PROHIBITION OR PATRIOTISM ?

NZ Truth, Issue 693, 28 September 1918, Page 1

PROHIBITION OR PATRIOTISM ?

In the Civil War, who stood for Chattel Slavery ?— The Prohibitionist. In this Our Great War for Democracy, who stands for Pacifism and Personal Slavery ?— The Prohibitionist. Of all the orators I have heard argue for Prohibition, I have never heard one of them addressing himself to this vital fact : that is, does or will Prohibition root out the evil of intemperance ? SAMUEL GOMPERS, President of the American Labor Federation and Delegate to the Inter- Allied Labor Conference (No. i) being held m England.