WOMEN AT THE BALLOT BON.

White Ribbon, Volume 32, Issue 369, 18 March 1926, Page 2

WOMEN AT THE BALLOT BON.

(From Liquor Dealers' Journals.) “Women, genemlly considered, are the inveterate enemies of the publichouse.’ —“Brewers’ Gazette,” February. 1912. “Probably the best ally the Prohibitionists have in England is the work-ing-class women. ... As far as the women are concerned, the closing of the publiohouses would be all to the good because the average* working man goes to the public house alone, or with his ‘jwl.s,’ and spends the money of which his wife feels she could have made better use.” —“International Report of Wine, etc.. Trade,” “Harper’s,” June 5, 1920. “With the loose logic which is characteristic of the sex. she will attribute the mainspring of drunkenness to the drink seller.”—“Brewers’ Gazette.” December, 1911. “He was a beli< in woman suffrage, but the majority of wormn’s votes would probably l>c used ag? tst the Trad' I .’’ -Ernest Oldmeadow “ Jar. per’s,” June 12, 1920. “If they were to depend upon running their own candidates In Parliament it would he a hopeless task with an electorate which now had women in the majority."—Ernest Oldmendow “Harper’s,” March 0.