THE TRADES WONDERFUL PRO-LICENSE ARTICLES.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12365, 2 December 1905, Page 11

THE TRADES WONDERFUL PRO-LICENSE ARTICLES.

j ' Sir, — Tho ti ado's ingenuity in its rei c:'ii. ill tklvuce ot itLi cojiniiued , c.>.»uiiix>, nab oeen itiaiviilltiiiii. I , or i Uiii.viiig the woi-jo appear lac better i i\,i-.vii, iiit-y are wuiku oi art, «its appeals to pivjiiti.c* liiua igno.siiicc. llieie Iβ . t icu.iiuiy uotiiiiig in Uii.-m to commend . c..ii.r iluij urguniciu.-, wtatemeiiu;, ap- | p. ,iU, or lU.oi-enOvb 10 lolu 01 average ; li.Uili^eucL , , among whom they can navei pi...c..ca ly no olivet, whether their tlu'inu bo America, A.-hwinon, tho hxii.u.ticu, ely-grogging (in which tlio t ti«K.o ii!».'it' is ihe cti.cr ot sinners), the tubercuices ; or even tho iiiv.iiu.ity of .Reduction. In i t!)..-. rivpeet tney are like, the pamphlets ' (-<> rict-iV cireuiatcd in the same behulr. r\ir example, there is not a line or ! K,Ue.iient in that of Mr Liieamoa which t-.iuc.icii tl:o lawless inischievoUhHess or tin' lice need liquor trallie, which is the pio-ent point at i-.sue; nor anything whatever in Uie pamphet of Mr liagnaii to justify the continuance of that traffic, though every nrsreproxmtation in it respecting JSo-license were gospel truth. Lawha-mtfce and the black record of its results in crime, perjury, ' tU-moralisat.on ot youth, impoverish-j nient, and luitsery, rc-iiiain the mi— an-vWL'ied ihdictmcntagaai.it the licensed iiiiiicr trailic, lor whien ilie peopie am d:-tt!iminc<i 10 put a t-pt-cdy end to it as tne only urtt means of reaching a : remedy. . : ! It is not necessary lo deal with tho I mo.io of treatment of moi« than one of thehe many themes as an illu»tration ot" tho worthKs iK<-6 of tho treatment of thorn all, namely, tho effect that tho tvu r.ving ot >io-iieeni-«> in Christchurch woiikl i.avc on the projected iN*w Zca!,u:ici lCs.hibit.on. We are offered the "uUnnl proip.ct of ah the hotelo (fortyii re; being clo oci.' . Anybody knows that Gort of talk to be ehtwr ruboush. It tlieie is mouey to be inacie out ot a deuwiui tor board, people will not be Mich tool.-, a> to keep ihe accommodation bLiuuitiiig empty out of which eucn a, harvvSD coiila bo made. And for on» who would prefer an open bar on the piemues a dozen, wouu be glad of its abi-.enco. \V tiy, i iwve known ot live pub.kaiio nt one time preferring Hi) at ft non-iioenstxl public boarding-].-ji*e in Cbrstchurch, rather than go to hoeasvd prenit-.ee. And it ie only the of the bar wliicli would turn .some of the forty-live licensed houses into piiicte ut to receive families. ' Tli a wo are giupLd.y told that '"the louiMst trnflic will be destroyed, and the Ex.hib.tion, with all its expected addllicmii tiwde, nm t turn out a muserab!.. , failure." If we can make "tho expected additional trade" in liquor, "a nii-er-.bb failure,' , that will mean tsple-n----clid success for every other ; t:adc. At present Chrlstchurch ; s;;. npw,nr<l=, of a year _ on ■ liquor, a veiy largo proporticn of which, to -.ny nothing off the- it lcav«?s hViini], <rocs iliroup:]i ihv tills < f ihr> li(|uor b^if; away to a few wealthy brewers «nd di.-tiHer.s, inucli of it out .of the country altogether, and tliis, with many thousands more during the Exhibition pcriotl, will go into general trade. piT.fit ing every industry, nnri giving to labour ia much greater snare t:;.:in ii tret-, or wou'd I'vir croi. Ik , - : ii..« j li(|iior traflic. Hoav giiliihlo tho linuor i trade writon> mubt take t]io working K;«'ll) to I).! , . Xo. let us mnko tl)e Exhibition a magnificent sneco.-'s, and mako the v.orkl admire oiu- or:!er, hnppinesis, and iv-pect for lnw, by swwping away the j one tiling tlint wo'ukl draw away from lus so much of the gains, ami by its I demorali-ing effects be the me.n.sure of I cur dl glare. Vast numbors of electors two reasonably convinced that noth- I vMi would so coitainly incrwiso tl;e number of tourists, their pka--nre wlicn ! .-imcnu; us, tho good things would F'V of v- after, and the advaniages •li'inihl derive from their pre-vneo. not oiuit'.inp; the vaJue of alwre.s in tho under! r» kin 3. The aiiio'.mt of liquor which '.vmi'd : then bo sold unlawfully could not j cr.n'.o within " cco-00 " of the amount so j .sold in the city now; but what was done 1 would Qi-t run in, as at Ashburton just ! row, whereas at present it goes scot tree, working ruin and misery all the time. As to get ting liquor for homo consumption, you are being told much which is not' true. The police have as much power to interfere wfth you now if yen are -1 re "■ r\ bly .stiu-ix'cted person a< they would l:ivo then. No intonnatirn ivould l>! 1 M-nt tliem of your pur-clta-cs, b.it they would have nec-ss to j the record■> when th.-»y it. When I you had sent your order and address, not γ-n, but Uu> -Y-lVr. wouV hive ♦" /,r ' .t'l the net required to be done. The law puts you to no more inconvenience than if you rml-L-rod a thirst of ten. Out of }(']' wf-k'v w'.cc's wr>'-l.:inrf m.nn con , ''!_"»; hiis supply, if he needed it. by the liil'on. c! , Hμn by tiie pint pryovi t.lio bnr, fi.nd probably puror, too. Why will not the trade stack to the truth? ' A« fo revenue, the people are not so fool : «h a~- to f h'nk it nrofi abio to get it by wasting the country's wealth on '•nnot If (!k'\- v!' ! pve tr.o th/vo millions a yonr I will crivo them half a iri'li-n b:ick for rovenuo. without inflic'intr on tiiom dn:nkonn<>ft, c':imo, fiwvw. in-miity. incapacity, nnd «11 the c'ber cast'y products of the liquor traffic.—Yours, etc., Rti XO-LICEXSE.