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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10494, 4 December 1911, Page 4

{Copied from Ashburton Guardian.) THE LIQUOR TRADE ADVOCATES Publish the bare "assertion that 101 business men have signed their manifesto, but they are not sufficiently courageous to divulge the WHYP Because the very names themselves WOULD KILL their MANIFESTO as dead as Julius Caesar. THEY KNOW IT. The question for you is:—What is a business man V Is he a Carrier, who used to cart hogsheads of beer, by the score, to the hotels when the bar [flourished; or a pedlar, hawking goods from house to house; or the.amateur tradesman who was a failure under what they call the GENIAL .and PROSPEROUS INFLUENCES of the open bar, and is never likely to -be anything else tinder any other conditions? CERTAINLY NOT! You<want : to-see the opinion of business people who are neither ashamed 4of their opinion, nor of their names. HERE THEY ARE, No declaration ,by a Liquor paid oragniser before a J. P. is required to , con ceal their identity from the public. WE, the undersigned people of Ashburton (who have been trading in the JBorough for the number of years represented by the figures after our names) having had produced to us, statements which are .calculated to damage the •commercial reputation of the Town, HEREBY AFFIRM, AS OUR ;HONEST CONVICTION, that business dn Ashburton never was upon a STRONGER and more SATISFACTORY BASIS, than it is at the PRESENT , TIME. This statement is SUPPORTED by the Success of our individual fcnsinesses, NOTWITHSTANDING INCREASING COMPETITION. 1. Undrill and Co., Furniture Manufacturers, 23 years. , 2. Fletcher Bros., Grocers, etc., 17' years. ■s■;. 8. Manchester Bros., Grocers, etc, 6 years. 4. Buxton and Thomas, Grocers, etc., 5 years. 5. Kerr Bros.* Grocers, etc., 11 years. 6. Orr, Andrew and Co., Ltd.* Drapers, 35 years. 7. Moore, W. J., Draper, 12 years. 8. Barrett, H. C. Draper, 19 years. 9. McDonald and Co., Tailors, 85 years. 10. Craighead and Co,. Tailon, 31 years. > •11. Swanson, John, Tailor, 3 years. .12. Andrews ana Co., Tailors, 4 .13. Cox, John, Fruiterer, 10 years. 14.-Robinson, L. J., Fruiterer, 7 years. 15. Tucker, Joshua, Coal and Timber Merchant, 36 years. .16. Collins and Co., Ironmongers and Timber Merchants, 33 years. 17. Meddins, Geo., Ironmonger, etc., 13 years. 18. Gourdie, Peter, Builder, 33 years. 19. Vesty, H. A., Builder, 21 years. 20. Baker Bros., Builders, 80 years. -21. Hosken, Geo.. Builder, 87 years. 22. Gourdie, Jas., Builder, 2 years. .23. Olsen, W.. E., Builder, 4 years. 24. Keeley, M., Builder, 2 years. 25. Crum, John, Builder, 83 years. .26. Alen, W. H., House Decorator (8 years manager), 1 year. 27. Russell, G. T., Plumber, 3 years. 28. Addis Bros., Plumbers, 6 years. 29 Jessop, Jas. H., Plumber, 3 years. : 30. Jones, H. M., Stationer, 32 years. 31. N.Z. Farmers' Co-operative Association of Canterbury, Limited (E. W. Relph, Manager), General Meichauts, 15 years. 82. Argyle, John, Coal Merchant, 8 years. 33. Thomas Brothers, Produce Merchants, 15 years. . 34. Steele, J. and E., Storekeepers, 26 years. 85. Baker and Brown, Goachbuiider, 35 years. 86. Williams, A. T. H., Stationer, 15 years. 37. Carson, G. H., Cycle 4 «nd Motor Works, 15 years. . 38. Higgins and Co., Printers, 5 years. .89. Allen, Jas. E., Jeweller, 2 years. 40. Cunningham, Storekeeper, 27 years. 41. Totty, Robt., Chemist, 6 years. 42. Gresham, H., Dentist, 9 years. ,43. Wilkie, J. M., Dentist, 2 years. 44. Ferriruan, F., Estate Agent, 32 years. ... 45. Crown Flour Mills, Millers, 3 years. :46. Lane, Walker, Kudkin, Ltd., Woollen Mills, Allentpn (employing over 70.hands), 9 years. 47. Pollock, John, Baker, 1 year. \ 48. Gibson, W. F., Baker, 1 year. 49. Terr is, Andrew, Baker. 5 years. /• 50. Priest, M., Cycle Dealer, 6 years. .51. Chivers, E. 0., Confectioner, 2 years. , 52.'Gardner, H. S., Bootmaker, 1)^' years. . 53.. Fowke, W., Bootmaker, 30 years. .54. Hunter, Alex., Bootmaker, 4 years. ' , 55. Young, Thoinas, Bootmaker, 10 years. .56. ißobinson, W. H., Butcher, 15 years. .57. Funge, H., "Plasterer, Estb. 33 years. a- .58. Porter, S., Plasterer, over 20 years. .59. .'Stephens, J. W., Blacksmith, 9 years. 60. Knowles, F. L. Fishmonger, 2 years. ■6l. Chapman, W., Photographer, 1 year. 62. Mitchell, John, Coffee Palace, 5 years. 163. Dent. Jas. H., Farmer, Blacksmjth and Laud Agent, 35 years. ■64. Totty, C. N., Labour Agent, 3 years. • 65. Sage, M. M., Dressmaker, 3 yearfi. (66. Jessop, C. M. Milliner, 8 years. ■ 67. Palmer, Mary, Dressmaker, 11 years. •68. Nicholas and McLauclilun, Dressmakers, Estb. 17 years. .69. Phaup, John T., Hosic- . v Manufacturer, 5 years. .70. Mathieson, R., Dyer, li) years. ,I«;a J.P. 'certificate required i;> give that an air of respectability? CERTAINLY NOT. Some of the largest; em] loyers of labour appear above. WHOSE OPINION IS THE BESTP 'That of the business onan who i win employer of labour; or that of the amateur tradesman who NEVER HAS BEEN and NEVER WILL BE a success. THE PEOPLE KNOW It is a well-known fact that the commercial side of the paper in which thitf appears bears out the statements in the above manifesto. PROOF:—-The fine block of buildings erected by the Proprietor. The paper has .also on its Journalistic side endorsed the above manifesto and called upon all GENUINE traders in the Borough to sign it The Commercial Stability *of Ashburton is guaranteed by the following business people : The Havward's Picture Co., by the erection of a large Theatre. The Farmers' Go-op., by the erection of a large two-storied building. Tlie Bank of Australasia, by the erection of a large Bank. The Technical Authorities, by the erection of a large School. All magnificent and costly brick buildings £_ now in course of erection. NEVERTHELESS, The paid Organiser of the Liquor Trade, with the assistance of a lew Past Presidents of the Ashburton Working Men's Club and Mutual bchool of 4 rts (which contrary to expectation lost its Charter to sell liquor), endeavours by the usnal Liquor Tactics to conceal the true position from Jhe Men and Women of this and other electorates.