The First Six Months of Prohibition in Arizona

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Excerpt from The First Six Months of Prohibition in Arizona: And Its Effect Upon Industry, Savings and Municipal Government The Arizona Copper Company, limited, of Clifton, reports as follows: Our records show that during the eight months from January to August, 1914, the percentage of our employes who reported for work on the day succeeding pay-day was 84 percent, during the same period in the year 1915 the percentage of employes reporting for work was 89 percent, an increase of 5 percent. These figures alone do not, in our opinion, tell the complete story of the increase in efficiency in a mining camp such as ours due to the prohibition law. All over the state the reports gleaned from interviews with mining employers show similar benefits to efficiency of labor. Banks savings accounts increase nearly the first six months, and the deposits of all banks in the state increased nearly up to September of 1915, compared with the preceding period of 1914. There has been a complete recovery from the financial depression of 1914, and it is directly traceable to the thrift of laborers. Arizona's manufacturing industry, the production of copper, and its mining industry, returns nothing to the State except what labor gives, for the product goes out and lessens to that extent the wealth. So if labor is thrifty and more efficient the State becomes greater in wealth, prosperity, efficiency and happiness. A loss of 25 percent in efficiency where there is a possible monthly payroll of several large mines of means that the State has lost in actual money. That prohibition has promoted temperance and efficiency there is not a shadow of doubt. It is apparent in every camp in the State to a greater or less extent according to the standard 'of men employed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.