W.M.F.'s REJOINDER

Horowhenua Chronicle, 21 November 1911, Page 2

W.M.F.'s REJOINDER

To the Editor previous letter contained ge'ntlo references to tlie local weakly

sheet, and-to t3io Liquor party as copartners. Jam constrained once more to repeat the solvent influence, •beoanso the compiler of that periodical persists m showing (his lack ol good breeding and professional etiquette. First a letter of mine to Tlic Chronicle, strictly out of his order of reference, was commented, on, and my initials made use ol without lcavo or license. Secondly, a private letter to himself; not endorsed or certified for pu'blica- < tion, was given publicity and mudc | a subject of comment editorially. Thirdly, I am thereby accused o. nanxnvmindedness on this great. question of Iso-license ; this is a personal and; gratuitous piece of impertinence and self-assertion, that demands explanation, and also as to any further reference to any future letter (in your space), that there shall ho no .recurrence of his misplaced ingenuity, or he will find <- snag. In tho leader of tho weakly there are items on tho drink question,- which certainly are debatable, very plausible, but hollow and simply casuistry. This paper sheet lias been a short tinio in circulation ;or out of swaddling clothes), but tho talented asserts, " we" have been advocating against prohibition for years. Say that years is authentic (and not of elastic stretch), no wonder that the old gags aro resuscitated yearly or trienially, and the effigy or ' trr-vesty, adorned with side-boards and cats' whiskers to give the matured, but artificial presentation of a respectable and worthy old identity, or veteran of repute. Another illustration might be found in a ventriloquist and his dummies. How is this for high? " Thrice armed is ne who hath his quarrel .-just." Just the very legitimate phrase for the No-license party. As the Zulu said when the gun was captured—"lt is a poor Maxim M.nt won't work both ways." Furtiier it reads, if the licensed trade was on the same basis as other businesses the drink would be cheaper and puror. At the price of sixpence per reputed pint (inch froth") should there be the eradinjr as pine, purer, purest? "What is the Miferonce to ho drawn from the term — and purer! What nre the votaries irrisrnfrnjr with? Here is the choicest item : Can New Zealand afford to lose the manliest and most self-reliant of its population? The drink dispensers! Well, the Home Land in the early days despatched (comrmlsorily) a good numVr of its most self-reliant and manliest to Botany Bay! Our contingent has a redeeming future—thev would leave voluntarily if prohibition is carried. Rut. both nnrties would be mentally scheduled as levivinjr their respective countries for those conntrios' »ood. If I am doi'mr the -oicl ""manliest, and self-reliant" an iniustice. certainly the 'Won force Tipfyls such, a." our defender?, not to be in tfio denbtfnl in<rVvnr>"s position of /leppnrlorc on a Tm+irm's snfTr>rnnf , '° and <roiorT-will T beo- io put t^p niotio" thus-. "Ts the liquor trnffir p,c.tipnt,inl or to t^ , " Npw Zealand body politie?" T ray personally an empTiatisc negative, ::ii' ■fcbe. general public are in tho splendid position of seconding and carr--* in? such a motion, w'tb nlarrfty aiitl cn+bnsvism. it benrs on ,i national pwi l, Havin<r left on the pnee of our history tip nnlolible mirli ihflt will take a decide *of orasinpr. nevertheless the oDPo'-tnnifv is available for the snpersediirr of the linnor r-rorc-o+env for ■Mio nvnnl foiirie-r and hernld of trno fnTish.ir.k' led) national proere.v.—Tom-s. otc. W.M.F.