Pullman herald. [volume], September 11, 1914, Image 6

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HOW PROHIBITION
BOOSTED KANSAS
Governor Hodges Tells Graphic
f Story of Progress Under the
Dry Regime
So popular has been the Prohibition
policy, after thirty years' trial, that
the Republican, Democratic and Pro
gressive parties in that state have Just
endorsed and reaffirmed the dry
policy. To oppose prohibition In Kan
sas means oblivion for any politician.
—Editor.
(By Governor George H. Hodges.)
What has thirty years of prohibi
tion done for us in Kansas? In book
making something. The geography
of years ago pictured Kansas as the
Great American desert. Hardly a
desert now, with thirty-four million
acres In cultivation, Very little Indi
gence In Kansas, with an average of
#132 on deposit in our banks for every
person in the state.
We have $3,000,000,000 worth of
property on the tax roll, assessed on
not to exceed 70 per cent of the actual
cash value of our resources.
Our agriculturists use the best for
their own tables, and a plentiful sup
ply at that, but after using all the but
ter, eggs and poultry they needed,
they only sold $22,000,000 worth of
butter, eggs and poultry last year.
Just a little revenue of $7,000,000 more
than this government paid for about
a third of the total acreage of these
United States, tbe Louisiana pur
chase.
Automobiles Galore.
We only own one automobile fo?
•very forty-five persons in Kansas.
A great many of our farmers are
complaining because they can't pay
off their mortgage until it becomes
due, though they have decreased their
recorded indebtedness from 55 per
cent to 45 per cent in the past ten
years. At the same time they have
JjpQßted^ the home-owned securities
from $13,006,000 to $67,006,000,
The farmers have, not had very
much corn to husk this fall, so they
"are spending part of their spare time
building and filling not less than 6000
one-hundred-ton silos, and, occasion
ally glancing over their back fences
at eight million acres of the finest
winter wheat that ever transformed
a state into carpet of Axminster green.
Small Death Rate.
The death rate in Kansas Is only
ten to every 1000 inhabitants, and we
feel assured the abstinence from li
quor gives that low rate of mortality.
Every year our state creates a new
wealth; last year a wealth of $2,000,
--090 a day was the record. Only $1.25
was spent on an average by each per
son for intoxicating liquors during the
year, while one of our sister states
spends $28 for the same purpose.
We have an enactment that re
quires the deliveries of liquor into
Kansas to record the shipment and
amount with our county clerk, and
the statement I make as to the per
capita consumption is authentic and
based upon the compilations of these
reports. This difference of $26.75
went into new homes, schools and
churches.
Education Makes Progress.
■We spent $13,500,000 last year on
415,000. scholars; that kept 15,000
teachers busy for about nine months.
The salaries of the men teachers in
our public schools have Increased
from $44 to $80.50 a month in the past
ten years, while the salary of the wo
man teachers has doubled. All of the
weak school districts have state aid,
and we have no schools which have
less than a seven months' term. That
little sum of $26.75 referred to a while
ago that we save on liquor consump
tion we spent on education, so that
our illiterates are less than any state
In the Union.
Six thousand students attended our
State University and Agricultural
College last year.. This is a remark
able showing when compared with
Missouri, which has 3,500,000 popula
tion and only 3317 students in her
university and agricultural college.
We have only 724 inmates in our
state penitentiary, while Colorado,
with half our population, has 800. We
have only 214.b0ys in our state re
formatory, and a vast majority of the
Inmates of both penal institutions
were transient in our state when they
committed their crime. In fact, in
our state reformatory we have only
eighty-four Kansas boys.
They Rent Their Poor Farms.
Eighteen counties have no poor
farms, and one of our best counties.
Barton, has no use for its poor farm.
but turns it into an asset by renting
it Twenty-nine counties have no in
mates in their poor farms.
We had only 625 paupers in the
state last year, and they were taken
care of In the poorhouses of 76 coun
ties. Our state has a total bonded In
debtedness of $370,000, held by the
".permanent school fund. ' We have
$189,000 of that indebtedness in cold
cash already accumulated, and wi<)
haY* the balance ready to mew the
t obligations long bafoi* the obligations
•re due
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FALL SHOWING SATURDAY
__ SEPTEMBER TWELFTH
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FALL SHOWING Ffl \ FALL SHOWING
MEN'S CLOTHING | J tl LADIES' SHOES
flshk Vc-\ We show the newest styles before they be-
The styles in suits and overcoats will more than please the men folk. The %SKaW \®- \ come commonplace,
models are conservative and the patterns ii: dark rich colors. "Balmacaans" Ya2sa«*W \«- \ T' "' s,Mar' sl shoes for the coming season are
will be the popular winter coat. For those who wish to have their clothes lWr^J^sX*'"\ > made up '" P a,,'nts- suedes, velvets and gun
tailored to order, you can find nothing better than the Ed V. Price Co. tailors. *#^^^^^&s,\ metals. ;
Step in and look over the fall samples. §§£&ti§L v See „ll(' se new shoes—fine fitting shoes that
, Nlllllsli™^*. V'm W'" en-v ever .V minute. Priced at from
$3.00 '" $s.oo—designed to fit and wear to
FALL SHOWING * _^_ y""r ""tirc s" M"",i °"'
DRESS GOODS _ I fall showing
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Never have we made such a complete showing of fine dress goods, suitings I ; ' |
and coatings. The silks and dress-trimming stocks are most complete. It is „r .„ .
a wise shopper who makes her selections now. The stock of imported patterns Mothers will be delighted with the showing of girls' and boys' winter coats.
in dress goods, silks and trimmings we will be unable to duplicate '. , coata for httle £!rls are very stylish. The boys' overcoats have just the
\ ~ ►'./. right amount of real manishness about them to appeal to the Young
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DRESS MAKING — VAII ~^— 1
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sou s sewing, to see i\iiss unci man at once and make dates, before the season s rainproof
time is all booked. ' Workingmen are taking to the Stag Shirt—a most sensible garment to'
Workingmen are taking to the Stag Shirt—a most sensible garment to
— work in. These are made up in handsome patterns, and rainproof. Our spe
_ „ _ eial number sells for $3.50.
FALL SHOWING —. _____^__ :
WINTER BEDDING fall showing
— KNIT GOODS
Our stock of Blankets, Comforts, Pillows. Sheeting and Pillow Tubing is — —— —■ . -
very heavy. The blankets were purchased at a very advantageous price and Knit goods form an indispensable part of our wardrobe, and we have pre
we pass ,t on ... good value to you. \he quality of th° Maish 'i comforter is pared to supply your wants in this line. We have sweaters, sweater cats,
known to all housekeepers, and those who own them prize ,hem highly, toques, infant suits, etc., etc., in a wide range of colors, qualities and prices.
Just a Word to Our Patrons About Fall Buying
jj The prices on dry goods throughout the country are practically the same as last year and some articles are even lower. None of our present stock of V
( l dry goods has been purchased at an advanced price and so long as the present stocks last we can assure you that our merchandise will be sold to you at V.
< the same reasonable prices we have always asked. We do not look for many advances even later, but we do think it wise to do your shopping early because >
,; you find it easier to make your selections for the stocks are now complete. \ , , \
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