GOOD TEMPLARISM.

Press, Volume XXIV, Issue 3218, 23 December 1875, Page 3

GOOD TEMPLARISM.

to the editor oi* THE press. Sir,—Please to allow mfl to pass a few remarks on what the " Loafer" had to say in your issue of the 17th about Good Templars. He aays, " why try and make a man pitiably drouthy by Act of Parliament.'' We do not wish to do so. What we want is to prevent their being made drunkards by Act of Parliament The '• Loafer" likewise says—" So long as he does not interfere with us, why should we stop him from drinking a modest glass oi beer ?" My answer is this : if there were no moderate drinkers, there would be no drunkards. He goes on to say "that he understands and appreciates the efforts of the society to stop drunkenness." If such is the case, why not wield his powerful pen in behalf of the total abstinence cause. He saya, " we ought to drink if only on patriotic grounds, to support the revenue of the country." Surely he knows that the clothing, boots, books, toys, &c, &c, that a man buys for his family are all taxed, thereby adding to the revenue of the country in a more patriotic manner than gratifying his own sensual appetite by drinking the greater portion of his earnings, and leaving his family destitute, as a great many of those patriots who indulge in P. B. do. Thanking you for your space, I remain, sir, Yours, kc, J. D. He an. Kaiapoi, December 17th, 1875.