PROGRESS IN AMERICA.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 November 1916, Page 7

PROGRESS IN AMERICA.

To the Editor. Sir, —Lost some of your readers should fail to apprehend the great progress lately made in America in the direction of prohibition please allow me to point out a few important points. To begin, with, it has been a defeat for the liquor party everywhere at the recent votings. The prohibition issue in furious- forms was presented to the electors, on the 7th inst., in nine or ten States; in Nebraska, Michigan, Montana, Utah and South Dakota, prohibition was adopted; as an amendment Of the Constitution in the two Urstnamed States, and as a statutory measure in the other three States In the United States territory of Alaska prohibition was also adopted. Whilst in :ome of the above-named States the prohibition does not take full effect intil WIS, in the meantime the people ire using the local option laws and tarrying no-license .which comes into deration at once. But that is not all She victories. In California partial vrohibition was carried, and distilled ipirits are prohibited. Further, in two ir throe States attempts were made to partially restore the licensed liquor Irnde, in so far as it affected beer and wine; but all these attempts failed, So' 1

temperance people the world over may rejoice in tlie American gains—and no losses. All this points very significantly to what our friends there take as their watchword: "National Prohibition 7n lflZll." It certainly makes us in New EealaV feel very small, when we are so drink-ruled that not one hour can be cut oil' the time during which drink may be legally sold. Well, we thought at one time we were icadin"not so now. 'Chen let us follow a "ood lead.—l am, etc., <!EO. H. MAUNDER.