WHAT AMERICAN LABOUR SAYS OF PROHIBITION.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3316, 21 October 1919, Page 5

WHAT AMERICAN LABOUR SAYS OF PROHIBITION.

Mr "Houston, editor of the Lil')O‘l]' Bulletin, Denver, says: “The Prohibition law in nine months has worked a wonderful revolution for good, and at least 75 per cent of the union voters who were against the amendment would support it now.” Mr Common, president of the ‘Denver Building Trades Council, said: “After twelve months’ trial I am absolutely of opinion that Prohibition is the proper thing, and has come to stay in»Colora.do.” Mr Thornton, President of the Denver Trades and Labour Assembly_.; -said: “In my humble opinion the worlierg of Denver and Colorado are :1 lot better off mentally, morally. and financially and ipliysicalvly than they were when the State was wet, and you cannot gather a good sized company which would proclaim openly for the return of the saloon.”

Repeated attempts have been made recently to secure monster demonstrations of ILaboul‘- men to parade and demand the exemption of beer and wine from the amendmen?t, but each. of these was a miserable fiasco. The workers generally declined to ‘be made the tools of the liquor business. ‘Many of them have seen; so much. of thenbenefits of a. “dry” State that they want a “dry”