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average ot’ 13.92 per 1000, the aver-l, BS8 {or the wet years 1913 to 1917.} to an average of 12.3 tor n like per-

sort or {Neal Dow in his day) pun-

ished it with death.

"His laws passed away as this law will pass, and a good deal o! whiskey has tween drunk in Seet- laud since. 1n England, in 995, an error-t was made to restrain drink--

lBl-r by law, but it tailed. Taverns

10d under pmmbnyou l" mm“; were only introduced in the thirt-

‘aumbers. a million lives have bcen

saved by this decrease in the death‘- rate, to which prohibition was one! ,0! the principal detarlnining fatt- lows."

“Alcoholic insanity ims decreased

llhree wct years."

lillmlnation o! Former Drink Bill

I “The drink mu of 1917 (the lust WW“, HIST‘ before prohibition was adopt-l from rice two thousand ygarg be. . “BB generally estimated, con-lforc the birth c: chm“; and, “L lhonnh it must be allowed that Illley have tea enough, they make consuming this amount oi liquor and drink it yet. WEB 32-631A8l. The per caplta cost little known "in England ml the oihintoxlczrnts to them was $61.29. Rhomnn conquest. We are told 1'1‘ one who did not use liquor in l ‘it it impairs our strength; yet have . m . , . ‘licensed territory were on“, by the people who drank it conquer-Lralledgllgllf .,§'“,',l,,‘,'“§°,',',' those who secured it even tllougbled “m” wll° did "m" ll was ‘ml? it n Speaker hem falls w CCm-lnép,

Eservativcly, at over 82.000.000.000. The imputation in license territory

they lived in dry territory.

;much over 310.000.000.000.

‘lilliirinq our present prosperity.

lthe country."

‘by o (iovernluent lControl systen

‘the province?

‘have been quoting" an follows:

' “No such sum could be dlvertedl ‘lirom leditimate business without

I "To divert even one-tenth of this. the use l- ‘, or the amount o-Lthe 191'! mo“ med 0m drink bill ln the license torrltorywuw u ' lnmounting to $2.000,000,000, would “m, temperance and ‘leave its mark upon the whole fin: 11,9). “gnaw, “med

,aucial and industrial structure of honorable and Ieaméd

it may well be asked: lit the pay-Iklialno Liquor ILawJ to review t intent of the iormer drink -blll in period of English history. ‘license territory would today have to the time when the Puritan rail" such an effect upon a country o! cause was most triumphant; when . who financial position oi the United ifllurles bud been slain. ills follow. ALQOHOL m RELAHON To Saucer-by what financial necronrlerr dispersed; when (‘romwell POVERTY QR WEALTH

‘aucy could the people ol‘ Prince Tfllgilvll at ‘Whitehall: when his‘ ‘Edward island pay its drink ‘bill un-f-llfllnl‘ flencrul hold llllllillfy com- rll0l‘ the unrestricted sale permitted "l-"Hl 0S nil the countries: ‘ l, ""5 May-poles were struck the theatres closed. the taverns

grltlmnt leaving its mark ulpon the _ ‘ gill" "ll. when lnlrtll W35 111,117,311.

liluanoial null industrial structure o1-

lGeneral Beneficial Results in U.S.

Tile general economical result o! _ prohibition lathe United States is [summed up by lilo Committee we wmch

eenth century, "in the re gn ol‘ Ed.-

ward the Third. there were only ‘three allowed in all London} now

there are thousands. Edlvulvl the ldlkrurth tried to restrain them in l-YIFZ: iorty irero then allowed in

1,0 . 66 pe: cent in the first Hires plohi-l ‘Culimig’ lung?!“ “m1 m"

bllion years compared writ the lust: "caused m] 1751 The “lawn, o; twine is euriousfi; {attributed to Noah. who certainly lhall 599a enough ol‘ the evils or

The Chineses made wine

Jttxaleutgl tfentury. in 1827, Henry l 9' x l- ‘l Sensible Kllli-I tiled is 1 vlohtion oi th ' ' ' t , _ y ‘ - ‘I f _ - _ e woluulary .,.‘;,,‘,,°”.‘f,‘,‘§‘,‘ ‘;3e‘“‘,:““i;“lll°ll- ‘""l,\,_l°’,lll"lll<"lpic. illecause 1L is detention‘ buns and m (p Pei Mid iIlLMby the old urguulents by which ta- aml Om tied il-ht ‘fir; Cfllltleltlilcli nuiics and persecutors in all ages p ‘" ° l ‘i “we” "l llw-‘e sought to propagate

ll-"Ildfln- for being adlllteratcd."

