WHAT AMERICAN LABOUR SAYS ON PROHIBITION.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2044, 21 October 1919, Page 3

WHAT AMERICAN LABOUR SAYS ON PROHIBITION.

Mr Houston, Editor of the “Labour Bulletin,” Denver, says: “The prohibition law" in nine months has worked a wonderful revolution for, good] and at least 75 per cent, of the union voters who were against the amendment would support it now.’’ 1 Mr Common, president of the Denver Building Trades Council, said: “After twelve months trial, I am absolutely of the opinion that Prohibition is the proper thing, and ha - s come to stay in Colorado.” Mr Thornton, president’ of the Denver Trades and Labour Assembly, said: “In my humble opinion the workers of Denver and Colorado arc a lot better off mentally, morally. Ihianciall.v and physically than they were when the State was wet, and you cannot gather a good sized company which would proclaim openly for the return of the saloon.” Repeated attempts have been made recently to secure monster demonstrations of labour men to parade and demand the exemption of beer and wine from the amendment, but each of these was a miserable fiasco. The workers generally declined to be made the tools of the liquor business. Many of them have seen so much of the benelit of a “dry” State that they want a “dry” nation* 1