LIQUOR IN THE KING COUNTRY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 622, 27 September 1909, Page 8

LIQUOR IN THE KING COUNTRY.

Sir,—l did not intend to tako anv notice whatever, of Mr. Cody's letter, but thinking perhaps my .silence may bo misinterpreted,. I venture to reply,to it.' Sir, is Mr. Cody really ignorant, or is he pretending ignorance?: Does he not know. that the "wholesale licenses- are so hedged, about. with ■ the ■ lnw. that ■ no one-can'-cast-.an- aspersion on them or the police stationed in his district in this matter? Does he not rio.'whblesale license' carries with it any, legal'responsibility for any drunkenness or debauchery going on in its particular area?. Does he not know that.as soon as he has received payment for the given delivery of his.stores,-the-holder:-of. a wholesale license has no further legal responsibility; in the matter, of their distribution or consumption? How,.then, can.l be casting an aspersion on him? No, Mr..Cody.'.'the-wholesale licenses ,aro so: shrouded jn their legal' vestmehttbat no $corching_rav of public opiuion can light.upon them. This being the case, Mr. Cody s intrusion .into the .conduct of. this correspondence is quite uncalled- for and .unseemly, and. fnrther, if the settlers in'his"own and the other four licensed districts in the King Country,'.do. not- think-' it -prudent"or aoenrato to refuto this charge of' drunkenness,' why should ho? Surely they are the' best judges as.wtho extent of drunkenness and debauchery ' going on in' tents and : private houses, where the police.hare no official' access. -In.:re'-' rcfonco to your correspondent, C. A. : , Young, ■'surely-lie mnst bo-aware that there are other reasons-besides cowardly, and interested ones for abstaining from attaching one's real names to a literary contribution.'. Thanking you in anticipation,—l ain, oto->\ .STILL'A SQUARE DEALER.