THE PROHIBITION POLL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 82, 7 April 1919, Page 3

THE PROHIBITION POLL.

A few facts about .Saskatchewan’s, liquor experiments are intensely interesting. Up ’‘ill July, the licensing system In operation wag along similar lines to the present New Zealand licensing sys ’em. Then from July, 1916, the open bar was cut out, and State control introduced. Btate con’rol, under Government supervision, operated until December, 19IY, when a referendum was taken on*—(1) Prohibition; (2) Bta e Control. The result was the overwhelming deieat of the liquor trade in any shape or form. In some of tfie place,, where the State-owned houses were doing the b’gges’.' trade the majorities against them were highest. In several localities the vote was as high as nine-tenths against' them.*

PROHIBITION ALWAYS MEANS KEDUUFU UUbi OF Li VUNO.

The second financial yeffr ,in Manitoba under prohibition has just ended, and the Minister for Finance gave, the Assemblv rather an unique Budget speech the other day. His financial statement wa„ the second one compiled smce prohibition wag earned. Every column tells th P same story of healthy deyolopmeTT', extendied 'enterprise, and all-round go-aheadedness. Modern elecrvir nower to- factory, farm, workshop, and home, telephone extensions, new agricultural colleges and demonstration farms, new roads, and national apparatus for nalona! well-boring were among the works successfully financed throughout the year. Uver and above this gigantic expenditure the Budget State-, ment shows a grand surplus of 34.1500 OXi dollars (iJb.HJO.UUUh The increase of asse's over the assets of the> previous year are 4,tOO,(XXJ dollars (a shade n>>dor LI.UO'J.UOU'. These are ’.he works that will help repatriation. A vote for prohibition is a vote for reduced cost of living. A vote tor prohibi ion is a vote’ for prosperity, homo, fresh avenues of employment, ’ higher wages,' shorter hours, a higher standard of living, and increased comfort, health, and prosperity, :>i| mu"'!. Vote for ‘he child’ and the Nation.*