WHY YOU SHOULD VOTE CONTINUANCE.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 5 October 1925, Page 10

WHY YOU SHOULD VOTE CONTINUANCE.

Whoever it was who first inspired the official Prohibitionistsy to create the mirage of “the liquor traffic” was a publicity expert, of extreme artfulness. But lie forgot one tiling. He forgot that when the time comes to take off the gloves and fight the Prohibition question tooth and nail, PACTS are apt- to overshadow artificial “stunts.” Because the fact is the Prohibition Party is no more in combat with a “liquor traffic” than the Continuance Party is opposed to Temperance. There is’ no such thing as a “liquor traffic” in New Zealand. “Traffic” in liquor comes only with Prohibition. The Prohibitionist enforcement officer, the bootlegger, and the peddler of deadly “moonshine” —the inevitable offspring of Prohibition —are the only traffickers in' liquor. This is no mere, liair-splitting. The constant reiteration of the term “liquor traffic” is a deliberate ruse to deceive those who are susceptible to the lure of words.

Every penny spent in tire attempt to foist Prohibition on this country is a penny spent in involving the very worst form of liquor ‘ ‘ traffic ever conceived. Jt is not n case of what you think or I think; the, facts cannot be avoided. Ail. oyer- the face of the United States are written the lines of sorrow, debauchery and crime—caused by the unnatural, deceitful tiling called “Prohibition. ” . Do not be deceived by the sentimental “bogies” of, the paid Prohibitionists. Vote, according to the proven facts, . —3 (Published by Arrangement.)