 ,690,003 population. popula-tion. Missouri has three citieg larger than any in Kansas. In Kansas there is hardly a town of 1,500 population but has its electric lights, water and sewer system, while ju Misspuri numbers of towns of four and live thousand population have no paved btreets, electric lights or water system. In Missouri the assessed valuation is $1,650,000,000. In Kan-was Kan-was the assessed valuation is $2,750-000,000 $2,750-000,000 la Missouri the assessed valuation is $300 per capita. In Kan sas the assessed valuation is $1,750 per capita. In the panic of 1907, when the eastern DanKs appeaiea to those in the west for money to ese up the situation, Missouri with all its large banks iu its, large cities, refused re-fused to seud one penny to the east, whilt Kauaaa baukers got together $50,000,000 and pent it to help the eastern banks in their emergency. In Missouri there is 120 per capita deposited in the banks. In Kansas there is $100 per capita deposited in the bauks. Iu Missouri one farmer in 100 owns an auto. In Kansas one farmer in five own an auto.. Iu Missouri common labor gets $8 per week and in Kansas common laber gets $14 per week. Why these differences? The year book offers this explanation : "Iu Missouri there are over 4,000 saloons into which the people of the state pay 530,000,000 a year. In Kansas there are no saloons Missou-riauB Missou-riauB spend on the average $24 a year for liquor. Kansas spends only $1.48 per year for liquor. Therefore Mis souri has been wastiug her resourcea iu the saloon while Kansas has been depositing her money in banks. " Juab Co. Times. |