LET THEM TELL US

Evening Star, Issue 18139, 1 December 1922, Page 3

LET THEM TELL US

It, is very remarkable that in all its vast output of newspaper advertisements, posters on the hoardings, and other literature sent into the homes, the liquor traihe ■does not give us tuny instances of the good that the intoxicating beverage traffic docs. Why is it, for example, they do not tell us how strong drink makes homes brighter and happier? Why is it that they do not tell nS how much ‘be |fr off the children of the drunken parents iaro as compared with those of abstainers? Why don’t we see articles explaining how the more a man spends on drink, the more efficient and the richer ho becomes? They do not toll us ol these things, simply because they cannot; simply because everybody knows when they comb to think of it tliat the more ft man spends on drink the less efficient and the poorer he becomes, awl the Less ho is Bible to do his duty, either in his business or to those dependent on, him. It is surelv plain that if the people of New Zealand cease to spend twelve millions per annum on drink they will not only he richer from the money point of view, but they will ,havo ceased to keep in existence the most prolific cause ol human misery and degradation that the world has ever known. STRIKE OUT THE TWO TOT LINES.—Now Zealand Alliance Publicity. (84)