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Diminution of Crime by Sunday Closing a Myth. The Missouri State Republican says that official statistics from the state auditor of Missouri show that the enforce- ment of the Sunday closing law did not reduce crime in the largest saloon center of the state St. Louis, under di- rect supervision of the Folk police board. The following is the official 'record, according to State Auditor Wilder: Crim- inal costs, St. Louis city, for 1904, $40,015.25; for 1905, $59,- 695.10. The year 1904 was world's fair year, when the population was away above normal in St. Louis and when crime natur- ally was more than normal, so that when crime in 1905 ex- 65 The Rule of "Not Too Much." ceeded that of the world's fair year, it broke all records. The "lid" was not on in 1904; it was on in 1905. As is well known, St. Louis has more than one-half of all the saloons of the state. A glance at the crime record of 1904 and 1905 for St. Louis, before and after the Sunday law was enforced, does not prove the truth of Governor Folk's assertion that "prohibition" on Sunday decreases crime. Crime has in- creased, under the "lid*' policy, or the official state record lies. Kansas City, Mo., Journal. This brings to mind some of the testimony which was given by Mrs. Fernande Richter, of St. Louis, last session before the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives of the 59th Congress