Wln tie State of Michigan adopted constitutional prohibition in November. 1916. the same taking effect May 1. 1918. there were 3.285 licensed saloons and 62 breweries in the State. Since then the States population has increased at the rate of more than 30 per cent. and Detroit. our metropolis. at the rate of 113 per cent. Yet here are a few figures of the first years of prohibition in that same metropolis. remember. too. that no great city of the Nation presents more problems for enforcement than the border city of Detroit. with 90 per cent of its population foreign born or of foreignborn parentage. The number of arrests for drunkenness the last year of saloons in Detroit were 18.488. At the end of three and onehalf years the number of arrests for drunkenness had decreased to 6.346. despite the citys growth of over 113 per cent in population.
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Associating foreign-born population with increased crime and enforcement problems.