Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 30, 1916, Page 11

THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1916. 11 A AR R \\\W\\\\S&\\ \\ Would You Throttle the Progress of Nebraska? That’s exactly what you will do if you vote to abolish the existing local-option law and establlsh in its stead state-wide prohibition. Nebraska is a license state. It is well governed. It is wealthy. It has prospered in every line of endeavor. No prohibition state has prospered as Nebraska has prospered. In the 20-yr. census period the value of Nebraska farm property mcreased 306.4 per cent, as against an increase of only 188.6 per ‘cent in Kansas, a prohlbltlon state. The average value per acre of ) farm lands with lmprovements is $76 per acre in Nebraska, and J41a only $58 per acre in Kansas, according to figures furnished by the ‘ United States Department of Agriculture. In the year 1915 the assets of Bulldmg and Loan Associations in Nebraska were over 37 million dollars, as against a little over 18 million dollars in prohibition Kansas. In these figures is found a splendid tribute to the frugal habits of our citizens. The official report of the United States Commissioner of lntemal Revenue shows the capital stock of all the mercantile concerns in Nebraska for the fieafir 1915 to be over 100 million dollars, and for Kansas only a 'little over 36 million ollars. The report of our State Bankmg Board for 1915 shows the total deposits in our banks to exceed those of Kansas by over 16 million dollars. The report of R. G. Dun & Co. on business failures, covering a riod of the last four years, shows 561 failuresin Nebraska with $5,508,960 E:.blhtles, as against 848 failures in Kansas with $10,080,652 llabllltles NEBRASKA LEADS In all the things that make for prosperity KANSAS---(A Prohibition State)--LEADS in the matter of business failures; in the number of convicted felons; in juvenile delinquents; in divorce; in insanity; 7.0 in pauperism; Kansas leads in these things because it adopted the “alley-joint” when it adopted state-wide prohibition. . Let’s Profit by the Experience of Kansas ¥ , | THE NEBRASKA PROSPERITY LEAGUE D How to Vote Against Prohibition These squares appear at the TOP of the general election ballot. An X marked in the square opposite number.301 is a vote AGAINST PROH]BITION Yes 300 D Shall the above and foregoing amendment No |to the Constitution be jldopte’cl? 301