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Taranaki Daily News, 7 September 1918, Page 4

_ flit? fact that total prohibition of the liquor trnllie tends to increase production and makes for general efficiency lias been well illustrated by the two ucighborough American States of Missouri and Kansas. The former has twice the population of the latter and lias all the natural advantages of market fa.cilities, mineral deposits, forests, and agricultural lands, yet the assessed valuation of Kansas is nearly six times that of Missouri. Practically every town i:i Kansas owns its electric light plant, waterworks and sewer system, while many Missouri towns of from 4000 to 5000 people, have neither paved streets, waterworks r.or electric systems. In a statement made in 11)15 by the Governor of Kansas, reviewing the jjrevious year, he stated that of the 1' had not sent a prisoner .„ ~ „., vl ul had not contributed any patients to the asylums. More than a dozen counties had not called a jury in ten years to try a criminal case. Surely this is worth striving for in New Zealand. Be sure you sign the right Petition! Look carefully, or you may be induce 1 to support a proposal asking for nationalisation of the Drink Traffic with all its attendant evils. The Alliance Monster Petition is the one that everv natrirtt.ie citizen should support. Si*. other.—Advt..