Show Liquor Repeal In 1949 Kansas was a dry In 1950 it became a wet Some may think it a little early to tell what the results will but there are some very significant figures already available from independent Kansas' Senator Arthur Capper has revealed a comparison for the first three months of the years 1949 and In three cities drunk driving was up 75 per drunkenness up 22 per burglaries up 29 per auto theft up 25 per persons injured in accidents up 22 per cent and driving violations up per This increase showing in only three months In another investigation taking two cities from June 1949 to April drunk driving was up 40 per drunkenness up 13 per burglaries up 76 per arrests for possession of liquor illegally up 26 per traffic violations up 13 disorderly conduct up nine per and assault charges up seven per You will notice they are all And as for arrests made on or disorderly conduct the investigators said drinking was much in For those who feel the records of the distant past are not of value to modern here is a chance to keep an eye on an experiment in our own Here is a state that for years has been Keep an eye on the progressively changing situation as Kansas steps into the ranks of wet See and know for Is the only problem involved in drinking that of whether a man has a right to drink if he wants or is there the problem of living with each other in social Arthur |