_ covet-sneer Control, Dlmlnlehes Bootlegglng ,

Office of the Commleeiener. ‘and Superintendent. Alberta Provincial Police

Edmonton, Alberta, ‘ 5th May, 1927.

Regarding the’ Government control oi liquor in the Province oi Alberta, thlqie provthg very successful and has

diminished L " gglnimfand the men _ liquor, except in some dietrlcte (esp _ ily among foreign-

ure of- moonshine

ere) _who ha've been making. it ‘all theiiflllvcnvwhere a little

of it la atili being clone;.-not~o

r

nly tnenelncetiiip iiquceiaw

oi the-Irovince o! Albiitteiltta

"the inté‘ effectfthere hefnot

been ae much crime. "Iifrpublie are only too willing to

aeliet the-Police in any way to enforce the present Liquor

Act. ’

In eo fanae-theaiberta Provincial Police ia oncerncd, this Act livery eaey to enforce and we are given very little A

, trouble in connection with lt._

. (Signed) w. c. seven,

vlcbezmmlaeioneri Alberta Provincial Police.

Conservative

l ‘people to ‘take up the active func-

tions of a discarded caterer to their

Statesman lower appetites and passions, it is

____

(Continued pom we . i°-) 3 l

restriction trenched on the facili-

tles for your personal liberty cham-

1 p10,, to get his drink. So, did the

shortening of the hours _qnd,ti;e ex; ‘ clusion of holidays andeleciion

days. -And in the new Government

Sale laws these same personal lih-

oriy advocates support a law full of prohibitions and restrictions, and

itidccd praise these as ifs savinl;

nient in any province could have

. something to their credit that they

sought diligently for and found this ‘specious phyiactery to exhibit up- on their foreheads.

not make a man virtuous or tem- perate by act of Parliament and

passed these new laws, Take the tracting a taste for intoxlcants.

latest enacted and in forest-the On-

tario Act. ,

The Ontario ‘Liquor ‘Control Act . ‘ " (192%)

Every man and woman-in tha! ul; the same time they decree thal

province is prohibited from the re- tail selling of liquor. Every man and woman is prohibited from buy;- lng this “good creature of Goii,’ unless a permit issued at the plea- sure of three men, not elected for ~ this purpose by the people. hasiirst been bought and paid for." Only

permit can sales be made. The quality and amount puxiciiasedultusf. be noted thereon and open for in- spection. The permit itself maybe cancelled by these same three men

if, in their opinion, it is being too chnuren?

freely used. Numerous and strict prohibitions are declared’ as to where this liquor can be drunk, as

Bliilli-YP "l"! balllmr- llldfie 9nd cflm‘ getting business and that individu iual, millionaire and pauper. society 1,19. u,“ icommhhhm, became he

woman and servant, all must go in my“, person, solicit and pay m- tbsir per. he,“

fin consequence. gMem , . Governments when re

mils, apply. and stand-import!“ ill prdechbfl for lack of enforcement the counter of the Government Ohumy vxcuged ,he,,,,,e1ve,,'hy he

_ _ are brought under general jurisdic- hiirtender, have endorsed on their 31,115,,‘ 11m, 11,1, ]Bwg-[]|Bh- own mm‘ think should, uphold and strength necessary commodities.

permits the quantity and quality u

their purchases and have these in-

may cancel them for mlsilfle- l" from the violators of the law. Brew

ncceptihg all these restrictions and prohibitions they practically deny

the genulneness of their opposition c¢,-,-,,,,111°h_ 1",,“ 1,, ave” dhec

to the previous enactments on the

ti . Ellllllld! 0! their Drflllllllillllll! Mill ‘grlven to some action these leg

interference with __persensi.liberty, and freedom of facilltieslfor obtain-

inl: liquor, What the Yeere Teach.

in brief the experience of tho auhhehh last 100 years of effort to diminish

and eliminate the evils of the tqmpgfancQ‘

I.iquor Traffic goes to prove tha "lily through prohibitive reltric

about, and that this improvement has been in exact proportion ‘to the progressive additions of appli-_ This experience

ed prohibition.

