THEY CANT EXPLAIN THIS AWAY.
In a democratic country votes talk, and when they have spoken there is no donbt about what they mean. Now, ask the New Zealand liquor traffic how it is that, in the U. S. A; in the States that went dry before National Prohibition, the people, after trying it, voted to keep Prohibition by increasing majorities. Here are some of the votes that show that the voting majorfty like Prohibition:— ARIZONA. Dry majority. 1914 14..I 4 .. ... 3.M4 Dry majority, 1916 ... . 12 000 Increase in dry majority .. 8,856 COLORADO. Dry majority, 1914 JI, S7Dry majority, 1918 85,792 Increase in dry majority ... 74,220 MICHIGAN. Dry majority, 1916 68,62. Dry majority. 1919 206,935 Increase in dry majority ... 138 3i 2 OREGON. Dry majority, 1914 36,480 Dry majority, 1916 54-626 Increase in dry majority ... 18,146 OHIO. Dry majority, 1918 ... ... 25,759 Dry majority, 1920 ... ... 290,141 Increase in dry majority ... 264,382 WASHINGTON. Dry majority, 1914 .♦. ... 18.632 Dry majority, 1916 215,036 Increase in dry majority ... 196,404 The total aggregate increase in the "dry'' majority for the six States was 700,320 votes, after two years' trial. When we get New Zealand Prohibition we shall find the same results - People find out when the liquor traffic is abolished, that a wasteful, unmitigated nuisance has been removed. Once they have tasted the benefits of Prohibition, no amount 01 lying and yelling by the liquor interests can befool the people into voting it back again. Prohibition is just commonsense.— N.Z. Alliance Publicity. (65)
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Dunstan Times, Issue 3132, 28 August 1922, Page 5
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