WET? llUl.

its invention is

Wine was but

defy all CPlIlOlBIIIP-Gflill or these grout lurlsts drank his tive bottles o! port a day. 1 certainly would not advise the learned member ‘for Annapolis to try. lu tllls coun- tryg» an experiment so hazardous. In the moist climate or England‘

dry atmosphere o.’ Nova Scotla I. have sometimes‘ seen him. ‘however, when o. few glasses, would have done him good. ln- deed. 1 olton fancy that, both in‘ the Senate and at the Bur, ills wit la no‘: so poignant, or his logic no, acute. as in the olden time when he used to take his glass or winc.l "My honourable‘ colleague and friend frcnl Cumberland, whom». sincerity in this 0.11158 l entirelyl respect, quoted to us last winter‘, the passage from Scripture, “ii

oitleuil then will l out no more." IBut would my honourable friend

forbid by law the sale oi meat, for fcnr sonlebody would Gil, tool much? Again. he told us “no

l5°l<l by the apethecarios (us is l “if out quantity consumption perl,“°“" 0101108611 again) in the thir- inflblta today equalled the par capls .tnl quantity consumption in 10.17, ithe totnl national cost would be.

ills audience, do we permit him ml coerce them into belief‘ by force ol‘ lair? i resist this hill DQ311175!‘ it‘

. ‘ lTl i . ‘ ‘e 5mm” dellleil llleillliclve-‘ilmens souls (more Pl-crlous illiil

"l “We. but their sect their bodies), Catholics have burnt Th“ ‘Pilfliallfi M94 Protestants. and Protestants Cain» pet-intent oi’ coercing people oilcs. The right of prlvnlé Jud“. Vlrllle. llllljllcu: was denied. Tile ‘right oi i invite the one huluatl being to coerce others member for lillt] belief. as it it now sought to

A ‘". . . t , l "nil‘°u“ (‘he atllmcflte 0f the toerte them into iellipernnce, has

d. and temperance enforced

the sword. Now, vh ' l

‘vital U, an this? goagolggzr ‘all; ‘Health and the Protector in his cuffln, ma" ll"? [ls-Title 0f ‘England. by a conrl ‘"10" "lllllllfle. threw oft u systenr ‘ He" ‘S;h§ym;':%r!dedaéismopnress.‘ “Our economists assert that pro-Hralns become‘ that [he Degiiliertjg‘

_ lllfl- been ‘tried n thousand times. and 1 lelel has tailed. as illII-i attempt will

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ill lilo lllllllc ct‘ the French Repub- lic. published in Paris a iew years

y ill!" ‘ll’ the ilsptu-tlncnt .:r Public (icilcrul Atlnlinislrd. ___,i‘ __i __,.__. accounts and the total amount

of deposits in 1922. a year business depression. when the volume of retail trade tiecreas- I cd greatly because of the de- ‘this chill in l.) crease in pay rolls throughout which luv‘ the Nation. Elimination of the o-ti to a

tiou ior Relief ol‘ lilo Pour. calling intention to the lllLlKGY-w‘ ol‘ alcohol.

(‘oiulnlt then to that other Rn» Dublin across the 49th parallel. where prohibition was adopted litiiltllltllly in lllllls‘, sortie interest-

hlbition is a lending factor in. ourtatored the Sumru,’ forgo, ‘he-n. c“) ‘"14 Pmllllilrl-"Ollfl (‘till be illudc bl"

present prosperity.

ol‘ constructive business.

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5 The Outlook for the Future i l

Regarding the continuance ol'~"_“.ll'9 H000 lllcy have lnrumbmo“ as m0 Ilammal m“. Mane Puritan-l sacrificed all the re-

=il wars and sacrifices ‘lllll rco en» “'l‘h.; lormcr expenditure tor ill-led their lheauws and ‘!‘]‘Ye]l‘l<‘| and‘ ‘lnxicants now enters the channels. 5,, diSgu-qle(\ “m? [my with ‘l’

‘like Yefifiltlllvll 0i personal free.

