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The Ultimate Solution of the Liquor Problem A MANIFESTO of the Promoters of the Policy known as CORPORATE CONTROL /Six years ago we put forward for public consideration certain proposals tfw.rds the public control of the licensed trade, under the title of “CORPORATE CONTROL. Our action was prompted, by the belief that prohibition cannot be considered a remedy for the evils of alcoholic excess and that the legislative solution of the liquor problem lies along the lines of public control. Our proposals have been considered and examined by many well-known citizens thoroughly qualified to form an unprejudiced opinion as to their value, and we are still of opinion that the proposals constitute the basis of a sound and workable scheme of liquor control, well suited to New Zealand conditions. We have endeavoured to secure the substitution on the ballot-paper of our proposals in place of the existing mid e issue; and, at our instigation, an amendment to that effect was moved to the Licensing Bill of 1927. Owing, however, ° the pledging of a large section of the members of the House of - Representatives to the policy of the New Zealand Alliance, the Corporate Control amendment was denied that full and ade- . quate consideration in the House which the inherent merits of the scheme warrant. . The vindication of the stand for true temperance legislation which we have made can be seen in the world-wide revolt against the policy of attempted prohibition, and the adoption, in inany countries, of various forms of public control. IN CANADA, the whole Dominion, with the exception of two small Provinces has abandoned prohibition after extensive trial, and has accepted Governmental Control with splendid results. •/ ■ t IN ENGLAND, the Governmental Control experiments in ' Carlisle and district have met with unqualified success, both moral and financial. IN NORTHERN EUROPE, various systems of public control have been resorted to. IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, leaders of public thought are urging the substitution of Governmental Control in place of the present lawless, uncontrolled consumption of harmful liquors. IN NEW SOUTH WALES, the latest attempt to inflict prohibition upon that country has been defeated by an overwhelming majority: f THE WORLD SOLUTION OF THE LIQUOR PROBLEM IS UNDOUBTEDLY ALONG THE LINES OF PUBLIC CONTROL. CORPORATE CONTROL, the system, of public or governmental control which we advocate, is a scientific combination of non-polirical governmental control with business management. ' ■’? .. - v' ■ , Its establishment would not involve the State in the ex-, penditure of any public moneys whatsoever. It would drastically limit the element of private profit, and divert a considerable proportion of trade profits to beneficial public purposes; it would provide a guarantee of the standard of service, and the quality of liquors supplied; it would establish effective and disinterested control over every /..hotel in the land; its whole.working would tend towards a de--.;.' crease of drunkenness and excess. . Prohibition has been repeatedly rejected in New Zealand; but, nevertheless, there has been a remarkable and persistent qemperance trend in the Dominion for many years past. Public control of the licensed trade would help to make the Dominion even more sober than it now is. 'y ■ We have, as yet, been denied opportunity of haying our proposals included on the ballot-paper; butl we appeal to all electors to use tbeir votes in helping towards bringing in what must be The Ultimate Solution of the Liquor Problem by casting their votes for the middle issue of STATE PURCHASE AND CONTROL Votes so cast will strengtheri our hands in our labours towards reform k 4 ). , (Signed). PERCY T. WILLIAMS, M.A., Sometime Canon of St. Mary’s Cathedral, Auckland, and Warden of St. John’s College: PERCIVAL E. JAMES, M.A., • Canon and Vicar of St. Mary’s Cathedral, Auckland. G. GORDON BELL, M.A., Vicar of Holy Sepulchre, Auckland. NORMAN E. BURTON. < The foregoing manifesto is endorsed by the New Zealand Licensing Reform Association. HERBERT W. WILLIAMS, Archdeacon of Waiapu, Dominion President. DOMINION EXECUTIVE:—D. M. Findlay (Vice-Pres.), v L. O. H. Tripp, M. A. Carr, T. Madden, W., Perry, A. Young, J. McDonald and R. A. Armstrong (Secretary). N.B.—Full particulars of the Corporate Control proposals may be had on application to any one of the above signatories, or to the head office of the New Zealand Licensing Reform Association, 212, Lambton Quay, Wellington.

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