SIMPLE JUSTICE.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2010, 18 March 1914, Page 8

SIMPLE JUSTICE.

Sir,—'A cablegram .publishnfl this iiiorni.ng states .tliat at tho whfc.reiit;o. o£ the 'ticcuscd Victueflets ©f Awsteksitt, held .ii Sobarit, Mio prinoiplo of hionotirry eompeiisatioit froin'tbo Con» ■ SQlidatod K«vonup, to qwimrs arrtj liceij*' sees of hotels viiwsfr licenses aro lost as ■ a of keal oMtinu *ivs approved. Tlicre is sotiiotlring to lid said: in fav&ivr of jnoiifltsry; coiitpensaitoA on tl)6 scare «{ fair plaj ; j but tl>ei:o Is Ho valid e.fgihttont fo.r taldiig such cotnp.eiV sation out- of tho Consotid'ated Bcvemto. Indeed, it is ania'zing thiVt licensed vwtrtallers slumkl put such a proposition . forward. Licenses ■frero grafted iii tho' flfst place by tlve .State, and suijeei t<> good centkafc aii(Vad<;qfu.ate p:i&y : isiMi for tho travelling publio being nViide, 5t was , : not ■fioniwAplateii that such '■ljcenses ivotild be ffitlidfawiu 'Kew tliiics brhig nftw methods-, aiid tlio people, rigiitjy or ivroii.fijly, have taken tho curtatl- . nient or cxt-inefcjaii. of Keoiiscs into ■t'hoir own haiiois, this priuciplo is sound of nnt nood noji be here discussed; but tho ldpft. ci GonipeiiSatiiig licensed victiial-l-ors from tho people's purse, the Cojisolfdatecl KeVenUi? of tire Country, is nttetly ui.is-o-ujid. On tho other hand, the eurtailnicii-i of MwJnsdS fry .p'owsriar Vote baS bw?n_ abaintefled in lliis Doittiniofi, teea.us.o it liad proved l, tliat a reduction, of t-Wcii-t-j'-fivc )W -teiil.'. ftf ttio osisting hotels in any almUftnty did wot ipsseri t|;e aiwoiint of alcoholic consumption, which was tliA coiiieiirmii, of tihoso who had adVocntcef tlii? iefßj.ft-. tion vote. And wlvoil it h siVflifflniVHy . widely tealisod ihs-i the iiftvrease .iii ' emi.swnp-fciwi of alcdholio liqUnrs syii-cli-roiiise-s wit'li tho gradflal csfcension' of Jfo-liceOS!} over 'tWcJvo fiicdtoral itrctis ; (t will be as widely adnjittctl thirt' .io&jl N<»-!4tens.e- is- as useless as :a rc.forin ii-s tlie β-uco pujMilfljr reJuetjojj vot-p. 1| itwre is to be tatal ProhiMt'ioii by 55 ; per cci.it. or *'ba:ro" majoritji , , it sopms just that wheii.no lncmejary'-6on>-' ppiisatron mn bo allowed that the ■ "tinio Rh-iitV fthfluM lie iticroasod froni few tft, say, pwcti ftr pfglii yoArs, as til lire &tit-ti.sh_ feniwraiiw Act,, so'tliat. tlio fci-ado niiglii bo pjivon aiiiplo -OpporiHiiity to sot their house in efifor, so to siioafc. Ju%i.iv» from t\p last wto on National Prohibition, which sliatecl «■■ 53,83 .per aSiU. majority in favoiir. the ■ rt'duftl.-ieUj of tho majflVTty reqiiiretl from ' f>o nor (*i)t. to J3i> jjcf ce-i-rt-.' ft-otYld virtually ineiHi tho loial oxtsirtfitioii n.f flits trado. This is ffliat llin P.v.(,ihM.?itift.ii, party reekons, aafl t-hfe ovidefieo is ftpr- : tniiily favmtrrtWo- tii -sii-pli a etmcliisicm, •■lt is rcasouable... tliefefore, that the

time limit shotiM he estcuded; qijd it would .ufft -be asking too njiifch :if I)i» lieeflsofl yiettrall.ers wtged tho- Legiskr tiii'o to -eiitbadjf : tliis biiggcstiflii'm'tlip •■ now Liceireinii'Ball. ji<«i' Hte waaits of tho j)eefrl6 Who iio'w use akehoKe licycY , - Sjios wo l» b» jji-ovitlcd for by tjm I'totiitiitiaiiists ivnd those who aid in aa-rry-iii{£ Natjujial Pi-oliibitipu has iiot jxi tecw discfesscd, ajid the ttmfc.ii-iaft will enable them also to lorjnulafD sßmo scheme iviierc% the :lof3 : t.imato Jiecds «f t'ite fco-mmititifcy iii foispact; to iilfioliplic keelages wili-lio niet-.—l -niu, fife,, FAltt I'LAf.