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So that the convictions for drunkenness among firaE offenders in Invercargill is more than three times greater in No-License Inn vercargill than is the case for the whole Dominion. The Prohibitionists in their ignorance and with their faces set against believing the facts says this is a "falsehood"; but the Mayor of Invercargill r says' "the evils of No-License are understated"; and the Mayor is correct, despite the swearing of the Prohibitionists to the conl trary. t An Unlicensed Marriage. < The fruits of No-License and Prohibition are keg parties, sly . grog-shops, immorality, disregard for law, sacrilege, petty crime, j wantonness, and hypocrisy, and these characteristics' No-License n advocates and Prohibitionists want to force upon the whole Domin- ~ ion. No man or woman that loves New Zealand will support so degrading a propaganda. All' ought to strike out the Bottom Line ~ on both ballot papers, and put an end to No-License and Prohibi- ' tion. [ TOWNS UNDER LICENSING. INCREASE OF WELLINGTON'S POPULATION UNDER LICENSING. Estimated • ' "N.Z. Gazette,"' / Census. Census. Census'. July 9,1914., ' , 1891. 1901< 1911. 34,190 ,49,344 70,729 (74,766 These figures are from the Qfficial Year Books, and any intelli- . gent person can see how false the statement _ of the Prohibition ' Party is when they, say Wellington's population declined under licensing by 7 per cent. Only fools can be misled by such inaccuracies. Prohibitionist figures mislead the people. Anyone who l believes Prohibitionist figures deserves to be led astray. How is ■ it that some Prohibitionists will even attempt to vilify the city ■ they live in in striving to introduce that degrading abomination ! No-License? It is a miserable spirit even if it had truth and not s inaccuracy to support it. A great man has said that Prohibition i makes liars and hypocrites of men, and here is demonstrated, the i truth of that dictum: PALMERSTON NORTH AND PETONE UNDER LICENSING, Palmerston North: ' ■ Estimated , Gazette,' 3 Census. Census.July, 1914. 1901. 1911. 6534 ' 10,991 : 11,971 Petone, Estimated S 'N,Z, Gazette,'- 5 Census. Census. July, 1914, 1901. 1911. 3780 6640 7214 Yevt the Prohibitionists want the public to believe that in ■ these places the population has decreased .by 4 per cent. Absurdity and worse has reached the limit in .Prohibition figures. They were defending Masterton's. stagnation where the population had increased by only 85 persons in four years under No-License. But my contention is established that no town unless it be some other No-Li cense town has shown so little progress in population as Masterton, ' Towns Under No-License. Ashburton went "dry" in 1902. Oamaru and Invercargill carried No-License in 1905, and'Masterton in 1908. Population is the true test of progress, and these No-License towns for their size show the least progress of any towns in New Zealand during the time: they have had to suffer from the stagnating influence of the No-License blight. ' Inc. per Towns.. Pop. 1906. Pop. 1911. cent, per ann. Ashburton r> '2663 ' 2671 0.84 ' " Masterton ........«».>..>_« 5026 5132 0.62 Oamaru 5071 6152 0.39 In the same period Petone increased 2.55 per cent, per annum; Stratford, 4.80 per cent.; and Hastings, 7.40 per cent. Even Carterton's increase was nearly .five times greater in ratio than Masterton's, namely, Carterton 2.83 per cent, per annum, as against Masterton's 0.62. No-License and Prohibition are ■ the " most stagnating and decadent influences invented by man. The Turks adopted Prohibition as part of their religion, and they have been on the down grade ever since. If you would make your town, country, and people bright, happy, and prosperous you will avoid Prohibition and No-License. The Minister of Justice says: "If you carry Prohibition in this country New Zealand will be a plague-stricken spot."WHAT HAS PROHIBITION DONE FOR TEMPERANCE ? Nothing. _ The following table shows that as a Temperance J reform Prohibition and No-License are worse than useless: Beer Areas Consumption, ■ Year, Dry, Gallons. Spirits. r Amt. per head. £ s. d. '1895 1 7.4 .63 2 19 81 1905 3 8.7 .73 3 8 2} i 1912 12 9.2 .83. 3 14 ll| As showing that No-License is not Temperance nor Prohibition total abstinence the convictions for inebriety more than doubled, while No-License advocates worked like slaves to put 12 areas' dry from 1896 to 1912. > Yet Prohibitionists and No-License advocates flatter themselves, and would make others believe that they are Temperance workers! The Prohibition movement is merely political, and is used as a political stalking-horse by some men and women .who would otherwise never be seen or heard of, Ashburton and Oamaru. Ashburton carried No-License in 1902, and at every election ' since the men and women of Ashburton have by . a majority of votes shown their detestation of No-License and at the ballot-box ■ have expressed their regret that No-License was carried in 1902. At the last election there was an actual'majority of 466 of the electors of Ashburton favourable to- a return to licensing. That is what the people of Ashburton think of No-License after a fair trial. Ashburton is more favourable to the licensing system than many districts that enjoy its benefits. Oamaru is not as bad as Ashburton in this respect; but neither in Oamaru nor in any other No-License district in the South Island could No-License have been carried if the vote at the last election had been an original one, for in not one electorate was the requisite majority obtained. _ All this proves that the belief in NoLicense fades away with' experience; No-License may look good to some salad eyes, but to men and women of experience and sound knowledge it is a dangerous experiment, and one attendant wherever tried with untold evils as Oamaru and Ashburton, like Masterton and Invercargill, have discovered, A BOGEY FLOUTED. . THE CHIEF JUSTICE'S REMARKS. Prohibitionists advertise that the more drinking and 'drunkenness the more crime there will be. Sir Robert Stout, speaking at Nelson last week, demonstrated in a column measure of the newspapers that all forms of crime in New Zealand were decreasing. This Prohibition bogey is flouted. The Chief Justice, perhaps not altogether meaning it in this connection, also whipped the Prohibition and No-License Party .for their attempt to bludgeon the people by coercion. Sir Robert said: "If there is no regard for Human Life, no regard for the Rights of Others, and no regard for Human Liberty that nation is on the down grade." Prohibition and No-License degrade, as-we have seen in NoLicense areas, Human Life, violate the Rights of Others, and attacks and would destroy Human Liberty. The Chief Justice, in effect, says to New Zealand: Be on the up-grade. Eight against the destroyers of Human Liberty, maintain your own and establish the Rights of Others, and elevate and sanctify Human Life. 1