LABOUR LEADER SPEAKS

Hokitika Guardian, 9 October 1925, Page 1

LABOUR LEADER SPEAKS

AN AIiKOU'TF AND DISMAL, i- A n .l kj-:. Rv .1 AM KS .1. HOI.I.AXI). ( I’ri'Mili'iit <>l tin* Now Imt State I'lM il'l’.l 1 101 l of 1.11110111’.l ■ Tlio vinno n| temperance in nil things* needs no part ionhir elucnlalion. Dm livo yours ol National I Puli 1 1 n I ion on-,., ns iln- proul i lint IDo it lon I Ol' toiiipoi'iim'o i : 1111 •o i 1,0 achieved through onoroion. iissiiiuptiuti, laiiat-H-jsin oi governmental tyranny. In lAn - 1 . l'li.liiliitioi! Inis proved mi absolute Mini dismal fililiiru. In no case |,;n,- sm-li !;i\i> oi,-!' giiinoil voluntary olioilionoo. Mini iiovor Inis il been possible lo onion obedience. •The Proliiliition Aliioiiilinolit is an unreasonable Mini ilttnl lll‘;il Inn lln-ie is no use Ml all in discussing tin- ipiosI ion. u hot lioi or m,l it < Mil ho enfurocd. It cMiinol, ■ ‘licing against ilio Imm s of .Nature, the inmil l lonmnoo ol tlio I‘rnliihil ion Aiiiomlinont anil Hi onlorcoineni tin. tDo Volstead l.aw. is a physical minossibililv. Force oroiUo.s force. Ihr more lor,.- yon use against another resistin' 1 I no. tin more resisting lore,- volt create. First enforcement anil defiance of enforcement . I hen stronger eiilorcenient and stronger deliance of ctiforeeineiit. In lad il seems that, delta nee always keeps a little ahead of the next step in more rigid enforcement. Prohibition cii-for,e.in-m in the Fni.-d Stales during the last live years is a practical dimt rat inn of (imvrnrnont i\V ioiv<\ ol i pldlo-.phie saying: 'll is the dtrse oi an evil d.eed that •continuously ulciUs evjiy ■■ N'Htli American Review. Von do not want this law m New Zealand: it is within your power to keep it out. Strike mil the two bottom lines on ymir ballot paper-