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The Danish economist Jens Warming (1876-1939) was a professor at the
University of Copenhagen. In 1923 he went to US to investigate the impact
of the Prohibition on the American society. Warmings's official report
recounts that he visited 16 Universities and Colleges and several Danish
settlements. At the universities he discussed the effects of the
Prohibition with professors of economics.
His final Danish report to the official Danish committee on temperance
matters gives some general insight in the attitude towards the prohibition
among professors of economics.
Warming refers to an inquiry among Universities and colleges carried out by
the Intercollegiate Prohibition Association. 136 institutions out of 158
were in favour of the Prohibition, 8 institutions were against and 14 were
undetermined. The inquiry further showed that at 80 out of the 136
institutions in favour, the attitude towards the prohibition was unanimous
or supported by an overwhelming majority.
Now, Warming points out that these findings were very much in accordance
with his own interviews with the professors of economics of which 75
percent had been in favour and 25 percent against the Prohibition.
Deciding the attitude of the individual professors is not possible, since
Warmings references to the economists' statements are anonymous. The only
person mentioned by name is President NM. Butler, Columbia University. The
reference to NM. Butler due to his famous attack on the Prohibition in a
speech in Ohio, January 1923.
Turning to the students, Warming draws attention to a survey in the
Scientific Temperance Journal, September 1922. The drinking had decreased
at 134 universities, at 8 universities there had never been drinking, and at 111
universities the drinking had increased.
Niels-Henrik Topp
UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN
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