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Population to Liquor Dealers

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Sep 1, 1914

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 41, No. 34.

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Population to Liquor Dealers

(Some of the samples, highest and lowest) From United States Census, 1910
State Population in State No. Liquor Dealers in State Population to Liquor Dealer
Nevada 81,875 1,621 50
California 2,377,549 19,249 123
Montana 376,053 3,035 123
Alaska 64,356 446 144
New York 9,113,614 37,047 246
Georgia 2,609,121 1,920 1,322
Massachusetts 3,366,416 5,662 594
Oklahoma 1,657,155 1,842 899
Mississippi 1,797,114 891 2,016
Virginia 2,061,612 1,828 1,127
We have not noted others equally favorable. Nevada is the worst — one liquor dealer to 50 of the population! California and Montana, one liquor dealer to 123 of the population. Compare Georgia with California. Is it not time that men swept away this parasitic business that is sucking their very life-blood?