FAN INQUISITIVE YOUNGSTER.
"Papa, what is a (proliiibiti^iisL?" "A person who .tries to mako the people drink more whisky!" "How do prohibitionists make men drink more whisky?" "By passing a .senseless law against making and 'selling intoxicating drinks." "How does tihis law dead 'men to drink?" ' 'Because, they will not obey it, my son." "Is it good to drink intoxicating liquors, papa?" "No, my ,son. I liope you will never drank /them." "What do mm make tliem for?" "Well, .chiefly for drinking." "If lit is bad to drink them, is. it right to make them?" "My son, you do not understand these things." "No, Ido not. But, papa, would •not good people obey the- law?" "OUi, yes! But there are .many ■bad people." "Do #he bad people obey any law?" • "Well, no; I'm afraid they do not willingly." "Is there a law against stealing?" "Certainly, my son." "Does it Make men steal?" "My ,son, I tHiink it is time for you to go to bed." ***
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10245, 23 May 1911, Page 3
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165FAN INQUISITIVE YOUNGSTER. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10245, 23 May 1911, Page 3
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