THE PROHIBITION POLL.
World-Wide experience shows that increased national prosperity lias lowed wherever Prohibition is in ?f]sr ration. In consjderino/V the question of Prohjpitjon, jftle_ NaSjbn«l Efficiency Board i grfrc Sdfcial tion to this matterl amf itsjf_r®K®tr' pointed out tha\ fth«aiversiorM*n;o more productive of the money now spent-H# liqubir will more than counteract; tab loss of revenue received from ijhis service.” _ Tliis sentence from adjjrport by an impartial body of business men is the best answer to tlie question of revenue. The figures presented by the Efficiencv League clearly show that when N-Z. votes Prohibition we can look 'forward not only to increased national prosperity, but also to a much greater revenue than wo now' secure from the liquor traffic. Strike out tlie top line on Thursday, April 10.*** Prohibition is sinigiy the _ initial step towards cleri<ffl domination. Preachers of the wowspr genii be masters, and tho#a^aiJ& > lie misters if they opimongiS’o£ w ««r their slaves. All pb§rty-lofifg people should strike dpt She bollom line on 10th April.*** \ * »
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Gisborne Times, Volume L, Issue 5136, 31 March 1919, Page 4
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168THE PROHIBITION POLL. Gisborne Times, Volume L, Issue 5136, 31 March 1919, Page 4
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