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capital would leave our city ; we were told that busi- ness would leave us ; that the people would not come there to buy or sell ; that houses would be hauled off to the prairies for farm dwellings ; that grass would grow in the middle of the streets ; and then we were told in the same breath, men not noticing the con- tradiction, that it would do no good, for there would be as much drinking as ever. Well, what was the result ? From that time dated The State and Temperance. 195 the prosperity of that city. Business did not leave it. It came to it. The city did not diminish. It increased. Being at the head of a college, I had reason to know something of the difficulties of disci- pline. Before the close of the saloons one difficulty was from intemperance, from drinking and drunken- ness. But after the saloons were closed the difficulty absolutely ceased. It caused us scarce a thought until I left the place. The change from my point of view was most marked. It was said there was as much drinking as ever privately. We went to the agent at the depot, through whose hands every bale of goods must pass, and he testified that the dimin- ution of imports was as great as could be expected. If any one has doubts on this subject, let him go to our friend Yocum, and hear from the city of Topeka, Kan., a city of 30,000 population, and a large