PROHIBITION.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18421, 30 June 1925, Page 11

PROHIBITION.

TO THE IDITOB "THE PKESS." ...Sir,— The General Election, is com-, ing as sure as Christmas. One need not refer, to the calendar as,to the date of the same, : for all the political parties are up'and doing, and one is amazed at the extent"or the*'rosy promises, sage-advice, etc., shown amongst them all, and were it possible to condense and amalgamate their. ideas into one national, programme, what an Arcadia of sweetness and light Now Zealand would become. . There would be nothing but sunshine then, no work, no worry, cakes and ale for all, whilst'the bands in the park are playiDg "It Ain't Going to Rain no More." A brief persual of my "Press" each morning whilst "at breakfast soon dispels this dream, as the market reports police do, theatrical items are identically the same as when Addison was issuing his' "Spectator": 2000 cc*/ies per day, price 2d, and when I como to your correspondence columns, where this letter appears (if you accept it) the tramways, ,the open air schools, spiritualism, and last of all, Prohibition, all go to prove- that Solomon's "Nothing new" w f as an exact statement. Many of the letters sent to you are identical to those that appeared in the "iSpee--ator." "The Old Moores r » "Tho South Sea Speculators,," and the Red Feds of that period were: just as numerous then as now. :Eccentries there were in Addison's fimo. ; .asin 192-5. Did one proclaim the idea'that it w_puld be better for the sun to rise in the west instead of the east, ho was sure to find a following, and also a reference in the "Spectator." Then, as to-day, some poor mortal overlooked the fact that in arguing against Nature they were beaten from the first. Man may propose, but Another has the settlement. ■

So whilst reading ouv local Prohibitionists' ■ letters recently, I felt the Election was atyhahd, and although it is a dreary prospect to look forward to, I know we must endure their letters ■until they have worn out,-their unnatural programme. To vary their pleadings, could some of them tell us why tho Grape, the Berries, and the Hop were-planted in the Garden of Eden? as 'we may rest assured that they have a use. and Providence is never at fault whatever wo niay say in vour correspondence columns. I agree with the Prohibitionists that our lunacy returns show a rise in numbers, but what with anti-this and anti-tbat. he it drink, jazz,, tobacco, racing, vegetarianism, etc., "will the results of all these anti-leagues fill or empty our Sunnysidcs? After all, the skies are still above us, so why worry, • Mr Editor ?—Yours, etC " JOHNNY WALKER. "Cirristchurch, ■ June 27th, '1925.