shows also that drinking flourishes hiya ,he w“ ,0 1h, hmmah, 911m

most where the facilities are the

these facilities are diminished‘ by cutting d n the numbei-"of sale places an ‘ the hours all‘ wed for biiity by legal bans and s cial and moral reprobation. All an rice

ohitaxes and contributions to muni cipal es,enses. Behind- these poll

“wk” m” m” m9 °ll'llY' “all” cies trailed in support the Modera

Infill! of reducing these,._evlls to a mlnlmum l! by way of tdtal prohi- bition of sale. manufacture and im- Dorlilllhn. based on a. eup rtlng public sentiment and an angst continuous enforcement of- laws en:

acted for that purpogg,

1t is pitiable d ‘ after a hundred yfllarstgfqlcth

ed lessons of all this me

‘Ahat iaued and successful battle in which our Canadian provinces had sll roughed the final conclusion and emhuuleu ti" uvahlblilvs Principle IIMUIGIP liquor" laws, a new-genergtluu. 0g legislative experimenters jhould have utterly lgnoredthe M111 leer-u.

iéih‘ '- perieuce and substitutdd- thereaft-

tionists in solid phalanx, the per

paint, thelong procession of brew

add seasoned drinkers and all de voted lovers of boozew

unswfck joined the procession

I n if , l e specious Drown °' G°'°"'m°“l sigh anil leadership of the Premiers -utbfl politically and otherwise, the

Sale and a iegelrreha " u the discredited one , respectable garniente‘

lip-

n. l t! oljbllejlige.

it e imporiliit-ntiiltdwetialilyee the reggae given for this rejection

"l "lowerin- lot ststmfv “llsneeil necessary. henna ills lnlqfilte oftrue temperance

By thie-‘iprsfeoiag statement tbsp l My aloft-banded co men ,_ to the temperance aontime re e jha

country end, show a desire to

soften the shock ,to public feeling Linoidalif i0 the ‘Gov parent's taking ‘over v

the fapcti no of a degraded’ glvltélgmlgidt‘ m1, or Traihc. hen

leeuiti of Government lale.

veaotbee in

l mes. illicit stills

b" v Ii e_ dine bootleggere

l‘ ent to the retail trade in liquor

, scale nothing bu, u uweehmg

.1 the National Prohibition Act"

Their assumption is that you can- already referred to. These gentle-

that you can successfully do that by providing respectable tempta- tions and facilities for the gratifi- l! "lllllrlilliliie that we have the re. i cation of his appetite and by cover- plies of only 169 of them, 01' m1... l i -

,1 . Without these no Govcrn- fess great anxiety to shield the _ M "res children of the state from -con- Pwllllilllmi- A larger number_1;(;

l srtllftillrltecziltl-slartlegliatixlthevi-ltl-ieispums: odllposed m prohibition‘ and i" M‘ . food value in a barrel of beer than “on 25 expressed "Dlmslllml- bill t in a half-pint of milk, and counsel them that the safe thing is to have nothing to do with iutoxicants and “meg bmllegiiers are as thick as pe,-,,,,ce hm, mm, [ha promises o’

the home of these children shall be the place where all liquor shall be drunk and "they place within ‘easy distance of the school and church a th

Government drink shop into which e the children view the continuous entrance of bishops and bankers, leaders in hi h societ , ud es and upon personal presentation of this mwyers. ‘me: an’ wlgrfleng 0t a" grades, eager to purchase and proud to carry away the essential and pre- ernlng motive is being thrown into cirrus beverages sold therein. Pre- the discard and the fact of‘ sale is contend example are here at strife. being. boldly zivoweil. The whole wlllcll Wlll b6 llkély l0 Will i116 machinery of the (‘ommission is

They claim that the old laws were 1s brave“, succeedmg not enforced and that in conse- - - m how n mm be transported’ as to nuance,‘ , lost respect for an shops and groceries. through mail the carrying and inspection of the

hermit, and so t... ad tnnuitum. "“"°-‘ “““/"°°“°““‘g “d "m" parlors. through eiui» and banquet

runlmlF-grllw m“ l‘ "at mmmy’ licenses. and special quantity her-

l lavas-tigers unenforceable Their ' polities of Quebec have grown from Enema, h the _comm,sa,onhrs who ‘Jfl-me" quickly tmlowed “ch mm ninety in 1017 to two. hundred and Y v soon began to take hush money sevemyheven h, “m1,

ers and distillers joined in the cry , . A *0

lliiiilon of the trafilc itself and it! of the individual to choose what he most numerous, and declines as h,_,_9,,uung evils, Incidentally they shall eat and drink and to demand would make the! traffic a revenue that facilities be provided for easi- producer and devote apart of the ly obtaining it, despite any and oil Elli" i0 charities. to the reduction consequences entailed thereby upon

