A 14-YEAR TRIAL
When electors go to the Poll tomorrow, they will be required to vote on (he Licensing Question. . There are many reasons why intelligent voters will have no hesitation in recording I heir vote for Continuance, They will recall, for example, the tragic and disastrous prohibition experiment that was made by the United States. This lasted for 1-1 years; and although the idealists hoped for great things from it, results showed that its effects were wholly evil. It corrupted the administration of the law and led to a huge underground traffic in drugs, dope, and poison. Ils fruits were violence and crime. Although billions of dollars were spent on “enforcement,” the futility and folly of prohibition created such a huge national scandal that the law was ultimately repealed—by the biggest majority ever recorded on any question. Prohibition would be an unwarranted assault on personal liberty, and would lead to evil results similar to those which occurred in Hie United States. Beware of false promises of prohibition —face the facts and vote Continuance. Go to the .Poll and strike out the two bottom lines. Hold fact to Liberty!— Adv I.
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Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 309, 24 September 1943, Page 8
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191A 14-YEAR TRIAL Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 309, 24 September 1943, Page 8
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