AN UNWORKABLE LAW.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20074, 11 October 1928, Page 9

AN UNWORKABLE LAW.

A UNIVERSAL FAILURE. Apart from the United States of America, anrl tho two small Canadian Provinces of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, Finland is the solo remaining country which has a "dry" law, and its ultimate repeal can only bo a matter of iimo. Wherever Iho attempt has been made to enforce total abstinence, it. has failed dismally. The other Canadian Provinces have tried "prohibition," and in each case have had it repealed, substituting a measure of Government control. Iceland and Norway have both had prohibition, and both have given it up. Tho peoplo of Switzerland and Sweden have voted against it by overwhelming majorities, and the disastrous results of its attempted enforcement in Russia and in Turkey are only too well known. Scotland defeated it by nearly 200,000 votes, and, coming nearer home. Wesern Australia and Queensland have turned prohibition down decisively. New Zealand's majority against prohibition more than doubled in three years, and it seems to be the general feeling that the prohibi tion party is surely but steadily losing ground. It is generally conceded that their questionable tactics to capture and dominate th<» Parliament of the country, combined with the knowledge that prohi bition has failed wherever tried, will have lilie effect of greatly increasing tho majority in favour of continuance at tho next poll.—Advt.