THE CAUSE OF TEMPERANCE

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 10, 30 May 1914, Page 4

THE CAUSE OF TEMPERANCE

FIGHTtNiU bi'tECllEfa. \ Ala vi iw-iici-nse vwM'kerfv* in t>«<> Hiil I illicit ukrUt. over wthicfti the tav. T. JUL ikwraar* presided, addrwcu on (ilio work *yf the niuw Zduland. Al Uuijue were delivered by Mr Wiealoy ftyroyg (president of the Alliancti) Hud >Uie Hbv. J, Da-wiwu (Gcc.ro* tary of file Alliance 1 ). _ WORK IN AMERICA. Mr fipragg's adiilrosa was mainly concerned witih tihe progress of thb work, in Aaissrica from evidence gatlhered during liis recent travels -there. Of Isle yetuy, to said, the position of no-liceiu* waikcßß fond drained, and tho supportera of ititlu Uqiio'ji truffle ha&i iiad to odoyt tihe apologetic attitude, which had one# been tohe temperance workers' portion. Ho lad 'been dmlxueod in America of tb« idw bhait New Zc&lasid Jed in tho attnpaign iUic liquor traffic. America tad ta.wi|chi<d! w on a large scale, and was maSiing moire nwirkod progress than Now Ze.ii'eind, with even better promise. Hie advocated tflie active oontimianoo of work Sn tho bands of hope, where youth was educated ito the battle against .the liquor trod®, and where nmo out wf every ten of New Zealand'* best uo-tfeemHo workers Oiiad been bred. He paid a tribute to the work 'of wo- T: men in the cause of no-license boftih in Atn«rtca and New Zealand. Americana had tackled tfye problem on party line*, and in this thought they were mis- • taken. Later ttiley had realised tfie error of their ways, and liad parted' on with their «nMoait campaigns, wh'tA wore in mmny wayo similar to the local no-license campaigns In New Zealand (uid won- familiar firora one end of Atnerica to tlhie otto. He combatted the Btatomenft Ulan no-liceiwo was a failure,, and said it "w.u at least a partial auocew, land it wan on the right line#, bofl* ]P in America iukl New Zealand. In one 1 district mlwction had dosed one hotel',, in a district wihere they lhad the poonat . rate for jurofliibition of the yea*. At' X < next election tliene was fin increase of 50 per cent in lilno vote, wlLcclUteattri* 7% buted to IJm l freedom from "j of liquor. Every district in, which fchj» hotels ww was one atep mower to national ixiolt&bition. To-day 4T millions of people were gladly embracing no-liceine, «a SiaM (the area of tie United A States. Tlhc liquor people had been db- ' « liged to abandon Wi« statement ttmt * prohibition we not a success. The- ■. * liquor people wwie not denying it .to extent tihtey footl done, because they -J could not say tliat 47 millions vvf people <* in America were living under foolish - lam Amcrtei-uw were asking for a «0a« f' stitutional rajjiit to say whether they • would have live liquor traffic in the ■■■'■£<; country or ttOii Hio workers in Amerl». «i ware beoocning more united, and tiiw- '-'s| speaker, uiffed equal unity among New Zealand workers. The question had beer* before the country so long that it -■?» was due ta settled.. They moat find, _%! the money and the service required. He roundly condemned the three-fIWW .yj imajni-ity as asi insult and an injmtica■ wll:.:h in/ust 1* wippd ou,t. Ho'appealed to the Prciß of ttie coumhry for bett«l ,"I ,■ ■ smppr.rt, stating tot tliis was wow a?! fopihci-miiif- in Almerica, and tSwt tlia Ntw ZealAw) *oriker»- were eSrtitled to it biivuiw ttiey wcto in ft majority. Hrf concluded with an for strong ■ united actio*. FACTS AND FIGUIU3S. Mr Dawunai lofied liis argument that' ■ no-licMi'j' -ivsis a succeas nnd liMnae a failure on ji sim 0 f facts and flgures. Des|>it<! evt'.rj kiml of reffulation, the 3iet.'iiM» sy.'ti ni :liad failed. 11l 1013 there ■woro twelve HlKnisaiut oooivictions for four millions (J|wnit in liquor. Three thousand had been prahibiteel, nnd one liunri'Kvl men and fortV woimwi sent in ineliriati's* 'homes. TliUi could no lonfjer lie ti'li'iateil For tihe ntotiay spent in drink, Vhe railways oOutd-haira'' < been run free. S% per cent profit paid on the oaifcinal <-ost, and enoujjh left pay Mio sick nn<2 funeral of all W tho friendly wobiejties in Now Zealand. Ho nwhwatjiii voting for itoJicensie iri ■ eadli d Ist rut as. well as jMntUM'." -- prohibition. As <mdenco ot sucflpW . , of 'Tio-liwns*- ijil> .-uid til t n aronfi in M>l'3 finly 18s ad per head e>perat in )iqn«« luid oni'y nine gallons Ol it consuiiufcl j,' r family, as aga,iwb HI ' gyillons in areas. Tn ith® twelve KO-l 40S word , •' made (or drußikewncss among 100,000 *>' l>coplo, notwHl;stajidiiig tteit areas had 1o lnaV the stigma of peopld J' wlio went into li«cn<*t>d amis to, get V drink. In if!64w < toii, undor no-14ceii0e< liotels aatd (koi tul business places wer<- i prospor<nis. V? ■ %-f