THE WHOLESALE LICENSES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1912, 21 November 1913, Page 9

THE WHOLESALE LICENSES.

1 , /tii)i">h I"""]' 1 CO-OPERATION ASKED. ' i i - CIRCULAR SENT OUT BY MAYOR , \ When tho hotels were closed in the City, hbldbrs of wholesale licenses wore not placed under any restraint in reto'their trade/Yesterday, how- . ever, they were circularised by the Mayor, in the following terms: — "I respectfully invite your cooperation and assistance in maintaining the best interests of the City,during the present industrial trouble-ahd, to that end, I am con-' ' vinced, that if you .would use. great discretion as to the sale of.lhquor inside the confines of the City and immediate suburbs: it Would be a great factor in bringing about-'a speedier settlement of difficulties now existing.' I do: riot say that in- -. toxicants aro to be' credited with being the basis of trouble, but it ' becomes an aid when used by people whose judgment and perspective aro. .distorted when : fortified with , that commodity. The liquor supplied by you in quantities permitted ■' - by the powers conferred on you, in some cases becomes distributed among people whom you would not supply if you had knowledge'that they could obtain it, hence trouble results. Can I,at this supreme trial of citizenship ask your response in the direction I have indii cated. .' -,''-.'•■ ■■ .'•; > ■ ./'■.'"(Signed) JOHN P.-LUKE, '. '•'Mayor." Questioned by a reporter as to what was the exact position in connection with the'wholesale licenses, Mr. Luke stated that ho was not quite certain as . to the extent of his'powers. Ho was : looking carefully into the matter, and '. citizens could rest assured that every fctcp would bo taken to preserve peace.