CORRESPONDENCE.
To THE Editor.
Sir,—A great deal is being said at the present day about the drinking habits of the people. Many true and good men spend their time and money trying to reform, the drunkard. All wish them success in their work. Our .Parliament brings in "reform / Bills, making it a crime to be found the worse for drink. And when indulged in to excess, prohibition orders are granted, and publicans are fined for supplying drink to parties against whom prohibition orders have been made. Sir,—but very few will say a word against the law so far as it goes, but many are anxious to see the law g6 further in the way of punishing the prohibited ones, So far public opinio'n is against drinking to excess, But, sir, there is another thing that public opinion is against, and that is sham Blue Ribbon men—men that join the ranks of teetotallers and make a solemn vow before God and man that they are abstainers—men that parade the streets with the blue ribbon I
on the face of their coats; not only soj. but speak in public, and stand, 0, sad' "to .say, where truth, and good example.l should receive its highost tone, ] Andyet, sir, such men are to be found—at least one, for Lhave seen him 'mysolf gulping down raw whiskey. Not only me, but in one case over twenty men •werestanding roundrhim; and yet the same man has been seen day after day with the.blue ribbon, and has been heard speak as a teetotaller not, I think, more than a month ago. Sir, what should be done with such a man? What I would recommend ; is that a short Act should beirought in treating all such cases as common perjury. I can only see the.matter in the light of perjury of the most contemptable kind. I |rußt the party to,;whom.l refer will makea clean breast of the matter; state at once that he is not a teetotaller; and take off the blue ribbon. If not I shall feel it my duty to give his name to the public. Sir, Ido not write as a foe to the teetotal movement, but as a friend. I am, Ac, i Traveller.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1441, 27 July 1883, Page 2
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