llllHi-‘llo attempt hats been llléllle to

‘mestalrlish ll‘rolnw ll’: ‘". l e 5 5l7qmm1 entlulen‘: and the laws enacted,

PHHIHPS lll lllfillYdlllfi‘ illT}

lwoen conditions before and alter pl alllhlilon. . in the United Slates, as in ports

till . ._ _ . _ “m donfinauon’ um 1mm“ “win: (anadu. it had been CLllillPd

"lllcrsnsetl productivity oi labor ftlfgtilell in tile general jgy which 5H5 decreased industrial accidents, I hnultiplietl ilemutltl for new homcsdomv occasioned. ‘Thu lglla-lllflnd ror lmlh necessities and luxur; rich]. round, and from ma; [my w ‘lcs lids rwconlputlled n tletztrnst: in

thlt there is failure on the part lot’ olzlcers to enforce the law

llilidel‘ ln-olllnltton: trial the en- ‘IOYCEHIG-ili, ol’ the Eighteenth “Am-

Nf-‘n’ l teal" that the frleul‘ umuhflenme n“; ‘mom m Sazlflsigéjllilnllliillll thereto has failed; that "one “Sin nlodlllt-zltlon to the law would

,seclu"c :l greater respect for the llml‘ and secure its hotter enforce-

tlle llnited States, the Cnnmllttec lllrlll“ ilHl they 11ml cstablirhezi, "lento.

t‘.')lll'lll'.lt‘i! its report with illfl Bl!"

ment:

“There is no evidence to justify’ "tile hope that the biisilltticnlill 1:11.; A-rgyie Shore were thrown into “mment w“ ‘he felfen e“ m b‘ Tfitrcat excitement on the afternoouim: emmced if Oldeny govemmenu‘ ‘of the 13th lnst. ~lt was caused ‘by, ills eaenpatlehor ‘a western horse‘ 7966i! urc use ‘ _ - rhea" o?‘ Igngcreélk ggofifi?wyvl_ali_ ourselves seriously to law enforc Match oi‘ ‘Charlottetown which es- ,caped from its stable and started holds and‘ W00ds ol‘ several districts and although nt- tempts wele made to capture him], HOWE ON PROHIBITION. he reached the shore of the NOTlll-_

is to endure.

meni, We are. Sil‘. 6&6"

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hill at that time was abandoned

(Enclosure)

e1 dained "t

with the loss at both eyes.

“The problem is to study the sil- ililllililr "m? ‘he lama‘ “"1 “duressl illustrated the page of hlsto

ln the question oig

jeet of the grestestl

Llheen eclipsed by ,Kelio|;s of the platform. What “ml 1'99"" °l m"

,-. orntors has the state of Main sent eliversd l" 10° M" “w” W‘ ‘Worth compel-lime with the ePiits. Whllcsllon by the Government.‘

uPl-iuting office at Washington in ‘i925. Authentic and reliable infor- lmatlon can therefore be obtained ol‘ the conditions surrounding the enforcement o.‘ prohibition and .1110 results obtained down to the date

lluluetlt by Hon. Joseph HOW d" ling the discussion on the ‘Main

Tile world ‘has come down to the

t monarchs and , Our

i publlcans and ,_ _'-_ l1 would have vote: kindly not in thus saving" the litelggljlnig‘; “sing Lmuor Bu“, M, u“.

nlmously as they cried, "Crucliy

"Such people have existed t; all

" lyeors before tho ‘Christian armor- hut no woman should 80 [unattended with more than 01W maid unless she was drunk; and that she should not wear 801d Oil “:‘~“:‘.".l:l;'=r.ll. intend t0 11° i‘ c ' own profession. ‘I ask him Mes ""1"" P“"""°‘l '“'“"°"y show mo, two euolrlawyora, two » metemn‘ ,0 b10868. to eminent, on Lords Eldon and Stowoll: the one the wonder ol the admiralty, an the other. was utty Court.,,Yot,_ it la on t at the very ti when

Ell ow eon broke the law; and the nldn gentleman. unwilling to tlfli l his son of ‘WEIIWYQI- W1" o; ma 7 ‘lmmn record"?!

