NO-LICENSE CAMPAIGN.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 237, 30 September 1908, Page 3

NO-LICENSE CAMPAIGN.

ME. ,L. M. lSl'Fl' AT TJIEATUE j aiOYAL. j Mr. L. .M. Jsitt addressed a nvell«ttend«l meeting lust nighb in the •theatre lloyal, t'lie liev. J. Guy presid•fo' j" I ".' ■ S l Ml |' :( ' forcibly in advocacy of the Hosing of tlie liquor bars in the Dolniniwu. He alleged that the liquor trafbc was wording harm to the notion, and lurgcd the pcojiie not to be ■diiiiuped," nut 'to be duped, but to have a nuiid of their own; to remember they were not like a ton of coals or a sa.d; »f llour, but were t'liinkimg beings with volition of their own. They should not

be (mitten t to ibe "dumped" in regard to their religion or polities, .but to think' foi tlveniselvi'rf, jtiul staihl fby tlicir opinioil-.. He passed on then to ail exposure •of some of the claims put forward on 1 "chaff of l.iqiu.or. Bo staled that if it wen. proved to him U:ht liquor would jr, n» happiness and igood to iuanWn.il lie would work as hard for it as he now worked /for No-License, lie had often ' thai by thu choice of their siens ' and eni'blenis the "trade" (satirised itself more than any Xo-Lieense man could t hope to d()'. Tor instance, there was the 'null-dog" brand of stout, with a trade mark depicting a brutal and hideous x animal that wa.s no inept symbol of t -he I

Si<u-(i of Avork liquor would do upon a •man when once it had him in- its grip. Ainothcr placard depleted a gaunt, skinny Scotchman wanning himself In 1:1 Hallow candle stuck in the neck of r. \\ ibottle, .and t-he picture was c-alicd "The Warmth of the World!" l't was rubbish to say that whisky wanned a man. It did noticing of the sort, hut laplually made the man Wilder as t'ie result of its iwork. Directly the whisky was swallowed it quickened the beating ot the heart Mid 'pumped the warm

e artentil Wood ifroni the centre of the t W' to thp "capillaries oil the surface, 5 ■alongside the. nerves. The nerves s telegraphed the .sensation to the brain, 1 ai ." l ll "' lleat w ' ,s brought 'into contact ; with the fold air, causing the heal to , be giiven off more quickly. It was . known now that when men were Jicin" I selected 'for 'Awti|o or Antarctic expedi" tions they 'were 'advised not to take whisky with them. In the observatory!

away up .in the ll'ockta's liquor was -.ib sohite*ly prohibited to the mon, 'because it lessened the powers of resisting the cold. Again, some people talked as i( Vtar national greatness were the outcome of our Ibccr-drinking. That was tbo theory years ago, but it .was departing. They talked of the strength derived from beer arid spirits. I-low eoculd they derive strength from ii tiling 111 ivhioh there was mo strength-pro-ducing .quality ■! lie would not deny, of the .legs It strengthened the Hjreatlj. (Laughter.) Licbig, one of the world's greatest analytical chemists, ami a modcrate Maker, had stated that if a man j drank fire quarts of the best Bavarian

heer daily J for a vcai' lie would derivi , as Smith nourishment rfroiu that «ea o j beer as fro-m a Jive-pound barley loaf N>, the only genuine and honest phr , tliat a mail .could ndvaiiuc in .flavor oi . alcoholic liquor as a. beverage was thai . lie liked it. and that he could get u ccitti.in amount of pleasure out of jt : But if aan mi 'coiitsidercd only the gratification of his own. personal teste," lit > " -a5 / l not taking a very lofty view.' A lifetime of experience had taught him that, a man s measure of happiness de-pe-nded upon the amount lie did for other people. Every man should have sufficient pride 0 f country to make him ton (tiniest supporter of every movemen,t for the uplifting of the people and the ending of all that would do the people lliurt. Mos't men were proud of the deeds of mien of other days in fighting evils existing then, but "it didn't ■take jmuh of a roan to grow enthusiastic al'out the other fellow's work. They need no t long for those .bygone opportunities that others had embraced. There was Sm Ne.w Zealand to-day a stirugglq between the forces of right and the forces of evil, and if they could infuse men land iwomen with determination eo that .they would put an end to ithfl liquor 'bars, noti only would they I stoptlhe hurt wrought Ibv drink excess, I but they would roll away the barriers to every economic and 'social reform that promised for the uplifting of man- | kiml. I Questions were invited. 11l answer to Mr. Johu Hale, the lec-

turer said he had drunk whisky, and ale, 'too, in hiis time, Hit. it had never done him any good tflitit lie knew of. 'Mr. J1 iilo Asserted that he .drank a 'hott.le of schnapps a. week sind a. bottle ■of ale every (In v. iUut for that he would have had all the screws in h'is coJlin l<Wg ago, for tlvvo yeaiis ago he was so ill th'at (he would have 'been glad to die. He kould not, drag himself aboul. Now.iaftcr regular taking of this liquor, he was able to work his fifteen hours a day with any man and Hot be fatigued. .Mr. Jsit't fa'*! lie had always understood that it v.as the namby-pamby specimen of a teetotaller who had to intoned up 'ill various \Uiys, but here was a. nia.n .standing about six feet in his £ockb s'lating he couldn't manage a day's work without .Wolfe's sebnapjis and pale ale. "l*ale ale for pale people .makes pale people pink, and ptile ale for pink people makes pink people pSnker," he quoted. In answer to a query, Mr. Hale said that before he m ;us ill lie had been practically a (teetotaller, and for fifteen years lie Mid suffered from sciatica, of which these liquors Iliad cured him. Mr. Isitt said that if Mr. Hale could produce a'ny doctor bf repute who would

risk liU /medical reputation by stating (hat -scWmipps and -ale were a remedy for sciatica, lie would apologise for his advocacy of 'prohibition. Amidst some hilarity, >Mr. Hale offered to l>onrd the lecturer for a week and itoi Avork side, by side witil him to prove the efficacy of his tonic. lie also tftrited that if he were to leave the schnapps alone for a week ihc would he Useless for work. To which tlie lecturer retorted tliat if he could not live without liquor iMr. (Hale liad better get to heaven at icaicc. Mere Dr. jllale Iv ' i,s reinforced by a lady, iwlio took a seat, by liis side. He asked how i.t was tllia.t whisky /was given to a> person in, a sJtatc oi eollap-e ■if, em the lucturer 'said, it was of no value.

ilr. Isitt .Slid the medical profession was rapidly leaving -alcohol alone as a medicine. Hundreds of medical men in England had signed a manifesto tint men 'coufld work ibetter without liquor than with it. Mr. Jfa-le: Tlioy must have been all prohiliilionJstls! Ml-. Isitt said Unit even if tliey agreed itlia't the seliiKipi's ani ' #!«' had cured this mron's sciatica—and he would not agree to it—that was 110 argument for ►using as (a, Jieverage thfe .remedy for disease. 'Mr. lime then attacked the -lecturer with regard tio the success or otllierwi s e of No-License in Oainaru, Inverc'argill. ati,l ; A>li : l)'.i]-on. 'and after an in'terclningc, of argument it, "was -agreed, on hiis sng.geWliloiK, t'lint lie would take the platform, with lilr. Isitt on d-Ywlay evening and debate 'the matter. The -si'ngtng of Uic 'National Anthem ; concluded the toi-eetijig. \