BREWERS' MANIFESTOS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10471, 8 November 1911, Page 7

BREWERS' MANIFESTOS.

AND THE PEOPLE'S VERDICT.

Tlie mo fib convincing aai&wer to aJI or amy of the Brewer's' manifestos as it'h,e tfiaciti of ftihe striking growith: of the-P,i-ohjihiiit,ion sentiment. For tlie past 15 years, ft3ue' hmvers Uuavte urged maaiy why the. j>eop!fe islhcfuld vote foul the aonikilnua-nce of the Equor traffic, ytoti during Itihie isaimo period (the No-Li con,so vote has increased in a most remarkable' •manner. The voters' of the Eomanikm (have refused to [hear the vtoit\3 of the c3iarmer, and hiave served 1 upon the- traffic an unmistakable. notice (to qiuit. They liav© isaid in. effect: "No doaibit your arguments 'appears .to you to be very c.bvwr, but they do- mot appeal ito us, far the simpJie raalon that we have daily before our eyes the mosit convincing argument (of the bad effect of ypur baisdnes-s. T!hat business iniu&t isftoip !

THimt Brewers' mianifesitos havte failed to KMMyiince the rimfeliKgeint wters of "tHic Dtomiiniion is ipltiiin ffirom/ the folowaaig figures:— Examine first itibe growth of the CbntiniLaiHoe vote during the pp«fc 15 yeajte:—■ Year. Votes for License. 1896 139,580 1899 143,961 1902 148,499 1905 182,884 1908 188,140

Hie continuance sentiment has in>arie&sed, of course, (because the population jof the Dtaminioin has* grown since 1896.

Next examine tJie figures for tlhie No4icense vorfce:— , Year. Vote® for Nto-lictKnse. 1896 > 08,312 1899 120,545 1902 151,829 1905 . 198,768 1908 221,471

Tlhiese' figures are .remarkable. In 1896 the No-license vote was not ranch miore than liialf the size of the Continuance vote. By the year 1908 it. ivas 3-3,331 . ahead of the oon,tin u»anie® vote. In. 12 yeaa-fe the Oonti,nam,nee . vote increased by 48,560, while tin the same period l tlie No-Qia-arose vote increased by 123,159. This .is clipa.ii evidence that the peopile of tire Dominion are paying .little heed to liquor manifestos l . The .bireweirs m/fiy adopt /all bind 1 ? of expedients in eelf-ctefeii.ce, "but nothing they ran, do ■will isia.ve their traffic. The hand wilting is seen on the- wall, and the message is that the reign of liquor is being brought to an end.

(ADVEmiSEMENT.)