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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2512, 30 November 1922, Page 3

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Your Attention Mr. “Pussyfoot” Johnson ! In your addresses you have said that the liquor traffic in America is dead. Of course you mean the legalised liquor traffic. Otherwise How do you account for this : “ Prohibition is a failure. Last year we had more arrests for drunkenness than the year before Prohibition came into force.” —The Commissioner of Police of the City of New York (Mr. Richard Enright), 11th July, 1922 According to your statements at various meetings regarding the drunkenness figures for sundry American cities. America under Prohibition is at least three times as drunk as New Zealand under license. Then what are you doing in Ibis country? Surely your persuasive powers are more needed in I'.S.A. than in clean New Zealand. At all your meetings you mislead your audiences by minimising the drug evil in l .s.A. You must iiave got an unpleasant jar when you saw the following cable in ihc New Zealand newspapers re President Harding and America's Drug Evil. “An investigation conducted'by a committee composed of Messrs. Hughes. Mellon, and Hoover found 1 hat the United States is the greatest per capita consumer of drugs in the world. As a result of the investigation President Harding has decided to open the way for a conference of nations to discuss this question.” The Referendum Test. Also, you stated that the Liquor Party in L.S.A. had ceased asking for referendums because they knew that the vote was swelling for Prohibition by leaps and bounds. There is (or should be) no liquor trade in I .S.A. to-day except bootleggers. But what about the independent referendum taken by the “Literary Digest,” a magazine whose integrity is above question and which has a circulation of several millions? Here are the results of several polls taken at. some of America's largest factories:— The Edison Works in New Jersey. Lor Hnl'orcement .. 93 Lor Modification .. 978 For Repeal .. .. 966 20 to 1 AGAINST PROHIBITION. The Campbell’s Soup Factory. Lor Enforcement. 162 Lor Modification .. 720 Lor Repeal .. .. 750 !) U, 1 AGAINST PROHIBITION. N.B. —30 per cent, of the workers polled in this case were women. A Big Automobile Worfts. 1 Hi lo 1 AGAINST PROHIBITION. Chambers of Commerce. Also, as an indication -of how business men regard Prohibition, a number of polls were taken among Ihe various Chambers of Commerce (according to the “New York Times”). This is how they Voted. The Bible and Wine. Then you tried to bluff your audience with Biblical approval of Prohibition. You did not quote this—* SI. Luke vii, 33-35: The Son of Man is come eating and drinking, and ye say, Behold, a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! And this— Matthew xv. 11: Not that which entcreth into the mouth defileth the man; but that which proceedetli out of the mouth, this defileth the man. Nor this— Amos ix. 13-1-1: . . . and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof. And this— Psalms civ. 11-15: He ca'uscth . . . wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which slrcngthcneth man’s heart. And many other extracts from the Bible, which nowhere condemns the moderate use of wine or strong drink. Taxation Increased. Also you brought up the question of Revenue and Taxation (a very foolish thing to do). The American Federation of Labour issued a manifesto in February last which stated:— “Increase in taxes to City, State, and National Governments amounting to approximately .1,000,000,000 (one thousand millions) dollars per year.” On the same basis by population, New Zealand would suffer an increase in taxation of £2,500,000 —which is exactly what the Revenue from liquor will work out at under present duties. Closing the Jails in U.S.A. Who I of I his? The “New York Times Current History." dune, 1922, published a table showing Crime Records for 30 American Cities. It shows that the arrests in 1921 in those cities alone amounted to 640,402, being an increase of 123,567 over the previous year. If then a)u closing the jails, where are (hey putting all (he extra criminals? Enormous Increase in Blindness. “We are already positive that if the increase in the State’s blind, caused by. drinking illicit booze, continues at the present rate, the number of cases will exceed those caused by industrial accidents. If the authorities do not make a determined effort to put a stop to this nefarious traffic the people of California must, expect to pay a large increase in taxes for the maintenance of our blind institutions.”—Dr. B. O. Kinney, Chairman of the California League for the Conservation of the Vision, in the “Optical Journal,” New York. If you, Mr. Pussyfoot Johnson, can invent answers to these questions, we have lots more puzzlers for your nimble brain. They will be as hard nuts as these to crack. They prove conclusively that in U.S.A. and other places where it has been tried, Prohibition is a Colossal Failure. TO ELECTORS: Remember that Prohibition means that you may not make' home-brewed Beer or Wine. It means that Spies will invade the homes in search of liquor. Il means 24,000 people deprived of a living. It means £2,500,000 per annum lost in revenue. It means higher Taxation and increased Cost of Living. And remember, too, that NeW Zealanders are to*day the soberest people in the World. Vote Continuance Like this : (1) 1 VOTE FOR NATIONAL CONTINUANCE M/-OTE-FOR STATE MRSMASg-ANO-CON-TROIr tHON 1 •' You MUST strik « out TWO LINES —or your vote ishINVALID ! Issued by the National Council of the Licensed Trade of New Zealand. 77