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1 ' i Report submitted to the Government, July 9th 1917 '''Evidence was tendered-by more than sixty witnesses, drawn from various classes of the community, and the matter was investigated from as many aspects as were presented, and where possible, statements have been traced and verified. The " The witnesse » who ten- the inoreased national thrift which is moat' large sums of raoiiev hnvn Wn ;«„ ta ■ '■ dorad thrauelres reprc- desirable and which would follow the direnioh breweries in Icmm 11 hnn,?« i.!," mra j ed .»? Witnesses .ented brewers.hotelkecp- to productive trade chu.neb.of the money now bus Sin v .eylrda a, d en, wine and spirit mer- spent upon liquor would, in the opinion of the goneralh-in wlmt Iβ known W A f% "n chant.., chartered clubs, employees in hotels Board, as evidenced by world-wide experience is manifest that injustice would tZ% ft. and m clubs, hop and barley growers, and raer- where the abolition or reduction of the use of licenses and the Liouor T™X ™»T ■, chants, vine-growers and winemakere, the New alcoholic liquor has operated, more than coun- terminated without reawnnhl* ™m r y 'i Zealand Alliance other temperance loraot the loss of public revenue now received reasonable compensation, organizations; there were also independent from this source. That the money now spent f nm)l . n .. The IWa i= fi <• temperance advocates, representatives of certain on liquor, if its salo were stopped, would be . | P J!?, a ' satisfiedtW ?t uT Church bodies, and of Women and Children spent or invested in some other direction. If tlQn—Why- £■ ZL ™!,t «??]in * Protection Societies, The British and Foreign spent, the expenditure produces, directly or £ Prom minion and 5 ?/. u ?•?" • Sailors , Society, general morchants, manu- indirectly, a revenue to the State; if invested it . Kecom - I 1 '" f>^ factnrers, and employers, including farmers. ' becomes subject to annual taxation. mended oarlvdkrlnt „„„. obtal "J n -'. Judicial, magisterial, medical and military ■ • oariyaiFcontinuancoof the evidence was also taken. In connection wHn Prohibition With regard to/c): From that reasonable compinUon'ihoSdb. lZi other inquiries the Hoard has had matters de- , f . a national-efficienoy point ed to those affected ' pending upon the Liquor Trade brought under Ct Oenetlt to of view the Board is con- tv, n j • its notico, and this material has been considered 'the Nation vinced that it would be J-n? Board ir of opinion it will be found that by-it in connection with the evidence specifically ««""• beneficial to the nation and "° coni P el »"atwn need be given to individual taken for this inquiry. , ' conducive to the well-being of the people that em P'°y eos . <w a" male and female employees the importation, manufacture, and sale of ' 9 0 ™ l) o in other occupations. In its The Points Thore aro three main wines, beer, and spirituous liquors (including all interests having been considered, .ineiuuuß poin , a for couaide-atioii. medicinal preparations containing alcohol) IT, Bto8 to . be wn>P«n«ted are represented for tonstder- C! , c li in itself separate aud Bnould be prohibited. This view is supported ."{ T I)re^ e ™s. wholesale and-retail licensed ation distinct:-, by results obtained in our , own country under 'l*T m, vl *" ei , oD <j and wmo-manufacturers, /nu i « i conditional Prohibition, and this experience is ho .P.-f ow ers ! and the owners of properties to ... v ( a -} As to the moral effect confirmed wherever Prohibition hae operated. which a retail license is attached, upon the life and progress of the nation • - * m. t> a, ~ ~~, , k> exempt methylated al- trade should be based upon the difference be (h.) As to the public revenue derived ™ ho ' fol, .««niniercial purposes and pure alcohol tween the market value of the assets as used at from tho operations of the liquor for che w"»l or medicinal requirements. . present, taking into consideration the present traffic. tl n i ti. x> j*!«. l » licensing laws and the other circumstances and - Ihe People , lhe ? oard fin ™ that the ionditions, associated with the trade and the (o.) Aβ to whether the liquor traffio en- ehnnM tw clllef factors in the valueof such aesets without a license crouches upon, hinders, or retards the ~ s "" ul " ' continuance of tho Liquor efficiency, of the nation. As to whether Decide-Why .™«! "» pnHw .custom CompenSd- The amounts to be paid by ' the Liquor Traffic lowers the physical . . , m . _ and the financial interests ? v '"H*-"* t * wav of comnenaatinnT^ and mental standard, and so refluces "V ol ™ d .- The Board is satisfied that the great- tlOn need not noT ntceSv bCni the productive v.lue of the individual «"' eftunemw wouW be attained both for the U R in cash but the K and collectively ..f the people. As to "f*""' a "4. «» in-UvMual by a state of com- Oe COS/l "u fit hi nM' whether tho Liquor Traffic causes a Pleteßiohjljihon, but the Bmrilrecognieee. that Government securities bearing the same rate if national oconomio lon.. Prohibition is a people's question, and should interestand the same currency as the warVlonn be determined only by an expression of the debentures BU «'™ncy as we war-loan With regard to (a.): The Board has not voice of the people. permitted its judgment to be influenced by the / • m> p ~ .. moral aspect of the question, but has arrived at Immediate It therefore recommends increased - 1 "e Board is satisfied that itaconclusionsquiteaparttherefrom. p rohibit i on %)£s*&* National ZSZ^tZt' How the Loss wah to (b ) : This the Basis icZTL tt in Revenue Sl» S tJZZS sliest possible momeVLdZ&v ReC0 "P cost would he recouped by Would be fould be upon th C basis of immediate Prohibi- Cost ~ed nat.onal efflc removed. That less exi.enditure will be re- uuctlon ancl trade - comi>cnsation to be paid, quired in conneetion.witli the Police and Prisons Under tho protection of the existinc loeisla- The RnnrH imW. Tv,. . i v.iDepartments, the Hcpiklnnd Charitable Aid tion (which in the event of National Prohibitn men \j \ ™ m htat the K fjt 'f,'" , - 4, " Boards, the mental hospitals, tho inebriate being carried grant* an extended term of trad- bn would annrdve oMhS «m! f ■, Dom - ln ' bom,,, and for other public institutions. That ing rights before Prohibition becomes operate) affordedl to Zmof vf ting u?m. Th^q^stion^ .In conclusion, the Board places on record that whilst at first it looked into this matter from the point of view of war conditions, yet as the inquiry preceded it became apparent that in the interests o national efficiency the Board had to consider the liquor question from the point of view of the elhciency of the State and the individual both during the war ( and afterwards, and it has therefore submitted its recommendations so as to promote permanent national efficiency.

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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 273, 7 August 1918, Page 9

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Page 9 Advertisements Column 3 Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 273, 7 August 1918, Page 9

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