BQlIB-Llllifllly 05196011. some blsh- ority thereby conferred upon the ops! and bankers and judges, and traffic. Add thereto the insidious f°l'°°m°"l<l"'° Kiwi" ""1" “"491” and makes 1t DQ131119 1,; wncohh, high ucrsonagss in business and and powerful lure of easy govern- ' finance. and in the rear. in full war meat revenues, ln wiiicii puhl

fe to say and right to say lu provinces when Ouverumfli hat but for the personal influ-

ll laws would not’ have been re-

pldced brthe new substitutes. but Wfillll have been strengthened

- tfor. and enforcement 0|, euew a campaign of in otion ‘a in pm“, and information in the f y, the

- W! i . hence of incrheimetg: the public plliiorlll- » A 11W N"! And the Government itself hse in ieliee the body, ltroilgohfltq the

"p, come to - the front, and others , " g wholly unteugbvertrln process of . in Mani “be and 39111 1, formation: and la time must he not singular. _ therefore, ‘that, the ‘the brewers openly up lncuieeted the social, ‘scientific. British Columbia and Quebec Gov its imitate the law “wfluufleoopomio end pollltlcal-‘ieets in- ernmeetebave openly discarded the step! telbente of m time». ‘voltm- ot tit r pnovloeee: lead ply corrupt oletgtegug meat sale currents

THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

FEDERAL CHURCHES 0F CHRIST-R°‘°"i},fifj§gigfg§,,e,i

Say Many Politicians Support Prohibition v jI-louse oi’ Lords on Midday, when the question of reform’ of the up-

-_.__.__._.___... In a review of the Prohibition more mildly; the remainder must per chamber will be raised by Vis-

eituation the Department ofRe- also be classed as opponents. since 0mm‘ Pllzlillell- Pllyille confer‘ ,, _ _ _' ences will also take ce in co - searci of the l-etletal Churches of they wanted modification, such as new“ Wm, the _ prmsa], Wm.

Christ says: the telélfilillli-‘ia i: light wines, or 1g achrczfly so bum,“ m, “we ah.- .. _ wan e t e ue ec s st m of"Gov= n squthi n ti , 1s ai -be- if infractions 40' the law incid- eminent sue y e come an inllportltrrfts omits: n l

' _ Fizaiiaifs motion will declare in

The view of the business ele ‘new U, the long standing deem" men‘ was Fulfilled lllll-ll"_lnl° ations of ministers that reform oi Rotary and similar Clubs. On a the second chamber was urgently vote taken at the Cleveland Rom“. important the House of Lords Club only 64 out of 188 favoured riuklllrellcutllmf a ‘xasnmblg’ “llllllw n' an te nng s mem ers p.

the existing law. At the Rochest- Th“, w,“ he chanenge’, b}, ‘he

er Kiwanis Club prohibitionista Duke of Marlborough who will numbered 30 out of 70. In only move the wrecking of the amend- oue ballot was there a majority mem" l‘ ... of,“ Dephrunenhs ownhwentigab Igvourablg t0 Pfillllllll-lm‘ the nersliip of the state with the ~0|'g_ The smmmenu, h, me new “m” “Y elllllll-llle "limb"! brewers and distillers and the as- uon o! me Emmi“ d8 H h being 54 out of 81. These figures aumption iiy the province of the this aspect or the ‘ m" I18 Wii m-e worm “mug by me 8,1,8 o, functions and responsibilitlta of . fro em arc in- ,1“, 8,8,8", t t the Drink 'I‘raffickere and all tho deed remarkable. ’lbe Research mohlbmoljrt: sfflotfnlzznrgnfigz? consequences of tho Drink ’l‘rai'l'lir.

Dfiliflrlmunt oi’ the (iouncll inquir- ed 1n various ("reuuona u" m "my ‘iusm of captains of industry over Spacious Argument for “c 0pm,)" o" me ‘hesulm of ‘my the industrial and_ economic value Government Sale 1,111,, ; U _ 0 prohibition. But more . m‘: onllamoni. othus from the Imam. more Important mo hi"; The WllOlO effort and purpose of usan prominent business men democrat“: ’ ' the tcitipcrittice people in their colllllry. are the views struggle for rcfnrm has been to expressed by the working classes, (lelfliiillilc and _ tie-socialize the of which 111.3 Bhheth, conmhm a Traffic. All this is now to be good many hpec1mens_ Ollfliigetl. _'l‘he Governmeni.-—tlie .30 m _h representative and trustee of the mom Isllsiue ilgsgilviflll but uponhihf bgsttl thought and the highest ideals , u ll 1W0 - ° l9 Billie. the guardian of its '10" flflys the report, "thug 11 h, morals and protector of its welfare ltigiiiy probable that many persons and huppmess_""w Step“ lll- T“

hm, ehnecm" ,9 ma, cuss the Traffic from its illegal prombmfin layws igamilgszhvile ml‘ and tiiscretiited status and en~ ference h I e r pre- thrones it as an instrument anti H - cnause they cannot “Kelley of the state; clothes it with stand the gaff" of mo“, “mm respectability and the high sanc- ism) (,1 77) tion oi its authority. it. says to

