THE PROHIBITION POLL
If liquor is such ;i good thing, why is it that, in times of national emergcncy, the. authorities naturally close the bars? Why is this interference with freedom tolerated? In the public interest? \'es, of course. But.why "of course," if it interfered with personal freedom? Simply because when the welfare of everybody, is at stake, the selfUh pleasures of the imliriilunl-T-his freedom to do as he likes no mailer who suffers—must be swept aside. AVhen the-authorities closed (he railway bars it was done by common consent. Why? Because everybody realised that it was safer to travel" with drivers and ijuards who had not "had a taste." Well, then, if alcohol is bad for drivers -tiiil guards, how can it be rckvl for anybody who has responsible work to do? What bunion life is safe in these days of fast travel if the man at the stwrinq (,'enr is sreinj* double? And the sume Ihi"!; applies everywhere, always. Frepdom is not freedom unless it is foolproof. Make it safe on April 10. Strike out the Top Line.—Advt.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 155, 26 March 1919, Page 10
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179THE PROHIBITION POLL Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 155, 26 March 1919, Page 10
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