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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 18 October 1918, Page 2

& S?*y>S ** m m m KZ & §5& m m w$ m wm EftJ m Wj Souiii interesting Exploits 01 '* Death Valley Dodge," a Car of Stock Construction which has become Famous for its many Thrilling Feats. "Death Valley Dodge" is tho famoM Dodge Brother* motor car which recently traversed Death Valley in Colorado, deccendtd into the Grand Canyon, and made many other exciting tripe The drive through aight miles of tand duties and terrific kott on the foot of Death Valley was probably the most atrenuona trip ever recorded in the annals of Western Amflrican motoring. Prom tli*» scorching trip below sea level. "Death Valley Dodge" *a* driv« D to the highest point ever reached by automobile on the Pacific coast, where it successfully negotiated the great glacial rooratrs* r*gioe of the High Sierra* over two miles abova «sa level. After 25,000 miles of driving.into and through aim-** avery dmtii m Western America, "Death Valley Dodge" wa» driver, to tin bottom of tho Grand Canyon in Arizona. It wa* then driven to the highest point on the aouth ixiii of ihe Grand Canyon—a. point never before reached by automobile. The whole trip repreae-nlfl the roughest mileage of "driving ev«r acdertaVen in -Sxiorici. C.us the same quality and make «a "Death Valley Dodge," nothiiiß altered, nothing different, are now being delivered from aw-k.

what STATE CONTROL means! 1. What amount will the State need to pay the Trade I It is said that the recent Conference of Brewers, Hotelkeeperx. Wine and Spirit Merchants, eta, •while they disagreed strongly on some things, -were quite unanimous in deciding'to ask £15,000,000. 2. Has any body of disinterested business men recommended it ? For obvious reasons no sensible voter will accept either the Moderate League or "The Trade" a» authorities. He should know what he is voting for. Let the National Eiliciency Board say what it thinks of it as an Investment. 3. Is the new Government Department to be run for Revenue ? Let "'The Trade" submit balance sheets so that the probable profits mav be known. No "pie in a poke" at £15,000,000! 4. Is it to be run not for revenue but to promote temperance? Days of great financial stringency lie immediately ahead, Revenue must be produced. The Liquor Department will be expected to produce its share. The pushing of sales will not be needed. Drink sells itself! 5. Are the present Hotelkeepers, Bartenders and Barmaids to be the new civil servants ? There may be real difficulty in stalling the new Department. The other civil serrants may object V.o the new type. One other department brands tlk-m now. It loads a 30 year old publican 12* years ou a Life Assurance policy. Will this be removed when they become civil servants ? 6. Will fchere be a new brand of liquors Guaranteed not to produce present Effects ? The danger is not in the management but in the liquor. '"State" liquor will produce drunkenness, disease, poverty, crime and inefficiency just as surely as the present brands. Provide' facilities for drink and : excess is inevitable, 7. Kas any country in the world made a success of State Control ? Sweden's Gothenburg system, Russia's Nationai Vodka Monopoly, South Carolina's State Dispcusary, Saskatchewan's State Liquor Shops, were all huge failures. In Britain the experiment at Carlisle in a St:iiPublic House is cited as having reduced drunkenness over 60%. But this is really due to the rcdii.tion of the hours of sale to 5i per day. An exact K similar lessening of drunkenness has resulted ail over England where reduced hours prevail imi where no experiments in State Public Umises hav.been tried. It is reduction of hours, no: chaugf ..; proprietoi-ship, that has made better conditions. 8. Why did Great Britain appoint the Liquor Control Board? Lloyd George said Drink was a greater enemy than either Germany or Austria. Admirals. Generals. Shipbuilders, .Judges, Labom Leaders, etc., joined in demanding Prohibition, lmi the "greatest enemy" was too strongly entrenched-. It defeated the great Premier, and the Liquo: Control Board was appointed as a compromise. i. Why did not the United States o:Canada adopt State Control? The United States has sacrificed an Annual Re\enue of £100.000,000 ami Canada an Annual Revenue of £5.000.000. because they were strong enough to throttle the Tmfiic. and wanted the job donv thoroughly. In spite of the restrictions, Great Britain spent last year, at the present increased prices, no less than £250,000,000 in Drink. 10. Is State Control necessary in NewZealand? Prohibition is easily possible. The Trade ishope lesslv discredited here. It has wasted direct!\ £20,000,000 during the 4 years of the War and as much more indirectly. It is responsible for 43.600 convictious for drunkenness during the same period, and has produced more misery, poverty and crime than can be measured. 1 Consider this: State Control lias Always Failed! State Control is Always Discarded! Prohibition lias Always Succeeded! Why try \a discredited remedy when the true remedy is known? Canada and\United Steles have adopted National Prohibition both for War Efficiency and for Peace) Efficiency, after experience with both State Ownership and Prohibition. PROHIBITION IS THE REAL REMEDY! Sign the N.Z. ALLIANCE MONSTER PETITION!