(Special to theIGu-prdixn)

LONDON. June 18. -—' great

controversy will be revived in the,

should continue on the present

cllllllBe l" Dlllllli! opinion can pre- vent the effectual nullification oi

(p. G5.)

This is an emphatic indication of the present state of public opinion, and it is confirmed by the reports

"1911 hill/B their headquarters in New YOTR. but their interests ex- tend all over the United Staten, 11

expressed themselves in favour of

vdeclared themselves vigorously

£19 lllfwflll‘ and distiller: l wlll ence urtt be your cash customer, relieve you of all overhead sale ex- iieas on a dog's ba k. Th - - . . o, we varmus Liqueur Comennliigiflohil: their advocates and supporters: zluyollf-clll-‘tlifiiizltlet “Ole. ma‘ bear msumony m the ("menu-leg O-f and these facts must be broadcast pie. You will at en~’ b0 mli peol enforcement and the persistent -tc- and made plain t0 a"- from the opprobri mce t e re eve‘ tivities of law violators. In Quebec The essential difference between the material out gt 3i "sllpplymkg rapidly multiplying taverns Prohibition and License as ap- ards are manufactured dllnmd‘ have taken the place of the. 01.1 plied to the Drink Traffic must be iteu 5,110,", kee 8'“ Rh acre ' saloon with added facilities seat. adequately and insistently shown. em, and V0,, w?" 1,851,115", (lguegg ing comforts, and the easy untuu-ia. And it may well he that the experi- 81,19 h,,,1',,cc,.e,,,~,e,, purvel “in”; tion of the sexes. l ment of Government Control, now His .\iajesty'n G0ve|»,,,,,,,,,, y“ Shel}, Thelflcuon m. Comm, as a gov, being tried out in the different prfl- resented in the provlucts vinces, may serve, though at great 1t gays 1,, “,9 Deon“, o, m, m0 cost, practically to demonstrate its vince: It’ hereafter 601161. chin“ own inefficiency and failure, and are ‘intulc into tiruitkurili-i Vhotncs thus lead the way to a renewed and darkened and youths ueiuuuwd worked to promote sales and in- sllclcaiiifiilllll illpplilclattifin of“: fllflflifil‘ lives endangered ant] re,u,1a1h,,,8 crease Government revenues, and 1""; fl’ e53“ 0" w e Tlllnefl by drink. you will at, leagl Saws h, ‘en en oiceinent. For deep-lat have the pleasure of knowing that, in the conviction of our people bati- the Government of your pfovln ed on moral, social, economic and supplied the booze and heaped $2 national grounds, is the deterinina- profits arising therefrom tion to win ultimate decisive vic- And it says to each boy and girl ' mfts, are all shrewdly exploited. itfrllgwrfgleelltgnfi imlggtlk‘: ‘lg humml,‘ °l ‘he ‘Mill-l zeneration: we .10 Dry areas are being plckeietl with bllzghtmg cum“; 0:22; L? ufifllTga ilnllguillfiefi Wiih your htthers and “"1” "cllmes “ml ‘“‘l“’°" "Y "m" fic This determination isqbaslc and t is Bl: mm “hi” you for safe- ‘ and express delivery to individuals ' .3’ 5a e10 have nothing to du W111, will not be denied But while work- into f ' therein until they ‘lose heart and mg Mung theaelméq we may and I m"? eating liquors. On the con- - - - We eclare them useful anti I" this “my the we‘ nmmcl en the hands of the Government in them under o-u- we take every honest effort to enforce the provide .es,.é....'f,l§te°fi°" and we restrictive and prohibiting provls- you may obtain that}; aces where ions of the laws now in force. invite - ' And we your custom,

illil-l this is wrong in. [lrlnclplg um] Maritime Provinces “Ml if’ my mind prove dlsastroug ll lKQwiO the public welfare and to

