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Shannon News, 20 October 1925, Page 3

A STUPID BOOT-LEGGING WAR. General Contempt for AIl Law. Vice and Crime Increased. Rear Admiral Kimball * T J. S.N.R., 1757 Q. St., N.W. WASHINGTON., D.C. Washington, D. C., 10th April, 1925< Rear-Admiral Kimball distinguished himself in the Spanish American War. rzr. isw* tyU AH OPEN LETTER TO THE PEOPLE OF HEW ZEALAND. In my opinion' the greatest evil that Prohibition brings upon this country lies in its effects in nullifying our basic law by the method of loading down our Constitution with an unenforceable amendment. J M l (S', ,/ ivCfuChu, ivtjjxi GtiixW, /'(MX^ (imrit-ii&ut'/ c^vcL. j9fmd£uf-> (Mj u w 1 ** W)V m (X4HT' The abolition of personal liberty rights, guaranteed by the Constitution before the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment, and the exercise of stupid tyranny under the authority of the Eighteenth Amendment were bound to lead and have led to increases in drunkenness, degradation, depravity, misery, contempt for all law, immorality, vice and crime, and have kindled the Prohibition civil war now raging. All these conditions are clearly demonstrated by the statistics in penology It seems to me that the true course for you New Zealanders to hold is laid by the Canadian Provinces, Manitoba, Vancouver, et al. They tried Prohibition for 7 years, found in it the evil so apparent ih the United Suates, abolished it, substituted regulations \for Prohibition and are living sanely, temperately and logically, ’while we in the U. S. are; fighting a stupid boot-pegging war. -Y iZ /w tsiA Ji MlMaitlM rrrffrtj