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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Aug 6, 1908

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 85, No. 32.

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Prohibition and Good Times

KANSAS CITY, KAN., with a population of ninety thousand, ranks seventh in the list of manufacturing cities of the country. June 9, 1906, there were two hundred ten saloons there, and thirty days later every one had been closed.
After seven months the juvenile court of Kansas City reported an almost total suspension of demand for aid for dependent children. Children who formerly had to help a drinking father make a living for the family are now attending the public schools, and it has been found necessary to employ eighteen additional teachers.
The secretary of the associated charities of Kansas City has reported that although the population of the city is rapidly increasing, the number of cases of destitution is decreasing materially.
The lumbermen report that so many new buildings are being erected that it is almost impossible to supply the demand.
The timekeeper of one of the large packing-houses reports that the establishment can afford an increase of wages because of the efficiency of the men.—Kansas City Star.