. liticai unoraiit . ' it is sought also to extend Gov- p‘) y The partnership in business will inevitably mow 1h.

clares that in some districts in Wiu ' the“ “l5 l0 promote tru e tem-

orders, express deliveries. in beer

‘ The consumption of alcohol is

‘drinking population are simply amazing.

isletive experimenters led by their With the continuous extensions crnment Sale to the two provinces _

Palm's Mi lagers, in several cases of facilities for sale and the oon- Th‘ “e t m | h b t n t° ‘l mllllml iiiirtlwishlp. Now aild a_.'t e s cr ce of their ubllo tinuous, strlkin rowth of these 6 a "ill W i 0P9» 9 l P9 '

pledges, sprang their new-fryngled sales, falls thtft father contention "Owl! it"! Bilcfiellfli": Oliiwlfll- fizxgrzwt zany“ “mm” 9"’ experiment of Government Bale, that the new systeni would lilcreuse y a w I °°"""'"d ‘h’ which they camouflaged under the the sobriety of the 11801118. iliininisii of Government Control the consumption of liquor and so acting in the sole interests of true gradually lead to the elimination a sober generation. free 1mm the it la allied-

stlli exempt from such enactments. as "m, a the” “w. m] t“ co riue e

Why substitute for what you now have and under which however in- adequately enforced has grown up

Ilipiwrt of the liquor interest; and that lililififclf will ultimately corrupt “"4 d""°y My party with which

of the 1mm, tmmc by way 1,1 edhcu. presence and influence of the eal- ‘No Gnvemment can afford m

l Iifhey promised to controls traffic tion and the practice of rational 0°“ “"11 ll! flflflofllflllllllfl- Bil eliilell- ,. 1

u ' which they had allowed to become methods. What is apparent to the a 5e mvemm from the vices and m“ h" lmlmwemelll ‘"39" lllollglll uncontrollable; to abolish the student and observer is a distinct

b ‘tlegger and all illicit dealers to demorallzation of piibilc seniintcitt

w om they had given full play, to brought about by the ridicule at

promote personal sobriety, to re- criticism of prohibition in high

dttce the consumption of liquor and social and governmental circles:

ment of so brief an existence and. according to evidence, so ineffect- ual in operation‘! Surely it is the ,1, part of wisdom to await fuller trial of the new system and in the mean- time to demand and obtain better enforcement of thepreseut law. Do not be misled by the sophism of Governmenn Control as the prime motive and virtue of the new

‘yellllllmes M’ its neome. still less to become the sole and active a2,- ent for exploithrg those vices,

a Conclusion

And now I must draw this al- ready long article to a conclusion. “get fine challenge you all to for- legislatisve experiment. Gcvern- anhectmiplfonggmggl ‘lgofmélellillieuig ment ac ia the prime motive: the h,

Ell d ll -

- society; the assumption by ill” ffffizgmenrngofvltirfilul; yuetnugcfin cipie. The? fssgo-dsii-Igllelngogtl ‘tllirilillg - state of the functions of the tlis- ' u, he 51,111 , 1», . o, t . _ - credited liquor purveyor autl tho “l: lg Qgebeiii» l" Bllllsll Clllllmbl“ age sale of alicoltiiclllc iiquokil-eafllegvtfie - sanction of respectability and autll- ‘slgowl tflatlatlaee 53356;’ system which slipparm 1t. The as. flentlal element that gives- it favor

- the assertion of the natural rights

the proliibltory enactments‘ that shmract 1 ' t l h ll. i~ h, Government zeal and effort in en- 1, become: ..’f,,§fc,fw§,e°§,‘°,‘f,§p£§fl

_ _ forc m t, h t, l , charities and municipal untiertak bee: pigductiz: ‘y; belzgsllfiéaglulzlsl: able and unattractive. The alcohol-

ere and distillers and bootloggerfl lugs may share, and you have a A" the w“ enacts of drink bsgm‘ lc effect is its sale recommenda-

tion to those who use it.

- combia tion of influences which art ‘Science declares that alcohol has

power, 1y to form support,“ m,“ not while the liquor is in the vats

in these new enactments the lic oplu on. What, then, should be “d “m” °t ‘he brew" “d mam‘ little or no food value and that its Premier of Quebec led the way; the attitude and action of th the Premier of British Columbia friends of_ temperance and prohibi- sobn followed; the three Prairie tion under these circumstances? P vinces fell into line, and lastly ‘ th ‘Premiers of Ontario and New '