THE GOVERNOR OF IOWA ON PROHIBITION.
GOVERNOR LARABEE, of Iowa, recently paid a visit to the Nebraska Legislature and was invited to address the House. This he did, and among other things spoke thus on the subject of prohibition:— I will say in regard to the passage of a prohibitory amendment, that if you once place it upon your statute books you will never want it erased. In Iowa we are decidedly in favor of sustaining this most salutary law. Prohibition for us has been a marked success. Half of our jails are empty, and our criminal business in many of the counties has decreased one-half since the enforcement of this law. The number of convicts in our penitentiaries has decreased rapidly. Poor people are better fed, better clothed, and better provided for than ever before. I assure you that all the reported damage to business as a result of the enforcement of this law is all a mistake. Des Moines has been pointed to as being very much depressed by the enforcement of the prohibition law. I will say that there is but one city in the State which is more prosperous than the city of Des Moines, that one is Sioux City. The natural location of Sioux City of course makes it the most prosperous in our State at present. But we have learned that grass and cattle do just as well now as before we had the prohibition law. People spend their money for those things which do them the most good. I have nothing but good words for the prohibitory law.