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Maoriland Worker, Volume 10, Issue 421, 2 April 1919, Page 4

(PUBLISHED BY ARRANGEM3&NT.) „, iiiiiiiiwir BUNG'S :: BANKRUPT FOE ARGUMENT, BUNG BBA*ftiiSHE9 . WILD AND WEIRD STATEMENTS. But Prohibition is Winning, Bung at last has recognised that The Maorilantf Worker and not Truth is the paper that reaches the* intelligent wditos of New Zealand; but he insults their intelligence by the-fis-tic and irresponsible and unfounded declarations. Did you notice his ravings" What do you think of this? " PROHIBITION IS MADNESS. s'—5 '— And knows that Drink is one of the chief 'causes of insanity. Here is another dandy:— "PROHIBITION DESTROYS REVENUE. , '—The Minister of Finance for British Columbia states that lie did not notice any difference either way in revenue after Prohibitiott. Why? Because the money spent formerly on beer was going to purchase other commodities which also produced revenue. Just as silly is this one:— " PROHIBITION PRODUCES UNEIVtPLOYMENT. ,, — The Labor Leaders of America give the absolute, lie to ±his alatenient. Capital diverted from pro&qriing liquor ±o producing clothing, furniture, etc.; requires from four to eight times as much skilled labor. But a dying traffic grasps at any straw, and tries to put this over:— " PROHIBITION BREEDS CRIME/—B ut Manitoba now has three jails as against five before Prohibition. British Columbia closed three jails. Police forces have been reduced all over Canada. Public drunkenness has practically disappeared. So say all Canada's leading public men. Alcohol seriously injures the part of the brain controlling moeral action and therefore makes for lawlessness. But Bung sees his doontj and says anything. For instance:— " PROHIBITION MENACES FREEDOM A$D THREATENS LIBERTY AND LlFE." —Freedom means that the nation is free to attain its best. Liquor is the enemy of the best. Therefore a truly free people will cast it out. Alcohol threat- ' ens the life and mentality of the unborn child. It robs the child of his right to the fuller life of a complete education. It beclouds the life of wife or mother with apprension and fear. It shortens the life of its user so that some insurance companies give alO per cent, reduction to teetotallers. Liqtfor is indeed a menace to true freedom and to real life. But any refuge in a storm; so Bung goes merrily on with his lying statements, such as:— • " PROHIBITION IS PROMPTED BY SELFISHNESS. , '— But which'side is the selfish one? What is Bung after but his profits, regardless of the trail of suffering, shame, degradation, and ruin left by his infernal commodity; consequently lie does not hesitate to slander the greatest men and women of the world by. saying:— " PROHIBITION NEVER HAD THE SUPPORT OF ANY &BEAT MAN OR WISE WOMAN. ,, —But 45 State Legisla-' tures in America out of the 48 have ratified Permanent National Prohibition. Thousands of Britain's, leading citizens !of all classes petitioned for Prohibition. No public man of repute in Canada can be found to advocate the return of the bar. The Independent Labor Party of Great Britain voted for Prohibition with only four dissenting voices. Will Bung please say if there is no great man or wise woman included in the above? Anyway, the great , masses of Democracy are voting Bung out at'every opportunity. But for unadulterated gall and nerve, this takes the cake: — " PHILIP SNOWDEN SAYS," ETC.—The Trade are here trying to claim Snowden on their side by quoting some old stuff about taxation. Snowden is an out-and-out Prohibitionist to-day, as Bung very well knows. But the Trade that resorts to these tactics will stop at nothing. WHAT BUNG FORGOT. Bung names 29 forms of labor that will be thrown out of employment because when the bars are barred there will be no more call for baskets, bill-posting, bricklaying, carpentering, coal, corks, harness, milk, carts, signs, and so on. Such rubbish! But Prohibition does rob some occupations of work, such as: — Judges Pawnbrokers Magistrates Bailiffs Policemen Divorce Lawyers ' Asylum Attendants Undertakers Charity Workers BE LOYAL TO DEMOCRACY, BE TRUE TO YOURSELVES, STRIKE DOWN THE TYRANNY OF LIQUOR, THE WRECKER OF SOCIAL LIFE AND THE BREEDER OF CRIME, POVERTY AND DEGRADATION. YOU WILL SAVE THE LABOR MOVEMENT FROM A GREAT CALAMITY BY STRIKING OUT THE TOP LINE — -THUS: -f-Vefe for National I Vofe for National Pronibitioa with Compensation .m,._,,. ' i ■ ■ .I. ■ it-i , V" r"ii^-^ , -T'iif"i"ir-in-Tii-i--r'r-liiiiiM r >..{'<) im •■|i'm STRIKF fIIFT THF TOP lINP