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blUi before committing yourself and FIND OUT exactly what STATE CONTROL means! Ask: 1. What amount will the State need to 7. Has any country in the world made a pay the Trade! success of State Control? m , It is said that the recent Conference of Brewers, Sweden's Gothenburg system, Russia s National Hotelkeepers, Wine and Spirit Merchants, etc., Vodka Monopoly, South Carolina s State Dispenswhile they disagreed strongly on somethings, were ary, Saskatchewan's State Liquor Shops, were all^ quite unanimous in deciding' to ask £15,000,000. huge failures. . 2. Ha. any body of disinterested busine,. %®^*'%Sfc££^ m £3£. men recommended it .' negg mo , Bufc thig is reaUy due to the re ducFor obvious reasons no sensible voter will accept . fh h ; f gale to d An exactl y either the Moderate League or The Irade a. . v leßS em Ilg of drunkenness has resulted all authorities He should know what he is voting Qver d h reduced hom . s v b , lt fe- Let S? N * tl0 T nal Efficiency Board say what where no ° experiments in state Pub li c Houses havo it think* of it as an Investment. been trJed It jg rednct i on of hours, not change of 3. Is the new Government Department • proprietorship, that lias made better conditions. 'iS^hf Tmie*!3 Ital1 tala n ee .beets so that »• Why did Great Britain appoint the SaSffltuEoMO?"' be knOW "- N ° "" iS " a L L?"° Gfo? g " sa°l X,; a greater «i» Ib., p . . *. either Germany or Austria. 4. Is it to be run not for revenue but to Admirals, Generals, Shipbuilders, Judges, Labour promote temperance? _ Leaders etc., joined in demanding Prohibition, but Days of great financial stringency lie immediately the "greatest enemy" was too strongly entrenched, ahead. Kevenue must be produced. The Liquor j t de'-foated the great Premier, sine! the Liquor Department will be expected to produce its share. Control Board was appointed as a compromise. The pushing of sales will not be needed. Drink * tells itself! 9. Why did not the United States or S -^eS%nT^alS.-K^n^ HSSSSt ISss^^s ¥^fip?S?^B3FB, to the new type. One other department brands thoroughly. In spite of t ['^ \^; llC *'°s l^ t ';, i Sis r; MxliZ?^ £ sj^^— removed when they become civil servants ? 10. Is State Control necessary in New 6. Will there be a new brand of liquors Zealand? ;«i., nil Guaranteed not to produce present Pn,b,b J^-.^JP^ l dife The danger is not in the management but in the £'4>.«XW,OUO during the 4 years of the War ami:.* liquor. "State" liquor will produce drunkenness, much more indirectly. It is responsible f.-r 4., : t,..') disease, poverty, crime and inefficiency just as convictions for drunkenness dursiig tn«: >~iu» surely as the present brands. Provide facilities period, ami has produced more misery. i»...v«rty for drink and excess is inevitable. and crime than can be measured. Consider this: State Control has Always Failed ! State Control is Always Discarded ! Prohibition has Always Succeeded! Why try a discredited remedy when the true remedy is known ? Canada and United Stctss havi adopted National Prohibit o i both for War Efficiency and for Peace Efficiency, after experience with both State Ownership and Probation. PROHIBITION IS THE REAL REMEDY! Sign the N.Z. ALLIANCE MONSTER PETITION ! „ . ■» N.Z. Efficiency Swies— loa :

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