The Brattleboro Reformer

Two Governors on Prohibition.
(Contributed.)

Governor Kitchin of North Carolina says: "Prohibition has been in force throughout the state for two years. This is a short period in which to measure the effects of a reform movement and yet already the results fully justify its adoption as there is a marked diminution in crime, business has experienced increased prosperity, and morality, industry and frugality have increased while politics and government have been to a great extent relieved of one of their most corrupting influences."

John Burke, governor of North Dakota, says: "The big farmer will tell you that when saloons were licensed his employes, perhaps right in the busy season, went to town and got drunk and the farmer suffered loss waiting for them to sober up; and that the banishment of the saloon has taken away the opportunity to easily get a drink, hence the farmer has become a prohibitionist. The merchant finds with the banishment of the saloon the people have more money to spend in the legitimate channels of trade and that, in consequence, the collection of bills is easier, the people are better housed, better clothed, better fed and better schooled, and so the business man becomes a prohibitionist."