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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 34, 10 February 1922, Page 2

SID YOU EVER t Did you ever hoar of a £aol beinj closed "'because more pubs had been opened ? Spencer Miller. late sub-warden of the famous «ins Sim/ Prison, U.S.A.. said: —"Prohibition has already emptied 200 of our gaols and is keeping 19 out of 20 from coming in." On July 4 last. Professor of vSoniolojry J. L. Gillm, addressing the 'National Conference of .Social Work, said:—"The number of empty gaols throughout the United States is incTcasinjr and this condition is undoubtedly due to prohibition." Here are some examples—Holruesburg 1000 empty cells, Chicago Bridewell 600 empty cells. Cincinatti 830 empty cells, Pittsburg 740 empty cells, an-j so on. Did you ever know of less crime because more pubs had been opened! In 1917 undeT license there were 129,000 commitments to the State Penitentiaries in New York. In 10-20, in spite of all tow have been hearing about crime waves, there wore under prohibition, only 50,000—these are official figures. In Chicago in 191S under license the County gaol and Bridewell received 19,666 offender*, and in 1920 under prohibition only 13.751. Boston under prohibition siio-wed dwreafes in. 1920 as compared with 1910, as followg: Assaults with intent to milder 40 per cent less, robbery 50 per cent lefs, failing to support Ss'per rent le>», breaking and entering 3:5 per cent 10.-s, manslaughter 2(1 peT cent los*. The same L-an "be sahl of very many other places n the U.S.A. Did you ever know of an Inebriates rfonie or Hospital closed tweauso more übs had been opened? In -New York State there are now no tate Inebriate Hospitals. The. 65 \cal Institutes \vhi:-h treated more than 25.000 drinkin'.' mra and women have ill closed for la.-k of patTonape. Keely Treatment ho'.nes have dosed. The ."amour, Washington Home, Chicago, ounded in ISfiS, where more than 00,0G0 inebriatps have I'opti nurpf'l oa:.-k to r.nrma!. <-]n=ed in >farch. 10-20, md has no* liern s"M. In tin' I'.S.A. they tin.! |.rohil.ition ft -ood cx.'hame for li.-n-.-. Inhibition n X.Z. i.< worth a trial.—N.X. Alliance ,'ublicitv (S4J.— (AJ.)

Dc-pitc 0)c IA.-: that liif r^ v sutchors liavo male three reductions in he price of meat fiwv the BoarJ °j 'radu fived , maximum in April an<t ■lay last, reports have b.-cn ri-i-eivcd hat some buti-hcr* in the i'otintr\ ha" <ot reduce.! tiioir urUes in .-ympathr rith the markrt. Four complaints have ih-fady tare'- of -n-hicn •orr.p 'from thr Waikato, mid on? from -he Snrth. Tf« case.? will he inquire* r.to hv the Board tv Trade.