WHY YOU SHOULD VOTE CONTINUANCE.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 September 1925, Page 2

WHY YOU SHOULD VOTE CONTINUANCE.

Whoever it was who first inspired the oliieial Prohibit iouisls to create the mirage of "the liquor trnltic. ” was a publicity expert of extreme art full.‘-ss. But he forgot one thing. lie forgot that when the lime come-, to lake olf 11 is- gloves and tight the Prohibition question tooth and nail, tacts are apt to overshadow artificial " stunts.’’ Because the fact is:—-the Prohibition Pally is no more in combat with a “liquor traffic" than the Continuance Party is opposed to temperance. There is no such tiling as a “ liquor traffic " in New Zealand. ‘-Traffic’’ in liquor comes only with Prohibition. The Prohibitionist enforcement officer, the bootlegger, and the peddler of deadly " moonshine ” the inevitable off-spring of Prohibition—are Ha- only tralliekers in liquor. This is no mere hair-splitting. The constant reiteration of the term "liquor traffic " i- a deliberate ruse to deceive those who are susceptible to the lure of words.

Every penny spent in the attempt to foist Prohibition on this country is a penny six-nt in inviting the very worst form of liquor "traffic " m-cived. It is not a case of what you think or I think. The facts cannot' he avoided. All over the lace of the Cmtt-d Stale- are written tin- lines of sorrow debauchery, ami crime —eatised by i lie unnatural, deceitful thing called " Prohibition.’’ Do not be deceived by the sentimental " bogies " of the paid Prohibit'nnist. Vote according to the proven facts.—Advt.