he followed by universal llcengg

umberinud ‘Stlalts at Canoe CoveJ gin-Alli. view oi’ the aroused,‘afditgggulélytaqduqr ‘nfifiegn limes“ in a short time he was seen to Kflpubllc interest ” I Ce ° t a “Taped far out from the shore and Ul9ll‘"\l’l‘Ol‘lllJlll0ll, might not the opinion fldlsappflilf- By means of a stmnglou this sub _ glflflfl he Was seen struggling in lllfiltilillfifllililll the lillarltime Provinceglns msplraum’ Have these menpldeorlngo were also held ulld wit-

water about two miles ort Argyiclhnve lllflilllced- be ‘l! hllereah.‘ uslhe present controversy? ‘The 1° ' ls from a B09991‘

cl llurkes, Grat-lans. Foxes. and Sher~ ‘itluus oi the British islands, every

;tllc learned gentleman glance a: attelnll‘ w mtmduce a pmmbmoflthe noble structures-the archi- tectuol wonders that enlbelliah

y carrying restraints too fatal _‘tils law luay he partially enforced l9?‘ 1W0 or three years, but it will “unite Dtwllli: into resistance, and occasion a revulsion of "feeling to

So far as my reading extends, i may assert llmt every king. every statesman, every warrior who lliii‘ . P)’. e "ironic wine. The apcstles who _ ' re tho eolnpsiuons or our Sar- lolll‘. ilrauk it. The prophets, , . THE ALLIANCE cOMMlTTEElwhose [Hgms o. msmralion w“ ltilous, u. subcommittee o: five ‘astonlsh its, we have every reason to believe, drank it. Cicero uudi ‘lienlosthencs. and all the orutorsl

Who can say how much ot the energy which gave them such pow- er ot language was drawn rlrom

The liouso of Representatives appointed a “Committee on Alcoho- lic i.iqlr.‘.l' 'I‘rtlt‘.lc," consisting ol‘ represenllttives from nine States,

itiou and its enlorcenlent and to

nlembers was appointed,

‘he Bows and trusses examined. The hearings Subcommittee llovo been published as an official

IlEQrLpe_ wha reared them? Men ol‘ the Conlmltteela report.

.01" KlEB-ntic intellect whose com- The (‘Qlllnllllee relloned that‘ mum beverage w,“ “In M, Msimfbe prohibition llrfrbltilil Celllrflfi,‘ “high by hand,‘ hem; HOQaSYXaSk‘ ‘went period (mm the “mm re_ gyes range through the noble satslarvgely upollrtheftrllltflclultles attend» as it was nearly all drifted lee, and, mo“ "nmumy~ with ‘he wme you“ logos gvhere the sculptors Vlllivelizlxlwxblxlglailh bl‘o8‘llqsi‘t;kwt.gl . > ‘lllllllly lillllled him lll Mr. Alubrosc l“ lggdlnnd, Llavid, the man after ‘c 1 e" Smmtes' “he” ‘hell ‘ ‘ g Sellufis barn. Those brave fcilowldqorrg qwu heart, drank wine. Solo- then started rubbing and drying tllemon, the Wliil-JSI, o benumbed animal with such vigor o: human belugs,_drank wine. lye-surfing‘ not ollly drank it. but s Christians to drink it. l-I

an}; l: not...who rovlled our ‘ ., 3 _ lsluvlor as n “wine bibbsr." and ‘he llfifllll-gllsllfilefilllilhyléinlél slliitlllle Mllilnlfi ‘tllgrynlzslteurilxilndllltg; unlrsrluily of flllyllody would look at; a picture 001M811 H840 ll"! that anybody would buy? Look hilt-nits ol‘ tilt» national Prohibition" the dellvorers o! mankind; thcl-lilh" ‘ heroic defenders ol‘ nations. ‘Wasi Wdnhinaton a member or the tam-i perdnce some”? ‘Did ll°l~ William One practical test which may lllrilllfill ille| well be applied as to tho success or lflilure oi prchibltion is a com- parison oi the numbers oi Bmflll‘ investors helvim: Savings Accounts;

n. glass of whiskey or a stoop wine? =

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a‘ but cold l water.

‘ ‘P7P. ' m i. ..~-.s “ 2-“.- wit» rm

fusion the noblest. Wvorits of art.

0m ulties and deadelts the lmlglule,

lion, Y9; ll was (hunk by 11105,. ed, but their multitude _ _ , bcnufuctorn of their race~ anti w YWaSlrBmEmbTBHiQ: ot ligulnelllngélézllif cannot. with their mazi-terplece- worstrcontrast wt our Tbetore us, laelicve the nssc tlol

~" er's um and practice. we he!" °'= r Pharisees. who

helmet barred"? "who will under- ‘talte to say that Bruce. on- ‘the Fiornrlngaon which he won the bat-

e o ' nncc urn-that Tell, on r _ ‘havday when he um ma’ “we ln 1918. when prohibition nus