WHAT EXPERTS SAY ABOUT PROHIBITION.

White Ribbon, Volume 26, Issue 303, 18 September 1920, Page 2

WHAT EXPERTS SAY ABOUT PROHIBITION.

The Deputy-Coroner of Chicago culls attention to the fact that before Prohibition from 75 to 80 unclaimed bodies went from the Chicago morgue for burini every two weeks. Now he does not get a load in t weeks. Hv used to receive from the House of Correction from one to five bodies of alcoholics daily, now he receives about 20 in six months. President of Birmingham (Alabama) City Commission, states: “That jus a i esult of Prohibition the police force of the city has l>een reduced by one think and the larger phases of crime and murder are practically reduced to a minimum. The city built a new jail, costing £20,000, but it is not needed.” Mayor of Detroit: “Admissions to the poor house have decreased from 2211 to 800. Deaths from alcoholism from H2 to 17 Savings deposits increased over 25 million dollars." Mayor of Indianapolis: “Our county workhouse has l>ecn abolished, crime reduced and social conditions improved.” in the Washington Court there were no esses for the first time in 25 years. The judge remarked: "Hither you people are getting very good, or the police are failing in their duty." There were 1100 empty cells in the Philndelphiji workhouse, and the alcoholic ward has closed down for lack of patients. Jails in five counties of Massachusetts have been ordered closed, through lack of prisoners. The Jackson Countyjail ordered closed by Judge Ijf.tshaW, who said that Prohibition hjid “dried up crime.” Department of lhiblic Charities in New York has been changed to Department of Public Welfare. No charities needed under Prohiibtion. To sum up in the words of Sir James Hope Simp son, General Manager of the Bank of Liverpool: “In my judgment, Prohibition has made America the most formidable competitor wo have in the world.”