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Read this Australian Labour Leader's Personal Experience of Prohibition Mr. Grayndler, General Secretary of the Australian Workers' Union and a Member of the Legislative :; \ % Council of New South Wales, gives New Zealand ~'•• Labour the benefit of his experiences in the United States, when-there as a representative of Australia on the Industrial Delegation, " ' ~ ■,■ . . :- New South Wales Parliament, St. Andrew's Place; Sydney, 30th October, 1928. .Mr. Alfred Jackson, f ; V Secretary, Hotel and Restaurant Employees* Union, " ■■••!■ Pacific Buildings, Auckland, N.Z.^ V ;„ , ■v,' ■' Dear Sir, "'.' ' .-.. ■'■... '..'-■. ~ .. You ask me to give my views and impressions of the working of prohibition in the United States of America. ; v I'was in the United States last year and travelled through 35 of the 48 States as a representative of the Australian Federal Government on the Industrial Delegation and visited all the principal cities and towns and the great industrial centres. As a member of the Delegation I had special facilities for enquiring into all industries and all subjects, and wim Ae ample opportunities so afforded I paid particular attention to the question of prohibition, knowing as I did that it would within a short time become, a burning question in Australia. In my tour of investigation I made Contact with Presidents, Vice-Presidents, Executives ofCompanies, Doctors,, and business men, as well as representatives of '■'."..'. 'the American Federation of Labour in every State, city, and town visited. When inthe State of Connecticut*l was the guest at one city of a gathering '. of representative.men of many industries and callings. In answer to the usual question that I put to men who knew their State and what went on, I was informed ' " • , that the prohibition law was not working at all, and I could take the news back to Australia that there was a PRIVATE STILL IN EVERY THIRD HOUSE IN THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT. '•'•" Prohibition in America is a farce and every well informed person in U.S.A. knows it. Prohibition in America has not played any part in America's prosperity—it really has had the opposite effect. There are more unemployed in America now . than ever before, this notwithstanding the days of depression immediately following the world war. Prohibition directly threw over one million employees out of employment, leaving them without jobs or openings they could fill. I repeat again, prohibition is a-farce, and more than that — IT IS A TRAGEDY. Liquor can be obtained anywhere—a candy store will oblige you, also the greengrocer, and in many of the smaller towns the butcher also. Genuine liquor can, also be obtained if you are prepared to pay the price. , The position really • creates, one law for the rich and another for the poor. The working man either "had to buy "Moonshine" or manufacture for himself The'result of this in die , ,', : .U.S.A; is that both their general and mental hospitals in each State I visited were overcrowded. T conversed with doctors and public men who never drank liquor before prohibition, and they told me they would give anything to see America return to a sane regulated Trade in the Liquor Traffic, as. the illicit trade and .poisonous liquor being served out to the people was sapping their vitality and ruin- - ing.the health and mentality of the American workers. :y'l : i:]-C---:^l : ..h ■::.''- : s :■■■:■_■' Yours, ''faithfully, .••;;•.'■ ■'„ > . (Signed) E. GRAYNDLER. Guard your rights, your privileges and your fellow workers' employment: Keep out the Evils of Prohibition. Vote Continuance '«!■ "Strike put the two bottom lines"

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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 267, 10 November 1928, Page 15

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Page 15 Advertisements Column 2 Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 267, 10 November 1928, Page 15

Page 15 Advertisements Column 2 Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 267, 10 November 1928, Page 15

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