THE LIQUOR PROBLEM.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5078, 21 January 1927, Page 3

THE LIQUOR PROBLEM.

PROHIBITION IN AMERICAI. CANADA’S “WET” PROVINCES. “Most people in America feel that, the ‘wet’ provinces of Canada have solved the liquor problem in a much better way than the United States,” stated Mr E. F. Chase, a citizen of San Diego, California, who is interested in the Scrips Havard chain' o’f ■newspapers, and is visiting New Zealand on a health-recruiting trip. He stated) at Wellington that in the provinces of Alberto and British Columbia there were Government stores, from where all liquor jvas procured. No drinking was allowed on the premises, and permits 'for a limited quantity’ per month were issued to each purchaser. The residents in the “wet” provinces seemed entirely satisfied with the system. Bootlegging, he added, was prevalent in the larger American cities, and rival gangs operated, while machine-guns were frequently used. Nevertheless, prohibition had been a fine thing for Ame- ■ rica and Canada, and the great ma jority o’f the people were better off .than they were in the days of the . saloon. The Canadian system, however in the “wet" provinces, was superior and more conducive, to law and .order.