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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4896, 28 October 1925, Page 1

When all the gleaming lights grow pale, Eclipsed and shamed by' dawn bf day, When music mocks ,and mirth seems stale, •' “The Pains of Pleasure” price we pay; s . When chill’s and hoarse we* greet the morn, With joy’s reaction to endure, The world would be indeed forlorn, Uncheered by Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.

/jilt ~ j ..To be sure you can. Well, then, the /Wi; ||g||k jj truth shows through the ' following jrf. facts clearly. Note'these points: ■ 1. -National Prohibition became effec- / V five in the U.S.A, in January, 1920. [n 1 Im' r 2. —The Volstead Law that makes the WK 18th (or Prohibition) Amendment J fi effective can be modified or re- I,w i WH 'l.Wji pealed any time by a simple major- A|| I'lll ■! ity in Congress. -w l| , 3. — Since 1920 the people have elected l|g?|M 7< I two new Congresses, i.e., in 1922 . and in 1924. /’ 4. All the time the liquor interests have been telling the people what a terrible thing Prohibition was—-just like the liquor interests here do. 5. -But in spite of that the people send up to Congress more and more “ dry ” members. 6. in 1924 16 avowed “wets” lost their seats, and not a single “ dry ” lost his. 7. —Congress now consists of 435 representatives, of whom 319 are known “ drys,” 105 known “ wets,” and 11 doubtful. Senate has 96 members of whom 72 are “ dry.” Congress is 75% dry. WOULD THAT HAPPEN IF ONE-TENTH OF WHAT THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC SAYS ABOUT THE U.S.A. WERE TRUE? The people of the U.S.A, are satisfied with their Prohibition law. We shall be satisfied with ours when we vote it—and we will make it a big success. STRIKE OUT THE o TOP lines E—-Jra CUT THIS OUT AND KEEP IT BY YOU <jr