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Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 259, 2 November 1925, Page 20

The United States Congress Delivers nitt rinw th the iinithp iifqi In order to divert attention from the tragic evils that result from the liquor traffic in New Zealand, liquor propagandists have assiduously attacked Prohibition in America. They have misrepresented facts, distorted figures, quoted biassed opinions, and in every way endeavoured to mislead and delude the electors of New Zealand. HERE IS THE TRUTH ABOUT PROHIBITION IN AMERICA The United States Congress has published the report of a Special Committee which v/as appointed to investigate the enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment and the effects of Prohibition, This report is now available. It is the report of Congressional Committee of Investigation. This is the most authoritative statement that has ever been made concerning Prohibition. It is published by the United States Government. In it Prohibition Declared a Decided Success. The following extracts from the report should convince anyone' that Prohibition has accomplished wonderful beneficial results. Remember, these are facts, not fabrications:—■ A Million Lives Saved. "Labour is Becoming a Capitalist." even higher ratio of saving is reported by some insurance companies. |7 Ke"_ are to-daf , JL__C*W_L JL V> J. playing a prominent part in financing industry, but also through individual purchases ■""""~" — """""~"~""~ —^ ■""" — —~^ — ""~~""~■—~~"" — ■""—""■—"—~™~~""~~ — "~~"~~-~ — ———— p£ cor p ora tion stock by employees. Increased Prosperity. _ i _ Our economists assert that prohibition is a leading factor in our present prosperity. H £"* i« r» c The former expenditure for intoxicants now enters the channels of constructive w-jL lv/Ov/ The Children Benefit. business. Increased productivity of labour, decreased industrial accidents, a multiplied „ demand for new homes and for both necessities and luxuries have accompanied a '-'The chief beneficiaries of the dry law in America are the small children, decrease in poverty. m according to Theodore A. Lotrop, general secretary of the Massachusetts & ° < ~} B *? ——————————————————.—,————————————————————————————————————— _____» _"% for Prevention of Cruelty to Children: "twice as many children to-day would i. J_LO wZjLM. JL victims of improper bringing up because of liquor if the dry law were not effective. Prohibition Builds Homes. .. , .-.. ■.■ .. —<—-■ —, ■ - <*— ■■>■ -" >■■-> - J t Prohibition has increased home-building. The increase in the number of JL If C ' p j J contracts for residential buildings has been record-breaking since the eighteenth WrH _T~ m g *-l"ime KeuUCeu. amendment went into effect. About one-half of the building operations of the past M-AA.%- J. Reductions in violent crimes, in offences usually associated with drink, in social j ear were lor residences. public drunkenness, have distinguished the prohibition years as compared Sales of small houses—the type generally sought by workers —have tripled in vice, ana m _juui«. ' = many cities since prohibition. - _ . York cYt/polic'e Commissioner Enright recently reported that " Statistics ' ■ ♦" _/*_ m rK|Q show that the principal violent crimes suffered their first great reduction in 1818," j JL JL \J JL JL JL VJL J. J.O and adds 2 " The scarlet woman has been driven from the streets." Slums Disappear. __ . . -_- The stores vacated by the bar-room were quickly occupied by commercial 1_ * _ j n i establishments, nearly aU of which hired larger returns to the owners. CoUections of J 4__ 111 Cf Decreased Drunkenness. rents were easier, with the financial drain of the saloon stopped. Slum sections JL ***** JLJL JLJL JL__L practically disappeared. mm * 9 In spite of increased severity on the part of most police departments, arrests for I public drunkenness have decreased about 500,000 per year, according to well-known - __ criminal statisticians. Better Business. AvCDOlft | "~" " —— " ' ~* I With this demand for new houses there came an accompanying demand for more Gaols Closed. and better furniture. Furniture produced in 1924 was 41 per cent greater than in 1921. Department stores, grocery stores, with the whole general body of retail trade, Many county gaols have been closed, Massachusetts has closed one-third of her have been affected by the enlarged purchasing power of the sober worker. gaols, and sold two. m—m ——»■—^—— mm— — wmmm ——— m— ———————^——- I mm^mmmmm .^ i^———' Prohibition is a Proved Success in America. It can be even better in New Zealand. Why Not Give It a Trial? Vote for PROHIBITION and PROSPERITY

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