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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1911
Page
2
Local option debates emerge as communities weigh prohibition measures. Officials discuss potential population impact and regulatory approaches amid rising temperance sentiment. Community leaders urge careful study of economic and social effects.
A statistical comparison of Michigan census figures from 1904 to 1916 shows wet counties gaining 15 percent and dry counties 3 percent. The analysis notes growth in counties with auto industry ties like Genesee and Ingham, and contrasts state and federal census changes across periods.
Local business leaders in Kalamazoo push for wet sentiment citing Battle Creek trade and Calhoun county margins. Registration lists 9 500 names with wet advocates predicting a 2 000 majority in Kalamazoo county and large margins in nearby Jackson and Calhoun counties amid tax and real estate concerns.
The city records 60 arrests by March 16 with February at 71, suggesting a new March high. Chief Farrington notes that local option failed to curb crime and cites drunkenness, disorderly conduct, larceny, and violations of local option and cigarette laws. He recalls past years under local option and argues for licensed saloons to regulate rather than ban.
The Women Home Defenders League of Pontiac and Oakland County oppose local option prohibition calling for legalized open saloons to guard homes and children. They argue prohibition worsened conditions, citing distant cities and increased liquor transport, urging voters to support April 4 1911.
A Battle Creek Moon report argues that local option heightened taxes in Calhoun County over the last two years, rising from about 80 000 to over 100 600 yearly, and that jail counts show crime did not decline, with taxpayers funding the poor and insane funds at higher levels during the local option period.
Prominent agent D D Ford says rents and valuations are depressed as taxes rise. He cites two years without a brick block sale, notes business owners waiting for a better market, and predicts gains in votes among business men and block owners as conditions improve.
City records show receipts and disbursements for the year ending March 14 1911. Totals include Contingent Fund 29215.96 Street Fund 24113.36 Sewer Fund 1996.58 Fire Fund 8290.60 with multiple transfers from the recorder and various tax and appropriation accounts. Deficits and balances are itemized across funds including primary school library tax and street and sewer allocations.
The text surveys the late ancient Near Eastern period from 982 to 833 B.C. in Palestine, focusing on Judah's religious life, prophetic influence, and struggles against Assyrian and Israelite threats. It notes the twofold development of royal and prophetic leadership, the Moabite Stone, and reforms under Elijah, Jehu, and Jehoash as tensions between true worship and idolatry rise and fall.
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