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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17338, 9 December 1919, Page 15

; r ~*"~" ' iMiiiiiii'iiißMMWWMnwmwßWWwiiiiiiiiiii Hi imi i i iii ii.h i11 iii nun milium n iniimiiiii 'y m» i ■ i". jihiumiii jhmmi iiwi un n, Ihe rnncipie ot Prohibition ; is a Fake One If Carried It Would Not Bring | i A *BI mm a I j J» ■ «H ill H I I #m ffim, .<■*. JL H ra | | About Temperance! J I I New Zealanders are temperate. j Temperance means moderation in use. j I Prohibition forbids use even in moderation. ! AH abuse is harmful===abuse of speech, of j I appetite, of harmfulabuse of speech, of ] appetite, of money, equally with abuse of I Liquor. I Because some people speak slander and falsehood, should the right of free speech I I be prohibited ? 1 Because some people waste money and I time, and, by excessive speak slander and S falsehood, should the right of free speech I be prohibited ? I Because some people waste money and I time, and, by excessive patronage abuse the entertaining claims of pictures, should pic= tures be prohibited ? 1 Because some men embezzle money, should J I money be prohibited ? 1 Because some people smoke too much, I Because some people smoke too much, J should tobacco be prohibited ? I I Because some men eat too much, should 1 food be prohibited ? I Prevention of abuse is the only remedy for the evil of 1 alcohol. You could no more successfully prevent the I I evil of drunkenness by prohibiting drink, than you | I could prevent the danger of fire by prohibiting Safety Matches. I I The medical examination under the Military Service I Act proved that out of 18113 examinees from the I I Auckland Province only Five were rejected as being I I alcoholics, or ONE drunkard to 3622 temperate men. i 1 What frenzied finance is it that asks the Dominion ! I to sacrifice the yearly revenue of li million pounds I gained from the voluntary consumption of Liquor so ] I that one alcoholic to every 3622 sober men shall be 1 I reformed 9 1

| Or conversely, is it right that 3621 men should be I | branded as criminals if they drink a glass of ale of their I ■ own free will because one man cannot control himself ? I | " J Strike out the TWO BOTTOM LINES j ! I AND \ ! On December ' 17th. J I J M